War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 777 A Relatively Good Ending
In the field hospital ward filled with the smell of alcohol and disinfectant, Wei Ran and Ninel emptied the not-so-big jug one by one, and each ate a piece of smoked fish by the way.

Helping Ninel finish writing the letter, Wei Ran reached under his pillow, took out the camera from the metal book and asked, "Niniel, how about letting me take a photo of you?"

"Why do you still carry your camera with you?" Ninel asked dumbfounded.

"Who didn't have a lens on my head?"

Wei Ran spread his hands, and joked to himself, "Anyway, do you want to take a group photo? It's not easy for us to meet here."

"What the hell is this?"

Ninel was obviously too lazy to delve into the matter of the camera, "Wait a while to take pictures, Victor, help me take out the flight hat from the glove box under the bed."

Hearing this, Wei Ran bent down laboriously, rummaged through the wooden box under the other party's bed, and finally pulled out a brown-red Soviet winter leather flight cap with the throat microphone removed.

What is quite special is that besides a pair of large German Auer 295 flying glasses, there are also many small pieces inlaid on this flight cap. Among these pieces are several front-line flying glasses of different shapes Chapter, there are also several German oval soldier plates.

In addition, there is even a World War II German silver air force ring and air force pilot observation ring inlaid on it, and an even rarer Richthofen ring!
It's just that these three rings, which were valuable in later generations, have been cut into long strips at this time, and are set on the flying cap like three large staples.

"This is what I have achieved in the past three years, and it is also a gift I am going to give to Sasha and Neva."

Ninel said proudly, "I don't even remember how many German planes I shot down. At the beginning, I tried to find a way to seize some of the spoils and sent them directly to Sasha, so that she could find a way to sell them to improve her life.

But then those little things would always get lost, so I saved them up and prepared to take them back with my own hands after the war was over. "

"You won't take off with such a flight hat?"

Wei Ran asked dumbfoundedly, this heavy flying cap almost caught up with Brezhnev's uniform.

"Of course not. I usually put it on the bedside as a decoration. It was delivered to me by my wingman Cross yesterday."

Ninel smiled and explained, "There is a small iron ring he sent under my pillow, please fix it on the flight cap for me, the war is coming to an end soon, I can also give it to Sarah It's sandy."

Hearing this, Wei Ran reached out and dug under the pillow, and pulled out a Battle of Britain ring tied on a cloth strip.

"You also shot this down?" Wei Ran asked while pinching the ring.

"how could I know"

Ninel replied nonchalantly, "Since Felix's death, I have no German friends, so it doesn't make much difference whether I shot down or not. Anyway, they are all enemies. As long as I shoot down a plane, I'm always going to find a way to add something to the hat that belongs to a German pilot."

Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled, and under the command of the other party, he rummaged through the wooden box under the bed, and successfully found a pair of pliers and an air force gravity knife that he was very familiar with.

Cut the ring down the middle, then straighten it with pliers and bend two small 90 degree pins at the ends.Under Niniel's command, Wei Ran pierced two small holes on the hat with a gravity knife, fixed the ring that had just been trimmed firmly on it, and flattened the stitches.

"That's all." Ninel said contentedly, "Help me put it on my head."

Hearing this, Wei Ran barely buckled the gaudy flying cap on Ninel's gauze-covered head, then handed the camera to a passing nurse with a tray, and took a picture of the two of them. group photo.

In the white light with the gradual sound of the shutter, Wei Ran smelled the unique smell of the forest again, and at the same time heard the barking of the dog, and felt the slight bump under his buttocks.

When the white light faded, he noticed that he was sitting in the passenger seat of a car, with the Rollei SLR camera hanging around his neck.

Subconsciously looking at the driver's seat, it was Ninel who was driving, but at this time, his face was covered with scars left after the burns healed, and even his right ear had shrunk to only half the normal size .

Looking at the rear compartment again, Sasha, who has matured a lot, is wearing a suit of Soviet army one-piece flight suit and a leather winter flight cap inlaid with various trophies on his head.

Beside Sasha, there was also a little boy who seemed to be five or six years old, and the little boy was hugging a yellow and white dog.But his attention was all on the rows of planes outside the car window, and his wide eyes were already full of longing.

Before Wei Ran could turn his head back, Ninel, who was in charge of driving, had already stepped on the brakes slowly, "Okay, let's use this Boer."

Hearing this, Wei Ran looked out of the car window subconsciously, and saw a wave 2 trainer plane painted in sky blue at a glance.

"Victor, remember to take a few photos for us later, and remember to take care of Neva."

While speaking, Ninel had already opened the door to leave the driver's cab, and helped Sasha out of the rear seat.

"Uncle Niel, you will take me to fly next time, right?" The little guy who stayed in the carriage asked in a childish voice.

"Of course, after I fly Sasha around, how about you instead?" Ninel gently placed his scarred hand on the top of the little guy's head.

"At that time, take me to fly one more time!" Neva said with her neck raised.

"No problem! Then I will take you to fly one more time!" Ninel smiled, "Now wait below with Uncle Victor."

After finishing speaking, Ninel winked at Wei Ran, and helped Sasha carefully climb into the cockpit of the Ball trainer.At the same time, Wei Ran beside him pressed the shutter again and again.

Finally, he took another photo of the two people in the cockpit who were waving towards him. Wei Ran waited for the two people to get ready, then helped them to turn the propeller forcefully, and started the plane smoothly.

Amidst the roar of the engine, Ninel steered the plane onto the runway and successfully ascended into the sky.Wei Ran also focused his attention on the GAZ 21 station wagon he had just sat in.

"When I grow up, I will also become a pilot like Uncle Niel!" Nieva said with clenching her fists, she looked very much like Sasha back then.

Seeing this, Wei Ran smiled, raised his camera and took a picture of this confident little guy.

Less than 20 minutes later, the light wave 2 trainer floated and landed on the runway.

Before the plane came to a complete stop, Neva struggled to jump out of the carriage with his dog follower.

"How do you feel?" Wei Ran asked after Niniel helped Sasha down.

"it's very windy!"

The blind girl Sasha said loudly excitedly, "Occasionally, I even felt that I lost weight. I thought I was going to fall from the plane."

"Uncle Ninel, I want to fly too!" Neva ran over and begged loudly while grabbing Ninel's thigh.

"Go! I'll take you to the plane!"

As Nineir said, he bent down and picked up Neva, and led him to climb onto the Ball trainer plane. By the way, he also put the flight cap that was originally worn on Sasha's head on the head of Neva's child.

Helping to take a few photos of these two people, Wei Ran helped them start the plane again, and watched them fly into the quiet and peaceful blue sky.

"My sister Lana didn't survive the Battle of Stalingrad." Sasha said abruptly after the plane flew away.

"I, I know." Wei Ran subconsciously clenched the camera tightly.

"Neva likes Niner very much," Sasha said with a happy smile on his face, "and we will have our own child soon."

"You..." Wei Ran looked at Sasha in surprise, and immediately said with a smile after reacting, "Sasha, congratulations."

"Whether it's a boy or a girl, we're going to name him or her Felix." When Sasha said this, the expression on his face became happier.

Unobtrusively glanced at the wedding ring on the other party's ring finger, Wei Ran couldn't help raising his eyebrows, he still remembered that those were exactly the two rings left for Sasha to sell to subsidize the family before Ninel left one.

Even, as one of the bystanders at the time, he was extremely clear that the two rings were Felix's wedding ring at the time, and the wedding rings of Nignel and his late wife.

Those who died in that war can never come back, and those who survived that war can only cuddle up to each other for warmth. .

"Neva may also become a pilot in the future." Sasha said enviously, "I really envy him."

"Neva?" Wei Ran raised his head and asked while leaning against the car door.

"Not only that, but all of you." Sasha said with a smile, "I envy you who can see this colorful world since childhood."

"We actually envy you too," Wei Ran said seriously.

"Envy me?" Sasha asked in confusion, "Why?"

"For people of this age"

Wei Ran paused, looked at the planes flying closer and closer, and continued, "Witnessing war, death, and separation from the day I was born is really not a happy thing."

Hearing this, Sasha sighed softly, "Those things can be seen without eyes, and they can be seen clearly."

Wei Ran opened his mouth, and amidst the increasingly violent roar of the engine, he watched the wave 2 trainer plane landed on the runway again in less than ten minutes after taking off.

Before the propellers stopped completely, Wei Ran and Sasha heard Nieva's terrified crying and Nieel's regretful cry, "Sasha, this little guy is afraid of heights, He was so afraid of heights that I didn't even take off and he said he wet his pants."

"Looks like he won't have a chance to be a pilot"

There was no regret in Sasha's tone, on the contrary, there was a strong sense of rejoicing, and Wei Ran, who was relatively closer to Sasha, also heard the girl's muttering, "I don't want him to fall from the sky , limping into a girl's house."

"Victor, come and help us take another group photo!" Ninel had already hugged Neva, who was crying and his hands and feet were weak, while speaking.

"no problem!"

Wei Ran happily agreed, and took a few steps back, taking this special family of three, as well as the GAZ 21 station wagon beside him and the Bo 2 trainer plane behind him into the viewfinder frame.

"Crack!"

Amidst the crisp shutter sound, intense white light swept in. When the white light subsided, Wei Ran was completely relieved when he saw the wreckage of the plane in front of him, and at the same time, he couldn't help showing a touch of smile.

"This time it finally has a relatively good ending." Wei Ran let out a long breath, and shifted his gaze to the open metal book.

(End of this chapter)