War Photographer's Notebook

"There seems to be a house in front"

In the forest that blocked the sun, Wei Ran, who had been walking along the stream, stepped on the brakes while reminding in German.

Hearing this, Timov immediately turned around and looked straight ahead.

However, to his disappointment, there was still a forest ahead, and the creek under the tracks merged into another river here.

However, beside the small river that is not too wide, there is actually a stone house that looks very old. On the side of the stone house, there seems to be a dilapidated waterwheel.

When the two of them looked at the stone house, there was also a figure at the door of the stone house that disappeared in a flash!

The two looked at each other, each immediately drew out their pistols, and touched each other while covering each other. Buck, who was lying on the hood, also struggled to set up the machine gun with only one belt left.

Walking cautiously all the way through the wooden bridge built over the creek, and then through the stone bridge built over the river, when the two of them came to the side of the dilapidated waterwheel, they found that the building was not There was no one in the large stone house.

And inside the stone house, there is only a set of millstones driven by waterwheels, and there are no traces or conditions of people living here at all.But the contradiction is that there is a 200-capacity oil barrel and several 20-liter capacity empty barrels in the corner of the mill.Not only that, but there is an oil pump fixed on the wall with a chain.

"Did you see that just now?" Timov whispered in German. "I see, a figure, ran into this mill and disappeared."

While Wei Ran was speaking, he reached out to pick up a dried mushroom from the millstone, put it under his nose and smelled it.

"Why is there a mill in this forest?" Timov frowned and responded in German, "Is that figure just now a ghost?"

"How do I know?" When Wei Ran said this, he pointed to the wooden boards under his feet without any trace.

Looking in the direction of his finger, Timov found that although the sound of splashing water could be seen and heard in the gap between the wooden boards, there happened to be a mushroom that had been trampled and deformed.

Looking at each other again, Wei Ran pointed behind him, and the two exited the mill in silence. Timov hid behind the stone wall on the side of the door, and Wei Ran ran back quickly, driving the half-track motorcycle over , stopped directly in the shadows on the side of the mill.

Carrying the injured Buck into the mill and giving him the rifle, Wei Ran gestured to Timov, who carefully tried to lift the wooden floor full of gaps.

Contrary to his expectations, the floor that he lifted up was only a small piece of one meter square.

Although nothing can be seen from the outside, after opening it, it can be found that the back of this small piece of floorboard is nailed together with wooden boards.And under this small piece of floor, there is actually a waterway built with stones.

Although the width of this waterway is less than one meter, the height is only about 1.5 meters, and there is still running water about ten centimeters deep under the feet.

Although the space is small, it is enough for people to get in.And most importantly, there are still a few dried mushrooms floating on the water.

"Could it be the way to the German fortress?" Timov asked in a low voice. "I don't see it"

Wei Ran responded with a strange expression, although he didn't go down, the size, especially the width, reminded him of the water injection port next to the moat that he saw when he went to that weird castle.

"I think it is necessary to go and see"

While Timov was speaking, he jumped into the water channel under the cave entrance, "Victor, go get some mines from the tow bucket."

"What are you going to do?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.

"If there are really many German fortresses here, it can just be blown up!" Timov turned to look at Wei Ran, "Anyway, get the mines quickly."

"This is not fun."

Wei Ran muttered something secretly, but he turned around and left the mill obediently, and found two landmines from the cargo box of the half-track motorcycle.

"I'll go with you." Wei Ran

Before the words fell, he jumped down involuntarily, and took out the flashlight from the metal book to shoot a beam of light.

Seeing this, Timov held the gun in both hands and carefully walked along the moss-covered waterway, bending over and continuing to walk forward.

Contrary to the expectations of the two of them, this narrow culvert has a length of hundreds of meters, if it is just that, it will be fine.Along the way, there were still several turns along the way.

When the two of them finally saw a bright light in front of them, Timov, who was walking in front, uttered a scream in the splashing water, and the body following him lost its center of gravity.

Just when Wei Ran stretched out his injured hand subconsciously to grab the opponent, a cold muzzle of a gun pressed against the back of his head.

"Raise your hand!"

A woman who couldn't hide her panic and nervousness tremblingly said that even the pistol she was holding against the back of Wei Ran's head was shaking violently, so that Wei Ran was worried whether she would fire off in agitation collapsed himself.

Slowly raising his hands, Wei Ran allowed the other party to take away the flashlight he was holding in his left hand, feeling that the other party took a step back on the splash of water, and at the same time finally let the pistol leave the back of his head.

However, before he could say anything, and before he could clearly see the face of the woman behind him, a strong white light suddenly appeared, completely filling his field of vision.

"Looks like I only killed four enemies"

Wei Ran couldn't help muttering, and then he smelled the aroma of broth, and at the same time felt the warmth rushing towards his face.

"Victor, what did you just say?"

Without waiting for his vision to return to normal, Wei Ran heard someone next to him asking in German, and at the same time he also felt that this person seemed to put his hand on his shoulder.

"Nothing." Wei Ran quickly responded in German, blinking his eyes frantically at the same time.

When the vision gradually became clear, he found that he was sitting in a room without windows.But not far ahead, there is a fireplace with a bonfire.

At this time, around the fireplace, there were still many young people who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old.

Without exception, these young people are all wearing the uniform of the Youth League.And everyone, including himself, was holding a plate of food that smelled pretty good.

Looking at himself again, he was wearing a khaki-green uniform of the people's labor camp, with a coconut water bottle and a bumped lunch box hanging from his waist, and he suspected that the pair of marching boots on his feet were the ones in the metal book. pair.

In addition to the difference in clothing, he also found that his right hand was missing an index finger!Although the wound has healed long ago, and it can be seen that the wound suturing skills are as good as his, but he can still recognize it at a glance. The root of the disease!"
What the hell. Wei Ran twitched the corner of his mouth when he saw the incomplete right hand, and then turned his head to look at the person beside him who just asked him a question.

Although the brightness of the light bulbs used for lighting in this room is not high, Wei Ran recognized at a glance that the only boy on the scene who was not wearing the uniform of the Youth League and looked about [-] or [-] years old was precisely the boy from his youth. Dominic!

Before he could open his mouth to say anything, the door of this room was pushed open, and a serious and indifferent voice said, "Brother Love, come out."

"Victor, we're called, hurry up."

Dominic, who was sitting next to Wei Ran, had put down his plate and stood up before he could finish his sentence. While arranging the mountain infantry cap he didn't know where to find on his head, he ran out quickly.

Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately put down the food that he didn't even have time to take a bite of, and quickly got up and walked out of the room.

Outside this door is a dark concrete corridor, facing the wall opposite the door, there is a man wearing a rank army uniform, but wearing a pair of mountain boots issued by mountain divisions, and wearing a chest. The man with the metal edelweiss flower was leaning on a silver-coated cane, looking at Dominique who was standing upright with a serious face.

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After glancing at the other party's captain's rank and the rank military ring on his hand, and at the leather holster on the other party's waist, Wei Ran hurriedly stood beside Dominic.

"come with me"

The serious middle-aged soldier stomped the ground lightly with his cane, then limped along the side wall of the corridor and walked slowly.

"Uncle Letts, we"

"Shut up!" The middle-aged soldier who was walking in front scolded without hesitation, and Dominic, who was about to say something just now, quickly shut his mouth obediently.

He is Letz?Letz Cape?The last heir of the Capet family?The owner of Elk Castle?

Wei Ran muttered to himself, before entering this historical segment, he had seen his tombstone in the basement under the church, and even saw his photo on the tombstone, and the stall in the opponent's hand just now The military ring and the pistol holster hanging around his waist are also the same as what he has seen before.

In his wild thoughts, in this quiet and dark corridor, gradually only the metal anti-skid teeth of hiking boots and silver-clad walking sticks hit the concrete floor with the clicking sound.

But along the way, Wei Ran also found that the two sides of this corridor are rich in configurations, not only such as hair point room, fuel warehouse, even dormitory, canteen and medical room, he even saw a "hairdressing room" sign Room.

However, as the middle-aged soldier named Laitz went forward, there were fewer and fewer functional rooms, but more and more combat rooms.

When Wei Ran could already see the machine gun and artillery fortress on duty, the passage finally reached the entrance.

However, at this time, the outside of the fortress was dark, and the sky above the head, which was dyed red by the setting sun or the morning sun, was also cut to pieces by the tall pine trees.

Before going out the gate, Letz led Wei Ran into a huge space similar to a closed garage.

In this space made of concrete, all kinds of vehicles that can be used in this dense forest are parked. The most of them are bicycles, motorcycles, and half-track motorcycles.

There was even a stable near the gate, and there were a few horses and mules standing scatteredly in the stable.

Letz looked left and right, and stretched out his hand to lift a piece of canvas against the wall. Under the canvas, two half-track motorcycles were quietly parked.

On the hood of the first motorcycle, a 200-liter oil drum was fixed, and in the rear trailer, there were also densely packed 20-liter oil drums next to each other, and even the rear seats, They were filled with oil drums fastened with webbing.

The second car was not much better, it was just that the oil drum was replaced by an ammunition box, and there was a barely enough space for one person to sit in the rear seat.

"You drive that car"

Letz pointed to the half-track motorcycle full of ammunition boxes, then limped to the side of the motorcycle full of fuel, and took the disabled leg into the driving seat with great difficulty, and then refused. With Wei Ran's support, he stubbornly sat in alone, and embraced the still-usable leg.

Finally, he inserted the silver-clad cane into a small round hole that seemed to be specially welded on the fuel tank. Leitz picked up a STG44 assault rifle fixed on the fuel tank, and skillfully loaded the bullet.

When the other party started the car, Wei Ran turned his head to look at Dominic, only to find that he had already sat on the back seat of another half-track motorcycle early on, and even put on a slightly different hat for himself. Big steel helmet.

Without daring to waste time, Wei Ran swiftly got into the driver's seat, started the half-track motorcycle, and drove out of the huge garage behind Laitz. Amidst the low roar of the engine, he left behind unhurriedly. That wonderfully hidden fortress.

As the sky got darker and darker, Wei Ran was finally able to confirm that it should be evening now.However, Captain Letz, who was driving ahead, didn't intend to turn on the lights at all. Instead, he drove the car silently, drove into a clear stream and walked unhurriedly.

After driving like this for more than half an hour, when the two motorcycles stopped at the end of the stream, Wei Ran's eyes widened.

Wooden bridges, stone bridges, abandoned waterwheels, stone mills!He actually returned to the position before the white light came on last time!
Under his amazed gaze, a petite girl in the uniform of the Youth League stepped out of that mill!

That was indeed a girl. Although she also had the iconic Prussian hazel head and a hat, her bulging breasts couldn't be covered up by the uniform.

"dad!"

While Wei Ran was in a daze, this girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old had already galloped over, and hugged Captain Letts affectionately before he got off the half-track motorcycle.

"Sister Sophie!"

Dominic also quickly jumped out of the car almost at the same time, ran over with open arms, and hugged the girl in the youth league uniform.

She is Sophie?Sophie Capet?Wei Ran muttered to himself, he had also seen this girl's "clothes mound" before!