War Photographer's Notebook

"what----!"

Less than half a second after the explosion, Dominic and his little girlfriend Nadia who fell into the stream were the first to let out a scream, followed by Dominic clutching his crotch to die in the cold stream Rolling around in the middle, Nadia just rolled over and put her hands on her ass.

And Wei Ran, who subconsciously fell to the ground at the moment of the explosion, also sank in his heart. Before the stream and mud from the explosion hit the ground, he squinted his eyes and raised his head with a flashlight to look in the direction of the explosion.

In the dense fog that almost obscured the sight, the stream only a few meters away behind was steaming with a pungent smell of gunpowder smoke.But the stream that was frozen with thin ice had already been dyed red by the two young men carrying the stretcher and the body of the American soldier Buck, wantonly washing Dominique, who was still screaming.

"!"

Wei Ran reacted, and immediately got up and jumped over Sophie and Qiqi who were stunned by the explosion, and Timov, who still hadn't crossed the river, ran to the edge of the blasted stream in no particular order.

After a hasty inspection of Buck and the two young men carrying the stretcher, Wei Ran couldn't help shaking his head secretly, then turned around and held down Dominic who was writhing in pain.

Just looking at Buck's nearly blown stomach and the fine wounds on the legs of the two boys, he knew that the explosion this time was most likely a shoebox landmine hidden in the bottom of the water! And the reason why he made such a The judgment is naturally because of the nails, broken glass and sawdust embedded in the wounds of the three corpses!

It has to be said that this simple delay-fire booby trap is poorly set up, but the location chosen is also tricky enough.

Because of this, the three people who happened to be directly above the explosion almost suffered most of the shrapnel.

But even with the cover of the three of them, the two of Dominique, who happened to cross the river with their girlfriends at the same time, were still not spared.

Hugging the young man who had fainted from the pain to the shore as quickly as possible, Wei Ran noticed at a glance that his thighs and crotch had been stained dark red by blood.

He tore open his pants along the wound opened by the shrapnel, and he, Sophie and Qiqi who came over also felt a chill.

At this time, Dominic's two legs were cut open with long and thin wounds, exposing the yellow fat layer and the bright red muscles inside.A few small wounds were inlaid with brownish-yellow broken glass.

But compared to these horrific wounds, the most serious one is his two balls that were almost cut in half, and it seems that they may go away at any time!
"Help me hold him"

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he pulled out a piece of morphine from the medical bag at his waist and stuck it around his wound as quickly as possible, and at the same time did not forget to ask, "The rest of you keep quiet and cross the river quickly! Okan, Horst , are you still alive?"

"Alive!" Orkan and Horst responded in panic.

"Okan, watch what's going on around you! Horst, re-tie the stretcher with a blanket."

Wei Ran threw the used disposable morphine injection into the stream, and continued to order while digging out the suture kit, "Qiqi, check Nadia to see if she is still alive and if she is injured,"

"Okay, okay!" Okan echoed along with Horst and an equally panicked Qiqi.

There was no time to sew up Dominic's wound. After giving him morphine, Wei Ran immediately pulled out a roll of gauze, first helped him strangle the gene exchanger's neck, and roughly stopped the bleeding. The cut blood vessels on the thigh were clamped with forceps, and then the wound was directly tied with a hemostat with a bandage.

He simply treated the wound on his side, but Horst hadn't tied the stretcher yet.Seeing this, Wei Ran looked at Qiqi, "How is Nadia's injury? "

"There are a few not-so-big wounds on her butt!" The pale Qiqi responded in a panic, "Other than that, there are no other wounds."

"After the stretcher is ready, put Dominic on it first"

Wei Ran didn't wait for Qiqi to finish speaking, he took over her work, and at the same time arranged a new task for her, "By the way, check to see if anyone else is injured."

When he got close to Nadia, the girl who hurt her butt immediately endured the pain and asked, "Is Dominic okay? He still..."

"He's fine, he won't die"

Wei Ran leaned over to the girl lying on the ground and explained while avoiding serious problems, and after a general inspection of the wound, he took out a morphine and tied it on her, "Nadia, you have to bear it a little longer, I will There is no time to debride your wounds now, so I can only bandage you temporarily until we are safe..."

"I know." Nadia, who was lying on the ground, pulled up his pants with difficulty, and at the same time turned around with great effort to look at Dominic who had passed out not far away.

"Houst, make another stretcher as quickly as possible."

While speaking, Wei Ran covered Nadia's body with a blanket, then looked at Timov who was kneeling next to Buck's body, and said after a little hesitation, "Captain Timov, everyone needs your help now. "

Timov's body trembled when he heard the words, and the movements in his hands paused. He reached out and pulled out the soldier card from Buck's neck, and silently pulled one of them down and stuffed it into his pocket, and stuffed the other into Buck's neck. in the mouth.

Piously crossing his chest, Timov stood up and joined Horst's team, helping him, and made a stretcher with branches that he could find around.

At the same time, Wei Ran also helped the other injured to check their wounds. Fortunately, their injuries were much lighter in comparison, and they can be dealt with later. Qiqi, at the position of the shoulder blade on the back, poked a wooden thorn as thick as a finger.

Almost at the same time that Dominic was carried on the stretcher, the beam of the flashlight and the barking of dogs appeared faintly in the direction of the German positions in the distance.

"Get out of here"

As Wei Ran spoke, he beckoned the panicked Sophie to help, and carried Nadia onto the makeshift stretcher as smoothly as possible.

"Okan, take everyone away quickly!"

Wei Ran greeted again, reached out and took out the two grenades left by dismantling the mines before, and stuffed them under the bodies of the two young men who had carried Buck without thinking.

"Victor! What are you doing!" Sophie asked angrily.

"For the rest of the people to live," Wei Ran explained in a low voice, "Go!"

Before Sophie could say anything more, Qiqi had already grabbed her arm and said in a trembling tone, "Sophie! Make sure that the living can continue to live!"

Sophie gritted her teeth and followed Qiqi to catch up with the running team.

Almost at the same time that Wei Ran was catching up with the team, Timov approached, "Victor, we need to separate some people to attract firepower."

"I'll go!" Horst was the first to say.

"How about letting me attract the firepower?"

Timov ignored Horst, who offered to volunteer, and asked Wei Ran seriously, "Let Okan show me the direction of the American camp, and I will attract the pursuers, so that you will be safe, too. It's safe too."

"No, this..."

"listen"

Timov pointed behind Sophie without waiting for Sophie to finish, "My companion Buck has been killed, do you think it makes sense for me to follow you?"

"Let me and you..."

"Forget it Victor"

Timov also did not wait for Wei Ran to finish, "You still have a long way to go, and these children and women also need your care, so how about letting me help you?"

Having said that, Timov took out the photo Sophie gave him before departure from his pocket, "If I have a chance to return to the battlefield, I will try my best to help you find Mr. Letz, even if I can't find it, I will I will try to contact you by radio when I get a chance."

Before Timov finished speaking, two explosions came from behind him, and they could even hear the wailing of dogs and the screaming of people.

"Okan, where is the American position?" Wei Ran asked with a slightly louder voice.

"On the left, up to two kilometers."

Okan who has been eavesdropping just now
Immediately gave a response, "Follow the American corpses on the ground and you can definitely find them, but be careful, there are many mines under those corpses."

"Waiting for your radio contact"

Wei Ran said, and handed the submachine gun in his hand to Timov, and then took out two spare pistol magazines from his pocket and handed them over.

"I hope you all arrive at your destination safely," Timov finished, took the weapon Wei Ran gave him, turned and ran towards the direction directed by Okan.

Not long after, the flashlight lit up in the dense fog in the direction where he disappeared, followed by the intensive gunfire of submachine guns.

It was also under the attraction of sound and light that the flashlights that were constantly shaking behind them immediately shifted their direction, but obviously, it was not the time to relax. Under Wei Ran's whispered urging, this team with no fighting power Speeding up again, carrying the seriously injured Dominic and the handicapped Nadia, they ran in the direction of Belgium in a panic.

After running wildly for nearly 20 minutes, there was no movement in the thick fog behind him. Wei Ran also called to stop the team, and helped Dominique's thigh with initial suturing at the fastest speed. At the same time, he helped him The two worthless balls were completely removed.

In just 5 minutes, the team that hadn't even caught their breath set off again under the urging of Wei Ran, followed by Horst and Okan who were running at the front, and rushed to Belgium at the other end of the forest.

As time passed, the thick fog behind him became more and more quiet, and under the surrounding thick fog, there were fewer and fewer dead bodies that were forgotten.And under the dense fog directly ahead, a piece of broken barbed wire gradually appeared.

"Through...through this barbed wire"

Orkan was dressed roughly, and said intermittently with his hands on his knees, "The back is Belgium, but I, I have never been there."

"Victor, let me cut the barbed wire."

Horst, who was also out of breath, volunteered again, "During this time, you give bandages to the others."

"it is good"

Wei Ran, who was also running and sweating, nodded, took a few deep breaths to calm himself down as soon as possible so that his hands would not shake, and then opened the medical bag again, beckoning Qiqi to come over, and first helped her remove the wooden thorn on her back come out.

"Victor, Dominic..." Qiqi with a pale face asked Sophie next to her the most wanted question in a low voice while Wei Ran was helping her to sew up the wound.

Wei Ran sighed slightly, and said almost nonchalantly, "When we find a place that is safe enough, we need further follow-up treatment."

"boom!"

Just when Qiqi was about to say something, there was another explosion that was almost close at hand from the direction of the barbed wire fence in the distance!

Compared to Sophie and Qiqi who screamed subconsciously, Wei Ran just covered the freshly stitched wound with dressing as quickly as possible.

It wasn't until Qiqi stopped moving that he turned around, and in the dense fog pushed by the shock wave, he saw Horst thrown on the barbed wire like a rag!
"Horst! "

The girl named Heike let out a desperate cry, dropped the things in her hands and went madly through the barbed wire that had just been cut.

Almost on his feet, Wei Ran also grabbed the medical bag and ran over quickly.

However, as he got closer, he stopped slowly, finally sighed, and silently took out a shot of morphine from the medical bag.

At this time, one of Horst's legs was gone, and the other leg was twisted into a weird angle from the knee down.Even one of his hands has disappeared, and even the clothes that Heike made for him on his body have turned into rags that smell of gunpowder!
"Horst"

With tears streaming down his face, Heike ran to Horst's side, frantically trying to help him hold the wounds on his legs, trying to stop the bright red and dark red blood from flowing out.

However, even though she covered the wound with her hand, the dark red blood flowed out from the corner of Horst's mouth and dripped on the collapsed chest.

"H...ke..."

Horst struggled to lift his remaining hand, but before he could touch Heike's pale golden hair, it fell down weakly and fell heavily on the barbed wire fence full of barbs. superior.

"Hoster! Horst!"

Heike cried heartbreakingly while hugging Horst's broken body, and didn't notice at all that her body, her face, had been stained red by the still warm blood, and he didn't even notice that the surrounding people The sharp barbs on the barbed wire had already drawn fine wounds on her body.

Sighing secretly, Wei Ran put away the morphine he had just prepared in his hand, turned around and silently looked at the minefield directly ahead.

"There were no landmines here before"

Okan stumbled over and explained with a pale face, "I swear, there were no landmines here before."

"When was that..." Wei Ran asked a cruel question.

Okan's body trembled subconsciously, and he sat down on the ground, trembling and raving, "That was... that was... when the war just started..."