War Photographer's Notebook

At nine o'clock in the night on January 1995, 1, the team, which had been hiding on the fourth floor of the shopping mall for a whole day, led two elite extrajudicial prisoners, Asor and Gala, quietly along the rappelling rope fixed on the floor. Returned silently to the third floor.

During this day, no one tried to climb to the top of the shopping mall. Even Chechen tanks and even some rockets hit it more than once.

But in the end, because the people upstairs never fought back, because of too many traps with astonishing lethality, and the battle situation not far from the train station and the presidential palace a little further away, such a building wreckage whose location is not important, finally Temporarily set aside by the Chechens and their helpers.

On the third floor of the shopping mall, Feschenk handed the two Famas rifles with the firing pins removed to Athol and Gala who had released their hands.

"Take us to that tunnel"

Captain Karp paused, then continued in French, "Assist us in completing the mission, and then withdraw from the city. Not only will you survive, but you will also get the 50 dollars promised to you."

Atsol asked suspiciously while moving his wrist with strangle marks, "Can you really get 50 dollars?"

Culp replied with a smile, "We don't mind changing partners who believe in us."

"It seems that I have no choice." Asol and his companion Gala looked at each other helplessly, "Let's go!"

Hearing this, Captain Karp waved his hand, and Deputy Captain Ruslan immediately led Wei Ran and Feshenke down the prepared rope from the third floor to the second floor, and then from the second floor to the first floor.

After the three of them established a defensive circle, the two captives also hung down holding the rope.Immediately afterwards, Karp and the others also descended to the ground silently.

Before the sniper Leva on the third floor retracted the rappelling rope, Athor and Galla held the Famas in their hands, and walked out of the shopping mall with Karp and Ruslan walking behind them. .

A moment later, after seeing the signal from Ruslan with an infrared laser pointer, Wei Ran and Feschenk, who were wearing French night vision goggles, immediately took Yakov, Agni and Leizli behind them followed.

"We may not be able to come back this time," Feschenk said in an exceptionally calm tone as if muttering to himself.

"You still have time to go back now," Wei Ran said sincerely. "Go back?" Feshank smiled, but said nothing more.Seeing this, Wei Ran wisely did not continue this topic, but looked at everything around him more vigilantly.

Under the leadership of the two false mercenaries, the two groups passed through a block with ease, and even waved and greeted each other with a group of Chechen soldiers sitting in armored vehicles on the way.

However, when they came to a crossroad, Athor and Gala stopped in unison.

"Here it is"

Gala pointed to the manhole cover that was emitting a little steam on the side of the road ahead, "We came out from here, and we hid here before you attacked."

"Striker"

Before Captain Karp finished speaking, Wei Ran and Fei Shenke immediately worked together to remove the warm manhole cover and drilled in one after another. …

Taking advantage of the time when the rest of the people came in, the two of them also looked at two different directions of the prepared well.

Obviously, this is not just the city's groundwater system, because in addition to the sewage ditch with corpses floating in the middle, there are also a large number of pipes and cables densely covered on the walls on both sides, and there are even two in the distance. A rusty iron gate.And behind the gate of the fence gate, there seemed to be some dim lights on.

When everyone came down behind him, and the man who was walking in the last place re-closed the manhole cover, everyone also asked about the strong and choking stench.

"Go forward, go through the door and follow the light." Ashol paused and continued, "We will pass by some shelters where refugees who escaped from the war gather, and we should just walk in front when the time comes."

Hearing this, Wei Ran and Fei Shenke loaded the submachine guns in their hands with bullets.Go through the iron fence door that is not locked at all and go all the way in the direction of the light.

When the group of them turned left and right following the light, and stepped down and up the steps, there was no sewage drain in the front passage, but a wooden door with light shining through it. There was a buzzing of conversation.

Wei Ran, who was walking in front, carefully opened the wooden door, and with a soft creak, the conversation inside stopped abruptly, and everyone saw the old man, woman and child at least one hundred and ten, all looking at him in unison. them.

Captain Karp secretly pushed Gala's back with the Famas in his hand, and the latter immediately walked in one after the other with Asol, and the old people, women and children also immediately gave way. Paths less than one meter wide at most.

Before Leizli, who was at the end, stepped in, a dirty child ran over and said something to Asol, who was walking in the front, in a Chechen language that Wei Ran could not understand.From time to time, he would raise his finger and point to a woman with a wall of guilt behind her and a gauze wrapped around her head.

Athor sneaked a glance at Captain Karp who was following him, then roughly pushed the child into the arms of an old man, and then shook the Famas rifle in his hand.

This small action also allowed the refugees in front who were unable to escape the city to further give way to a wider road, and the speed of the expressionless people also accelerated.

It wasn't until he went through an iron gate again and entered the underground passage with an oil lamp hanging only a long distance away. At the same time that Ashor in front turned on the flashlight that Karp handed him, he apologized and falsely, but at the same time It was the explanation that stated the facts, "Sorry, I can only do that, otherwise those refugees will swarm over to ask us for things."

"I know." Captain Karp responded almost indifferently to the other party's justification—or, rather, it was the truth.

"Is that where you got those girls from?" Feschenk couldn't help asking in French.

"We're not coming down to arrest people"

Gala explained in a low voice, "But those refugees will come out after dark to find something to eat. We just need to guard a few entrances and exits and wait for the young and beautiful girls to come out by themselves."

"How long have you been doing this business?" Wei Ran asked casually while looking ahead. …

"In fact, it started when we came here at the end of October." Gala said with a little pride in his tone, "We have been waiting for you to attack, but you never come, and those lunatics in Chechnya don't allow us to leave. Find a way to have some fun by yourself, anyway, those lunatics don’t really know how to live and die those refugees.”

Speaking of this, Gala seemed to realize something, and quickly said remedially, "Of course, we can only be regarded as Just's helpers at best, and he is the big boss of this business."

"Say something valuable." Ruslan, who had been silent just now, reminded in a cold tone.

"Sir, everything we know was told to you yesterday."

Asol said helplessly, "We are mercenaries, not those Chechen lunatics, so we don't mind changing bosses at all, and there is no need to keep the previous employer secret."

"Since you don't have any new information, just shut up." Ruslan snorted coldly.

In the blink of an eye, the dark underground passage became quiet again, leaving only the flashlight beam constantly shaking in Athor's hand, and the hidden marks left by Rezri at the end of the team every time he encountered a corner.After talking so carefully for less than 5 minutes, there was also a beam of flashlight flickering in front of him.Seeing this, everyone secretly held the micro-voice pistol in their pockets.

Soon, a group of soldiers in full American armor came running in front of them. From a long distance away, a man in his 30s at the head gestured a chic American military salute to Asol, and at the same time asked loudly in American English, "How's the harvest?"

"Not very good, only less than 20 were hunted."

Athor pointed at the top of his head with the beam of the flashlight, and answered according to the answer Karp prepared for him in advance, "Our camp was bombed. When I went up to see it, it was full of dead people and traps left by someone. .”

"Where's Just that bastard's Jiyuan? It's gone?" the soldier and his companions stopped and asked regretfully.

"All gone"

Athol spread his hands, "Not only are they gone, but my partners Billy and Charlie, Gala and I were also killed by the trap in there. Friends, if you meet other people, you must inform them to stay away from that building Son."

"It's really regrettable bad news." The soldier scratched his crotch in pain and asked, "Who are these people?"

"Our new buddy is recruited from the 1st company." Athor said immediately.

"Time to have a drink"

The soldier with an American accent took out a box of Marlboro and threw it to Wei Ran, "Guys, this is my meeting gift."

"thanks"

Wei Ran took the cigarette and responded in English, "Guys, when we meet next time, I will also prepare a gift for you."

"Are you from Texas?"

The American soldier came over and patted Wei Ran's shoulder affectionately, grinning and jokingly asked, "I can already hear it from your accent, buddy, do you want to come to our mercenary group?"

"Dude, are you embarrassing me?"

Wei Ran tore open a cigarette and took out one, let the soldier who was holding his shoulders help him to light it, and said in a cloud of mist, "If I refuse you at this time, I will offend my new friend, and if I agree to you, I will offend us." Mr. Captain, so this is not a question that a friend should ask.”…

Before the American soldier could speak, Wei Ran grinned again, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Remember to ask privately next time, I've had enough of this pimp from Madagascar."

"Did you hear it?"

The soldier holding Wei Ran's neck asked Athor with a playful smile, "A pimp from Madagascar."

"I heard it, I heard it"

Atuoer reluctantly took the cigarettes from Wei Ran, "When this business is over, I'll sell you this damn red neck. By the way, what's going on in the lair now?"

"I'll pay you a good price then"

After finishing speaking, the soldier who smelled like **** finally let go of Wei Ran's neck, "There is no one there now, and even those Polish bastards who are full of shit have gone to the battlefield."

"Why did they leave too?" Athor asked in surprise. "Of course it's to grab the head"

The soldier clapped the rifle in his hand, "Those lunatics in Afghanistan don't care about commissions and lives at all, they just want to kill and behead and make videotapes. To tell you the truth, our team has hunted more than 60 heads with those idiots during the day." gone."

"We'll have a try when we finish resupplying the ammunition!" Athor said confidently.

"Go to the hospital, don't go to the train station and government buildings, it's not easy to eat there."

The enthusiastic American soldier lowered his voice, "It seems that the hospital is full of wounded, but they are still commissioned!"

"The next time I get a girl to send you two!" Asol vowed.

"Remember to find me the blonde ones," the GI licked his lips, "the young ones!"

"I'll help you find it." With a cigarette in his mouth, Athor patted his chest and reassured the promise just now.

"Then it's settled. If you find it, call me on the radio channel."

After finishing speaking, the American soldier touched Wei Ran's fists, greeted his teammates talking and laughing, and walked towards the direction where Wei Ran and others came.

"How far are we?" Karp asked in a cold voice. "It's coming soon." Gala wiped the cold sweat from his brow, "but we have to pass through a gate with a Chechen handle."

"How many people?" Ruslan asked after him.

"Not many, there were only six or seven people when we passed by last time." Ashor, who was also in a cold sweat, replied, "They mainly prohibit refugees from passing there, and generally they don't check us."

"Let's go!" Captain Karp
After finishing speaking, he winked at Leizli who was behind him.