War Photographer's Notebook

In the woods at the southeast end of this long, unnamed island, after a lot of busy work, Wei Ran finally dug a grave that could barely fit the moose's corpse.On the beach outside the woods, the two captains also used steel helmets to dig a trench just enough to bury the coconuts.

After resting for a while, Wei Ran put away his engineering shovel, left the woods and stepped onto the beach on the east coast of the island.

Compared with the west bank, the beach here is much cleaner. As far as the eye can see, the only harvest is a few dead trees that cannot be moved at all.

They joined Captain Evans and others empty-handed. At this time, they had already buried all the coconuts they could find at the junction of the beach and the woods.

After some discussion, the four of them worked together to take off the three bulletproof vests on the moose's body, and then carried him into the grave that Wei Ran had dug.

"If there is a chance of survival, we must bring him back to the United States."

Captain Evans made a promise muttering to himself, and was the first to scoop up white sand with his helmet, and gently covered the moose's body.

"I've already blown the whistle for you," Sterling muttered to himself, and scooped up white sand with his helmet and sprinkled it on it.

Wei Ran and Hawkes looked at each other, and each picked up sand to help bury the moose's body.

Until the grave was completely filled, Evans used his ax to personally carve the full name of the moose and the words USS Johnston DD-557 on the trunk of a silver leaf tree next to the grave.

"Let's go"

Evans sighed, put away the ax and walked back while saying, "We need to scrub the bulletproof vests as soon as possible and put them on. Unfortunately, there are four of us but only three bulletproof vests."

"We need weapons more than body armor." Sterling couldn't help but said, "But we don't even have bows and arrows now."

"I can make bows and arrows"

Hawkes replied unexpectedly, "Before I joined the army, I even used to hunt with my father with a bow and arrow I made myself."

"I almost forgot we had a real Indian boy."

Captain Evans sat down in the shadows at the edge of the woods and asked with a smile, "Hawks, with the materials we have, can you make a bow and arrow with lethality?"

"I can try"

Hawks scratched his flushed cheeks, "But it will take time, even if I don't do anything, it will probably take two or three days."

"In this case, the making of weapons will be handed over to you."

Evans said and looked at Wei Ran, "Victor, how about you keep an eye on the two pilots and help Hawks collect the materials he needs?"

"No problem." Wei Ran happily agreed.

"I'll be responsible for collecting survival supplies, Sterling, how about you building the shelter?" Evans turned his head and continued to arrange work.

"My pleasure"

Sterling said, and handed Wei Ran the sailor's whistle that had been hanging around his neck, "Blow the whistle as soon as you encounter danger."

After receiving the whistle, when Wei Ran was about to say something, Evans pointed to the bulletproof vests placed with the supplies in the distance and said, "Three bulletproof vests, one for each of you. I don't need it, I'm going to Walk along the beach to see if you can find anything useful. Hawks, give me the fishing gear, and I'll try to catch something."

"In this case, let me give you this." Wei Ran said, took off the toad mirror and handed it to Evans.

At the same time, Hawks also took off his jacket, untied the fishing tackle bag that was worn on his chest like a suspender, and took out the large jackknife from it by the way, and then handed it over to him. To Captain Evans.

"This is much more useful than body armor"

Evans gladly took the sunglasses handed over by Wei Ran first, and then took the fishing tackle bag and hung it on his chest and patted it on his chest, "Okay, gentlemen, let's start taking action after enough rest."

As Evans said, he was the first to stand up while supporting the tree trunk, and walked to the distance alone along the beach that was almost submerged in sea water.

Seeing this, Sterling immediately picked up the umbrella rope and umbrella cloth he brought back, chose a few trees in the forest next to the beach, waved an ax and began to clear the bushes, preparing to build a shelter for rest.

"Let's go too"

Hawkes greeted Wei Ran, stood up and walked towards the narrow woods behind him. As for the heavy body armor with a strong smell of corpses, he didn't even touch it.

After all, they were still shivering when they walked, so there was really no need to put an extra burden on themselves.

"Victor, do those recruiters really eat people?"

Hawks waited until Lieutenant Captain Sterling behind him was blocked by bushes, and then asked in an unbelievable whisper.

"real"

Wei Ran paused, and asked while looking around, "Do you still remember the owner of the Ferraro weapons store I mentioned when we met at sea just now?"

"Remember" Hawks licked his lips, "and the strip bar opposite the store, you promised to take me to see the white woman's nanny."

"I'll definitely show you around"

Wei Ran paused, then continued, "The owner of that weapons store is called Tom. As I said, he is a chaplain."

"I remember" Hawkes bent down and picked up the two feathers for a look, then handed them to Wei Ran and motioned him to put them in the bag, "I still remember you said you have a black friend."

"right"

Wei Ran nodded, and said while putting the feathers in the bag, "Apart from the black friend, we also have a white stretcher soldier friend and a white bulldozer driver. I'm talking about that driver. His name is Marshall. One of his good friends was eaten by recruiters."

"Man-eating Wendigo!" Hawkes frowned subconsciously.

"Yeah. Man-eating Wendigo"

Halfway through Wei Ran's speech, he and Hawks stopped in unison, and their gazes also looked out of the woods.

Glancing at each other, the two slowed down their pace, and approached the edge of the woods lightly.

Under the cover of the trees, the two of them could clearly see that at a distance of only 50 meters, the pilot Jiro was kneeling on the beach, holding a peeled coconut in both hands, on a stone exposed on the beach. It knocked up and down feebly.

Taking out the binoculars and taking a look, Wei Ran handed it to Hawkes, and at the same time said in a low voice, "Pay attention to the white canvas bag next to the stone, where the pistol is placed."

"I see it. I haven't seen that canvas bag before, and it doesn't look like Mr. Sterling's sailor bag."

Hawks, who was holding up the binoculars, said quickly, "If this pistol is here, does that mean that Mr. Akira doesn't have a weapon at all?"

"Not only is Akira's foot crippled, but let's not forget, he also suffers from chronic dysentery and takes drugs every day."

Wei Ran took the telescope returned by the other party, pointed to the young pilot outside who was busy eating coconut meat, and reminded in a low voice, "Akila is not convenient to move, so the work of food collection can only be done by the pilot on the beach." Come take charge."

"In other words, they need to be separated frequently?" Hawkes suddenly understood Wei Ran's hint.

"And Akira is very worried about his companion's accident, because he knows very well that he can't survive on his own."

Wei Ran paused, and continued, "So he must give his companion the weapon for self-defense."

"In other words, we have many opportunities to deal with Akira." Hawkes licked his cracked lips, "but the important thing is how to get his weapon over."

"Fix your bow as soon as possible"

Wei Ran stepped back and said, "With the bow and arrow, we have a chance to deal with the pilot outside."

"Actually no bows and arrows"

Hawkes said confidently as he stepped back, "I can hit it with a throwing ax."

"You are shaking when you walk now, are you sure you can accurately throw the ax on his head?"

Faced with Wei Ran's question, Hawkes sighed, and changed the subject somewhat disappointed, "Even if we kill them, how long can we last on this small island?"

"It's better than being eaten by them." Wei Ran stopped and said, "I'm here to stare at him, and I'll blow my whistle if there's any danger."

"be careful"

After Hawkes finished speaking, he leaned against the beach on the other side of the island, holding the large jackknife, looking for food that could be used to make bows and arrows alone.

When the figure of the other party was also blocked by vegetation, Wei Ran also touched the edge of the forest again, and looked at the pilot Jiro secretly again.

At this time, he had finished eating the coconut, and was sitting on the rock staring at the distant sea in a daze, and the 1911 pistol was held in his hand again.

Putting down the binoculars, Wei Ran took out the camera bag, put on a super telephoto lens, aimed at the other party and pressed the shutter.

While he was waiting patiently, after a moment of daze, Jiro held the pistol in one hand and dragged the bulging canvas bag that seemed to contain two coconuts in the other, and strenuously walked towards the direction he came from.

Seeing this, Wei Ran also put away the binoculars, held up the camera and found Hawks in the distance.

What he didn't expect was that after such a short period of time, Hawkes was already holding a few slender wooden sticks and some feathers in his left hand, while his right hand was actually holding a coconut tied with an umbrella cord. crab!And his sunburned face couldn't help showing ecstasy.

Seizing the opportunity to take a photo of the other party, Wei Ran put away the camera and camera bag, and ran towards the other party along the beach outside the woods.

"Victor!"

After seeing Wei Ran, Hawkes immediately yelled in a low voice, and at the same time shook the crimson and purple coconut crab in his hand as if showing off.

Looking closely, this coconut crab is not small in size, its length may be about the same as an adult's calf, and those two big claws are also about the size of a palm.

"Where did you catch it?" Wei Ran asked in surprise after taking the coconut crab handed over by the other party.

"there"

Hawks pointed behind him, "I caught it just after opening a coconut. I've helped it eat the coconut, and I brought it back by the way."

"It will thank you for sure"

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he noticed that there was still a small, but not too big, in the other party's pocket, but he looked at the very familiar canning bottle. The problem was, there was actually a can in the canning bottle sealed by the umbrella cloth. Dodge a hermit crab the size of a fist!

"I just found this little guy when I separated from you."

Hawkes took out the canning bottle and showed it to Wei Ran, "I named it Halsey, and I decided to keep it."

"Halsey?" Wei Ran smiled, "If you take this name, it will run around."

"Eat it if you dare to run around." Hawkes grinned and smirked while stuffing his pet back into his jacket pocket, took the coconut crab in Wei Ran's hand, and asked as he walked back, "What about that?" Where's the pilot?"

"has gone back"

Wei Ran bent down to pick up some dry dead branches and put them under his armpits, and said while walking back, "Your harvest is bigger than him, he seems to have only picked up two coconuts just now."

"We have twice as many people as them"

Hawkes said worriedly, "And this island is too small, I am worried about how many people there are enough supplies on the island."

"When they also realize this problem, we will be really in danger." Wei Ran murmured to himself and sighed, almost having a premonition of what would happen in the future.