In the wooden house that smelled of meat, Dr. Cross suppressed his excitement and asked in a low voice in Latin.
"Queen Maude Land, this is probably still within the scope of Queen Maude Land, but it is definitely not ten kilometers inland from the Schirmacher Oasis. We are much further away from the coastline, or more eastward, otherwise the magnetic declination
It won't be that big, unless I calculated it wrong."
Carsten put away the small stone and continued to whisper, "The specific location still needs to be measured, especially enough reference terrain needs to be found to determine our current location."
"So last summer, the place we went to was not there either..."
Before Dr. Cross could finish his words, Hanno sat up from his sleep with an exclamation.
"What's wrong with you?" Wei Ran, who was pretending to be busy by the stove, was the first to ask with concern.
"It's okay, damn, I had a nightmare."
Hanno rubbed his face vigorously, looked at the watch hanging on the bedside, and then asked, "Did the radio ring?"
"No"
Carsten answered his question, "Hanno, do you want to get up and eat something or continue to sleep? Today's breakfast was cooked by Victor, and his cooking skills are much better than Dr. Jörg."
"I'm not going to sleep anymore." Hanno yawned, "Let me try Victor's craftsmanship."
"it's here"
Wei Ran pointed to the lunch box that had been hanging by the stove, "It's been keeping it warm for you."
"Thanks"
Hanno had already stood up and walked over while he was talking, took off his lunch box and returned to his sewing machine. While eating, he asked, "Have you tried the jumpsuit I modified for you?"
"I tried it, Hanno, your skills are really good."
Dr. Cross immediately praised, while Carsten put the small stone and the pointer that was originally sucked on it into different pockets.
Hanno was obviously very happy under the compliments of the two people. After finishing breakfast in three or two mouths, he immediately stepped on the sewing machine and started making sleeping bags with the roll of silk fabric he got.
Seeing this, Dr. Cross and Mr. Carsten also stopped chatting in Latin, and each of them started busy with their own work.
Seeing that he could no longer hear any valuable news, Wei Ran poured the broth that had been prepared in the pot into the iron bucket that had been prepared in advance, put on a brand new one-piece thermal insulation suit, and also returned the
I forgot to take off the mountaineering expert badge from the old thermal suit and pin it on the inside of this new suit, and then I carried the broth to feed the new sled dogs.
While the dogs were eating, Wei Ran also lit a cigarette and hid in the wind-sheltered kennel while serving the small stove while secretly pondering the Latin conversation he had just overheard and the secrets revealed in the conversation.
.
So there won’t really be a 211 base, right?
Inevitably, he once again had doubts about this matter that had already been concluded in history.
Almost as soon as the dogs were filling their stomachs, Schubert and Dr. Jörg also rushed back one after another. In the sled driven by the latter, what they pulled back this time was a seal with a gunshot wound to the head.
"Get rid of it"
Major Schubert ordered Wei Ran, "Remember to peel off the skin and let Hanno take care of it."
"I know" Wei Ran nodded and agreed.
"Let me help you!"
Dr. Yog took the initiative and said, "Victor, you'd better change into some old clothes."
“That makes sense”
Like a brainless puppet at the mercy of strings, Wei Ran accepted Yog's suggestion and followed Schubert into the cabin.
"Any news?" As soon as Schubert entered the room, he asked Hanno who was working on the sewing machine.
"No," Hanno replied, stopping what he was doing, "it's been quiet on the radio channel."
Hearing this, Schubert nodded expressionlessly, walked to his bed, picked up a gas cylinder and a weather balloon from under the bed, and started working alone.
A little later, Wei Ran, who had changed into old clothes, also left the cabin and began to decompose the seal with the help of Yog.
"Where did you catch it?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice.
"Coastline." Yog whispered an unexpected answer, "The direction of the coastline."
"Did you see the coastline?"
Glancing at Schubert who was releasing a balloon in the distance, Yog gently shook his head and said, "Stop discussing this dangerous topic."
Before he finished speaking, he had already helped Wei Ran pull off the seal's skin, "I'll give it to Hannuo, and I'll leave the rest to you."
Watching Dr. Yog leave as if he was running away, Wei Ran's inner doubts became more serious.
Obviously, as Carsten said, this Dr. Jörg seemed to know something.
So, if this isn't Queen Maud Land, then where is it?
Even though there were more and more questions in his heart, he did not stop what he was doing. Instead, he quickly dismantled the seal's internal organs, cut them into pieces, and threw them to the dogs who had just eaten.
Give them some vitamin supplements.
He casually threw the much reduced seal carcass into an oil drum, but Wei Ran didn't even look at Major Schubert, who was releasing the weather balloon, and got into the wooden house to continue his work.
In the next few days, Wei Ran was like a nanny or servant, being busy with various tasks at will by various people in the cabin.
It was through these few days of contact that he gradually realized that Hanno's and his own "status" were not much different, and they both belonged to the "lowest level" in this cabin.
The only thing he is better than himself is that he seems to have more trust from Schubert than himself.
What made him even more concerned was that Hanno also had a mountaineering expert badge on the inside of his thermal suit.
If you include yourself, half of the six-member team have obtained mountaineering expert badges. This configuration is too luxurious.
However, during the past few days of observation, he found that apart from reading books, reading newspapers and playing penguins, people rarely did any serious "scientific research" work. At most, the radio station Hannuo was in charge of was turned on at a scheduled time every day to listen, and that was just for one day.
Only four hours of rest are used for radio station maintenance.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the other hand, this young man who seems to have no intention of taking good care of the radio station and the wooden house itself. In the past few days, he also used a sewing machine to give everyone
Everyone made a mummy-style sleeping bag.
Although these sleeping bags with silk fabric lining and tarpaulin outer layer are a bit linted and have a vague fishy smell, they are still warm enough.
Unfortunately, the cabin was also warm enough, so although everyone received this gift, no one, including Hanno himself, used the prepared sleeping bags when sleeping.
Compared with Hanno, who is the only one who has serious work to do and has an extremely rich spare time life, Dr. Jörg seems to get along with everyone and become a good friend who talks about everything - whether it is Schubert, who has the highest status, or Wei, who has the lowest status.
Burn.
The two scholars often got together when Major Schubert was away and chatted quietly in Latin that Wei Ran could understand or in some language that he did not understand. They obviously had secrets in their hearts.
However, from those few words, Wei Ran could tell to some extent that they did not seem to have the idea of "escape", but instead were just speculating about something.
As for Major Schubert, just as the impression left on Wei Ran at first was that he was an avid Nazi and hunting enthusiast.
Listen to the radio and hunt at fixed times every day, and when a telegram is sent, everyone is asked to leave the cabin and use the Enigma machine alone to translate the content of the received telegram.
In addition, he also maintained a vigilance against everyone. Even after being invited out of the cabin several times to wait for the translation telegram to be completed, Wei Ran once noticed that his supply box and bedside suitcase had been rummaged through.
sign.
As he got to know these "colleagues" better, the week passed in a blink of an eye, and Wei Ran finally took advantage of these days of chef work to fill the oil drums containing coffee powder and sugar cubes with boiling hot water.
It was exactly at two o'clock in the afternoon that he entered this historical episode for a week, when a telegram was sent via radio that broke everyone's preparations and little thoughts hidden in their hearts.
"Half an hour's time"
Schubert stood at the door of the wooden house and said hurriedly to the people who were helping Wei Ran and Yog feed the dogs, "We will leave here in half an hour."
"Leave? What happened?" Yog asked subconsciously.
Glancing at Dr. Jorg, Schubert hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Just now, the British began to besiege our whaling station, and they are likely to touch here. For safety reasons, we must now
Transfer.”
"Where are we going?" Dr. Cross asked excitedly, "We are going...is that where we are going?"
After glancing at Dr. Cross, Major Schubert nodded and replied, "We don't rule out this possibility. Now hurry up and pack your luggage. Take away the necessary things and leave the unnecessary ones. Each person is responsible for one sleigh."
Before the others could say anything, Major Schubert continued, "Victor, you are responsible for carrying the generator and at least two barrels of fuel, and also the receiver.
Hanno, you are responsible for bringing the transmitter, a barrel of fuel, and some food along the way. You two must ensure that the radio system can be activated normally at any time. That is the key to our survival.
Yog, Dr. Cross, and Mr. Carsten, you are responsible for bringing medicines, medical equipment and your personal belongings. If there is still free weight, try to pack as many vegetables and meat pieces as possible.
If everyone has no problem, please take action as soon as possible!"
Hearing this, Wei Ran and others looked at each other, immediately hooked up the sled dogs to the sled dogs who had just eaten, and then started busy loading the sled dogs.
With Hanno's help, he put the generator that had just turned off and the boxed receiver on the sled with some difficulty, and Weiran loaded two more barrels of fuel on it.
After pushing it for a while, he reluctantly put a medicine box that belonged to Yog and a box of jam on the sleigh.
He ran back to the cabin and put on the one-piece thermal insulation suit that Yog had processed for him a few days ago, and then rolled up the sleeping bag he made himself, along with the mountaineering bag on the bedside and the suitcase already filled with film.
They were stacked in the sled and tied with tarps and ropes to make them very secure.
Seeing that the others had not finished their work, Wei Ran ran into the wooden house again, poured all the remaining bottles of gin into the oil drum specially used to hold wine, and at the same time, he also stuffed two large bottles into his arms.
Box of black tea.
When he hung the two bread bags filled with dog meat pieces on both sides of his outer belt and hung a kerosene lamp around his waist, Schubert also prepared the sleigh he was responsible for.
What Wei Ran saw was that in addition to the cipher machine installed in the box, there were also several bottles of gin that belonged to him, some vegetables, and a large number of cans.
In addition, there were sleeping bags that Hanno helped make and a few boxes containing unknown contents.
Under the gaze of everyone, after Schubert carried two 20-liter oil drums into the wooden house, he actually took out two M39 oval grenades from his arms and hung them on the inside of the door handle!
"Follow me later, don't fall behind, and don't overtake me. Make sure your sled dogs follow the marks left by my sled car, otherwise no one will rescue you if you fall into a crevice in the ice.
.”
After saying that, Schubert was already standing at the rear of his sleigh, hanging two lit kerosene lamps on the armrests and said, "Hanno, Victor, you two are at the end."
After saying that, Schubert, who was carrying a rifle and skis on his shoulders, shook the reins vigorously and ordered the dog sled he was responsible for to start running.
Soon, Dr. Cross and Mr. Carsten each shouted for the sleigh to follow. Hanno and Wei Ran looked at each other and also shook their reins and followed.
I'm about to start committing suicide...
Wei Ran secretly pressed the camera shutter towards the backs of the people in front of him, then shook the reins and chased after them calmly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Where will you go next, how far is it from the destination, where is the crevice in the ice that killed Major Schubert, and what will happen behind it
No British will catch up, these are all unknowns.
What made Wei Ran even more worried was that the only hot weapons their six-man team had were a pistol and a rifle, both of which were in the hands of Major Schubert.
Putting some distance between himself and Hannuo in front of him, Wei Ran put on his goggles and tightened his mask. At the same time, he tightened his grip on the reins and secretly pondered the situation he would encounter next.
After running for less than half an hour, Wei Ran noticed the firelight in the direction behind him that reflected the night sky red.
Obviously, this was more effective than any urging, and everyone immediately sped up, hoping to put some distance between them and the possible pursuers behind them.
After running in silence for more than half an hour, Schubert, who was leading the way, began to change direction, leading the sled team in an arc and starting to move inland.
However, soon, they were blocked by an ice crack three or four meters wide, and had to stop.
"What's wrong?"
Far away, Wei Ran heard the questions shouted by Dr. Yog.
"The last time I came here there was no such crevice."
Schubert pointed to the extremely conspicuous ice crack in front and said, "I'm afraid we have to take a detour."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Yog said subconsciously.
"Nothing, let's go."
Before Major Schubert finished speaking, he had already shaken the reins vigorously and shouted at the dogs to start running again along the edge of the ice crevice.
The group of them never expected that this run would take more than an hour, but the ice crack around them had no sign of closing at all!
Not only that, in such a short time, not only was the wind blowing in the face stronger and stronger, but there were also snowflakes floating above my head.
"Major, we can't leave anymore!"
Carsten shouted to his sleigh to speed up, catching up with Schubert at the front and shouting, "We must find a place to stop as soon as possible to avoid the blizzard that may appear at any time!"
"Go behind me"
Major Schubert warned, then shook the reins and passed Carsten's sleigh.
They ran like this for more than half an hour. When the wind blowing in the face became stronger and stronger, and the snowflakes falling above their heads became bigger and bigger, they finally saw signs of the ice crack closing!
After continuing to run forward for almost a kilometer, Major Schubert and the sleigh finally crossed the ice crevice and began to drive back and forth along the edge of the other side of the ice crevice, while also pulling bit by bit.
The distance between the opening and the crevice.
Not far this time, Major Schubert stopped in the lee of a huge piece of solid ice.
Without any instructions, everyone immediately pushed the sleigh to a stop, fixed it on the snow with wooden wedges more than one meter long, unfolded a piece of canvas as quickly as possible, and set up a canopy in the center of the six sled cars.
A tent less than one meter high.
"Victor, you and I go to the edge of the ice crevice to look for signs of the enemy."
While Major Schubert was speaking, he had already taken off the skis on his shoulders and put them on his feet.
"good"
Wei Ran nodded, quickly took off the skis from his sled and put them on his feet, then took off his mountaineering bag and prepared to take it with him.
"No need to bring a hiking bag, we will be back soon."
While Schubert was speaking, he took out a telescope from his mountaineering bag and handed it to Wei Ran.
After taking the telescope and hanging it around his neck, Wei Ran also stepped on his skis and followed Schubert with both hands empty-handed, skating towards the ice crevice as if he was fighting against the intensifying wind.
It can't be here...
Wei Ran pondered all the way while slipping, and at the same time, he was always vigilant to prevent himself from falling into the ice crevice and dying.
Soon, the crevice in the ice got closer and closer, and Schubert called him to stop.
"You go in that direction"
Schubert pointed to the direction from which he came, "Look through the cracks in the ice to see if there are any pursuers. If you find pursuers, use your oil lamp to signal me, and then attract them to run towards me. I will deal with them."
.Similarly, when I need you to retreat, I will use a kerosene lamp to signal you."
Turning his head to look at the direction of Schubert's finger, Wei Ran glanced at Schubert suspiciously. After making sure that the other party did not intentionally send him to his own death, he stepped on his skis and moved against the wind little by little.
Before Wei Ran's back disappeared, Major Schubert had already taken off a ski and used it as a shovel. He dug a snow pit in the snow that was big enough for him to lie down. Then he placed the ski in front of him and lifted the snowboard he was carrying.
A rifle was placed on it, aiming diagonally across the ice crevice.
A little later, the satellite also stopped two hundred meters away from Major Schubert.
There happened to be a piece of blue ice half a man high and two meters wide, which could barely help him block the biting cold wind.
After raising his telescope and looking in the direction of Major Schubert, Wei Ran turned to look across the ice crevice.
In just a moment, he dropped the telescope, took out the bearskin gloves from the metal book and put them on, then held his skis and dug a snow nest big enough and deep enough for himself.
Immediately afterwards, he took out the sleigh from the metal book, took out the huge polar bear skin from it and put it under his body, and wrapped the soft deerskin blanket around his head and feet.
With the blessing of these two animal skins, plus the piece of blue ice in the leeward, this place was not much worse than their camp - especially since he had stuffed a furnace into his arms that continuously released warmth.
After waiting like this for nearly an hour, a flickering light appeared on the opposite side of the ice crevice from the direction they came from.
Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately lit a kerosene lamp, protected it with a deerskin blanket, and sent a signal to Schubert in the distance.
Regardless of whether the other party responded or not, Wei Ran immediately put away the hides and sleigh, stepped on his skis again, and rushed in the direction of Schubert with the kerosene lamp hanging on his waist.
Soon, the pursuers on the other side of the ice crevice discovered his traces, and the howling cold wind was also mixed with the unique gunshots of Enfield rifles.
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although these shots did not hit Wei Ran, they made him lower his body subconsciously. At the same time, he held on to his ski poles and stepped on the snow desperately.
, with the help of the cold wind blowing behind him, he worked hard to increase his speed, thereby reducing the risk of being shot.
After a short distance of two hundred meters, he did not see Schubert's shadow. Seeing this, he did not stop and slid in a circle towards the direction of the temporary camp.
"boom!"
Almost at the same time as he turned, a particularly clear gunshot sounded from behind him.
Turning around subconsciously, Wei Ran realized that Schubert had buried himself in the snow!
After that shot, the sled team on the other side of the ice crevice that was attracted by the fire suddenly became chaotic. He even clearly saw someone falling off the sled.
"boom!"
Just at this moment, a second gunshot was heard, and another sled fell into chaos. This time, it was not the people on the sled who were shot dead, but the leading sled dog.
Because of this, the sled immediately lost its leading dog and plunged into the bottomless ice crevice in panic!
"Bang! Bang bang bang!"
The remaining sleighs on the opposite side of the ice crevice began to fight back, but because Schubert deliberately chose a position where the height difference between the two sides allowed him to dominate, the shots not only did not build anything, but also slowed down the fire.
Putting them into a more dangerous situation.
"boom!"
Major Schubert opened fire again and hit a pursuer, then slowly retreated, changed his position and began to snipe the sled dogs that were easier to hit.
Soon, the enemies who followed their marks began to retreat, but they didn't even care about the bodies of their companions.
Almost as soon as the gunfire stopped, Wei Ran returned to Major Schubert on his skis.
"Major, I have to go to the other side to pick it up..."
"No need," the major said as he put his rifle into the canvas case. "You go back first and inform everyone that we have to rest for two hours before we have to set off."
"good"
Wei Ran nodded and simply rushed to the temporary camp on his skis.
This time, after waiting until Wei Ran was far away, Schubert unzipped the one-piece thermal suit, pulled the last two grenades from his waist, and laid a booby trap at the spot where he had just killed the pursuer.
, and deliberately left a conspicuous red scarf, and then slowly stepped on his skis and left the ambush point.
