Amidst the snowflakes flying wildly in the cold wind, Wei Ran patted the snow off his shoulders and hat, reached for the kettle from his arms and removed the lid, then took out the oil drum filled with coffee from the metal book and poured it for himself.
A cup full of piping hot coffee.
After drinking up the life-saving cup of hot coffee, he immediately looked around, picked up the reins and ordered the dogs to walk towards a piece of blue ice half-buried in the snow not far away.
He forced himself to stop the sleigh, but Wei Ran didn't dare to waste time. He picked up a snow shovel and cleared the snow around the blue ice, building a half-meter-high windshield, and then took out the metal book as quickly as possible.
The sleigh in the car set up the extra thick tent, and carefully pressed the skirt around the tent with snow.
First, he patted the sled dogs clean of the snow and invited them into the tent one by one. Wei Ran used the sled they had just pulled to block the tent door and wedge it with wooden wedges.
Eagerly getting into the cold tent, he immediately took out the airdrop box, assembled the chimney of the cast iron stove as quickly as possible, stretched it out of the tent, and pulled eight tight windproof ropes, and then lit it with the help of kerosene
coals from the cast iron stove.
Before the tent warmed up, Wei Ran, who was holding on for a while, did not forget to spread waterproof canvas for the dogs, and brought in two barrels of penguin meat from the sleigh at the door and hung them on the edge of the cast iron stove.
While waiting for the chunks of meat and the broth at the bottom of the bucket to melt and boil, he brought in a medical box that Dr. Yog was responsible for transporting.
However, this box contained basically all kinds of vitamin tablets produced in the United States, as well as a small amount of morphine and frostbite ointment.
Gritting his teeth, he unscrewed a large vitamin bottle containing 1,000 pills, knocked out two tablets of vitamin C and threw it into his mouth. Then he put the medicine box aside and drank a kettle of warm water.
It has to be the ancestors' method...
While Wei Ran was muttering to himself, he took out the backpack he got from Yeren Mountain, dug out an enamel pot from it, poured all the remaining water in the kettle into it, and then took two handfuls of snow from outside and threw it in.
While waiting for the snow to melt into water, he had already dug out a piece of ginger from his backpack, cut it into thin strips, dropped it into the enamel pot along with a handful of brown sugar, and closed the lid.
Putting away the useless things, Wei Ran didn't dare to fall asleep no matter how uncomfortable he felt at this time - he was worried that he might not wake up!
Not long after, the ginger soup in the pot had boiled. He immediately took down the small enamel pot, put the iron bucket containing dog food on the stove, took out a small bamboo bowl and a porcelain spoon, and drank it one mouthful at a time.
With sweet and spicy hot ginger soup.
After half a pot of ginger soup and all the ginger shreds were consumed, Wei Ran was already sweating profusely, and his originally groggy body felt a little better. Unfortunately, at this time, his forehead was still extremely hot.
At the same time, the cast iron stove had been completely heated up. Not only were the two barrels of penguin meat steaming, but the tent was also much warmer.
One by one, he gave each of the dogs a piece of penguin meat as big as a mineral water bottle. He refilled the stove with the coals he had just taken out from the furnace, and then he couldn't wait to take off his smelly clothes and lie down on the bed.
The bearskin sleigh was covered with the same thick deerskin blanket.
Perhaps that pot of ginger soup was indeed effective. When he woke up again, the high fever had gone away, but his body was also covered with sweat stains.
I took out the watch on the cuff of the one-piece thermal suit and glanced at it. More than six hours had passed.
Based on his understanding of those people, they must have discovered that they have lost contact now, but the probability that they can come back to find him is definitely not high - unless they need the generators and receivers they are responsible for carrying.
But in fact, he clearly remembered that Hanno once told him that there was a generator in the warehouse they were going to.
In this way, whether they will come back to him or not depends solely on how important that receiver is to Schubert.
After ending his meaningless thoughts, Wei Ran took off the blanket and stood up. He first used ski poles to lift up the tent that was about to collapse, letting all the snow covering it slide down, and then opened the tent door a small way.
He glanced out through the gap.
In just six hours, there was another blizzard outside. This was bad news for Weihan, but it was also good news.
On the negative side, facing such a snowstorm alone is undoubtedly much more dangerous than when six people are together.
But looking at the bright side, now that he can't leave, Schubert and the others who have been separated must have stopped.
Not only that, Wei Ran can also take advantage of this period of time to let his body rest, at least not to rush out sick.
Wei Ran took out the bottle of vitamins again, knocked out two tablets from it, threw them into his mouth and drank them, hoping that it would help improve his immunity.
After regaining consciousness for a while, he first added coals to the stove, then put on a smelly one-piece thermal insulation suit, brought a cast iron pot full of snow from outside the tent and placed it on top.
While waiting for the snow to melt, he did not forget to crush all the coal ash he had just cleaned out from the furnace and pour it into his boots. He also put on the makeshift suit of shirts and underwear that were soaked by the sleeping bag.
The one-piece thermal insulation suit was turned inside out and tied to the handle of the sled outside for "wind washing".
As he was busy, the snow in the pot gradually melted and boiled, and the dogs huddled together ate the hot penguin broth again.
Even Wei Ran took out a towel from his mountaineering bag, dipped it in hot water and wiped his whole body carefully three times, then went around to the back of the sleigh and opened the door after the Murmansk incident.
, from the extra airdrop box at the rear of the sled, take out the set of German winter double-sided camouflage, matching shirts, underwear and hiking boots and put them on.
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Wei Ran murmured to himself, not forgetting to cook himself another pot of ginger soup and heat up a can of German canned food.
After chewing slowly and filling his stomach, Wei Ran, who was sweating again, ignored the sled dogs who went out to poop and pee, and continued doing radio gymnastics in the tent.
After some exercise, he took off his clothes again, lay down on the sleigh and fell asleep with his head covered.
However, compared with the previous six hours of sleep, this time he would wake up every hour or so, use his ski poles to poke away the accumulated snow on the tent, and take a look at the weather outside.
After sleeping in pieces for almost three hours, when the time displayed on the 24-hour watch was already 9:30 in the morning, the wind and snow outside the tent finally began to lessen.
Not daring to waste time, Wei Ran immediately pulled the sleigh in from the entrance of the tent, dusted off the snow, and took off his clothes that had been blown by the wind and had no odor.
Then he lifted the luggage and materials on it, including the heavy generator, bit by bit.
After rummaging through his mountaineering bag to find a candle, Wei Yan used a heated lunch box lid to burn out wax oil and dripped it on the skis of the sleigh, and then wiped it with a towel to complete the crucial waxing work.
By the time he finished his work and reloaded the supplies on the sleigh and tied them up, the wind and snow outside the tent had gradually subsided, and it was about to usher in a short day of only one or two hours.
Putting on the Mariza robe and the knee-high Lapland boots he had obtained as quickly as possible, Weiran loaded the replacement one-piece thermal insulation suit and even boots into the airdrop box at the rear of the sled, and successfully
He put it into a metal book along with tents, stoves and other items.
Obviously, this cold-proof outfit from the polar regions on the other side of the earth is much warmer than the one-piece thermal insulation suit and the hiking boots worn by the German army.
Wei Ran, who calmly stuffed the stove into his arms and put the reins on the sled dogs, did not rush to set off. Instead, he took out the huge Schneider telescope and put it on the sled, slowly moving to search for it.
Aim for the goal you want to see.
Sleigh rides, silhouettes, different colors, smoke, lights, looking around, although he didn't see any of these things, he discovered that at the end of the telescope's field of vision, there seemed to be a stretch of continuous mountains.
That's the direction of the warehouse?
Almost subconsciously, Wei Ran thought of the information he had extracted from Han Nuo before.
Looking down at the generator and receiver covered by a tarpaulin on the sled, Weiran put away his telescope, put on his thick bearskin gloves and shook the reins vigorously, shouting to the dogs who had also had enough rest to start driving now.
run.
As the saying goes, it's a matter of running to death when looking at the mountains. The mountains are only vaguely visible in high-magnification telescopes. In actual operation, it can't be reached in a few hours or even a day or two.
In particular, this short day only lasted less than two hours. After two hours, as the sky darkened, he could not see the outline of the mountain even with the help of a telescope.
In order to ensure that he was running in a straight line, Wei Ran had to take out a bundle of ropes from his mountaineering bag and tie them to the back of the sled. He would look back from time to time to see if the rope being dragged was straight.
There will be no problem with direction.
This undoubtedly made the progress much slower, but at least he was always moving forward, which gave him the opportunity to shorten the distance between him and the remaining people who were separated.
At 18:22, Wei Ran pulled the reins fiercely, causing the dogs pulling the cart to stop again.
Looking back at the long rope he had been dragging, Wei Ran immediately took out his telescope and mounted it on the sleigh, aiming the lens at the night sky in front of him.
As the focus gradually became clearer, he could clearly see a white weather balloon floating in the night sky.
Directly below the balloon, a kerosene lamp with red light hung hanging.
Found you!
Wei Ran put away the telescope, shook the reins hard again, and shouted at the dogs to run towards the balloon.
As the distance got closer, he also saw three sleds stopped next to a boulder, as well as a tent surrounded by the sleds, and of course, there was also a tent hanging on the rear handle of one of the sleds.
Oil lamp.
As the distance got closer, he noticed a detail that couldn't be ignored. There were no sled marks around the tent at all!
Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Wei Ran stopped a hundred meters away from the tent, then took out the sleigh from the metal book, took off his Lapland boots and robe, and put on his original one-piece suit.
Insulated clothing and winter cotton hats, as well as hiking boots that had long since been soaked up with soot.
However, when he drove the sleigh and stopped in front of the tent, he discovered that the only person who came out of it when he heard the noise was Dr. Cross!
"Victor?!"
Dr. Cross obviously didn't expect Wei Ran to appear outside the tent. When he came to his senses, he subconsciously asked, "Where are Major Schubert and Doctor Jorg? Didn't they come back together? Also, where is Hanno?"
?He's not with you?"
"Wait Doctor"
While fixing the sleigh, Wei Ran pushed down all the questions asked by the other party, "I didn't see the major and Dr. Jörg, and Hanno was not with me. What happened?"
"You are not together?" Dr. Cross was stunned, obviously not expecting Wei Ran to give such an answer.
"What happened?"
Wei Ran asked as he walked into the tent, "I mean, I just remember that I got separated from you."
"You're not the only one who got separated."
Dr. Cross greeted Wei Yan into the tent, then lit the gas stove, and while heating the coffee pot, he explained, "When we chose to stop here because of the snowstorm, we discovered that Carsten, Hanno and you
All gone."
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"Major Schubert and I and Dr. Yoger set up this tent."
Dr. Cross explained, "He also asked me to wait for the blizzard to stop, and then immediately raise the weather balloon and oil lamp to guide them in the direction. Then the major took Dr. Yoger to find the three of you. By the way, he also took
Got some weather balloons!"
"Three people disappeared together?" Wei Ran frowned involuntarily.
"Victor, have you really not met them?" Dr. Cross asked worriedly.
"No." Wei Ran shook his head, "I haven't met any of them."
Seeing Dr. Cross' expression becoming more and more panicked, Wei Ran thought for a moment and asked, "Dr. Cross, are you missing something here? Food or anything else. Also, how is your physical condition?"
"Nothing is lacking. I don't lack anything here. There are enough supplies here." Dr. Cross said quickly, "My physical condition is not bad."
"Do you know which direction Major and the others went?" Wei Ran asked again.
"Know!"
Dr. Cross nodded immediately, and then reacted, "Victor, are you planning to go find them?"
"I've found you all, but they haven't come back yet. They must be in danger."
Wei Ran stood up as he spoke and asked again, "Where are they going?"
Gritting his teeth, Dr. Chris stood up and walked out of the tent. He raised his hand and pointed in one direction and said, "It's in the direction facing the tent door. You can't go wrong."
"Replace me with a team of sled dogs"
As he spoke, Wei Ran had already untied the tarpaulin and ropes on the sleigh, but the only things he carried off were the heavy generator and his suitcase full of film.
"Victor, take these!"
Before he finished speaking, Dr. Cross, who was helping a team of sled dogs, had already taken out four German cans from the tent, and in his other hand was a pot of coffee.
“Forget the coffee”
Wei Ran waved his hand, "Just give me the can, what about you? Do you still have something to eat?"
“There are many”
Cross pointed to a sled cart next to the tent, "We have a lot of cans in our cart."
"Whoever comes back, let them stay and wait."
Wei Ran glanced at the watch on his sleeve, "Before noon tomorrow, I will be back whether I find them or not."
After saying that, without waiting for Dr. Cross to say anything else, he shook the reins vigorously and shouted at the dogs to start galloping in the direction facing the tent.
There is a direction difference of at least 30 degrees between this direction and the direction I just came from. From this, I can also know how far I traveled during the two hours when I was asleep or comatose.
Still relying on the rope behind him and the increasingly difficult-to-identify weather balloons and oil lamps in mid-air to determine the direction, Wei Ran would stop and set up a telescope every time he ran a certain distance to look around the surroundings.
But along the way back, the previous blizzard had covered up all the traces. The only thing he was looking forward to was that he could see the traces he had just left with the sleigh before being covered up by the next blizzard.
See the rising weather balloon.
As time passed by as he walked and stopped, he also paid special attention to the boulders and blue ice passing by around him.
Just as he was disappointed again and again, he heard the barking of dogs in the dark night!
Wei Ran stopped the car subconsciously, took off the oil lamp hanging on the handlebar and adjusted it to the maximum brightness. Then he took off his gloves, put his fingers in his mouth and blew a loud whistle.
Suddenly, the barking of the dogs became more intense, and soon after, a sleigh came running over as he whistled again and again.
However, when he saw this sleigh, he couldn't help but be startled. There was no one driving the sled, but not only was a mountaineering bag and two sleeping bags placed on it, but there were also two locked boxes.
!
It was through these two things that he immediately recognized that this was Major Schubert's sleigh! And at least one of the two boxes contained an Enigma cipher machine!
After securing the sled, Wei Ran immediately opened the bread bag on his waist, grabbed pieces of cooked meat from it and fed it to the dogs on the unmanned sled.
While they were replenishing energy, Wei Ran also rolled up the fur sleeves of his sleeves and glanced at the dial. It was already 21:43, and more than three hours had passed since he said goodbye to Dr. Cross and went out to find someone.
!
After fastening the leather case of his watch, Wei Ran walked to Major Schubert's car and checked the contents of the car. Unexpectedly, he found two keys tied with leather cords on the handlebars.
After a moment's hesitation, he took off the key and opened the two locked wooden boxes on the sled.
In this first box, there is indeed the Enigma cipher machine and several sets of matching rotors, as well as a translation book and a cipher book.
But in the second box, there were some seemingly dispensable personal items.
There is a harmonica, a photo album, a Grimm's Fairy Tales, a can of coffee, a marksmanship badge awarded to the Youth League, and a stack of letters tied with a leather rope.
After locking the box again, Wei Ran thought for a moment and moved all these things to his sled, and then merged the dogs on the sled together to drag a car together.
As for the vacated sled, he turned it upside down and put it on the spot temporarily, and lit an oil lamp filled with fuel and hung it on the upturned tip of the sled.
Without wasting any more time, Wei Ran shouted to the dogs, which doubled in number, and quickly chased them along the sled tracks.
However, he did not expect that this run would take more than two hours. When it was almost midnight, he saw from a distance a group of firelights flickering not far away.
Without hesitation at all, he yelled for the sleigh and ran over. As the distance got closer, he also noticed that it was another sleigh!
Fortunately, there were people in the car this time, and there were two of them!
"Hannuo! Is it you Hannuo!" Wei Ran shouted and asked.
"It's me! Victor! It's me!" the person on the sleigh running diagonally across the street shouted in response.
When the two cars met again, Wei Ran immediately noticed a person lying in the other car.
"It's Mr. Carsten"
Hanno explained, "He has a broken bone. Victor, are you here to see us?"
"Yes and no"
Wei Ran walked up to Carsten, helped him untie his sleeping bag, and then explained what happened before while checking his physical condition.
"It turns out you were separated too," Hanno said in shock.
"What's going on with you guys?"
Wei Ran raised his head and asked. Carsten's injuries were far more serious than imagined. One of his arms and ribs on the same side were fractured, and a deep bone was cut from his cheek to the top of his ear.
of wounds.
"The sleigh driven by Mr. Carsten, who was running in front of me, suddenly deviated from the direction of travel. The skis on one side of his car were broken, and he was also thrown off."
Hanno explained, "When I went to rescue him, I saw your sled running behind us. I thought you were going to tell the major to stop.
But when I helped Carsten to the car and bandaged his wounds, I found that you were no longer there."
"How did you survive the blizzard?"
Wei Ran tightened Carsten's sleeping bag again and asked. Due to the restrictions of the return mission, which required that he could not kill or save others, he had no way, or in other words, no courage to help Carsten treat his wounds.
"We found an ice cave nearby"
Hanno replied, "Thanks to the ice cave, we survived the blizzard. Victor, what's going on now?"
"Now the missing people are the major and the doctor"
Wei Ran said worriedly that under the premise that he had no way to save people, the key to Carsten's survival was whether he could find Dr. Yog.
Looking up at the snowflakes in the wind, Hanno looked around and asked, "Where should we look next?"
"Did you notice the weather balloon on the way here?" Wei Ran looked at each other and asked.
"No," Hanno shook his head, "but I encountered sled tracks on the way."
"Come on, let's go to the place where we found the sleigh prints."
Wei Ran said, unloading a few boxes from Yog's sleigh and placing them on his sleigh.
Fortunately, thanks to the fact that their sleds were being dragged by twice as many sled dogs, the weight was nothing at all, and they were even faster than before.
Under the leadership of Hanno, the two vehicles faced the increasingly heavy wind and snow, and soon stopped at the location where he first discovered the sled tracks.
This time, before the two of them got off the car, a team of sled dogs guarding the car was running in another direction under the leadership of a leading dog.
Upon seeing this, Wei Ran immediately shook the reins, causing the dogs from the other team who were preparing to fight with his teammates to start running as well.
Led by the team of dogs that once pulled the cart for Major Schubert, the two sled carts turned around and ran for less than 20 minutes. They saw one after another, not far away, in the air no more than ten meters above the ground.
There was a conspicuous white balloon floating! Under the balloon, there was an oil lamp with a faint light hanging!
