After the helicopter flew away, the convoy, which was suspected of transporting rotating soldiers and a large amount of Agent Orange, set off again without two armored vehicles.
However, at this time, the car Wei Ran and others were riding in had already reached the end of the queue. This was undoubtedly a bad position that made him feel a little restless.
After all, just from the ambush just now, it can be seen that the guerrillas watching in the dark have been very skilled in using the tactic of pinching off the head, cutting off the tail, and blocking the middle. Moreover, the exchanges in the battle just now were better than the opponent's.
It's obviously a very good deal and it's hard to say whether they will come back again.
Perhaps out of the same worry, on the next stretch of the road, the armored vehicles in the convoy, and even several heavy machine guns mounted on the trucks, would shoot at seemingly suspicious places around them from time to time.
Compared to the tensed nerves of most people in the team, including Wei Ran, Li Youfu, who was still wiping his camera, seemed a little quieter.
Of course, even more silent than him is Toothless medic Angus.
But... Angus's silence is because he lost his good friend Percy, but what about Li Youfu? What is the reason for his silence?
In other words, what did the girl with the big beautiful eyes say before firing the grenade to make Li Youfu fall into silence?
Unless Li Youfu opens his mouth, otherwise, this is obviously a question that has no answer.
Fortunately, although some questions were destined to remain unanswered, after more than half an hour, the convoy, which had been dripping rainbow herbicide all the way since being ambushed, finally drove into a large area without any danger.
's camp.
This campground is located at the corner of a crossroads, surrounded by grass and shrubs except for the only crossroads.
The camp is surrounded by barbed wire and trenches, and there are sentry towers and bunkers with searchlights and machine guns at regular intervals.
Far away, Wei Ran, who had temporarily borrowed the position of the machine gun on the roof of the car, saw helicopters taking off and landing continuously, as well as armored vehicles coming and going in the viewfinder of the camera he raised.
And on the withered and yellow grassland by the roadside, there were many stinking corpses scattered around.
Is this a company station?
Wei Ran looked at the camp directly in front of him suspiciously. It would be more than enough to put in a battalion, let alone a company.
When the convoy entered the camp, everyone in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief. The trucks loaded with herbicides were also separated from the escorting armored vehicles and parked neatly at the edge of the camp, where a large number of iron barrels were piled up and began to unload.
“Welcome to Cowshed Camp”
Angus, who got out of the car first, seemed to have overcome the sadness of losing his companions and friends. While leading Wei Ran and the three of them to follow him, he said enthusiastically, "I will take you to the dormitory prepared for you first, and then you can
Free to move around.”
"Angus, is there really only one company of troops stationed here?" Zach asked Wei Ran's doubts that he had before entering the camp.
"We only have one company. One of the platoons is responsible for guarding the camp, the other is responsible for patrolling, and there is also a platoon that rotates on vacation, so there are only two platoons permanently stationed here. Our platoon has just finished vacation and happened to follow
Come back with the transport team."
Angus led the three of them as they walked into the second barbed wire fence and introduced, "Of course, in addition to our people, there is also a battalion of guerrilla defense troops stationed here. They are not even considered regular troops in the difficult terrain, they can only
They are cheap but not that useful mercenaries."
Having said this, Angus pointed to the surroundings, "These mercenaries do not have high combat effectiveness. They are mainly responsible for defending the camp. Apart from a small amount of translation and transportation work, there are no outside tasks for them."
At this point, Angus had already led them across a small bridge erected on the second trench, and then through the second barbed wire fence into the core area of the camp.
Changing directions and continuing to walk, Angus continued to introduce, "The outer circle of this camp is in the shape of a five-pointed star, and the inner circle is in the shape of a pentagon. Each side of the inner circle and each corner of the outer circle form a
There is a helipad and material storage area in the triangular area.
In addition to the headquarters, the inner circle also has a helipad. Zach, if you plan to interview the platoon commanders or company commanders, or if you plan to go out with the helicopter, you only need to move around in the inner circle. "
"Where's the outer circle?" Zach asked, looking in the direction behind him.
“Of course you can go”
Angus said nonchalantly, "But this is not Da Nang. Apart from the occasional female guerrillas, there are no sexy and enthusiastic dancers at all. Even if there are some women living in the outer circle, most of them are the family members of the guerrilla defense team members."
"
"Looks like I can increase the price of the photos I have," Zach joked.
"certainly"
Angus stopped and looked around, lowered his voice and asked, "So have you thought about it?"
"certainly"
Zach replied without thinking, "But the rest will have to wait..."
"It's not too late to pay when we get back," Angus said, taking another step and leading the three of them into a wooden house.
"You can rest here for the next few days."
Angus opened the door and said, "This used to be a ward, but later we built a larger ward, so it became idle."
Seemingly knowing what Zach wanted to ask, Angus led them inside and said, "This is next to the helipad. Although it can be noisy sometimes, the view is good enough for you to see whatever you feel."
Interesting things. The most important thing is that there are separate toilets and bathrooms.”
"Troyer, give Mr. Angus a box of cards as a gift."
As Zach said this, he took off the butt bag from his back and threw it casually on a bed.
Hearing this, Li Youfu immediately took off the backpack he was carrying, opened the top large backpack, took out a box of "playing cards" and handed it to Angus.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I will get you some sets of clothes suitable for this place and send them to you later."
Angus said while stuffing the "playing cards" into his pocket,
After sending Toothless Angus away, Zach immediately whispered while closing the door, "Gentlemen, we have a week to conduct the interview, but Angus has promised that we can actually stay here for two.
Weeks later, they left with another platoon.
In addition, he also promised to find an opportunity to take us to the Hambang camp next door and participate in a patrol mission with their platoon and the Hambang unit next door.
So we will be very hard in the coming week, but we will also gain a lot."
"What are we going to shoot this time?" Li Youfu asked first, "I mean, the theme, the theme you often talk about."
"Remember what we said about the photographer on the way here?"
Zach smiled and patted Li Youfu on the shoulder, "This time you can define the theme yourself. You can take whatever you want."
"Anything is fine?" Li Youfu looked at Zach in astonishment, obviously not expecting the other party to give such an answer.
"Yes, anything is fine."
Zach pointed at the Konica half-frame camera that was still hanging around the other person's neck, "Just use this Konica to shoot. It can be half-frame or full-frame, as long as it takes four full rolls of film."
Troyer, even if you have no talent, you will definitely be able to pick out a few satisfactory works when the time comes, as long as you dare to press the shutter."
"Thank you" Li Youfu said gratefully.
"From now on you are colleagues with us."
Zach patted Li Youfu on the shoulder again, then looked at Wei Ran with a smile, "Victor, do you have any objection?"
"Of course no comments"
As Wei Ran spoke, he had already opened the magazine pouch on his waist and pulled out the plastic leather book with CBS English written on it, along with the matching waterproof bag, and using the cover of the magazine pouch, he took out the plastic book from the metal book
He took out the pen and handed it to Li Youfu, "This is a gift given to you in the name of a colleague. I hope you like it."
"thanks, thanks."
Li Youfu excitedly accepted this extremely symbolic gift from Wei Ran - this may be his first step to becoming a photographer or even a reporter.
"I also gave you that Konica"
Zach said generously, "From today on, that camera is yours. Of course, you have to continue working for me."
"Thank you, Mr. Zach, thank you."
Li Youfu clutched the interview notebook given to him by Wei Ran with one hand and the half-frame camera around his neck with the other, repeating his inner gratitude over and over again.
"What about me, Zach?" Wei Ran looked at the cabin and deliberately changed the subject and asked, "Don't you have any decent gifts you can give me?"
"If you like it, I'll give you half a Nikon."
Zach said nonchalantly, "Just thank you for holding me next to that dangerous corpse."
"what about this?"
Wei Ran then remembered the Type 56 bullet pouch that was still on his belt, took it out, shook it and asked, "Do you want this?"
"Forget it," Zach waved his hands quickly, "I don't want to touch that thing anymore."
"If you don't want it, just don't want it."
Wei Ran didn't care, and casually placed the bullet bag in his hand and the butt bag taken off his back on the bed he was looking for, while continuing to look at the cabin.
Compared with the wooden house in the Playboy Club before coming here, this place is undoubtedly much simpler.
The room is not too big and is in the shape of a typical stilt building. The floor is suspended only one meter away from the ground. There are windows on three sides and a door on one side. In addition to five wooden beds placed side by side one meter apart, there is a light above the head.
flashlight.
On the edge of the opposite wall facing the five beds, there is a small door connecting the toilet and bathroom respectively.
It's just that environment...
Just dig a hole in the floor, or simply lift the floor and replace it with a piece of barbed wire that is strong enough to bear the load.
Fortunately, at least there was an Agent Orange bucket under the bathroom to catch the feces and it seemed that it could be transported away, and a sewage ditch was simply built under the bathroom.
Not only that, at least under the bathroom, because of the remaining drugs in the Agent Orange barrel itself, there were not even a few mosquitoes in the bathroom.
The three people toured the room and each chose a bunk. Angus also walked in carrying three bags of clothes. Behind him, three Yue Nian people in black clothes and black trousers brought a wooden table.
and four chairs.
"Put on this outfit"
Angus said, placing the clothes and three documents he was carrying on an unused bed, "This is the camouflage uniform used by our more difficult friends. The camouflage effect is much better, at least than ours."
Be good.
In addition, you need to carry these documents with you 24 hours a day, as this is your only pass here."
"Angus, do you want me to repair your gun?"
Li Youfu took the certificate handed over by the other party and hung it around his neck. He raised his finger and pointed at the grenade launcher that the other party still carried on his back.
"Do you know how to repair weapons? I'm about to saw off the butt of the gun that was shot."
Angus looked at Li Youfu in surprise, and then looked at his M79 grenade launcher. Its butt was still embedded with the bullet that almost took him away.
"I don't have much research on repairing weapons."
Li Youfu explained with a smile, "But my father was a coppersmith when he was alive, and I helped him work when I was very young, so if you trust me, you can leave it here and then help me find another one."
With a big enough shell casing and some tools, I might be able to patch the stock for you."
"I'll send you the shell casings and tools later."
After Angus finished speaking, he took off his grenade launcher and placed it on the table that had just been set up behind him without thinking, turned around and ran out quickly.
"Do you know how to do this kind of craft?" Wei Ran, who also hung up his press credentials, asked curiously while opening the bucket bag containing clothes.
“A craft I haven’t used in a long time.”
Li Youfu smiled and said, "I almost forgot about my childhood experience as an apprentice with my father."
"It seems you have another career choice."
While Zach was talking, Wei Ran and Wei Ran each took out a set of tiger stripe camouflage from the bag just delivered by Angus.
"I don't have the skills of my father." Li Youfu smiled and took out a set of camouflage uniforms from his bag.
"Is your father still a coppersmith?" Wei Ran, who had already guessed the answer, still chose to ask this question.
"He died a long time ago"
Li Youfu sighed, "He passed away before my mother and I went to the United States. He was killed by the French."
"Feel sorry"
Wei Ran squeezed out a pre-prepared apology from his mouth, and the wooden house, which was ventilated from all sides but not cool at all, fell into silence.
After the three of them had put on the tiger-spot camouflage sent by Angus, Angus also walked in carrying a tool box and a copper shell casing.
Seeing this, Wei Ran and Zach looked at each other, each put on their pistol belts and cameras filled with various items, and walked out of the temporary residence that belonged to them.
"What do you think the girl said to Troyer?" Zach asked as if he was talking to himself while adjusting the Leica camera in his hand.
"I don't know, I can't understand the more difficult words." Wei Ran answered truthfully.
"Let's go shopping each other"
Zach shook the camera in his hand, "Maybe there is an answer in this camp."
"I hope so," Wei Ran said, also picking up the Minolta camera hanging around his neck.
Temporarily separated from Zach, he wandered around the camp aimlessly looking for content that interested him.
As he walked and strolled around, he had put down the camera he was holding just now, and had a silver flask still containing Xifeng wine in his hand.
When he had finished drinking the pot of wine, he also discovered that this camp was located in a wilderness, but it was quite complete inside.
In addition to the water wells, grain depots, ammunition depots and oil depots that are strictly protected and inaccessible even with press passes.
The camp also has a barber shop, a tailor shop, a repair shop, a small pharmacy, a shop and even a cafe, as well as a school and church that can provide English teaching for people with more difficulties.
Of course, these are not big in scale. For example, the school is not even as big as the wooden house where Wei Ran and three people live.
Even so, this small house located on the outer edge of the camp also serves as a church. Even the pastor is playing a guest role as a teacher.
He used worthless vouchers to hire women from the tailor shop to help him carefully clean the clothes he had just taken off and the captured Type 56 bullet bag.
Unexpectedly, I thought of Wei Ran in a certain tailor shop in France, then bought a bottle of high-concentration alcohol from the drugstore and filled it with my personal flask, and then bought several bottles of cold Coke and filled it with the English words in the metal book.
Military kettle.
When night was approaching, when he returned to their wooden house carrying the beer, coke, ice cream and some canned meat bought with the last few vouchers, Li Youfu had already given Angus two pieces of the butt of the grenade launcher.
Each side is inlaid with a piece of copper.
The two pieces of copper covering the bullet marks were not only polished to fit the gun butt particularly well, they were also engraved with patterns such as lotus flowers and an unfinished reclining Buddha.
Just looking at the sumptuous meals in the lunch boxes brought by Angus on the table, you can tell that Toothless is extremely satisfied with Li Youfu's cooking.
"Where's Zach? Isn't he back yet?" Wei Ran asked as he put down the beer and other things he bought.
"He is chatting with the platoon leader."
While Angus was speaking, he had already opened a bottle of cold beer and took a big sip, "I'm afraid we'll stay there and have dinner together."
"The platoon leader of your team?" Wei Ran asked, asking Li Youfu to sit down at the dining table.
"right"
Angus nodded, "Mr. George Gibson, but we are more accustomed to calling him George the Boar."
"Pfft! Cough! Cough cough!"
Wei Ran wiped away the beer that sprayed out of his nostrils, coughed violently and finally regained his breath before asking, "What did you just say his name was?"
"George Gibson..."
"Later, I mean his nickname, George the Boar?"
Wei Ran asked with a strange expression, "Who gave him this nickname?"
"His teammates"
Angus explained, "It is said that he once killed a crazed wild boar with only a Kaaba 1217, and then he got this nickname."
"So fierce?"
"The price he paid was also high."
Angus took a sip of beer and explained, "It is said that the muscles in one of his legs were almost lifted up by the wild boar's tusks, but no matter what, he finally survived.
It's you, Victor, did you think of something interesting just now? Don't try to deal with us by accidentally choking, your reaction was too much."
"nothing"
Wei Ran's face became even weirder, he picked up a beer and touched it with Angus and Li Youfu, and asked jokingly, "Does Platoon Leader Wild Boar George have a sister named Peppa Pig?"
"I don't know that"
Angus spread his hands and said, "Strictly speaking, I was sent by the medical unit to support Team T. I was not familiar with Platoon Leader Wild Boar George before."
"Sent for support?"
"The former medic of this platoon was killed while rescuing the downed pilot."
Angus explained, "That was two months ago and then I was sent."
"Angus, what does T stand for?"
Wei Ran continued to ask, "I mean the T team you call yourself, no one seems to have ever explained it to me."
"I've never heard anyone explain it," Li Youfu continued.
"T-BALL"
Angus continued to answer, "Just like this place is called the Bullpen Camp, the companies assigned here are codenamed with terminology in baseball games. As far as I know, it seems because Platoon Leader George lost a bet
, so I had no choice but to accept the codename T-BALL.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I am starting to be curious about Platoon Leader Wild Boar George" Wei Ran clinked beer bottles with Angus and Li Youfu again.
"You will have a chance to see him in the future."
Before Angus finished speaking, the roar of the helicopter came from far away, and the three people's attention turned to the window facing the tarmac. I don't know when, there were two groups of stretcher bearers waiting there.
.
Seeing this, the three of them put down their things and walked to the window. Li Youfu even quickly picked up his Minolta camera.
Wei Ran's movements were not slow either. However, he took out the Nikon SP camera from the metal book with the help of the butt bag on the bedside. This machine can take clearer pictures in this dark light environment.
While the three of them were waiting, a Huey helicopter with bullet holes in its fuselage landed on the apron. As the door opened, the first person to be lifted out was a man who was missing his legs but still had strength.
Screaming black soldiers.
After the seriously wounded man was carried away, another man with a face covered in blood was put on a stretcher.
The third one was carried out and placed on a stretcher, but it was already a motionless corpse, with nearly a quarter of his head missing.
As Wei Ran and Li Youfu pressed the shutter again and again, the next person to be sent out of the cabin turned out to be a more difficult woman with her hands tied behind her back.
This woman looked to be in her early twenties at most. Her mouth was blocked by a tropical scarf, and a shoelace was tied outside to prevent her from spitting out the blockage, but her face was
There are two obvious palm prints left, one on the left and one on the right.
Pressing the shutter again, Wei Ran was the first to run out of the wooden house. Zach, who was running in the other direction, and Li Youfu who was following behind him, each holding a camera, caught up with the American soldiers escorting the female guerrilla.
