In the warm shack, Wei Ran sat by the fireplace and carefully made the crucial slingshot. This was not a complicated task for him, but it was the key weapon to detonate those butterfly bombs.
Before he could polish the branch into the desired shape, Father Seryosha's cautious call came from outside, "Victor, can I disturb you now?"
"Come in!" Wei Ran, who was still busy, greeted, "It's safe now."
A moment later, Father Seryosha opened the door and walked in. He placed the Soviet lunch box on the fireplace. He first looked at the canned fried fish on the bed, and then looked at Wei Ran's hand.
Li was whittling tree branches, and finally said, "Comrade Victor, let's eat something first."
"Do you have anything to eat?" Wei Ran asked this question without stopping what he was doing.
“Of course there is something to eat”
Father Seryozha replied, "Thanks to the fish you just fried, we even have something to eat at night."
"Didn't you have anything to eat at night before?" Wei Ran asked without looking back.
“Have birch bark fish soup to drink”
Father Seryosha helped fill the fireplace with some firewood, smacked his lips and said, "Peel off the birch bark and put it in fish soup to cook all night. It tastes exactly like dried fish."
"And you?"
Wei Ran finally raised his head and looked at him, "Have you eaten?"
"Of course I ate it"
"I'm not a fool"
Wei Ran immediately reminded, "There is only bad breath in your mouth, not the fishy smell of fish soup at all.
Dad, I am younger than you, but this position needs an experienced elder to command it in order to exert its combat effectiveness."
"No, you misunderstood, I am..."
"Dad, take your share of fish soup and eat it together."
Wei Ran said seriously, "I have seen people starve to death in front of me too many times in Leningrad. I don't want to see it here too. This is not an experience worth showing off."
After a brief silence, Father Seryozha quietly stood up and left the shack, and not long after, he brought the second Soviet lunch box.
Before the other party could say anything, Wei Ran snatched the other party's lunch box and opened it. He looked at the soft and boneless fish heads that were stewed inside, and then looked at the fish pieces in the lunch box that the other party had sent before.
, decided without any explanation, "I like to eat fish heads, let's switch. Father Seryosha, that portion is yours. Eat it quickly. After eating, I still have something important to ask you."
Hearing this, Father Seryozha, who was about to say something, opened his mouth, finally picked up the lunch box Wei Ran returned to him, and took out a wooden spoon from his boot, eating carefully and silently one bite at a time.
He never raised his head to look at Wei Ran again.
In less than ten minutes, Seryozha finished his share of fish soup, but before he could react, Wei Ran had already stuffed the lunch box with stewed fish heads into him again, "I'll eat this too."
Bar".
"You also have to..."
"I'm not short of food"
Wei Ran urged, "Eat quickly, I really want to ask you something very important after eating."
"No, I've already eaten today's share."
Father Seryosha resolutely refused the second serving of fish soup, "Victor, if you have anything to ask, ask it quickly. I'm going to help chop wood. Our manpower is getting smaller and smaller. This matter
There is no room for delay.”
"All right"
Wei Ran gave up trying to get the other party to eat more, lowered his voice slightly and asked, "What's going on with Vasily's mailbox?"
"That's what his father left behind."
Seryozha explained in a voice that only two people could hear, "That child is so pitiful, isn't he?"
"I may create a lot of explosions in the forest in the afternoon. If you find German butterfly bombs when you go to cut firewood, try to make some conspicuous marks, and I will deal with them."
Wei Ran promptly changed the subject and pointed to the fried fish can on the bed, "Also, before dark, could you please pick a place to dig an ice hole on the ice and light a large bonfire?
I've made a lot of bombs, and we'll probably get a lot tonight."
"I'll help you prepare it!"
Seryosha said happily, "Comrade Victor, you must also be careful. Those butterfly bombs are very sensitive."
"Germans are too old-fashioned and too sensitive is not a good thing."
Wei Ran said with a smile, "Anyway, remember to find a way to mark the locations of those butterfly bombs around you."
"We will use tree branches to hold the shell shells as guidance."
Father Seryosha said, "We have marked most of the butterfly bombs that have been discovered in the forest in this way."
“That’s great”
Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief, this was good news for him.
“You remember to eat”
Father Seryozha said seriously, "Victor, we cannot lack an almighty reporter like you."
"I will remember"
Wei Ran nodded, watched the other party leave, then picked up the Y-shaped branch and polished it slowly.
About an hour later, Wei Ran made a slingshot that was particularly easy to hold.
He picked up the leather bag and tried the feel. He stuffed it into his arms with satisfaction. Then he picked up the ax for chopping firewood, smashed open the few stones he had just picked up, and picked out those stones that were about the size of his thumb.
Pieces of gravel the size of knots were put into his pocket.
With everything ready, he picked up the fish soup that had never been touched and left the shack, heading straight to the boys' dormitory not far away.
Gently push open the wooden door nailed with birch bark, and there are several homemade high and low bunks in this warm shack.
Yuri, who was in charge of sentry duty last night, was sleeping on the upper bunk closest to the fireplace, snoring loudly. In his lower bunk, Igor, who was injured last night, was holding a saw in one hand, cutting the rest of the
The firewood collected by the people was carefully cut into sizes suitable for burning.
"Victor, are you here?"
When Igor saw Wei Ran coming in, he immediately put down his saw and said hello, "Thank you for saving me yesterday."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "You're welcome, how does the wound feel?" Wei Ran put the fish soup aside and asked, "Have you eaten?"
"have eaten"
Igor pointed to the empty lunch box hanging on the bedside not far away, then pointed to his injured hand and said, "The wound hurts so much that I can't sleep at all, so I'd better get up and do something."
, this can at least give me some peace of mind.”
"I also brought you a fish soup."
Wei Ran said, "Eat it too, it will help you recover faster."
"No, what will you do if I eat it?" Igor immediately shook his head, "How can I make you hungry?"
"I caught a lot of fish today."
Wei Ran opened the Soviet lunch box containing fish head soup, "This portion is for me as a reward, but I only had a good meal at the dock before I came here yesterday, so I give these to you."
"Can..."
"I didn't give it to you for free."
Wei Ran said quickly before the other party could refuse again, "I need you to do me a favor."
"What's the favor? Just tell me!" Igor said immediately, "I'll help you!"
"Drink the fish head soup first, otherwise I would rather let Vasily help me." Wei Ran said seriously, "This is a very dangerous job."
"You can't lie to me," Igor said after struggling a lot.
"I never lie to people," Wei Ran promised solemnly.
"I'll drink it, you tell me." Igor took out a spoon from under the pillow and said while drinking the fish soup.
"Drink slowly. I'll talk after you finish drinking. Now let me warm you up."
As Wei Ran spoke, he was already sitting by the fireplace. He took out the cigarette case in the metal book, took out a cigarette, put it on the holder, lit it and took a puff.
Seeing this, Igor gritted his teeth and finally drank the fish head soup sent by Wei Ran. However, Wei Ran took the opportunity to suddenly take out the Rollei double reflex, shouted "Don't move", and pressed the button towards the opponent.
opened the shutter.
"What I need you to do is done."
As he spoke, Wei Ran stood up with a cigarette in his mouth, and said before the other party spoke, "In addition to taking a photo of you, I also want you to help me get some gravel."
"Gravels?" Igor looked at Wei Ran in confusion.
“That’s the size”
Wei Ran took one out of his pocket and handed it to the other party, "I probably need dozens of pills every day, how about you help me prepare them?"
"What do you want these pebbles for?" Igor asked in confusion.
"Those butterfly bombs used to detonate to injure you," Wei Ran replied truthfully, "Are you willing to help?"
"I do!" Igor agreed immediately.
"Just use the stones Vasily found."
Wei Ran pointed outside in the direction of the cemetery, "Your injured hand can't bear the cold, so you can finish the job in the shack."
"Leave it to me, Comrade Victor!"
Igor said happily. Of course he was happy. He was injured, but he didn't want to be a burden that couldn't be helped. And this was also the main purpose of Wei Ran's plan to ask the other party to help.
Making a silent gesture towards the other party, Wei Ran climbed onto another bunk bed amidst Igor's silly smile. He first took a photo of Yuri who was catching up on his sleep, and then took a picture of the gunner who was also catching up on his sleep.
Andre took a photo.
Without too much interruption, Wei Ran left the warm shack, put away his camera, put on the hood of his robe, and walked step by step towards the depths of the forest.
Less than 50 meters away from the camp, he noticed a branch poking through the snow, and there was a shell casing on the branch.
After searching around the mark, he soon noticed that there was a butterfly bomb hidden in a cluster of bushes less than half a meter away.
Looking around, he hid behind a thick birch tree. He first carefully observed the top of his head, then hid most of his body, raised his slingshot, aimed at the butterfly bomb, and shot a small stone.
Almost as soon as the stone left the leather bag, he ducked back behind the tree and curled up hard.
"boom!"
After a violent explosion, the snow on the trees shook off and fell on Wei Ran's body.
Looking at the bush just now, the snow on the ground has been blown away by the butterfly bomb, and there are even large impact marks on the trunk of the birch tree next to it.
Standing up, patting the snow on his body, Wei Ran started circling the camp with his slingshot like an experienced hunter. From time to time, he would find a suitable bunker and hit a stone in exchange for an explosion.
This is absolutely crucial work. After eliminating these dangerous bombs as much as possible, the work of collecting firewood will undoubtedly be much safer. This is directly related to whether anyone will freeze to death at night.
Amidst the occasional explosions, the sky was getting darker a little bit. Weiyan also decisively stopped after failing to hit the butterfly bomb once, and walked around to the location of the box of can bombs that Ruslan had found with him. Carefully
He took off the airdrop box with skis, carefully placed the canned bombs scattered on the ground and stacked them neatly, then took off the torn parachute and paracord, and returned to his shack before the sun set.
Before he could think about trying to use these can bombs to develop an "instant tree felling tool", a series of rapid whistles came from the sentry tower, and then he heard a girl shouting, "Attention! Attention!
West-north! West-north! Four planes! One of them is smoking! Pay attention! Pay attention west-north..."
Amidst the rapid whistle, the gun crew members, who seemed to have expected to launch an attack at this time, ripped off the camouflage cloth of the anti-aircraft artillery, and under the command of the gunner Jiao Niya, they began to prepare for firing in an orderly manner.
At the same time, Wei Ran also threw away the can bomb he had just dragged to the door of the shack, quickly ran to the artillery position, hid behind a big tree, and took out the gun that he had been carrying in his bag as quickly as possible.
The camera used a telephoto lens to cover the gun crew members.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After a while, the anti-aircraft guns began to roar, and the bombers overhead also began to fire. The dense bullets hit the trunk of the pine tree where the Weifang was hiding, making a terrifying sound.
The woodpecker knocked on the door, shaking the snow off the trees.
Before the falling snow obscured the camera lens, Weiran pulled the trigger one after another towards the four gun crew members headed by Jiao Niya and took a single photo.
Fortunately, although he didn't know whether the young militiamen had brought down a plane, he didn't see anyone injured.
Soon, he saw Jiao Niya's cheers in the viewfinder, and subconsciously turned his head. In mid-air, which could not be completely covered by the tree canopy, there were already two planes pulling black smoke and starting to descend at a rapid speed. At the same time, they also dropped
I don't know what type of bomb it is.
The battle between the ground and the air did not stop there. The artillery position beside them was still roaring at the German bombers in mid-air with a unit of 7 rounds. Even the girl on the guard tower did not come down. Instead, she held on with one hand.
Branch, holding a telescope in one hand, loudly reported the plane's position.
In less than five minutes, the anti-aircraft artillery on the three islands fell silent one after another. Before the remaining aircraft had time to complete its climb, its tail was smashed by the artillery team commanded by Jiao Niya and began to stall and rotate.
Plunging into an icy lake far away.
"Comrades! We won two fights today!"
Jionya was the first to cheer, then the entire artillery crew cheered, and then the girls on the sentry tower and the militiamen coming from all over also cheered.
"Comrades!"
Wei Ran shook the camera in his hand, "I think this is a memorable moment, so how about you let me take a group photo for everyone?"
"no problem!"
Jiao Niya said, "Comrade reporter, where do you want to shoot?"
"Next to our artillery, of course!" Andre suggested loudly and naturally.
"Andre is right!"
While Wei Ran was talking, he had already pulled over a shell box and set it up, placing the Rolleiflex double-reflex camera on it. "Everyone, please move faster! We have to take a group photo before the sun goes down. After the sun goes down, I'm going to give it to you."
Everyone is performing fish fry!"
"Victor exploded a lot of fish today! I saw them all!" Sonia, the girl who was still on the guard tower, said loudly.
"Sonia! Come down and take pictures together!" Wei Ran greeted.
"That's not possible! I have to stand guard!" Sonia refused without even thinking.
"Let me take your place!"
Big-mouthed Yuri said, "It's my turn to be on guard duty."
"This position is mine now!" Sonia did not give any dignity to her brother Yuri and flatly refused again.
"Well, let's change the direction and use Sonia as the background!"
Wei Ran suggested loudly, "Sonia! Light the oil lamp! Hang it behind you!"
"Listen to the arrangement of comrade journalist!" Seryozha also said.
This time, Sonia on the guard tower finally no longer refused, and quickly lit a red kerosene signal lamp and hung it on the tree trunk behind her.
"Everyone look at me!"
Wei Ran greeted him, and the others stood on both sides of the artillery, or sat on the bunkers made of ice and snow, especially Vasily, who was picked up by the old fisherman Ivan and placed on his shoulders.
"Get ready-!"
Wei Ran pressed the selfie lever while playing a long beep, and then quickly ran towards the group of people taking photos. Unexpectedly, just when he was about to reach his position, he slipped and fell to the ground.
Unexpectedly, everyone in the camera, including Sonia in the distance, smiled happily.
"Everything is for the front line!" Wei Ran, who was lying on his back, waved his fist and shouted.
"Everything is for the front line! Everything is for victory! Defend Leningrad to the death!"
At the moment when the shutter flashed, everyone in the camera waved their fists and shouted the same inspiring slogan in unison.
"Comrades, who can help me up?" Wei Ran, who was still lying on the ground, asked with a grin on his face, "My butt seems to have been broken in half!"
Amid another round of laughter, gunner Andre and Sasha, who was originally in charge of fishing, simultaneously extended their helping hands to pull Wei Ran up.
"Comrade reporter, when will we start frying fish?" Andre asked expectantly.
"Wait a little longer"
Fishermen Old Ivan and Sasha said almost at the same time, "The fight just now must have scared away the fish."
"It would be great if Victor's bombs could also blow down German planes," Vasily said with admiration, still being carried on his shoulders by old Ivan.
"There won't be any German planes coming tonight."
Old Ivan looked at the sky above his head and said, "I guess there will be a snowstorm tonight. Children, everyone must move all the firewood into the shack in advance, and always pay attention to the windows for ventilation."
"Those transporters and traffic workers are going to suffer again"
The words that Yuri couldn't help but burst out of his mouth also made everyone fall into silence, and even made Vasily, who was still happy, look worriedly in the direction of Leningrad's lifeline.
"If it starts to snow, Yuri, you have to stop standing guard."
Father Seryosha changed the subject at the right time, "Vasily, how about you continue to read "How Steel Was Tempered" left by your father to everyone in the evening?"
"Can I come over and listen in?" Wei Ran also echoed in a timely manner, helping to change the topic in a tacit understanding.
As expected, his request was unanimously welcomed by everyone.