Chapter 287 Companions who are short of money and the professors suspicion
With everyone's busy work, the two tents were put up again, and the four reindeer lowered their heads idly to look for moss and lichens buried under the snow.
Although this small flat valley is not very large, due to the obstruction of the surrounding stone mountains, not only is there almost no wind, but there is not even much snow underfoot, let alone the reindeer, even if there are only a few of them
, if you step on it without wearing snowshoes, you won’t even be able to bury your knees.
If that weather station is really here, the Germans undoubtedly chose a good place. At the same time, it also provided them with many convenient conditions for their subsequent job search.
Leaving the task of searching for the ruins of the weather station to the three of them, Professor Jonas took out an ice ax from his mountaineering bag and took a kerosene lamp, and walked around the foot of the mountain on the edge of the valley alone, occasionally
Yes, he would dig a few times with the shovel or ice pick in his hand. Looking at his focused look, it was obvious that he didn’t want to explain too much.
"Victor, do you think we can find those precious meteorological data?" Eric asked while holding a newly assembled metal detector and drawing circles in the snow.
"If you can find the meteorological data, let's put it aside. At least find the ruins of the weather station first." Wei Ran, who was holding a kerosene gas lamp in his hand, replied absently. His attention was entirely focused on Jonas not far away.
On the professor's body.
"I believe the professor can definitely lead us to find the weather station."
Eric was extremely confident, "As long as we find those meteorological data, we will be able to have our own research topics in the future."
Wei Ran turned to look at Leo, who was preparing dinner in the half-open tent, and asked in a low voice, "Speaking of this, Eric, how much do you know about Professor Jonas?"
"What kind of understanding?" Eric asked confused.
“Lower your voice”
Wei Ran approached Eric with a kerosene lamp and asked in a low voice, "Various aspects, such as his origins and his family."
"There is no doubt about Professor Jonas' business ability." Eric thought for a moment and continued, "But he is also a poor person."
"Why do you say that?"
"He has a daughter"
Eric whispered, "His daughter suffers from the same disease as Professor Hawking, who won the Wolf Prize in Physics last year, and it is more serious than Professor Hawking. He also has a son..."
Seeing Eric stop talking here, Wei Ran couldn't help but urge, "What happened to his son?"
"If his daughter is a natural disaster, his son is a man-made disaster."
Eric said pitifully, "That bastard is addicted to drugs, and he also owes a lot of gambling debts."
"So Professor Jonas is short of money?" Wei Ran suddenly thought of the most critical question.
"Who is not short of money?"
Eric raised his chin in Leo's direction and said sympathetically, "For example, my cousin has four children to take care of. In addition to exploring for gold mines and poaching, he even dares to do smuggling work, but even if
So, the monthly bills can drive him crazy."
Who are you looking for...
Wei Ran frowned secretly, taking risks with two people who were in urgent need of money. How big is Eric's heart?
Before the two of them could say anything more, the beep of the metal detector in Eric's hand changed.
The two of them stopped together. Eric threw the metal detector aside, took the snow shovel from Weiyan, and dug through the thick snow, revealing a small piece of rusty, curved metal skin.
.
"Isn't this a bomb?" Eric threw away the shovel in his hand, subconsciously took a step back, and sat directly on the snow.
"How can a bomb made of thin iron sheets be used?"
Wei Ran handed the kerosene gas lamp to the other party to carry. He picked up the shovel himself and continued to expand the area on both sides along the position the other party had just dug.
Gradually, an iron cylinder nearly two meters long and nearly half a meter thick was revealed in the snow.
"What is this?" Eric asked curiously.
"Airdrop tanks used by Germany during World War II"
As Wei Ran spoke, he gently opened the rusty iron sheet, and then saw that the abandoned airdrop tank actually contained the body of a dog.
Perhaps because of the year-round low temperature, the corpse managed to retain most of its characteristics during life, which allowed Wei Ran to spot it at a glance. There were World War II German soldier tags hanging on its collar.
It is not difficult to imagine that this pet that had accompanied the weather station staff on Bear Island did not survive the day of evacuation, and the Germans who finally chose to leave left their soldier cards with this pet who accompanied them.
Friends who spent the long night.
"Keep looking"
As he spoke, Wei Ran refastened the lid of the airdrop can, used a shovel to randomly pull up some snow, and buried it again.
"You are such a kind person"
Eric joked, picked up the metal detector at hand, and continued to look for possible weather station ruins.
But before they could take a few steps, the detector made an unusual sound again, and it was from here that airdrop cans were dug out one by one.
Unfortunately, most of these airdrop tanks are empty, and a few of them even have traces of being cut and removed. However, it is also following these neatly arranged airdrop tanks that Weiyan and Eric
However, we successfully found the ruins of the weather station buried in snow.
Their discovery naturally attracted Leo, who had already prepared dinner, and Professor Jonas, who was still circling the foot of the mountain.
The four of them each took a snow shovel and carefully cleared the snow on the ground along the burned wood they had just discovered. Gradually, the foundation of a wooden house covering an area of only seventy or eighty square meters was revealed.
What can be seen from this foundation are just logs smashed into the frozen soil one by one. In addition, there are a large number of charred wood fragments, as well as some pots and pans or deformed tin cans.
class of things.
"Where is the meteorological data?" Eric asked Professor Jonas disappointedly.
"Don't worry, let's eat first and then take a rest."
Professor Jonas said confidently as he walked towards the tent, "We will be able to find those meteorological data soon."
"Really?" Eric asked with a frown.
"Of course it's true, otherwise what would we do in this hellish place from France?" Professor Jonas said as he walked further and further away.
Wei Ran, Eric, and Leo, who didn't know what was going on, looked at each other. After Eric explained a few words to Leo in Norwegian, the two brothers turned back three times and followed Wei Ran.
to the tent in the distance.
After Leo had served everyone the food, Jonas took the initiative to open a bottle of wine and poured everyone a glass before saying, "After dinner, Victor, you and Leo have worked hard and come back."
Bring some fuel back to the ship, and we may need to stay here for a few more days to see the meteorological data."
"Professor, why don't you explain where the information is?" Eric asked again impatiently.
"We will find out when they come back with the fuel," Professor Jonas said confidently, "Don't worry, we will be able to find the meteorological data soon."
Not only did the old guy bite him to death, the food in the hands of the other people didn't seem to be that delicious anymore. The group of people filled their stomachs indiscriminately, and Wei Ran and Leo didn't even bother to rest, so at Eric's urging, they
The wooden poles holding up the tent were removed from the sleigh, and then the two of them shouted to the reindeer and pulled the empty sleigh straight to the direction of the dock.
Almost at the same time that the two cars disappeared, Professor Jonas called Eric and walked back to the ruins of the weather station, lit a cigarette and explained, "According to the records in my father's diary, they left here.
Before, I put all the supplies in the warehouse."
"Where is the warehouse?" Eric asked.
"See that mountain?"
Jonas signaled the former to turn around, pointed to the short mountain not far away and said, "They built a second signal tower on that mountain. As long as we connect a line between the weather station at the foot and the top of the mountain, the warehouse will be
Built on the rock walls at the edge of the valley through which this line passes.
So we only need to wait for them to come back and dig out the entrance to the warehouse buried in ice and snow, and then we can find the meteorological data."
"Why didn't you say anything just now?" Eric asked in confusion.
"Let's see if your cousin Leo will bring more people here."
Professor Jonas said bluntly, "If he brings more people, it is enough that only the two of us know the secret. If he and Victor only bring back fuel, then we will immediately start looking for that secret."
How about a warehouse?"
"Leo would never do something like that."
Eric said helplessly, "Besides, even if he has that idea, he can wait until we get on the boat with our things before taking action."
"That's why I asked Victor to follow him."
Professor Jonas said arrogantly, "Victor seems to be much more cautious than you. We just need to ask him about the situation on the ship and we will know whether Leo is trustworthy."
"whatever"
Eric patted his forehead, "I know Leo, if there is gold in that warehouse, maybe he will be tempted. But even if it is gold, he will only ask for some at most, and will never do what you said.
Kind of something."
"I hope so" Jonas spread his hands, "I just asked them to help get some fuel back, didn't I?"
Eric opened his mouth and helplessly followed Jonas back to the low tent, which had no support from the sleigh and had to bend down to get in.
On Wei Ran's side, when he called the reindeer and followed Leo through the entire island in the dim night, running from the easternmost point to the westernmost simple dock, he successfully found the reindeer who was still waiting for them here.
