Chapter 484 The reasoning between the prospective husband-in-law
"Professor, why did you remember to call me?" Wei Ran sat down on the stone steps at the gate and asked while looking at the lake outside the yard reflecting the night lights.
"Your aunt and I have landed at Kazan Airport. If you have nothing to do, drive over and pick us up." Professor Alexei on the other end of the phone said, "Remember to go faster, the plane will stop soon.
Already."
"You came to Kazan?" Wei Ran asked in surprise, but then complained, "Why did you tell me now?"
"I wanted to tell you before I got on the plane."
The person speaking on the other end of the phone was Wei Ran's aunt and soon-to-be mother-in-law Zhou Shujin, "I thought your uncle told you, he thought I told you, but we didn't realize it until the plane landed and turned on.
you say."
"My uncle won't drink too much again, right?" Wei Ran joked with a smile.
"How long have you been away from Volgograd? It's been a long time since he touched alcohol." Aunt Zhou Shujin said happily, "Anyway, if it's convenient for you, come pick us up quickly. If it's not convenient, give us your address."
Send it once and we'll take a taxi there ourselves."
"Conveniently," Wei Ran said quickly, "You guys rest at the airport, I'll leave now."
After hanging up the phone, Wei Ran glanced at the briefcase and binoculars that were still on the table in the lobby on the first floor. After thinking for a moment, he collected them all and sent them to the storage room.
Anyway, Edward gave him a month, and it was not even less than an hour and a half if he went one day earlier and one day later. In contrast, he was more curious about what the sudden visit of his aunt and professor came this time.
With this in mind, Wei Ran stopped wasting time. After locking the door, he drove the armored pickup truck still parked under the oak tree and left the yard. By the time he arrived at the airport as fast as possible, it was already more than a month ago.
Hours later.
"Victor, have you changed cars?" Professor Alexei immediately threw the suitcase aside after seeing Weiran open the door of the armored pickup truck, "Where did this come from?
The big guy you got?"
"I exchanged it for the previous car," Weiran explained vaguely.
"Give me the car keys, I'll drive, and you can show me the way." While speaking, Professor Alexey took out the alcohol detector on his waist, opened it and blew hard, "Don't worry, I didn't
drink wine."
"Then you drive it"
Wei Ranhun threw the car keys to the professor nonchalantly, and then helped his aunt climb into the passenger seat. Instead, he carried several heavy suitcases and sat in the relatively more comfortable back seat.
After Professor Alexei drove the car and left the airport under the guidance of the navigation system, Weiran asked curiously, "Auntie, why do you remember Kazan?"
"Let's stop by to see how you are living here," my aunt Zhou Shujin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, explained with a smile, "and then at noon tomorrow, Fei Fen, Wei Ran, if you have time, how about coming with us?
?”
"Going to Finland?" Wei Ran thought for a while, "Is it because of the movie I made before?"
"This time it has nothing to do with the movie."
Professor Alexei, who was in charge of driving, asked, "Victor, do you remember Akeem and Chris?"
"of course I remember"
Wei Ran replied without thinking, "At that time, they entrusted me to help investigate the missing commander of the 163rd Infantry Division of the Soviet Union, but they did not expect that the final investigation results were very different from what they thought."
"It seems you have a good memory," Professor Alexei said with satisfaction.
"I don't get drunk every day," Wei Ran joked, holding back his bad words. Of course he remembered the couple, but they rarely contacted each other.
"I've given up drinking"
Professor Alexei defended himself dissatisfied, and then continued, "About half a month ago, Akeem and his friends accidentally discovered an underground shelter in the forest."
"Underground shelter?" Wei Ran became interested after hearing this, "The kind filled with World War II weapons?"
"arms?"
Alexey shook his head, "There is nothing decent except for two shovels and a chain saw. The main thing is that there are three corpses in the underground shelter. To be precise, they should be wax corpses, the lifelike kind."
"
"During World War II?" Wei Ran asked.
"probably"
Alexey took out his cell phone and pulled out a photo and handed it to Wei Ran, "This is the photo sent by Akeem. The chain saw in the photo is the KS43 two-man saw equipped by the German army during World War II, so at least it can be
The time is determined to be after 1943."
"They won't use it as a gimmick to attract tourists this time, right?" Wei Ran joked, and then turned his attention to the photos on the phone screen.
In this high-pixel photo, you can clearly see three wax corpses sitting against the wall in an underground shelter with most of its roof lifted off. Although their clothes are in tatters, they still make the photo look better.
After zooming in, interesting things appeared.
One of the three wax corpses was wearing a protective coat specially designed for German motorcyclists during World War II.
The one on the right wears a Soviet-style Budyonny winter hat and a pair of German marching boots. As for the one on the far left, he wears a Soviet hat that looks very warm.
Shapka was wearing a winter hat, but his feet, like the man in the middle wearing a motorcycle protective coat, were all wrapped in animal skins.
Continuing to move the photo, you can clearly see that in this underground shelter, which is not too big but is spacious enough for three people, there is also a KS43 two-person chain saw that Professor Alexei just mentioned.
This thing was almost considered the leader among the saws used by engineers during World War II.
In addition to the chain saw, there are also a Mauser rifle and an MP40 submachine gun hanging on the wall of the shelter made of logs, as well as two gasoline barrels and two kettles. In the corner not far away, there is a stone
There was a small fireplace made of blocks and mud, with two German helmets used as pots on it.
Returning the phone to Professor Alexei who was driving, Wei Ran smiled and joked, "Professor, are they planning to create a second friendship in the snowstorm?"
"No kidding, Akeem really thinks so."
Zhou Shujin, who had just been taking a selfie with her mobile phone, took over the conversation after posting it on WeChat Moments, "He has always been jealous that your uncle still has the opportunity to make movies, so after he and his friends discovered the underground shelter, they have been there these days.
Call and invite your uncle to come with you to help investigate."
"Victor, tell me what you think." Professor Alexei asked without looking back.
"It doesn't look like a soldier," Wei Ran said with uncertainty in his tone, "more like..."
"Prisoner of War" Professor Alexei and Wei Ran made the same guess at the same time.
"It does look like a prisoner of war." Wei Ran nodded.
"Look, let me just say that his guess must be the same as mine, right?"
Professor Alexei winked proudly at Zhou Shujin beside him, and then a succinct idiom popped out of his mouth, "Are you willing to admit defeat?"
"I'm willing to admit defeat," Zhou Shujin said angrily, "It's just one bottle of wine, and it can only be from Wei Ran's family. He is a good boy, maybe you can only find one bottle of cooking wine."
"Cooking wine is fine," Alexey said happily, but Zhou Shujin immediately noticed the strange look on Wei Ran's face.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Shujin turned around and asked curiously.
"Auntie, I'm afraid you're going to make a mistake this time." Wei Ran grinned and replied, "Although I don't drink, I...have saved a lot of wine..."
"You are truly my good nephew and son-in-law!"
Professor Alexei immediately cheered, and even kicked the accelerator, which also startled the Nissan car in front of the car, so that it immediately changed to the next lane.
"I like this car!" Professor Alexei beamed, speeding up to overtake the car, and then said, "Please tell me your judgment in detail, lest she think I cheated."
“very simple”
Wei Ran explained with a smile, "The boots on the feet of the corpse on the left are the same as the coat worn by the man in the middle, but the hats on him and the corpse on the right are from the Soviet Red Army, so there is no doubt that theirs
The clothes must have been stolen or picked up.
Considering that winter cotton hat, they were most likely in winter. Since it was winter, no matter it was Germany, Finland or the Soviet Union, even the guerrillas would not fight barefoot as long as they were in their right mind. They would need to use animal skins.
Wrapping their feet only means that their previous shoes were not warm at all and they even had no shoes at all.”
"You are really a good student of your uncle"
Zhou Shujin burst out laughing. What she said just now was almost exactly the same as Alexei's judgment when he received the scary photo.
"Can you find anything else?" Professor Alexei continued to ask in an examination-like manner.
"And a chain saw"
Wei Ran replied without thinking, "Those who are qualified to wear motorcycle protective coats do not need to operate a two-person chain saw, and those who need to operate a two-person chain saw cannot wear that kind of protective coat. The most important thing is, no matter where,
Unless you are a prisoner of war, you will not have enough warm shoes to wear."
"Prisoners of war from the south," Professor Alexei added with a smile, "that underground shelter was found in the forest on the northern border of Finland and Norway. Victor, can you think of anything?"
"Is there a road nearby?" Wei Ran asked with a smile when his aunt Zhou Shujin looked confused, "A road built by prisoners of war."
"The road you mentioned is less than 40 kilometers south of the forest," Professor Alexei replied tacitly.
"what are you guys saying?"
Zhou Shujin looked at Professor Alexei with undisguised admiration. Perhaps in her eyes, that was the charm of Professor Alexei.
"Victor, please tell me the answer!" The professor pretended to be profound and left the task of uncovering the mystery to Wei Ran.
"Before the Battle of Lapland"
Wei Ran paused and waited for his aunt to look at him before continuing, "According to historical records, before that battle, the German army stationed there had deployed a large number of prisoners of war to build the road from Norway to Finland in the winter of 1943, because
Most of the prisoners of war used were from southern Europe, so many people froze to death at that time."
"It's the same as my guess." Professor Alexey nodded. "What I can't explain clearly now is where the Budyonny winter hat and the Kapossa winter hat came from."
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