In the field hospital ward that was filled with the smell of alcohol and disinfectant, Wei Ran and Ninel emptied the not-so-large wine bottles one by one, and each also ate a piece of smoked fish.
After helping Nineel finish writing the reply, Wei Ran reached under his pillow, took out the camera from the metal book and asked, "Nineel, how about you let me take a picture of you?"
"Why do you still carry a camera with you?" Nineel asked, dumbfounded.
"Who said I don't have a lens on my head?"
Wei Ran spread his hands and joked to himself, "Anyway, do you want to take a group photo? It's not easy for us to meet here."
"What nonsense is this?"
Nineel was obviously too lazy to delve into the camera. "Wait a moment to take pictures. Victor, help me take out the flight hat from the glove box under the bed."
Hearing this, Wei Ran bent down with great effort, rummaged through the wooden box under the other party's bed, and finally pulled out a brown-red Soviet winter leather flying cap with the throat microphone removed.
What is quite special is that in addition to matching a wide German Auer 295 flying goggles, this flying hat is also inlaid with a lot of small bits and pieces. Among these bits and pieces are several frontline flying weapons of different shapes.
Chapter, there are also several German oval soldier plaques.
In addition, it even has a World War II German silver air force ring and air force pilot observation ring set on it, as well as an even rarer Richthofen ring!
However, these three rings, which would be valuable in later generations, had been cut into long strips and set on the flight hat like three large staples.
"This is what I have achieved in the past three years, and it is also the gift I am preparing to give to Sasha and Neva."
Ninel said proudly, "I don't even remember how many German planes I shot down. At first, I tried to find opportunities to capture some of the trophies and sent them directly to Sasha, asking her to find a way to sell them to improve her life.
But those little things always got lost in the mail, so I saved them all and planned to take them back with my own hands after the war was over."
"You're not going to fly into the sky with a flying hat like this, are you?"
Wei Ran asked dumbfounded. This heavy flying hat has almost caught up with Brezhnev's uniform.
"Of course not. I usually put it on my bedside as a decoration. My wingman pilot Cross sent it to me yesterday."
Ninel smiled and explained, "Under my pillow is a small iron ring he sent me. Please help me fix it on my flying hat. The war will be over soon, and I can also give it to Sasha."
It’s sandy.”
Hearing this, Wei Ran reached under his pillow and pulled out a Battle of Britain ring tied to a strip of cloth.
"You shot this down too?" Wei Ran asked, holding the ring.
"how could I know"
Niner replied nonchalantly, "Since Felix's death, I have no German friends, so it doesn't make much difference whether I shot down a plane or not. They are all enemies anyway. As long as I shot down a plane,
I will try to find a way to add something to this hat that belongs to a German pilot."
Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled. Under the other party's command, he rummaged through the wooden box under the bed and successfully found a pair of small pliers and an Air Force gravity knife that he was particularly familiar with.
Cut the ring in the middle, then use pliers to straighten it and bend the two ends into two small 90-degree pins. Weiran, under the command of Ninel, used a gravity knife to pierce two small pins on the hat.
With a little eye, I firmly fixed the newly trimmed ring on it and flattened the pins.
"That's it," Nineel said with satisfaction, "Help me put it on my head."
Hearing this, Wei Ran reluctantly put the fancy flying hat on Nineel's gauze-covered head, then handed the camera to a nurse passing by with a tray, and took a picture of the two of them.
group photo.
"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"
In the white light that gradually rose with the sound of the shutter, Wei Ran smelled the unique smell of the forest again, heard the barking of dogs, and felt the slight bump under his buttocks.
When the white light faded, he noticed that he was sitting in the passenger seat of a car, with the Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera hanging around his neck.
Subconsciously looking at the driver's seat, it was Nineel who was driving. However, at this time, his face was covered with scars from the healed burns, and even his right ear had shrunk to only half its normal size.
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Looking at the rear compartment, Sasha, who has become much more mature, is wearing a well-fitting Soviet one-piece flight suit and a leather winter flying cap studded with various trophies.
Next to Sasha, there was a little boy who looked to be about five or six years old. The little boy was hugging a dog with yellow and white flowers. But his attention was all focused on the scene outside the car window.
On the rows of planes, those wide-eyed eyes were already full of longing.
Before Wei Ran could turn his head back, Ninel, who was in charge of driving, had slowly stepped on the brakes, "Okay, let's just use this Bol."
Hearing this, Wei Ran subconsciously looked out the car window and saw a sky blue-painted Wave 2 trainer aircraft at a glance.
"Victor, remember to take some photos for us later, and remember to take care of Neva."
While Nineel was speaking, he had already opened the door and left the cab, and helped Sasha out of the back seat.
"Uncle Niner, you will take me on the next flight, right?" Neva, the little guy who stayed in the carriage, asked in a sweet voice.
"Of course, how about you when I take Sasha flying around?" Nineel gently placed his scarred hand on the little guy's head.
"When the time comes, you will take me one more flight!" Neva said, raising her neck.
"No problem! I will take you to fly one more time when the time comes!" Ninel smiled, "For now, wait below with Uncle Victor."
After saying that, Niner winked at Weiran and helped Sasha carefully climb into the cockpit of the Bol trainer. At the same time, Weiran also pressed the shutter again and again next to him.
Finally, he took another photo of the two people waving to him in the cockpit. After Wei Yan waited for the two to be ready, he helped turn the propeller and successfully started the plane.
Amid the roar of the engine, Ninel steered the plane onto the runway and successfully ascended into the sky. Weiyan also focused on the GAZ-21 station wagon he had just sat on.
"When I grow up, I will become a pilot like Uncle Ninele!" Neva vowed, clenching her little fists, looking very much like Sasha back then.
Seeing this, Wei Ran smiled and raised his camera to take a photo of the confident little guy.
Less than 20 minutes later, the light Bo-2 trainer aircraft landed on the runway.
Before the plane came to a complete stop, Neva and his dog follower struggled and jumped out of the carriage.
"How do you feel?" Wei Ran asked after Nineel helped Sasha down.
"it's very windy!"
Blind girl Sasha said loudly and excitedly, "Occasionally, a few times, I even feel like I have lost weight. I thought I was going to fall off the plane."
"Uncle Ninel, I want to take a plane too!" Neva ran over and begged loudly while holding Ninel's thigh.
"Let's go! I'll take you to a plane!"
Niner said, bent down to pick up Neva, and took him to climb onto the Bol training plane. By the way, he also put the flight cap originally worn on Sasha's head on the head of Neva's child.
After helping them take a few photos, Weiran helped them start the plane again and watched them fly into the quiet and peaceful blue sky.
"My sister Lana did not survive the Battle of Stalingrad." Sasha said abruptly after the plane flew away.
"I...I know" Wei Ran subconsciously tightened his grip on the camera.
"Neva likes Nineel very much." A happy smile appeared on Sasha's face, "And... we will have our own child soon."
"You..." Wei Ran looked at Sasha in surprise, and immediately smiled and said, "Sasha, congratulations."
"Whether it's a boy or a girl, we're going to name him or her Felix." When Sasha said this, the expression on his face became happier.
Wei Ran casually glanced at the wedding ring on the other party's ring finger, and Wei Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He still remembered that those were the two rings that Ninel left for Sasha to sell to support the family before Nineel left. one.
In fact, as one of the bystanders at the time, he knew very clearly that the two rings were Felix's wedding ring, and the wedding ring of Nineel and his late wife.
Those who died in that war will never come back. Those who survived the war can only cling to each other for warmth... Wei Ran sighed secretly, he really couldn't tell what this meant. Unlucky or happy.
"Neva may also become a pilot in the future," Sasha said with some envy, "I really envy him."
"Neva?" Wei Ran raised his head and asked, leaning against the car door.
"Not only that, but all of you," Sasha said with a smile, "I envy you for being able to see this colorful world since you were young."
"We will actually envy you," Wei Ran said seriously.
"Envy me?" Sasha asked in confusion, "Why."
"As far as people of this era are concerned"
Wei Ran paused, looked at the plane flying closer and continued, "It is not a happy thing to witness war, death, and separation from the day you were born."
Hearing this, Sasha sighed softly, "Those things can be seen without eyes, clearly."
Wei Ran opened his mouth and watched as the Bo-2 trainer aircraft, which had just taken off less than ten minutes ago, landed on the runway again amidst the increasingly violent roar of the engine.
Before the propellers had completely stopped rotating, Weiyan and Sasha heard Neva's terrified cries, and Niniel's regretful shouting, "Sasha, this little guy is afraid of heights. My fear of heights is so severe that I didn’t even take off before he said he wet his pants.”
"It seems he has no chance of becoming a pilot."
There was no regret in Sasha's tone, but a strong sense of joy. Wei Ran, who was relatively closer to Sasha, also heard the girl's cry, "I don't want him to fall from the sky." Come down and limp into a certain girl’s house.”
"Victor, come here and take another group photo for us!" As Ninel spoke, he had already hugged Neva down who was crying and her hands and feet were weak.
"no problem!"
Wei Ran responded happily, took a few steps back, and took this special family of three, the GAZ 21 station wagon beside him, and the Bo 2 trainer aircraft behind him into the frame.
"Kacha!"
Amidst the crisp sound of the shutter, a strong white light swept over. When the white light faded, Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the wreckage of the plane in front of him. At the same time, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of light on his face. smile.
"This time I finally have a better ending..." Wei Ran let out a long breath and turned his gaze to the open metal book.
