Chapter 86 Pushing into the fire pit at minus 40 degrees Celsius
"So, that anti-tank gun and this flag come from the same war?"
In the brightly lit studio, Wei Ran asked with an ugly face, "The Battle of Suomusalmi is not much easier than the Battle of Stalingrad."
In this brutal fight between infantry and infantry, the enemies the Soviet soldiers faced were not only the elusive Finns on skis, but also the low temperature that was enough to freeze them into ice sculptures.
"Hard to say"
Professor Alexei shook his head and gave a negative answer, "According to my old friend's wife, her father was a local hunter. In her memory, the anti-tank gun seemed like her father was there a few years ago.
It was found in the forest ten years ago. There are several mountains around the village, and avalanches often occur in winter. This anti-tank gun has been used to artificially create avalanches to eliminate danger for a long time."
"Where is that village?" Wei Ran asked after him.
“In Finland”
When Professor Alexey said this, he had already found a roll of maps from the bookshelf, spread it out, and used a pencil to draw a line on the border between Finland and Russia, "This is the famous Rat Highway and the battle.
Here, the main route for the Soviet army to flee. The old house I just talked about is about 10 kilometers southeast of the Rat Highway, in a small place called Plassey."
“This place is quite remote”
Wei Ran clicked his tongue. Just looking at the contour map around the location Alex pointed with his pencil, he knew that this so-called Plassey is surrounded by mountains, and there are also a large number of lakes in the due north direction.
, rivers. But as long as you cross these obstacles, whether heading north or east, you can reach the border between the two countries in only 10 kilometers at most.
"It is indeed very remote, but the scenery there is very beautiful whether it is summer or winter. You can camp and hunt in the summer, and in the winter you can not only ski, but if you are lucky, you can even see the Aurora."
As Alex spoke, he threw some photos to Wei Ran, "This is the house I just mentioned. My old friend and his wife are going to run a resort hotel there after they retire. Victor
, if you are interested in helping them, you can stop by and spend a few days there."
"I don't have that much time"
Speaking of this, Wei Ran got a headache. Although he had a week's rest, the postgraduate study materials that Kapur prepared for himself took up at least half of the time.
"For the sake of 40,000 US dollars, you definitely have the time." Professor Alexei couldn't help but give Wei Ran a business card, "Victor, this is a job I finally accepted for you.
As long as you can earn these $40,000 from work, you won't be short of money until at least Christmas."
Looking at Professor Alexei with sincere eyes and the trace of guilt that was well hidden in his eyes, Wei Ran took the business card with a wry smile. The old man was probably still blaming himself for what happened in the studio.
With all your good intentions, you actually pushed your nephew into a fire pit, a fire pit that was 40 degrees below zero...
Wei Ran looked at the name and contact number on the business card, and then said reluctantly, "Then let me contact him when I have time."
"Victor, you bastard is crazy! Can't even $40,000 move you?" Professor Alexey's Russian was mixed with a young Chinese adjective.
Wei Ran shook the business card in his hand, "Please correct me, it's not $40,000, it's an anti-tank gun worth $40,000."
"As long as you can investigate this matter clearly, I will help you sell that anti-tank gun."
Professor Alexei couldn't help but push everything on the table to Wei Ran, and then finally told the truth, "And you'd better hurry up, my old friend's resort hotel plans to start snowing in early November.
If you can get the results of the investigation before then, maybe he will give you some extra benefits."
"A gimmick?" Wei Ran heard the words and immediately guessed the other party's intention.
Professor Alexei nodded indifferently, "What they do with it has nothing to do with us, no, no, no, to be precise, it has nothing to do with you. After all, the studio is yours now, and even the name has been changed, so you just need to
Just think about how to find out the missing division commander as soon as possible before the middle of next month."
Having said this, Professor Alexei bent down and opened the rolling shutter door, "Victor, don't let me down. If you can investigate this time and get satisfactory results to the other party, I will introduce you to more ways to make a lot of money in the future."
Work."
"I really appreciate your eight generations of ancestors..." Wei Ran murmured in a low voice and watched Professor Alexey driving the car and disappearing into the night.
After locking the rolling shutter door again, Wei Ran threw all the business cards and photos he still held in his hands on the table, turned around and got into the bedroom and fell asleep with his head covered.
Early the next morning, as soon as he got up, Nikolai and Jima rushed over together. Their purpose was also very direct - to have breakfast, a Chinese-style breakfast.
"Where are your two friends? Are they coming over to eat together?" Wei Ran asked as he poured the soaked beans into the soymilk machine.
"They drove back to Kazan an hour ago." Jima looked at the humming soymilk machine with disgust, "Is that spoiled milk really made from beans?"
"Do you think the cow was really drugged?" Wei Ran responded angrily, turned around and took out the frozen red bean paste buns from the refrigerator and placed them on the steamer.
Before breakfast was ready, Wei Ran found a seat and sat down, "Mr. Nicholas, how did you sleep last night?"
Nicholas took the coffee and said with a sigh, "I have been dreaming all night, dreaming that Germans always rush in with submachine guns. When I woke up, I found that not only the Germans had been beaten away, but also Stalingrad was gone.
How ironic."
"You should go out and take a walk more," Wei Ran looked at the huge statue in the distance outside the window and gave his own advice.
"I will go out for a walk these days." Nicholas looked out the window. "Although I have already walked around when I came to see you last time, I am still surprised to see such a big change here."
Wei Ran was about to say something when the cell phone on the table rang at this moment. He picked up the cell phone and took a look, but the caller was from an unfamiliar number.
When he answered the phone, an old, smoky voice said with a strong voice, "I'm Akeem, is this Victor? Victor, Professor Alexei's student."
"It's me," Wei Ran responded doubtfully, quietly waiting for the other person's next words.
The other end of the phone immediately explained, "I am Professor Alexei's colleague from long ago. Has he told you about the missing division commander? I just called him and Professor Alexei said that you have
Promise to help me investigate that matter."
It turned out to be him?
Wei Ran quickly found the business card that he had thrown away last night from the other end of the long table, looked at it, and then replied, "The professor did tell me last night, but..."
"That would be great"
The man with a smoky voice on the other end of the phone who called himself Akeem didn't even wait for Wei Ran to finish speaking, and said urgently, "Victor, are you sure when you can come over? I will book a flight for you immediately. Anyway, this matter
It’s up to you!”
this...
Wei Ran didn't know how to respond to the other party for a while. He didn't even have time to mentally build up his side, but the other party was very impatient. Was he afraid that his death wouldn't be happy enough?
