After returning to Kazan after many twists and turns, Wei Ran and Jima only rested for half a day. Then they were called out by Karp early the next morning. They each carried canvas bags weighing more than 20 kilograms and each carried a He followed a radio tracker into the damp birch forest.
"One last reminder, have breakfast on time at eight o'clock, so you only have two hours to find all the orientation points."
Until the cursing Wei Ran and Ji Ma disappeared In the birch forest, Culp put down the tweeter with satisfaction and drove the off-road vehicle from the Hongqi Forest Farm to the small village where Nicholas was located.
In the next four days, Wei Ran and Ji Ma's courses were also enriched. They did physical exercises at six o'clock every morning while searching for various radio orientation points in the forest. Even at the same time, the Morse code sent by Dalia from the roof of the main building was received through the intercom. Whether these Morse codes are correct or not is also related to whether they can have breakfast.
After breakfast and before lunch, there are radio communication-related courses. After the meal, there are German courses for most of the day. After dinner, we will continue to go to the forest for two hours of hunting games, and Two hours of combat training. Think this is the end? Of course not. Before going to bed, they also need to systematically learn first aid knowledge.
After just four days, both Wei Ran and Ji Ma missed the relaxing hunting games in the first few days. But on the other hand, Wei Ran had to admit that this high-pressure learning process was really effective. At least he could now use Morse code to type out what he wanted to express accurately. He even learned German. Many commonly used phrases. As for medical treatment, just looking at the needle holes on his and Ji Ma's arms, people who don't know what they are doing might treat them as drug addicts.
On the evening of October 9th, after a week of classes, Wei Ran followed Teacher Dalia to the side of the counseling center and opened the cover of a car at the other party's signal.
"This car is given to you by Mr. Nikolai"
Teacher Dalia stood aside and explained, "According to the enrollment agreement, you will get A car for transportation, we originally prepared a Watts van for you, but Mr. Nicholas was very grateful for your help in finding out the cause of death of his wife and child, so he bought this car as a gift. "< /p>
"What kind of car is this?" Wei Ran asked, looking at the fat black off-road vehicle in front of him. If nothing else, the tires on this car are probably not 40 centimeters wide!
"Viking 29031"
Dalia threw the car keys to Weiran, "Go up and try it. This is an amphibious off-road vehicle. Even if you drive it into The Volga River can bring you back to your studio safely. But before that, you can go to Nikolai’s birthday.”
“When is his birthday?” Wei Ran, who opened the car door, turned around and asked.
"Tonight"
After Dalia finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the door of the counseling center. At the same time, she did not forget to remind, "Remember to come back to class on time in a week."
Watching Dalia leave, Wei Ran He opened the door out of curiosity. What surprised him was that there was no co-pilot in the cab of this off-road vehicle. There were only two steering seats behind the only driver's seat. He looked up and looked at the position above the driver's seat. , two Velcro fasteners fixed the VSS silent sniper rifle borrowed from Nikolai, and on the two seats behind, there were placed a PSS silent pistol and two weapons matching ammunition and Spare magazines, as well as the postgraduate entrance examination materials Culp prepared for himself.
This is too exaggerated...
Wei Ran was dumbfounded, such a popular off-road vehicle, coupled with the Hongqi Forest Farm, which hides countless secrets outside the vehicle. He subconsciously thought of the funny news about the newly graduated rookie agents of the Russian Internal Affairs Bureau two years ago who rented luxury cars and made videos to celebrate, and were then sent to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East by the Emperor.
So this is a reminder to myself? Or should you make yourself more public so as not to attract the attention of interested people?
Wei Ran shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He fumbled to start the car and drove out of the Hongqi Forest Farm, joining Ji Ma who was waiting outside.
"Is this your car?" Jima almost stretched his upper body out of the truck cab and asked greedily, "Where did you buy it from? How much did it cost?"
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"I don't know about this, someone else gave it to me."
Wei Ran didn't want to hurt Ji Ma, so he found a vague excuse to fool him and then changed the subject and asked, "I heard that today Is it Mr. Nicholas’s birthday?”
“Yes!”
Ji Ma jumped out of the cab and turned around to look at Weiran’s car. Invitation, "Are you going to attend? It's very lively."
"Of course, I've even prepared gifts." Wei Ran replied in the affirmative with a smile.
"Then let's hurry up." Ji Ma flatteringly opened the cab window and asked, "How about you let me try this big guy?"
" You drank wine during dinner." Wei Ran unceremoniously pushed Jima's head out of the car window, released the clutch, and drove the car in the direction of Kazan.
"I will buy a car like this in the future!"
Ji Ma shouted loudly with his middle finger raised. Seeing that Wei Ran had no intention of stopping and waiting for him, he quickly climbed up Entering the cab of the truck, he roughly turned around and chased after him.
When the two cars returned to the small village in the northwest suburbs of Kazan, the school where Nikolai lived had been cleaned extremely clean. On the lawn on one side of the entrance, almost everyone in the village was They gathered here, and the long table was filled with food. The steaming aroma from the oven not far away attracted a few fat wild cats to squat aside and wait for it to be delivered to their door. barbecue.
There is also a black marble tomb on the edge of the lawn behind the two-story building.monument. Under the illumination of the car lights, Wei Ran could clearly see a red five-pointed star inlaid on the tombstone. But under the five-pointed star, there is only a brief introduction such as "Ampoule and his son".
"I misunderstood him" Nicholas sighed while stroking the tombstone, then turned to look at Wei Ran, "Do you like the gift?"
"I like it very much, thank you. ”
Wei Ran said gratefully. The plus+ version of the Jimny behind him was much more comfortable than the previous van, especially the two pairs of wide tires, which were driven in the Soviet era. Not to mention how stable it is on the old roads that were built.
Nicholas nodded when he heard this and said abruptly, "After celebrating my 90th birthday here, I will prepare to move back to Stalingrad tomorrow."
"You Planning to move to Volgograd?!" Wei Ran and Ji Ma, who had just wandered over, exclaimed in unison, this news was really unexpected.
Nicholas nodded with a smile and patted Wei Ran hard on the shoulder, "And I will be your neighbor. I have moved the house between your studio and Mamayev Hill I bought it. Although it cost me a lot of money, at least I can see the statue of Motherland every day when I open the window. For me, there is no better view than that."
"That. What about here?" Wei Ran pointed around.
"Leave it to Ji Ma's parents to take care of it"
Nicholas turned his gaze back to the tombstone beside him, "When I see him, I can't help but think of my With a wife and three children, this is too much for me. Victor, thank you for your help. Now I can finally put down my burden and go back to Stalingrad to spend the rest of my life."
"Since then. In this way, Mr. Nicholas, I wish you a happy birthday and a new life." Wei Ran said as he took out a Leica camera from his bag and handed it to the other party, "Although I was rejected by you once. But I can’t think of a more appropriate birthday gift.”
Nicola took the camera and hung it around his neck after a moment of hesitation, with a faint smile on his old face, “Young. Man, thank you for your birthday gift, I will use it to record my new life in the future."