I spent my 90th birthday with Nicholas with villagers I didn’t know at all, and took several rolls of film by the way. Early the next morning, two trucks filled with luggage followed the off-road vehicle driven by Wei Ran and left the abandoned school, and drove towards Kazan amid the farewells of almost all the villagers.
In the brand-new off-road vehicle, the driver became Jima, while Weiran and Nikola were sitting on the only two passenger seats, chatting together. What he learned at the Red Flag Forest Farm this week and Culp’s plans for his future.
Except for a brief stop in Saratov for a late lunch, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening by the time they arrived in Volgograd.
Nicola, who insisted on taking the car, was also extremely tired at this time. After all, he was ninety years old. Even though he was in good health, the ten-hour drive was still too much for him. No small burden. However, when he saw the illuminated statue of Motherland across the road, this old man who had experienced World War II and then joined the Cold War became particularly excited.
Resolutely refusing Wei Ran’s suggestion to go to a travel agency not far away for a night’s rest, Nicholas excitedly opened the door of the single-family wooden house he bought, and walked upstairs and downstairs. After walking around, I personally moved a suitcase from the car and sent it inside.
Wei Ran, Ji Ma and the other two gangsters looked at each other and resigned themselves to moving all the boxes of luggage from the truck at the door into the house.
After a lot of work, it was already more than an hour after they finished moving the last box of things. Almost at the same time that Ji Ma rode over the old Harley that was still in the Weiran studio, Alexey also drove over with several insulated lunch boxes and followed the address.
While Nicholas, Jima and others were having dinner, Professor Alexey pulled Wei Ran aside and asked in a low voice in Chinese, "What's the origin of that old man?"< /p>
"The survivors involved in the ZIS-3 anti-tank gun last time"
Weiran pointed to the off-road vehicle outside the door with his chin, "I am in Kazan and ready to continue Mr. Nikolai helped me a lot with my graduate studies. He even gave me the car.”
“You’re so lucky,” Professor Alexei said. He muttered something oddly. < /p>
"It's not a big deal," Professor Alexei's aunt's mantra came out of his mouth, "It's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks anyway."
"Where are you? Work. How is it?" Wei Ran asked, changing the subject.
"You're right."
Professor Alexey's face suddenly became extremely bitter, "That bastard Alexander actually wanted me to give him the treasure in his museum." The origin of each collection is clearly investigated."
""I told you not to work for capitalists a long time ago." Wei Ran blocked Professor Alexei in advance without any mercy, "Let me tell you first, I will not go to help, even if I am paid. "
"You bastard! "Professor Alexey knocked Wei Ran on the top of his head gently, then winked to the side and whispered, "I'll wait for you in the studio. ”
Wei Ran nodded, and after Professor Alexey drove away, he turned around and joined the dinner, introducing the Chinese dishes on the table to Jima and others while filling his stomach.< /p>
After dinner and packing the insulated lunch boxes, Wei Ran said goodbye to Nikolai and Ji Ma and others who were preparing to rest for a night before going back, and drove back to the brightly lit studio a hundred meters away.
"Is something wrong? "After Wei Ran entered the studio, he directly pulled down the rolling shutter door and sat opposite Professor Alexei.
"Look at this" Professor Alexei pointed to the canvas on the table. Volume.
"What?" "
While speaking, Wei Ran opened the canvas roll, and then saw a pair of old-fashioned skis, a pair of ski poles, and a Soviet flag.
Seeing Wei Ran raise his head in confusion Looking at himself, Professor Alexey slowly unfolded the worn-out flag and said in a low voice, "According to my verification, this is the flag of the 163rd Infantry Division of the Soviet Ninth Army. You always know the 163rd Infantry Division, right?" ? "
"The infantry division that was wiped out by the Finns in the Winter War? "Wei Ran asked uncertainly.
Professor Alexey nodded with satisfaction, "It's them"
"Where did you get it? "
Wei Ran asked, looking at the embroidery patterns and remaining damage on the flag. Following Alexei for so long, he could tell at a glance that this flag was probably not a replica. .
Professor Alexei put away the flag and explained in a low voice, "An old friend of mine in Petersburg found this by accident in his wife's old house. We found it together. Also included are this pair of skis and ski poles. "
"You bought it? Wei Ran raised his eyebrows and asked, "I'm afraid this flag is worth a lot of money, right?" ”
Professor Arik shook his head, “I don’t have that much money to buy this precious flag, but compared to this flag, the story behind it is more valuable. "
"What do you mean? "Wei Ran looked at Professor Alexey with confusion.
"Let's talk about the Battle of Suao Musalmi first," Professor Alexei asked in an examination.
Wei Ran replied without thinking, "On December 27, 1939, the 9th Finnish Infantry Division spent two days in the village of Suomusalmi to annihilate the 163rd Infantry Division of the Soviet 9th Army. And almost completely wiped out the 44th Soviet Motorized Infantry Division. "
Hearing this, Professor Alexey nodded with satisfaction before continuing, "In this battle, the 163rd Infantry Division of the Soviet Ninth Army was not only completely wiped out, but also all of them.Their division commanders all disappeared and were never seen again until the end of the Soviet-German war. "
"Don't tell me you want to find the missing teacher," Wei Ran asked dumbfounded.
"No, no, no," Professor Alexei shook his head, "That one It doesn't matter whether the missing division commander is found. "
"Then what are you going to do? "Wei Ran looked at Professor Alexei in confusion.
The latter stretched out his finger and tapped the things on the table, and said in a dumbfounded way, "My old friend suspected that his My wife is a descendant of the missing division commander. He hopes that we can find a way to investigate and clear up this matter. "
"Why? Wei Ran asked without interest, "And how to prove this?" "
"How to prove that it is something you should consider?"
Professor Alexei pointed to the small sign on his chest, "I am now a member of Mr. Alexander's museum. Curator, there is no way to investigate this matter. "
"What about the benefits? What are the benefits? "Wei Ran stood up and walked towards the coffee pot not far away. He rushed back from Kazan early this morning. The journey was not easy. Now he is so sleepy that he can hardly open his eyes.
"One Gate There are four Hotchkiss 25mm anti-tank guns with blue crosses on the gun mantlet."
Professor Alexei raised his voice slightly, "It was also found in that old house. Kedo, as long as you can figure out the relationship between the division commander and the old house, the artillery worth 40,000 US dollars will be yours. ”