"So, that anti-tank gun and this flag are from the same war?"
In the brightly lit studio, Wei Ran asked with an ugly face, Su Ao The Battle of Musalmi was not much easier than the Battle of Stalingrad.
In this brutal fight between infantry and infantry, the enemies faced by the Soviet soldiers are not only the elusive Finns on skis, but also the low temperature that is enough to freeze them into ice sculptures.
“It’s hard to say”
Professor Alexei shook his head and gave a negative answer, “According to my old friend’s wife, her father is a local Hunter, in her memory, it seems that her father found the anti-tank gun in the forest decades ago. There are several mountains around the village, and avalanches often occur in the winter. This anti-tank gun was found in the forest. It has been used for a long time to artificially create avalanches to eliminate danger."
"Where is that village?" Wei Ran asked.
"In Finland"
As Professor Alexey said this, he found a roll of maps from the bookshelf, spread it out, and used a pencil to draw the location of the border between Finland and Russia. A line was drawn, "This is the famous Rat Highway, which was also the main route for the Soviet army to flee during that battle. The old house I just mentioned is about 10 kilometers southeast of the Rat Highway, a place called Pula "It's a small place in the west."
"This place is quite remote."
Wei Ran clicked his tongue, just looking at the contours around the location Alexei pointed with his pencil. As you can see from the line map, this so-called Plaxi is surrounded by mountains, and there are also a large number of lakes and rivers in the due north direction. But as long as you climb over 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 not only can you ski in the winter, but if you are lucky, you can even see the Aurora.
As Alexey spoke, he threw some photos to Wei Ran, "This is the house I just mentioned. My old friend and his wife plan to go there after retirement." Run a resort hotel. Victor, if you are interested in helping them, you can go there for a few days."
"I don't have that much time"
< p>Speaking of this, Wei Ran had 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 must have the time.” Professor Alexei couldn’t help but give Wei Ran a business card, “Victor, this is something I have struggled with. As long as I can earn these 40,000 US dollars from the job I took over for you, you won’t be short of money at least before Christmas.”
Looking at Professor Alexei with a serious look, As well as the trace of guilt hidden in the other person's eyes, Wei Ran answered with a wry smile.After passing the business card, 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 the fire pit, which was 40 degrees below zero...
Wei Ran looked at the business card. He gave his name and contact number, and then said reluctantly, "Then let me contact him when I have time."
"Victor, you bastard is crazy! Forty thousand dollars is enough to impress you." Can’t you?” Professor Alexey’s Russian was also mixed with a young Chinese adjective.
Wei Ran shook the business card in his hand, "Correction, it's not $40,000, it's an anti-tank gun worth $40,000."
"As long as you can investigate this 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 open when it starts snowing in early November. If you can get the results of your investigation before then, maybe he will give you some extra benefits. "
"A gimmick?" Wei Ran immediately guessed the other party's intention after hearing this.
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, even the name. Everything has been changed, so you just need to think about how to find out the missing teacher as soon as possible before the middle of next month."
At this point, Professor Alexei bent down and opened the rolling shutter door, "Wei. Ke Duo, don’t let me down. If you can find satisfactory results in your own investigation this time, I will introduce you to more jobs that can make a lot of money.”
“I really appreciate you, Eight Generations. Ancestor..." 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 still in his hands on the table, turned around and got into the bedroom, covered his head and fell asleep.
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 to eat together?" Wei Ran asked while pouring 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 it Coffee 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 onlyThe Germans were beaten away, even Stalingrad was gone. It was really 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 have been "I know how to go out for a walk." Nicholas looked out the window, "Although I already went shopping when I came to see you last time, I was 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 an unfamiliar number.
When he answered the phone, an old, smoky voice said with a strong voice, "I'm Akeem, is this Victor? Victor, a student of Professor Alexey. "
"It's me," Wei Ran responded doubtfully, waiting quietly for the other person's next words.
The other end of the phone immediately explained, "I'm Professor Alexei A colleague from long ago, did he tell you about the missing division commander? I just called him and Professor Alexei said that you have agreed to help me investigate the matter. "
So it's him?
Wei Ran quickly found the business card that was thrown there last night from the other end of the long table, looked at it, and then replied, "Professor You did tell me last night, but..."
"That would be great"
The man with a cigarette voice who called himself Akeem on the other end of the phone had no Before Wei Ran could finish speaking, he said urgently, "Victor, are you sure when you can come over? I'll book a flight for you right away. Anyway, I'll leave it 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 do some mental construction, but the other party was very impatient. , are you afraid that your death will not be happy enough?