While the three of them were chatting, the old station wagon slowly drove into the depths of the pine forest and finally stopped at the door of a particularly beautiful wooden house with a pointed roof.
Not to mention this wooden house, the dozen or so hemispherical glass houses around it that seemed to be still unfinished attracted Wei Ran and Jima's interest. It is almost conceivable that during the long winter nights in Finland, living in this kind of glass house and watching the aurora is definitely a rare enjoyment.
“Every winter, there are many tourists here.” Akeem said with nostalgia in his tone, “At the busiest time, even my wife and I have to come here to help. ”
Almost at the same time as he spoke, a middle-aged woman opened the door and waved to them enthusiastically. "Are you Victor? I'm Chris, and I have been friends with Zhou for many years."
"Hello, Aunt Chris" Wei Ran shook hands with the other party enthusiastically, "My aunt often mentioned it She has a good friend in Finland, but I didn’t expect it to be you.”
“Okay, come in and sit down.” Chris may have been in Russia for a long time, but it’s not what he thought. The Finns were so cowardly that they enthusiastically let the two of them into the warm wooden house.
Having a lively lunch of Finnish food, Weiran entered the garage under the leadership of Akeem and saw the extremely clean anti-tank gun, which made him quite impressed. Surprisingly, there were several large boxes of shells stacked in the corner next to the anti-tank gun. I randomly picked up a few artillery shells and looked at them. They turned out to be antiques produced during World War II.
"Can these still be used?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.
Chris pointed to a few large mountains covered by trees at the end of the view outside and said, "Of course it can be used. Almost every winter, my dad will use this cannon to trigger avalanches on those mountains. This is almost It has become a feature of Plaxi Village."
"Where was it found?" Wei Yan put down the shell and continued to ask.
Faced with this question, Chris shook his head, "I only remember that when I was very young, one winter, my father worked for several days with two reindeer to pull this cannon and ammunition. Come back, but I was less than ten years old at the time and had no idea where he found it."
"Where did he find the flag and the skis?" Wei Ran continued to ask. road.
"It's in the attic. I'll take you to have a look." After finishing speaking, Akeem climbed up to the second floor with Wei Ran and Ji Ma who were joining in the fun, and then climbed up a wooden ladder. An attic filled with clutter.
"The pair of skis and the flag were found in this box"
Akeem bent over and walked to a long wooden box in the deepest part of the attic, half-kneeling He explained on the dusty floor, "The box was still locked at the time. I picked the lock and found them."
Hearing this, Wei Ran gently opened the wooden box and saw what was inside. In addition to a PPD40 submachine gun covered with thick sludge and using a 71-round drum magazine, there are alsoThere was a Ruger P08 pistol chambered for 9mm ammunition and a Nagant revolver.
In the far corner of this long box, there is an old Soviet telescope. However, one of the lens tubes of this telescope seems to have been hit by a bullet. Not only the lens It was broken, and obvious bullet marks could be seen on the edges.
The Finnish sniper is well-deserved... Weiran swallowed secretly, wanting more and more to refuse this dangerous investigation.
At this moment, Akeem reached out and picked up the Luger pistol and handed it to Wei Ran, "I asked Professor Alexey and he said that this pistol is very valuable, Vic." "More, if you can find out about the missing division commander while you are finishing the glass houses outside, this pistol and the cannon downstairs will be yours."
"Don't keep it for yourself." "Waiting?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.
“That revolver is enough.” Akeem lowered his voice slightly, “If Chris is really a descendant of that division commander, I think his weapon must be this revolver. The pistol is the right one."
"I'll try my best..."
Wei Ran immediately wavered in the decision he just made. Even if he didn't consider the artillery downstairs, this alone. A well-preserved pistol can probably be sold for at least seven to eight thousand dollars. This is a big temptation for Wei Ran, who wants to collect the tuition for the second year as soon as possible.
Akeem patted Wei Ran on the shoulder, "Then I'll leave the investigation to you. If you need any help, please don't be polite."
"It's true. I need your help."
Wei Ran put the pistol back into the wooden box and followed the other person downstairs while saying, "If it's convenient, can you take us for a spin around here? I want to see the actual situation here, maybe I can gain something."
"Of course, no problem. When do you plan to leave?"
Wei Ran followed the other party back to the second floor. While Ji Ma was helping to collect the ladder, he said, "It's best to leave now if possible."
"Follow me!"
Akeem returned happily On the first floor, after saying hello to Chris, he drove back to the pier on the lake shore with Ji Ma, who was like Wei Ran and the transparent man.
Amidst the roar of the propellers, the old Sainas small plane glided on the calm lake for a while and then rose into the air. Under the requirements of Weifang, it tried to maintain a low enough altitude and climbed over Flying over high mountains and lakes of different shapes and sizes, we finally saw the famous Rat Highway.
"Ji Ma, if you were asked to walk back to where you started from here, how many days would it take you?" Wei Ran asked Ji Ma, who was holding up his mobile phone to take pictures.
"From here?"
Ji Ma put his face against the porthole and looked at the ground, then shook his head, "I was taking pictures just now, and I didn't even notice it was flying. How far, but the terrain here is so complicated, I'm afraidIt will take at least two days. ”
“What if it’s winter? While it's snowing heavily. Wei Ran continued to ask without giving up.
When Ji Ma heard this, he did not answer in a hurry. Instead, he asked Akeem, who was flying the plane back, "Uncle, when does it get cold here in winter?" Spot sunrise and sunset? "
"In late December," Weiran added immediately.
Akeem replied without thinking, "Basically, the sun will not shine until ten o'clock in the morning. When we come out, the sunset will be around 2 pm at the latest. "
"Where's the snowfall? Ji Ma continued to ask, "How deep is the snowfall?" "
"At least half a meter deep"
After hearing Akeem's answer, Jima looked out the window at the lake that served as the landing site, thought for a moment and replied, " Although it doesn't look far, the terrain is too undulating and the hours of light are too short. So even if you have skis and are familiar with the terrain, it will take at least two days. ”
“What if you are not familiar with the terrain? "Wei Ran continued to ask.
"It will take at least five days."
Ji Ma seemed to have caught up with Wei Ran's thoughts and took the initiative to explain with his fingers, " First of all, although those mountains are not high, if the snow on the ground is half a meter deep in winter, those mountains have to be bypassed, otherwise they will be buried if there is an avalanche. But to go around those mountains, the distance would have to be at least doubled, and there would also be daylight hours. In this environment, no one would dare to ski at night even if they were trying to escape. "
Wei Ran nodded when he heard this and said abruptly, "Jima, how about the two of us walk it in person tomorrow morning? "
"Huh? Walking? "Ji Ma stared at Wei Ran like a madman.
"Of course not on foot." Wei Ran quickly shook his head, "At least there must be a motorcycle. "
Jima's face changed for a while, and finally he licked his face and made his own conditions, "Yes, yes, but before leaving Finland, you have to invite me to a bar for a night." ”
“Deal! "Wei Ran bumped fists happily with the other party.