When Mika, whose face was covered with blood, knocked on the door of a wooden house, a young girl with freckles on her face screamed the moment she saw him, and then attracted people in the house. a middle-aged couple.
Under Mika’s urgent communication, the middle-aged couple immediately helped carry the nearly unconscious old hunter Ino into the wooden house, while the young girl sat on the blood-stained bed. The sleigh disappeared without a trace.
Soon after, a middle-aged man carrying a medicine box rushed into the house led by the girl. Taking advantage of this time, Wei Ran also lit the ice blue kerosene lamp again.
With the help of Wei Ran, the rural doctor was busy until that night when he finished all his work. After he left, three people, including Wei Ran, who had two stitches on his butt, The sick people were lying down or lying down occupying the warmest floor in front of the fireplace, enjoying thick broth and freshly baked bread while chatting.
"Mika, what are you going to do when the injury is healed?" Wei Ran asked, fiddling with the camera in his hand.
Mika opened her mouth with great effort, took in the food that the girl named Sally brought to her mouth, and then replied, "Of course I will marry Sally, but if the Soviets If you dare to fight, I will still go to the battlefield."
"And leave another scar on the other side of my face?" "That one. The girl named Sally said angrily, "Open your mouth!"
Mika opened her mouth honestly, letting the former put the broth into her mouth with a small spoon, and waited for it to be swallowed. After going down, he changed his mind and said, "As long as there is no need to fight, I will always be with Sally. Victor, what about you?"
"Me?" Wei Ran looked at the table not far away The old hunter lying on the other side of Weiyan smiled and said, "I thought you would become a doctor."
"What about you?" Wei Ran turned his head and looked at the old hunter Ino with interest.
"If I can survive until the end of the war, I may continue to be a hunter." Father Ino touched his injured shoulder and said worriedly, "But I don't think this war will end so soon." It will end."
Mika and his young fiancée Sally frowned and asked in unison, "We still want to fight?"
"Compared to the Soviet Union, we Finland is too small."
Dad Ino sighed, "It's like a hungry wolf discovering a rabbit next to its den. Even if the bad wolf is bitten by the rabbit before it eats it. He won't give up even if he has his claws."
Wei Ran nodded secretly. As the saying goes, although this old man is just a hunter, he can see it very clearly.
“I don’t understand which idiot invented such a thing as war.” Sally looked at the wound on Mika’s face that was wrapped in gauze distressedly, “Those greedy Soviets have to occupy the entire continent. Are you willing?"
"Sooner or later there will be Bisu."Lian Geng's greedy lunatic appeared." Wei Ran muttered secretly, and the small wooden house fell into unspeakable silence.
"Go to bed early," Mika sighed, "Tomorrow we will Go to the battlefield and see if you need any help. "
"By the way, tell Captain Korpi that I will return the pistol and binoculars to him later," the old hunter Ino chased and said, "Also, remember to tell him what happened during the day. "
"You are leaving tomorrow? "Sally asked in disbelief while holding a wooden soup bowl. Even Wei Ran frowned.
"Don't worry, Sally, I will be back when the war is over. "Mika clumsily comforted his fiancée, while Wei Ran and the old hunter Ino sighed indiscriminately.
Tossing and turning, they waited until the long night passed, and when the day came again By the time, Mika had already changed the medicine for the wound and got up early to start packing.
"Mika, take this pistol and the telescope." Wei Ran took it from his bag. He took out the TT33 pistol seized yesterday and the telescope seized together and handed it to Mika.
Needless to say, the pistol, but the brass 7X50 magnification Zeiss telescope is a good thing. And Wei Ran can be sure that this is definitely not the standard equipment of the Soviet Red Army. Instead, it is very likely that it is a personal item purchased by the division commander.
"This gun is quite beautiful"
Mika took the pistol, which still had dried blood stains on it, looked at it, and put it on his belt together with the holster. At the same time, he handed the Nagant revolver that was originally attached to his belt and stood beside him, looking at him. Sally.
But from beginning to end, he never picked up the telescope. Instead, he pushed it to Wei Ran, "I remember you are a scout. You can keep this telescope for use." "
"Take it, I don't need such a heavy guy.
Wei Ran handed Mika the telescope without any explanation, then took out his camera and asked, "How many pieces of film are left, how about taking a group photo with you guys?" ”
“Let’s take a photo first! "Mika signaled Wei Ran to hand the camera to Sally, and then pulled him to stand beside Ino's father.
"Wait a minute! "
Mika seemed to have thought of something, turned around and ran out of the house, pulling out a red flag from the sleigh parked outside the door, "Although we don't know who the bastard we killed yesterday was. Not the division commander we were looking for, but at least we captured their flag. "
As he spoke, Mika handed one corner of the flag to Wei Ran, and he stood back on the other side of the old hunter Ino and pulled out the other corner of the flag.
During Sally’s countdown, the crisp shutter sound sounded, and then the camera returned to Wei Ran’s hand.
“Let me take some pictures for you too! "Wei Ran said while holding up the camera. He still had to take four more photos to complete the return mission.
"Sally, find a place to put the flag away first. "Mika put the hand in his handThe flag was rolled into a ball and handed to his fiancée. After the latter took it, she threw it directly on the chair behind her.
Wei Ran looked at the flag with bullet holes in it with a strange look, and then with a smile that suddenly dawned on him, he took a picture of the old hunter Ino and Mika respectively holding weapons. Finally, I took a group photo of Mika, his fiancée Sally, and their family.
When the last shutter sound sounded, Wei Ran's field of vision was occupied by dazzling white light. When he came to his senses, he was already back in the warm room with the curtains drawn.
With a soft clatter, the cowhide book placed on the carpet automatically turned to the fifth page. Under the black-and-white photo, a metal quill wrote:
"Sniper on the snowfield"
Civil Guard sniper Mika Raikkonen, After the Battle of Suaumusalmi, he was awarded the Cross of Freedom 2nd Class (Military) and was promoted to company commander of the Civil Guard on the front line. On June 19, 1944, during the continuation of the war, he was killed in Vyborg. In this battle, he accumulated Killed 102 Soviet Red Army soldiers.
Corpi, commander of the Civil Guard, died in the Battle of Suau Musalmi and was awarded the Cross of Freedom 3rd Class (Military).
Sally Breen, the wife of Civil Guard Captain Mika Raikkonen, they had a son. In the winter of 1949, she died of hypothermia due to alcoholism.
Civil Guard sniper Ino Vatanen, who was awarded the Cross of Freedom 2nd Class (Military) after the Battle of Suaumusalmi, returned to the village of Ahola to replace Mika due to his disability. Raikkonen worked as a ranger. After Sally died unexpectedly, he took care of his son until the autumn of 1952, when he died of a stroke.
Writing this, the metal quill started a new line and listed the medal numbers obtained by the three of them one by one.
While Wei Ran was waiting, the metal quill started another line as usual and continued to write, "The war has buried too many secrets and destroyed too many short-term happiness. The living people Perhaps all I can do is forget."
Amidst the faint sound of turning pages, the metal quill wrote briefly under the slowly rotating red vortex, "Dear comrade, please continue to guide me to my goal. "
When the metal quill that had finished its work fell on the soft carpet with a "clack", Wei Ran reached out and took out the things in the whirlpool, and then discovered that this was exactly what was forced into him before leaving. Mika’s brass Zeiss 7X50 telescope.
Looking at the short words under the red vortex again, Wei Ran laughed dumbly, walked to the window, opened the curtains and raised the telescope in his hand. With clear and sharp vision, the mountains and forests in the distance are clearly visible.
Vaguely, he seemed to see a young man carrying a Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle, wearing a white camouflage suit but wearing a tank hat and goggles, flashing from the camera on skis. Passed away, leaving only a big smile and a clear cry, "Dear comrades, please continue to guide me to my goal."