A Battlefield Photographer’s Journal

I've been busy with work recently, so I haven't paid much attention to the book club. I took a look at it last night and it was quite lively. After thinking about it, I will open a single chapter to explain it. First of all, the story this time is also not limited to the Soviet-German War. There may not be many domestic wars of resistance, but there will definitely be (after all, who doesn't like fighting the Japanese?). But in my setting, Weiran should go back as an experienced veteran to record something, rather than a rookie who only causes trouble. By the way, I would also like to explain the confusion I saw, why Weiran is still so bad after going through two wars. In fact, it is very simple. If an inexperienced newcomer spends a week on the battlefield, he will only be glad that he is still alive, instead of turning into a wary and almost "neurotic" veteran, which can only be tortured by years of war. Secondly, will Weiyan change history? Obviously not, after all, only the Japanese like to rewrite history, textbooks and even their own bloodline. So it goes without saying that the fun of discovering historical secrets is obviously more interesting. Third, his lens will not be limited to World War II. The Cold War era is another theme. Fourth, the protagonist will not just be a photographer. He may be a postman, a wounded person, or more likely a field doctor. In short, he will experience stories in different eras with different identities. Fifth, please don't make mistakes. What I write is a novel, not a history textbook. There will be some discrepancies with historical records. After all, I can't directly copy the content from the history book, right? Finally, for the sake of me babbling so much, please vote for the big guys and save them. If you really don't want to give up your votes, you can reward tens of millions or something...

The bullet packaging in China and Russia actually only uses wooden boxes for the outer layer, and iron boxes for the inner layer. And if the outer layer is not made of iron boxes, it is not afraid of static sparks! Take my country's Type 56 7.62Mm rifle ammunition as an example. It is generally shipped with two iron boxes built into a wooden box. Without the use of bridge clips, the Type 56 rifle ammunition is usually packed in a paper bag every 20 rounds. Each iron box has 36 paper bags and 720 rounds of bullets. Each wooden ammunition box has a loading capacity of 1,440 rounds. So why do bullets use such complicated three-layer packaging? The innermost bullet carton contains a dozen or dozens of bullets in groups. The advantage of this is that it is convenient to calculate the amount of ammunition carried by each person during war. In addition, the carton is non-conductive and can isolate the static electricity generated by external metal friction from causing safety hazards to the propellant. Cartons are generally made of kraft paper that is flexible, strong, high tensile strength, and not easy to break. Another advantage of kraft paper is that it has low moisture content and is relatively dry, so it is not easy to get wet. Outside the carton is an iron box. The iron box is generally made of cold-rolled low-carbon steel plates of about 0.5 Mm. In order to prevent rust, it is also coated with a layer of zinc. The surface appears silvery white, which is actually commonly known as "tinplate". The hair is painted with green paint. The reason why wooden boxes are not used directly is because wooden boxes cannot completely isolate the outside air and moisture. Iron boxes are not only better sealed, but can also usually be sealed with lead after packaging. In fact, they are equivalent to a large can. When opening this thing, you even need to use a special key, similar to the pull ring of a can. The purpose is to prevent the bullet from getting wet by rain, and the propellant inside the bullet will not become ineffective when stored in a dark place. Although iron boxes can be moisture-proof, thin iron boxes are easily bumped and deformed during transportation. Moreover, the surface of the iron boxes is too smooth and easily slips when stacked and transported, making it inconvenient to fix. Therefore, it is necessary to add a shell to the iron box. My 🐇5.8Mm bullets have started to use 1500-round plastic ammunition boxes. The outer layer of this ammunition box is made of engineering plastics and lined with steel plates to increase the strength. In addition to the paper box, the internal bullets are also covered with a layer of moisture-proof packaging bags similar to woven fabrics (in various exercise pictures and videos this year, some shells and fuses are also inner-packed with heat-shrinkable/vacuum-evacuated films). Looking at the entire world, plastic ammunition boxes are gradually becoming mainstream, and wooden materials will gradually be replaced.

After reading the first copy, I just jumped to the end of the second copy. To be honest, such a photo is too niche. It is about the Soviet Union's Patriotic War. For a Chinese, a little is fine, but a little is not interesting, and it is not a historical fiction. According to the current author's routine, discovering the heroic deeds of the Anti-Japanese War can also arouse empathy. I hope the author is thinking carefully, and I don't want to invest in wasting money.

I have the urge to break the author's legs and let him concentrate on writing novels!

I suddenly discovered that this kind of unit drama-type books are all masterpieces. Different from the traditional unlimited flow of upgrading copies one by one, this kind of countless scripts with one main line is very immersive. From the imagination of the horror paradise to the comparison of eras in life-style games, the war and peace in this book are touching and make people reflect. Come on, author, it is really good to read.

Watching it again on the plane, I suddenly remembered that I also have a set of Zoya's Leica IIIB from the second plot. Mine was produced in 1937 and is considered to be of collectible quality. The cowhide box was also produced around 193x. The manufacturer of the box was a camera shop in London.

I got hooked by the ruffian boss and got out of hand, so I bought a 1967 box-set full Saryut, also called a Salute, a 120 6x6 format medium format camera, a Soviet imitation of the Hasselblad appearance. Gagarin and others also used this camera in space. After checking the information and judging from the serial number, it was most likely that one produced in the same batch went to heaven, so it is the brother of mine 😂 Another Easter egg is that there is a roll of finished film in the spare back. It is speculated that it was shot between the 1970s and 1980s. Wait for the holidays to take it out and take a look. It will not be a loss if you have some pictures, maybe there will be surprises😂

I liked your last book very much, but the subject matter of this book is different. It makes me lose interest…

A standing statue of a Red Army soldier, with the lower body of the soldier turning into a flock of cranes and flying away.

First of all, I'm probably too idle... 🤣 Then I have to say something: the following is all my own guessing, I don't care if it's right or wrong, just have fun watching it! Let's talk about the Digging Party first. I didn't read it carefully when I wrote the linkage article before. When I first mentioned the 75th anniversary, it was "Next year will be the 75th anniversary." In addition, in the later period in Putao County, Myanmar, there was a sentence "The Russian theater hostage incident 20 years ago." Then, relying on New Year's Eve as a node, I roughly calculated that the first bracelet cheat was found in October 2017. The earliest place in Battlefield where you can withdraw cash is after the Dungeon 19 instance is over, when you go to find Mr. Nikolai. That chapter is about Nikolai 75 years later, 1942+75=2017. I calculated it this way subconsciously. However, in the chapter about Grandpa Lola, that is, Mine No. 52, The metal book says that he died in the summer of 2018, which seems inappropriate. In the latest chapter, Mr. Tao died in 2020, which means that at least everything in the later chapters is correct. Then how many years will it take to reduce the number by one? So the starting time can only be 2016 Nikolai said that he was only 13 years old at that time (1942 during the Don River period), but in the actual time in the book, he passed his 90th birthday... Anyway, there are always bugs in discussing Nikolai here, although Although it is not important to the book as a whole, it is really troublesome when calculating the time in the early stage After determining the timeline, you will find that both of them are in Russia, but Russia is too big, and due to professional reasons, these two can always be missed perfectly! Of course it can't be a coincidence, they are all exquisitely designed by the ruffian boss (this one costs 50 cents). Because the battlefield was more than a year earlier, Wei Ran had already met Lu Ren several times before Shi Quan met Lu Ren (Berlin flag planting photo interview, Ring Apartment/Rzhev/commission, February 20th Defenders of the Motherland Day interview/appointment letter). Involving Katja's grandma's commission, this plot was very early in the Digging Party, it was May 2018. At the same time, Wei Ran had just acquired the nickname "veterinarian" and was drinking beer with his pastor friend! By the time Wei Ran went to Osinowitz, it was already September 2019, but Wei Ran might have just taken a quick look at the museum when he visited it. Maybe the boss had forgotten about it, or maybe Kona and the others were so impressed by Wei Ran that they didn't even notice the photo of Grandma Katya and the transport team in the museum when they returned to reality. There are also War and Peace and Resurrection that Kona and Katya exchanged. I wonder if we can see the two books being put together again in the future. In addition, I am very curious whether there is Kena's name in the first half of the volume given to Shiquan. I think there is probably. When it comes to locations that appear in both books, the two will never appear at the same time. Belarus, Wei Ran has only been there once, the story of Liuban guerrillas. At the same time, Shi Quan was digging gold crosses alone in Belgorod. When Shi Quan went to Belarus to look for a communications truck, Wei Ran just discovered that Katenka was buying one, getting one free and returning to visit the veterans of the volunteer army. The first time Weiran went to Irkutsk was to transfer to the small town of Tula. At this time, the three Shiquan brothers were watching the U-boat in the North Pole in a daze. The next trip to Irkutsk was also just to transfer to Tula. At this time, Shi Quan was searching for Stalin's Hammer in Ukraine! When Weiran finally went to Osinowitz, Shiquan was still fighting the remnants at Camp Sulfur, or else he was crossing the desert to explore Snoopy Mountain. At the latest time point, when Wei Ran finished the story in Tianjin and went home to celebrate the New Year, Shi Quan just towed the U-boat back from the Arctic and took his family to celebrate the New Year at the radar station; when Wei Ran and Sui Sui came to the island to find the longevity pharmacy, Shi Quan and Elena ran to Switzerland. Hey, it's still a date trip for just two people! There are too many to mention, it's quite fun to compare. About Galkin, I have written about it in the previous article. Let me briefly mention the time point. When Dalia was kindhearted and wanted to help the old lady with terminal cancer find her grandson, she contacted Galkin on the phone. At that time, it was nearly a year before Shi Quan met Galkin for the first time, so she must not have been fired haha. Qin Shu When Qin II first appeared on the scene, he was Xia Shushi's friend. He and Xia Shushi were looking at the helmet with the Chinese characters on it in Dali. When mentioning sisters and husbands, compare the original words of Xiao Liu, the driver in the Digger Party: "Qin Er is the biological uncle of Boss Hu (Zhao Jiuzhou)'s youngest granddaughter." Therefore, sisters and brothers-in-law should correspond to Lao Hu's sons and daughters-in-law, but just like Huo Heng does not appear, the sisters and brothers-in-law here only appear in the dialogue. I read Battlefield first. I thought that the second son calling his sister's best friend, Jia Ya, calling her aunt was described in detail in the Digging Party. However, in the Digging Party, the two of them were like strangers and had no conversation at all. They only mentioned that after the second son found Zheng He on his mission to Shuicheng, he was escorted back to Shanghai (Magic City). That was in 2021 in the book. I was confused when the second generation brought Brother Yang to the scene later in Myanmar. I didn't expect Qin Shu to be so unfamiliar with Jia Ya and others in front of Shi Quan and others, but behind the scenes he was so familiar with Huo Heng's people. Brother Yang first appeared in the Digger Party in April 2022. In order to find the missing plane on the Hump Route, Shi Quan and others encountered the Japanese who made trouble and provoked Jia Ya. Brother Yang led his team to descend from the sky. About Overseas Chinese surnamed Zhou, Shi Quan and his party from the Digging Party went to Honglian Town, north of Bago City, Myanmar, and discovered the expeditionary army stone monument and banyan tree. The local monk said: In 1962, Mr. Zhou fled from Taungoo and stayed for a week, leaving behind the box containing the relics of General Dai. As for Battlefield, when Zhou Qiguang recalled the 1960s, some of the plots were vague and correct, so I guess it must be the same person, Mr. Zhou Guochang, otherwise there is no need to have the same surname, right? Speaking of Myanmar, there is something that I don't know if it is a bug. After the Diggers sent the martyrs home, Huo Heng arranged for Jia Ya and others to form a search team. He also mentioned the difficulty in verifying historical data. The estimated time is October 2020. Wei Ran and Second Zhong Zhen were obviously involved in the CBI family search team earlier than this. Jia Ya could not be unaware that Xia Shushi was responsible for checking information in this family search team. Of course, who could advance the timeline of the new book? When writing about the Diggers, it is not considered the plot of the new book (unless the ruffians have planned this plot of the new book a long time ago). I don't know how to connect it reasonably later, I'm looking forward to it. Of course, it would be better if Weiran could explain the origin of the "fossil that looks like a coconut shell"! Hehe... There is a small point. In the copy of Deathstroke, Ammunition Soldier Agni said: (1994) His wife was a store cashier and was shot to death with a shotgun by a bastard who robbed the store two years ago. Agni caught him in Smolensk and discovered that the bastard just wanted to get some bread and a skirt for his daughter. When Shiquan and Big Ivan helped Captain Kirill find a pile of Soviet rubles in the backup well of Big Luki, Vika said this: During that time (just after the disintegration), her father almost entirely relied on robbery to support the family. Her first skirt was snatched from the store by her father with a gun. This linkage is really embarrassing... After ringing the bell, Dalia's brother wanted to send the plane. On the tail of the big red An-74, there was a Soviet-style sickle surrounding purple grapes, and under the logo it read "Grapevine Agricultural Products Company". This is obviously the industry of Ukrainian arms dealer Boroshenk. Later, when "Uncle Chubb" mentioned his friend, Culp rated him as a white bandit, probably because he was scornful of Burrowshank, who made his fortune through arms smuggling after the disintegration. Speaking of aircraft, in addition to the Il-76 that was to be given to the studio, Weihan also saw two 76s at that time, which was roughly the end of August 2019. And Andrei bought it at the "scrap price" in May 2020 when Shi Quan and others went to Kazakhstan to look for Kolchak's gold. Recalling the relationship between Andrei and Boroshenk, he must have bought it from "Uncle Chabu". The latest linkage is probably the newly updated Bai Zitao. In the Digging Party, he is an international student at Smolensk State University. He was doing live broadcasts in the wild and bumped into Shi Quan digging for treasures. It was only March 2018, and Shi Quan was still working alone. Then a month later, Bai Zitao brought his cousin Si Jiuying to Shi Quan for help, and mentioned that the two of them were engaged in the import and export of construction machinery. It's February 20 for Weiran at this time. He probably came back to take over after studying in Smolensk. I didn't expect that this could also be related to Qin II...