red moscow

Chapter 2657

After several of the bandits who tried to break into this carriage were killed by Seryosha and Vaserigov, they did not dare to continue the attack and chose other carriages to rob.

Seeing that the bandits had stopped attacking, Vaseligov asked Sokov for instructions: "Comrade General, the bandits who were attacked dare not step into our carriage again, but I heard men shouting and women crying in other carriages. Do you think I should take a soldier to take a look?"

To be fair, Sokov did not want to meddle in other people's business. If Vasherigov took people to check, it would be unclear whether there was any danger, but his defense here would be weakened. If the bandits attacked again, Seryosha and the other three did not know whether they could withstand it.

Seeing that Sokov remained silent, Kopalova guessed that he must be feeling conflicted at the moment, so she took his arm and said softly, "Misha, I know the decision you have to make now is very simple, but think about it, there are so many old people, women, and children on the train, are you going to let them be slaughtered by the bandits?"

Sokov turned his head to look at Kopalova, and their eyes met.

Kopalova nodded to Sokov and said firmly: "Misha, no matter what decision you make, I support you."

Sokov knew very well that although Kopalova said she respected his decision, she still wanted him to send someone to rescue the passengers on the train. If he chose to stand aside, his status in her mind would plummet.

"Vaseligov, take Seryokov and search towards the rear of the car. If you encounter any resistance, just shoot them to death." After a brief psychological struggle, Sokov finally made a difficult decision: "Tell Seryosha to take the other two soldiers and move towards the front of the car. If you encounter any resistance, just shoot them to death."

Just as Vaseligov was about to leave, Sokov added: "If you see a radio station, try to get in touch with the outside world and request reinforcements."

"Comrade Commander," Shelyokov took out his pistol and handed it to Sokov before leaving the box. "Keep this gun for self-defense."

Sokov had a pistol, but if the gangsters really rushed into the carriage, he didn't think he could fight them off with just a pistol. When Seryokov handed him the pistol, he took it without hesitation.

After the door of the box was closed, he immediately turned to Kopalova and said, "Hide under the bed immediately, so that even if the gangsters rush into our box, they will not be able to see us at a glance. And I," he raised the two guns in his hands, "can use these two guns to send them to see God."

Kopalova obediently crawled under the bed. Seeing Sokov also crawled under the bed next to her, he raised his two guns and aimed at the door of the box. He also specifically reminded her: "Misha, you have to be careful."

"Don't worry, I don't want to see God so early." Sokov turned to Kopalova and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely reach Vienna alive."

After Sokov finished speaking, he turned his gaze back to the door.

He didn't think that Seryosha, Vaseligov, Seryoelkov and others could easily eliminate the bandits on the train. It was better to rely on himself than on others. He planned to use two guns to block the bandits' attack and hold out until reinforcements arrived.

From time to time, there were gunshots outside the box. Sokov listened carefully and heard the sound of assault rifles, PPSh submachine guns, and even the MP40 submachine guns and 98K rifles used by the German army. However, the shooting of these weapons was not continuous, and there were often two shots and then nothing happened, so Sokov could not judge who was winning outside.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and then Sokov heard someone pulling the door of the box. But he found that the door was not open, so he thought that the door of the next box was opened. Then, there was a burst of submachine gun fire and two almost inaudible screams from the box next to him.

Kopalova also heard the gunshots from next door. Although she had been to the battlefield before, it was impossible for her not to be afraid when she realized that death was so close to her. She looked at Sokov and asked tremblingly with tears in her eyes: "Misha, we won't die here, will we?"

"Don't worry." Sokov comforted Kopalova, "As long as I'm here, I will definitely let you live."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the box was opened, and then a man rushed in from outside and started shooting into the room.

Sokov fired two shots at the man without thinking, because Seryosha, Vaseligov and others would not shoot at their own boxes.

After the gunshot, the man fell to the ground with a thud, blood gushing out from his body and flowing under the bed where Kopalova was hiding. Seeing the blood flowing towards her, Kopalova was scared, but she tried to stay calm and covered her mouth with her hand to avoid making any noise that would be heard by the gangsters outside.

Sokov stared at the open door of the box intently. He didn't think that there was only one gangster who dared to open the door and shoot into the box unscrupulously. There must be his accomplices outside. If he went out rashly, he would become a living target.

As Sokov expected, there were two gangsters standing outside the door. They were stunned when they saw their companions rushing into the box and shooting, but were knocked down by bullets from nowhere. A moment later, one of the gangsters holding an MP40 submachine gun carefully stepped into the box, wanting to see who killed his compatriot.

Sokov saw another person coming in and immediately aimed at him and fired two shots, one in the head and one in the chest. Not to mention that there were no decent bulletproof vests in this era, even if there were, after being hit in the two parts he aimed at, there would be only one way to go, and that was death.

The gangster standing outside the door saw that the second person who came in was also knocked down, so he immediately turned around and ran, wanting to go back and call for help.

Sokov in the room heard the footsteps going away, cried out inwardly, and rolled out from under the bed. He bent down and picked up the MP40 submachine gun that fell on the ground, rushed out of the door, and pulled the trigger at the back of the gangster who was going away.

A series of bullets hit the gangster, leaving seven or eight bloody holes on his back. After the gangster staggered forward two steps, he finally ran out of strength and fell to the ground.

After Sokov knocked down the bandit, he turned his head and looked behind him. Seeing that there was no trace of the enemy in that direction, he retreated back to the box, collected the weapons and ammunition from the dead bandits, and prepared to face more bandits.

Seeing Sokov coming into the room from the corridor, Kopalova got up from the ground, threw herself into Sokov's arms, and said excitedly: "Misha, have all the gangsters been eliminated?"

"I just took a look and found that there were only three gangsters who attacked our carriage. They were all killed." Sokov gently pushed Kopalova away and said seriously, "The battle is not over yet. You should hide quickly, otherwise I can't guarantee that you won't be injured." Kopalova hid under the bed obediently and said to Sokov again, "Misha, you should pay more attention to your safety."

"I know." Sokov cleaned up the ammunition he had collected, including two MP40 submachine guns and eight magazines. These ammunition were definitely not enough for attack, but more than enough for defense.

Sokov remembered that the enemy who was killed in the corridor also had weapons on him. If he could get that man's weapons and ammunition, he would have enough strength to defend himself.

Thinking of this, he stood up and walked to the door, carefully leaned out to look, and found that there was no one except a corpse on the ground.

He ran out of the compartment quickly and came to the body in a few steps. When he took off the 98K rifle and several submachine gun magazines on the body, he unexpectedly saw two bodies lying at the door of the adjacent compartment. They should have been killed by Seryosha and Vaseligov during the attack just now.

Now that he was already here, Sokov was very unwilling not to collect weapons and ammunition from the bodies of the two bandits.

He approached the corpse cautiously, and before reaching out to grab the weapon, he looked forward first, and found that at the other end of the carriage, there was a gangster holding an MG42 general-purpose machine gun, standing at the door of a box, facing inside and saying something.

  Seeing this, Sokov couldn't help but wonder, could it be that he had just killed three gangsters and made such a loud noise, but they didn't hear it?

However, the gunshots coming from nearby made Sokov realize that the bandit with the machine gun was not paying attention to the battle here because he heard gunshots everywhere and he probably thought that his companions were killing the passengers in the car.

Sokov saw the MG42 machine gun in his hand and couldn't help but feel jealous. He wanted to kill him and then take the machine gun. But when he raised the gun, aimed at the target and prepared to shoot, he changed his mind. He didn't know if there were enemies in the box or how many people there were. If there were too many people, he wouldn't be able to deal with so many people at the same time. If Seryosha, Vaserigov and others were still there, he could still try, but now these subordinates were gone, and Sokov still had Kopalova to protect, so he couldn't take risks easily.

It was with this in mind that he quietly took the weapons and ammunition from the corpse and quickly ran back to his box.

Seeing Sokov reappear in the box, Kopalova, who was hiding under the bed, breathed a sigh of relief. Sokov had just run away without saying a word, and she was worried that he would abandon her and leave her to those brutal gangsters.

"Misha, you're back?!" Kopalova asked this without noticing that her voice was trembling.

"Well, I'm back." Sokov didn't notice Kopalova's strangeness. He bent down and handed her two pistols, and asked casually: "Do you know how to use them?"

"Yes, yes, of course." Kopalova nodded vigorously and said in an affirmative tone: "When we went to the front line to interview, we specially asked someone to teach us how to use the pistol."

"That's good." Seeing Kopalova's hands shaking as she held the pistol, and the muzzle of the gun was still pointed at him, Sokov quickly reminded her, "Kopalova, didn't your instructor teach you that you should never point the muzzle of your gun at your comrades at any time?"

After Sokov's reminder, Kopalova realized that the muzzle of the pistol was facing Sokov. She quickly turned the muzzle of the gun in another direction and said apologetically: "Misha, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Sokov recalled what a friend of his later life told him. The man was nervous and pointed his gun at an old soldier on the training ground. The old soldier walked up to him with a smile without saying a word, slowly pushed the gun away with his left hand, and swung his right hand to slap him in the face. If Kopalova pointed her gun at someone else today, she would definitely get a slap in the face.

Sokov put the collected ammunition at his feet, squatted on one side of the box door, and pointed his gun at the door. If anyone dared to break in, he would shoot without hesitation.

"Misha." Kopalova, who was lying on the bed, asked in a low voice, "Where are Seryosha, Vaseligov and the others now?"

"I don't know. I didn't see them when I went out."

“Will they be sacrificed?”

"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "The bandits just suffered a great loss in this carriage. If Seryosha and Vaserigov were really killed, more enemies would definitely rush to this carriage, because they know that there must be some important person here, otherwise no one would stubbornly block them here."

"Where are they going then?"

"I think the enemy must have separated us from them." In order to let Kopalova understand what was going on, Sokov explained to her: "Seryosha and Vaserigov were advancing towards the front and rear of the train respectively. During the advance, some enemies may have hidden in the compartment and were not discovered by them. After they passed, those enemies would move towards the compartment where we were. In this way, the compartment that had lost its defense force would be easily captured by them."

"Misha, do you hate me?"

"What do I hate you for?"

"If I hadn't persuaded you to send Seryosha and Vaserigov to rescue the people, the enemy would not have been able to reach our compartment." Kopalova said with red eyes, "Because of my selfishness, the passengers next to me were killed."

"Kopalova, don't blame yourself, you did nothing wrong." Sokov knew very well that Kopalova had probably never seen anyone die in front of her, so it was inevitable that she was afraid. If he didn't enlighten her, she might have mental problems, so he comforted her and said, "There is no village in front of us or a shop behind us. Even if we are attacked, no one will come to rescue us. But after Seryosha and Vasherigov move forward to the front and rear of the car, they can not only eliminate some bandits, but also, after discovering the communication equipment, they can promptly ask for help from nearby troops and completely rescue us from danger."

As the two were talking, Sokov suddenly heard hurried footsteps in the corridor. He quickly put his index finger in front of his lips, signaling Kopalova, who was hiding under the bed, not to speak, lest people outside hear him. After seeing Kopalova nod slowly, indicating that she understood what he meant, Sokov raised the submachine gun in his hand and aimed at the door. As long as he found that the person coming in was not one of his own, he would pull the trigger without hesitation.

After the footsteps disappeared at the door, Sokov suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Strange, why is there a body in the box? Did something happen to the commander?"

(End of this chapter)