red moscow

Chapter 2863 Catch them all in one fell swoop

Sokov hid behind a pile of wood and opened fire on the German agents. Although he was a good shot, he only had a pistol in his hand with limited power. He used up three or four magazines. Although many bullets hit the enemy's body, they could not cause any harm because the enemy was wearing a bulletproof vest.

As Zhukov and his men arrived, Sokov finally gained the advantage in firepower and suppressed the remaining enemies behind a building. As long as the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived with a large group of troops, it would be possible to wipe out the enemy.

However, at this moment, something unexpected happened. The two German agents guarding the door opened the small door. An agent holding an MG34 machine gun rushed in from outside the door and fired wildly at the position where Sokov and others were. The two guards were unable to dodge and were shot and fell to the ground. The rest of them retreated behind the pile of wood.

The German agents, who were originally suppressed by the firepower of Sokov and others, took the opportunity to rush out from their hiding place and ran towards the small door.

Seeing this, Sokov cried out inwardly that something was wrong and quickly rolled sideways to the side of a fallen soldier. He picked up the rifle that had fallen beside him, loaded the rifle, knelt on one knee and shot, aimed at the fleeing German agent and pulled the trigger.

He had experience this time. The enemy was wearing bulletproof vests, so the bullets didn't cause much damage to them. So he shot at the enemy's head or legs. If he hit the head, he would be killed on the spot; if he hit the legs, he would fall to the ground and be unable to run away. He fired five bullets in one breath, killing one German agent and injuring two others.

After he had finished firing, Sokov saw German agents pouring out of a small door. Without bothering to reload his bullets, he shouted, "Follow me!" Then he rushed over with his rifle.

When Zhukov and others saw Sokov rushing forward, they naturally could no longer hide behind the pile of wood, so they rushed forward shouting.

Sokov looked through the open door and saw that the truck parked outside had started and the German agents standing under the truck were scrambling to climb into the car. He was worried that the enemy would escape, so he quickened his pace. But as soon as he approached the small door, he was hit by dense bullets and shrank back. The German agent who was holding a machine gun and covering his companions' retreat was standing in the car, firing wildly at the door with his machine gun.

By the time the Internal Affairs Ministry officers and soldiers led by the captain and Lieutenant Alina arrived, the truck carrying the German agents had already disappeared.

The German agent's escape was both unexpected and reasonable.

According to relevant regulations, the criminal police and military police commanded by Major Gerchikov were not qualified to enter the Kremlin. Although the dozen people Sokov brought back from the front could enter the Kremlin, their range of activities was limited to the armory area. The internal affairs troops commanded by the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Alina did have the authority to move around in the Kremlin, but they moved too slowly in today's battle and failed to entangle the enemy in time, which led to the enemy finally rushing out of the loose encirclement.

But this was not the time to pursue responsibility. After they came out of the small door, they boarded several jeeps and trucks and chased the German agents in the direction of their escape. Although they had been running for a long time, there were checkpoints set up by Gerchikov's criminal police, military police, and temporary traffic police along the way. It would not be easy for them to escape Moscow smoothly.

The German agents' truck fled along the highway for a distance, but due to too many barricades and roadblocks blocking their escape route, the driver had to turn around and flee into the nearby forest. The Ministry of Internal Affairs vehicle that was chasing them also drove into the forest area.

Zhukov, who was sitting in the same car with Sokov, asked Sokov nervously, "Comrade Brigade Commander, when we came out to reinforce you, I heard gunshots coming from the direction of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I wonder if Comrade Stalin is in danger."

Sokov glanced at the driver and found that he was wearing the uniform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He frowned and said to Zhukov in a stern tone: "Lieutenant Zhukov, our current mission is to eliminate these escaped German agents. Don't be so curious about things that you shouldn't care about. Do you understand me?"

Lieutenant Zhu Kewen blushed slightly, and then replied: "I understand!"

The German agents' truck rushed into a clearing in the woods, where a German transport plane was parked. The propeller had already started to turn, indicating that the plane was ready to take off. When the truck came to the transport plane, the German agents in the car jumped out like dumplings and rushed to board the plane. The machine gunner did not board the plane immediately, but found a suitable position, set up the machine gun, and prepared to shoot.

The vehicles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stopped one after another, and the soldiers jumped out of the vehicles. Without even having time to form a line, they spread out and rushed towards the location of the German planes.

The German machine guns fired, and several Internal Affairs Ministry soldiers who were at the front fell to the ground. The rest of them quickly lay down on the spot, raised their guns and started shooting at the enemy.

Sokov, who was standing next to the jeep, shouted to Alina who was running towards him, "Second Lieutenant Alina, where is Lieutenant Zhegarin?"

Sokov knew very well that if he wanted to keep all the German agents, he could only rely on Regarin's almost superb marksmanship. Otherwise, the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were not equipped with heavy weapons would probably suffer heavy casualties under the German machine gun fire if they wanted to rush to the transport plane.

Alina said breathlessly, "Lieutenant Regalin's jeep is behind us and will be here soon!"

Sokov looked into the distance and saw two jeeps approaching quickly in the forest. He didn't know which of the two jeeps Regarin was in, but he just hoped that the other jeeps would arrive quickly and kill the German agents who were trying to escape.

"Major Sokov," Alina asked anxiously, "The German planes have already started and may fly away at any time. What should we do?"

"Don't worry, Lieutenant Alina." Sokov replied, "The plane needs to taxi for a distance before taking off. Now our car is blocking the plane's taxiing path, which means they can't escape for the time being."

The two jeeps soon came to Sokov and stopped.

As soon as the car stopped, the door of the jeep in front opened, and the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs jumped out of the car and asked anxiously: "Comrade Major, what is the situation of the enemy?"

Sokov pointed at the transport plane whose propeller was spinning rapidly in the distance and said, "Except for one machine gunner who was left behind to suppress our soldiers with firepower, the rest of the Germans boarded the plane and tried to flee Moscow by plane."

Seeing that his men were unable to advance due to the suppression of the German machine gun fire, the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs could not help but feel anxious: "What should we do?"

"Where is Lieutenant Zhegarin?" Sokov did not answer him, but asked the jeep behind him: "Are you in the car?"

As Sokov shouted, the door of the jeep behind him opened, and Regarin, holding a rifle, got out of the car and saluted Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I'm here. Do you have any instructions?"

Sokov pointed to the machine gunner in the distance and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, the enemy's machine gun fire has blocked our way forward. I now order you to kill him immediately."

Regarin agreed, walked around the jeep, chose an open area, stood up, aimed at the German machine gunner in the distance, and pulled the trigger.

After a clear gunshot, a bullet penetrated the forehead of the German machine gunner, and soon flew out from the back of his head with a trace of blood foam. The machine gunner tilted his head back and then fell sideways beside the machine gun.

The enemy's machine gun was silenced, and the internal security soldiers who were suppressed by the firepower jumped up from the ground and rushed to the enemy's transport plane with their weapons. A German agent standing at the door of the cabin saw the machine gunner being killed. The internal security soldier who was lying on the ground stood up and rushed to the transport plane, and quickly picked up the MP40 submachine gun in his hand and started shooting frantically. He had just pulled the trigger a few times when the bullet shot by Regarin hit his neck. He dropped the weapon in his hand, covered the wound on his neck with both hands, and fell off the plane.

"Well done, Lieutenant Regarin." Seeing Regarin kill two enemies with just two shots, Sokov was overjoyed and ordered him: "Find a way to kill the German pilots and prevent the planes from taking off."

Regarin didn't say anything, but nodded to show that he understood Sokov's meaning. Then, he loaded a few armor-piercing bullets into the magazine, pulled the bolt, aimed at the cockpit of the transport plane, and quickly pulled the trigger.

After a few crisp gunshots, the transport plane, which was originally sliding in a straight line, suddenly lost control and rushed straight towards the forest not far away.

"Great job!" The captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw this and shouted: "It must be the German pilot who was shot dead."

Seeing the plane rushing towards the forest, the German agents on the plane panicked.

Some rushed into the cockpit and tried to pull the dead pilot away from the driver's seat to stop the out-of-control plane. Some agents jumped directly from the taxiing plane and fell to the mud. Instead of getting up and running away immediately, they raised their weapons and shot at the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers and soldiers approaching them.

Even though these German agents were lying on the ground and shooting, if they were ordinary soldiers, they might not be able to do anything to them. But in the eyes of Lieutenant Regarin, they were just fixed targets. After the crisp gunshots, those agents who resisted stubbornly were killed by Regarin's gun.

The out-of-control plane finally stopped before hitting a tree.

The surviving German agents jumped off the transport plane and ran towards the forest. They knew very well that although they were still in the city, as long as they escaped into the forest, which occupied a quarter of the city area, the Soviet officers and soldiers chasing them would be helpless.

But Regarin, a sharpshooter with superb shooting skills, would not give them a chance to escape into the forest. After a series of gunshots, the German agents who had just jumped off the plane were either killed on the spot or fell to the ground with injuries and unable to move.

Seeing that the enemy's resistance had stopped, Sokov immediately called for people to come forward and clean up the battlefield.

Those wounded agents would be shot directly by the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs unless they raised their hands in surrender.

After clearing out the German agents in the clearing in the forest, Sokov called Zhukov over and told him, "Comrade Lieutenant, take a few people to the plane to see if there are any survivors." Seeing that the other party was about to leave, he reminded him again, "Be careful, there may be enemies hiding in the cabin and shooting at you!"

"Don't worry, Comrade Brigade Commander." Zhu Kewen said carelessly, "I will be careful."

While Zhu Kewen led his men to search the plane, Sokov called the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs over and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Captain, what happened to the three people who acted as bait to attract the enemy?"

After hearing this, the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs shook his head slowly, smiled bitterly and said: "They were all shot like sieves, there is no hope of saving them. But thanks to our efforts, the enemy's assassination attempt has failed."

Sokov nodded, and just as he was about to say something, Zhukov poked his head out of the hatch and shouted to Sokov below: "Comrade Brigade Commander, we have captured a German radio operator, a woman."

Upon learning that a prisoner had been captured, Sokov was delighted and quickly ordered Zhukov: "Comrade Lieutenant, bring her down."

Soon, a young female radio operator was brought to Sokov by Lieutenant Zhukov.

"What's your name and do you speak Russian?" Sokov asked in Russian.

The female radio operator glanced at Sokov and then shook her head, indicating that she didn't understand what Sokov said.

Sokov coughed lightly and then repeated the question in fluent German.

"My name is Tina, and I'm a radio operator."

When Sokov heard the other party's name, he asked casually, "Captain Tim, the leader of the team, what is your relationship with him? Brother or sister?"

"No, Mr. Officer," Tina replied quickly.

Sokov thought that the Germans sent agents to sneak into Moscow and assigned them a radio operator, probably to pass on the news here in time, so he continued to ask: "After these agents escaped, did they ask you to send any telegrams?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Tina fell silent. From the changing expressions on her face, Sokov guessed that she must be having a fierce ideological struggle, so he snorted and said, "Tina, let me remind you. Even if you don't say it, we can find out whether you have sent a telegram by checking the radio station."

"Okay, let me tell you." After a psychological struggle in her heart, Tina felt that answering Sokov's question should not be a big deal, so she said, "Captain Tim did ask me to send a telegram after he came back."

"What's the content of the telegram?" Sokov continued to ask.

"The operation was successful, the target is dead!"

After listening to Tina's dictation of the telegram, Sokov said to the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant Alina, and Gerchikov who had just arrived, "This female radio operator told me that the head of the German secret service asked her to send a telegram after he came back. The content of the telegram was: The operation was successful and the target was dead."

After listening to Sokov's story, the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Alina did not change their expressions. After all, they knew the truth. But Gerchikov's face was full of worry. He was afraid that what the female radio operator said was true and that the German agents had successfully assassinated Stalin today.

(End of this chapter)