I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 127: German Raid
"I know the highest goal of this operation, but what is the lowest goal?" Lin Chen has carried out many similar tasks and has learned to leave a way out for himself.

"The minimum goal is to destroy the German Vemork Chemical Plant," General Petrov glanced at Lin Chen, as if he felt that he was forcing him. "At the very least, we must destroy their heavy water reserves and prevent them from restarting within a year. This thing poses too great a threat to us!"

"If we let Nightingale go in and then destroy the factory, Nightingale's identity will inevitably be exposed. Should we bring him back then?"

"Yes, after this work is completed, he is indeed not suitable to continue lurking. Bring him back!" Petrov responded after thinking for a while.

"What about his family?" This is the crux of the problem. If "Nightingale" is found guilty of treason, his family will most likely be sentenced to death.

"This is easy. We will send people to his hometown to pick up his family and reunite him with them," Antonov seemed unwilling to continue dwelling on this issue.

"Come, come and take a look. This is your route forward and your retreat route. We will send a submarine to the designated sea area when the time comes, and you can evacuate by rubber boat."

The plan is very thorough, but its success or failure depends on fate.

After leaving the General Staff Headquarters, Lin Chen was sent to the special training base of the Red Star Special Operations Team. Looking at the familiar scene, it reminded him of the past. Among the soldiers who were selected layer by layer, only Sergei and Kirilenko survived, and the others died on the Eastern Front.

On the contrary, the casualty rate of those eliminated soldiers might not be that high.

"Captain!" When he heard someone calling him, he felt like he was hallucinating because no one had called him captain for a long time.

"Captain?" When he heard it again, he turned around suddenly and found that it was Sergei and Kirilenko.

"Ha, it's really you?" Lin Chen was extremely surprised, but he also realized in his heart that this mission was a life-threatening one, and there were only two of them left among the old team members. Could he bring them back alive this time?

"Captain, this time Lieutenant Colonel Antonov and his men have recruited more young men. I took a look and found that they are all elites! Come on, I will take you to see your soldiers!" Kirilenko excitedly called Lin Chen.

Walking to the training ground of the base, Lin Chen saw sixty Soviet soldiers undergoing physical training.

The instructors on the side were very strict, and scolding and beating were common occurrences, but these young men were all in high spirits, mainly because everyone knew that this was a rare opportunity, which was not only an honor for a soldier, but also a shortcut to becoming an officer.

In the Soviet Army, it is extremely difficult for ordinary soldiers to be promoted to officers. In wartime, they must have real military merits. Lin Chen has been through so much and has survived many life-and-death situations, but he is only a captain now.

These young men have already regarded Lin Chen as a role model, and they also hope to be like him, rising from a cannon fodder to the sky.

However, they do not know the truth that "one general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers". Of course, Lin Chen could not tell them this.

"Why don't you guys have to attend training?"

"Hehe, we are both instructors, no need for training." Sergei straightened his back proudly, and showed off the armband on his left arm.
The word "Instructor" written in English and Russian on it is particularly eye-catching.

"Not bad, you have all made something of yourself." Lin Chen was sincerely happy for them.

"Captain, after you left the 4th Guards Tank Brigade, our self-propelled artillery battalion became a child without parents. Parosovich even asked our artillery battalion to move closer to the position with bayonets." Sergei called the brigade commander by his name, and it was obvious that he was really angry.

"Later, only two SU-152s were left in our battalion. Sochilovsky's company was down to the last man, but he was blown to pieces by the German 88mm anti-aircraft guns, and not even his body could be found! And Vaska, such a good brother, actually used his SU-152 to fight against the German Tiger tanks for his shitty orders, and ended up perishing together with them. Captain, the brothers died tragically."

At this point, this iron tower-like man who never shed tears actually began to sob.

Lin Chen did not go forward to comfort him. He could understand the pain of seeing comrades sacrificed and being helpless. Even a steely man like Sergei needed a chance to vent, so he waited quietly beside him until his emotions stabilized.
After seeing that he was in a better mood, he asked again, "Where are the other tank regiments?"

"Don't mention it, we fought hard, the entire tank brigade fought hard.

At the gates of Kharkov, the German fortifications were very complete and the resistance was very determined. We encountered the counterattack of the German heavy artillery and anti-tank guns, and suffered heavy casualties. I was later transferred to another battle by the army group, so I escaped. Anyway, it is said that the whole brigade fought to the death. "

Sergei gnashed his teeth in hatred.

Lin Chen had never expected that Parosovich would become so eager for quick success. Is the rank of major general so important? So important that he could ignore the lives of his subordinates?

"Come here and meet your chief instructor! He is also the captain of our 'Red Star' special operations team!" Kirilenko introduced Lin Chen to the new students who were already lined up in a very arrogant manner.

"Newbies! This is our special operations team leader, Captain Lin Chen. He participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, including the Winter Storm rescue operation that crushed the German army, and also went deep behind enemy lines during the Battle of Kursk to obtain important intelligence."

Sergei added, "Also, he is the commander of the self-propelled artillery battalion of our 4th Guards Tank Brigade!"

After hearing the two instructors' introductions, the students didn't mind the instructors calling them rookies at all. Instead, they looked at Lin Chen with even more enthusiasm.

This is what I am striving for!
"Don't listen to their nonsense. I was just lucky, but there is one thing I need to share with everyone." Lin Chen said slowly.

All the soldiers below immediately stood at attention and listened carefully.

It’s like this in the army. If you have strong abilities, everyone will obey you and treat you as a military god!

"It's actually very simple, 'Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in war'!" He looked around at everyone, "You all came here because of the call of the motherland, and you all have dreams. I hope you can train well and eventually become a member of our special operations team. I will treat everyone equally when selecting team members!"

His words were powerful and greatly boosted the morale of the students. Only four people were left for this special training, and the elimination rate was higher than the first batch. But there was no way, as this mission was more arduous than the previous one.

They couldn't simply set the requirement of being able to parachute during the preliminary selection, as this would easily alert the German spies in the army to something unusual, so they had to hold a large-scale audition and then eliminate the candidates.

The criteria for elimination of the action team is also very simple.
The first level is physical fitness. Those with poor physical fitness will definitely not be accepted. The second level is military skills. There is no big problem in this aspect. After all, they are all elite soldiers selected from various troops.
The third level is about special skills, such as whether you are afraid of heights, afraid of water, and whether you have any obvious shortcomings. These can often eliminate some of the candidates.

The fourth level is the level with the most eliminations. It requires a certain level of culture and intelligence. Some specific scenarios and questions will be given to repeatedly test the students' adaptability and thinking level.

When all this was over, there were only six team members left. To be honest, it was not easy to get to this point, but Lin Chen and his team only needed four, or even less.

The reason was actually very simple. The transport plane they were riding on, excluding the necessary equipment, could only seat eight people: Lin Chen, Sergei, Kirilenko, and a pilot, so only four seats were left.

The rest had to be their equipment and dinghies. There was no other way because the Soviet transport planes did not have enough weight to take off. The only one suitable for this mission was still their "old friend" - the Li-2 transport plane.

The design of this transport aircraft is based on the American Douglas DC-3. It is a low-wing, single-propeller, twin-engine transport aircraft with an all-metal structure.

It has a maximum speed of 325 km/h, a cruising speed of 240 km/h, a practical ceiling of 5600 meters and a maximum range of 2650 km.

Since the areas to be flown from the Soviet front-line airports were all German-occupied areas, in order to conceal their tracks, they had to fly over the outer sea and at low altitudes. This consumed a large amount of fuel, and they also had to reserve some space for the return flight. So after comprehensive calculations, they had no choice but to reduce personnel and equipment again and again.

There was no fighter escort for this mission, so it was extremely dangerous. Once discovered by the German radar, it would be a dead end.

On the last day of the training period, there were no tasks assigned for the first time. Instructors such as Lin Chen were called out to a meeting due to some urgent matters. There were only a handful of sentries and logistics personnel in the huge training base.

The six students were joking with each other. They would most likely be admitted because according to the regulations, after today, they would all be members of the special operations team.

But soon they couldn't laugh anymore because suddenly they heard the roar of an airplane in the distance.

"Oh no, it's the German Junkers 52!" Everyone had experienced battles on the front line, so naturally some people recognized the model of this aircraft. They saw two German transport planes flying quickly and dropping paratroopers at low altitude.

"Go get your weapons!" a trainee shouted, and asked the guards in the base to shoot into the air with their weapons.

This place is located on the edge of Moscow and in a dense forest. How did these hateful German troops find this place?
The key point is that there are no Soviet troops stationed nearby, and there is no support at all!

The guards' Mosin-Ganna rifles had a poor firing rate, and they barely killed a few people in the end, but most of the German paratroopers still managed to land successfully. After landing, they quickly removed their parachute equipment, took out the German standard equipment, and outflanked the trainees at the location with thunderous force.

Since there was no training today, all the guns were locked in the warehouse. The trainees took great effort to open the locked warehouse. However, the German army had already rushed in by then. Faced with the German paratroopers armed to the teeth, these unarmed trainees still wanted to resist, but they were all severely beaten up by the German army!
These German soldiers were all wearing black hoods, but the uniforms they wore clearly belonged to Germany's most elite paratrooper regiment. The leading German soldier was tall and asked in broken Russian, "Where are the officers at your base?"

The trainee soldiers naturally did not answer, and they all claimed that they were the real ones! Some even laughed.

The German army was obviously successfully enraged, and they punched and kicked these Soviet trainees, and even pressed their heads into the pool, making everyone suffer.

The leading German officer grabbed a man by the collar and said, "Tell me, where are your officers? I am running out of patience!"

"Puff!" The cadet soldier unceremoniously spat out the thick phlegm in his mouth. The German officer was furious and said, "Drag him away and shoot him!"

Two ferocious German soldiers came forward and dragged the trainee soldiers out.
After a crisp gunshot, there was no movement outside the door.

The remaining five people encouraged each other, they knew that this should be the final moment.

"What about you? What do you think? Do you want to be a hero? Or tell me?" The German officer sneered, "You don't have to tell me. We have plenty of bullets!"

When he raised the Luger pistol in his hand and was about to shoot on the spot in the house, the Soviet cadet finally could not withstand the huge pressure of death.

"I said, our instructor went to a meeting."

He was so frightened that he collapsed. It was really devastating to see his comrade being executed like this.

"Bastard, you coward! The instructor will not forgive you when he comes back!" Two people jumped up from the ground and wanted to rush over to strangle the hateful traitor to death, but they were hit rudely by the German soldiers next to them with the butt of their rifles, and the two fell to the ground in pain.

"What are their names? And what is your mission?" the German officer continued to ask. "As long as you tell me, I will let you go. We will destroy everything here. No one will know what you said. After we leave, you can just say that you escaped by luck!"

After saying this, he looked back at the remaining people and said, "Of course, you can also say it, but it's too late to say it, and then you will be of no use. I guarantee that you will die more miserably than that idiot outside the door!"

The remaining two people remained silent, but finally one of them could not bear the threat of death and told everything he knew. He even explained the situation of his old unit when the Germans asked about it.

"Okay, you two can go! We Germans keep our words!" The German officer waved his hand, and the German soldiers at the door made way for them.

"What should they do?" One of the shorter ones still had some humanity. After all, they had been together day and night for so long, it was impossible to say that they had no feelings for each other.

"What should we do? If they want to be heroes, we will naturally shoot them all!" The officer said, and gave them a cold look, "Don't you want to leave?"

"Hurry up, it will be too late if we don't leave now!" Another tall and thin man quickly pulled him out of the house.

In fact, they themselves didn't know how they ran away in a daze. They only knew that when they passed through the gate of the base, there was no trace of the guards, and they clearly heard several gunshots coming from inside.

Needless to say, it was definitely the German army that did it.

However, just when they thought they were lucky enough to finally escape, they found that Lieutenant Colonel Antonov and Lin Chen and a few others were looking at them coldly at the intersection.

(End of this chapter)