Red Moscow

Chapter 2523: Attacked

The train was driving on the land of Belarus, and the sky was gradually getting dark.

 “Misha, it’s getting late, let’s rest.”

Hearing what Agelina said, Sokov just said "hmm" and did not go over to squeeze into the same berth with the other party. Instead, he lay fully clothed on his own berth, holding the assault rifle tightly in his arms. , so that even if something happens at night, he can respond in time.

Seeing that Sokov could not come over, Agelina was sleeping on another bed with an assault rifle in her arms. She snorted coldly and turned over, leaving Sokov with her back.

Even though Sokov's eyes were closed, he did not fall asleep, but remained alert enough. Since the military representative at the Belarusian railway station told himself that there were remnants of gangs in Poland and Germany, it proved that they must exist. Sergeant Torba said that he had been walking this route for more than two months, but had never encountered one before. He could only say that he was lucky, but it did not mean that the gangs had disappeared. If he took it lightly, he would easily get into trouble.

Although waves of sleepiness came over him, Sokov tried hard to stay awake, because no one knew when an accident would happen. In order to keep himself from feeling sleepy, he tried to think of interesting things to divert his attention. He suddenly thought of the novel "Bright Sword" he had read. After Li Yunlong recovered from his injury, he also took a train on his way back to the front line. The only difference is that Li Yunlong has a guard beside him, while he only has Agelina who is unfamiliar with weapons.

 As for Torba and his garrison squad, Sokov was full of distrust towards them at this moment. Apart from anything else, judging from Torba's words and deeds, it was obvious that he was a soldier who had never been on the battlefield. Although he looked majestic with a submachine gun on his back, he might have been frightened and panicked when the gunshot was fired. .

I don’t know how long it took, but Sokov still couldn’t resist the attack of sleepiness. As the train bumped, he fell asleep unknowingly.

I don’t know how long it took, but the moving train suddenly stopped. Sokov, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened. Just as he was about to ask which station he had arrived, bursts of gunfire came from outside.

"Misha, why did the train stop?" Agelina, who was sleeping in the berth next to her, was also awakened. She asked Sokov in a panic: "What's the noise outside? Who is setting off firecrackers?"

 Sokov, led by Torba, came to the conductor's room and met the conductor of this train.

Torba, who had just walked through the door, heard Sokov's voice and quickly stepped back. After raising his hands in salute, he said: "Comrade General..."

Knowing that the train conductor had sent a distress telegram, Sokov felt somewhat reassured. However, if he wanted to hold on until the reinforcements arrived, Sokov first had to find out how many armed personnel were available on the train, so he asked directly Alba: "Where is the conductor?"

Sokov sneered and said: "Even if you set off firecrackers, you can't come to the inaccessible railway in the middle of the night. I think the legendary gangsters have arrived!"

 “In the conductor’s watch room in front.”

 Seeing this situation, Sokov already understood in his heart that they had really encountered the legendary gangster, but they just didn't know how many people came from the other party. He quickly pulled Agelina to lie on the ground, and said to her ear: "Agelina, you lie here. Before I come back, you must not get up, so as not to be injured by stray bullets. Got it. ?"

Sokov listened carefully and realized that it was Torba's voice. He quickly said to Agelina: "Agelina, you should be here to find me. I'll go and ask what happened. You Don’t worry, I will be back soon and I will never leave you behind.”

"Comrade Sergeant, take me to see the conductor." As soon as Sokov said this, he suddenly thought of Agelina in the compartment, quickly opened the door, and said to Agelina lying on the ground: "Agelina, I'm going to see the train conductor with Sergeant Torba. Before I come back, you must lie down on the ground obediently and don't get up casually."

Just when Sokov was hesitant, he suddenly heard someone shouting in the corridor outside: "Comrade General, Comrade General, where are you?"

"Comrade Sergeant," Sokov interrupted, eager to find out what happened, and asked first, "What happened?"

“It’s gangsters,” Torba replied very quickly: “They destroyed the railway in front, forced our train to stop, and then attacked the train.”

Seeing Agelina like this, Sokov couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile, thinking that if he told others that this girl who was frightened by bullets was a senior agent, he might cause others to laugh at her. But that's okay. The bullet hitting the wall made Agelina completely honest. She wouldn't get up until Sokov came back.

 Fortunately, Torba's answer made Sokov breathe a sigh of relief: "Report to Comrade General that after discovering that the railway was interrupted, the train conductor had ordered someone to send a rescue telegram to the nearby station, asking them to send someone to rescue us."

 After receiving Sokov's assurance, Agelina finally let go of Sokov's arm, but she still said tremblingly: "Misha, you must come back."

"Have you taken any measures?" When Sokov asked this, he couldn't help but think about it. On his way to the front line, Li Yunlong was attacked by bandits. The squad leader of the guard squad escorting the car sent people to ask for help, but the soldiers he sent were... Killed by bandits. If Li Yunlong hadn't led the guards to capture the bandit leader alive, it would have been impossible to escape. If Torba was like the squad leader and sent soldiers to seek help nearby, I'm afraid that soldier would have sacrificed his life in vain. Without anyone to report the news, the people in his car could only sit there and wait to die.

As soon as he finished speaking, several more gunshots were heard, and several holes were immediately punched in the car window glass.

Sokov nodded, bent down to the door, opened the car door, and shouted outside: "Is this Sergeant Torba?"

Agelina wanted to say that she and Sokov would go to find the train conductor, but then there was another burst of gunfire outside. Several bullets penetrated the glass, passed over Agelina's head, and hit the wall. , so scared that she held her head and screamed.

“Misha, where are you going?” At this moment, Agelina was extremely scared. She grabbed Sokov’s arm and said in a trembling voice: “Don’t leave me, I’m scared!”

Sokov originally wanted to go to Sergeant Torba to find out what happened. But when he saw Agelina lying on the ground, her whole body was shaking like chaff, and she couldn't bear to leave her here alone.

The train conductor did not expect Sokov to appear in front of him, so he quickly stood up and greeted: "Hello, Comrade General!"

“Comrade conductor, our train was attacked by a gang.” Sokov did not beat around the bush, but asked directly: “Do you know how many people there are in the gang?”

Hearing Sokov's question, the train conductor glanced at Sergeant Torba, then shook his head and replied: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, it's too dark and we can't see clearly how many people are in the attack." See The train conductor knew nothing about the number of gangsters. Sokov then asked: "How many combatants can be organized on the train?"

The conductor glanced at Torba again and replied: "There is a guard squad of 15 people, and there are also three police officers, a total of 18 combatants."

Although Sokov didn't know how many people were in the gang that attacked the train, he knew in his heart that even if he was included, there were only 19 people. It was very difficult to defend a train with more than a dozen carriages. As long as the gangsters occupy any carriage, they can quickly expand their results and launch a one-sided massacre.

"There are too few people who can fight." Sokov shook his head and said: "Since the gang dared to attack the train, it means that they have at least hundreds of people. We are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. Comrade conductor, can't we find him?" Have you seen any other armed personnel?"

“Comrade General,” the train conductor thought for a moment, then said to Sokov, “I see there are quite a few soldiers on the train, and we can let them participate in the battle.”

Before Sokov expressed his opinion, Torba said first: "No, no, I have carefully observed that although there are thirty or forty soldiers on this train, except for four or five officers carrying pistols, the rest Ordinary soldiers don't have any weapons at all, and even if they are incorporated into combat units, they will be of no use at all. "

After listening to Torba's words, Sokov couldn't help but frown. The commanders and fighters on the train had no weapons. Unless gangsters broke into the carriage, they would not be of much use except for engaging in close combat with each other. If the gangsters really rushed onto the train, how effective could dozens of unarmed soldiers be?

“Comrade General,” seeing Sokov’s silence, the train conductor asked anxiously, “What should we do?”

“When will the reinforcements arrive?”

“The nearest station to us is more than thirty kilometers away.” The conductor replied: “Even if they gather their troops and rush over immediately after receiving our telegram, I’m afraid it will take two or three hours to get here.”

“In other words, we have to hold on for at least two or three hours?”

"Yes, Comrade General." said the train conductor: "This is the minimum. If the reinforcements are delayed by something on the way, I'm afraid they will arrive even later."

"Conductor, Sergeant Torba." Since he had to stay on the train for two or three hours before reinforcements could arrive, Sokov began to use his position to give orders: "Send a policeman and Two soldiers immediately rushed to the front of the car to prevent the gang from occupying the front of the car."

“Comrade General, all police officers use pistols.” The train conductor waited for Sokov to finish and then reminded him kindly: “Even if he goes to the front of the train, I’m afraid he won’t be able to participate in the battle.”

"Comrade conductor, I think you made a mistake." Sokov looked at the conductor and said: "The purpose of asking the train conductor to bring two soldiers over was to prevent the train driver from not knowing Sergeant Torba. subordinates, causing some unnecessary misunderstandings.”

"What about the remaining people?" The train conductor thought about it. Sokov thought very correctly. After nodding, he continued to ask: "How do you plan to arrange them?"

"Sergeant Torba, divide your men into teams of two." Sokov said to Torba: "Put a group in every other carriage. Tell the soldiers not to stop until they see the enemy. Shoot at will to avoid wasting precious ammunition. After all, we have to use the existing ammunition to support the arrival of reinforcements."

“However, the enemy always shoots at our train with machine guns,” the conductor said. “As far as I know, many people have been injured by gangster bullets.”

“Let everyone lie down on the ground,” Sokov said to the conductor and Torba: “This way, even if the gangsters fire machine guns at close range, the casualties can be minimized.”

“Where are you going next?” the conductor asked tentatively, “Are you staying here to direct the battle?”

"The battle can be commanded by Sergeant Torba." Sokov and the soldiers in the garrison squad were not familiar with each other. If he wanted to command them, I'm afraid it would take a lot of effort. He felt that his best choice was to return to Staying with Agelina in her own box. When he left the conductor's room, he said to the two of them: "By the way, there is no need to deploy defensive forces in the carriage where my box is located, as well as the two carriages on the left and right."

“Why?” After hearing what Sokov said, the train conductor and Torba asked in unison.

Sokov patted the assault rifle on his shoulder: "I have this assault rifle. No matter how many gangsters come, they will stay close to the carriage where I am."

˜Whether it was the train conductor or Torba, both of them were skeptical about Sokov's statement. For them, commanders like Sokov stay in the headquarters and direct battles. Even if they are given the most advanced weapons, they may not be able to use them, let alone use a gun. Come to protect the safety of the three carriages.

“Comrade General,” Torba and the train conductor looked at each other, coughed slightly, cleared their throats, and then cautiously said to Sokov, “otherwise, I’d better send two people to assist you.”

"No need." Sokov said confidently: "I know what you are thinking in your hearts. I am afraid that you are thinking that I am okay in commanding the battle. But when it comes to personally picking up weapons and fighting the enemy, I am afraid that even ordinary soldiers cannot keep up. Am I right?"

Torba and the train conductor were silent after being hit on by Sokov's words.

Seeing that the two of them were not talking, Sokov raised his voice and asked, "Why are you not talking? Am I right in what I just said?"

"That's right, Comrade General, that's how we think about it." Now that Sokov has made things clear, Torba decided to risk everything: "You are a general and a senior general of our army. How can we Let you go on an adventure. I think it’s better for me to take two people with me to help you protect these three carriages.”

"Sergeant Torba, thank you for your kindness." Sokov knew that if he didn't convince the two of them, they would definitely not let him face the unknown enemy alone, so he continued: "You know that Vasily Zay Tsefu?"

“I know, of course I know.” Torba nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: “He is a famous sniper hero, how could we not know about it.”

"When Vasily first entered the battlefield, he was in my unit." Sokov said in a shocking tone: "When I was in Stalingrad with him, we also sniped and killed enemies on the battlefield together. How about it? I believe it now. Am I capable of dealing with the enemy on my own?"