red moscow

Chapter 2659

When Sokov said this, he felt like crying but couldn't. Was he unlucky? The last time he went to Berlin, his train was attacked by bandits in Poland. Fortunately, there were soldiers escorting the train and he had plenty of ammunition. The bandits not only failed to succeed, but were beaten to a pulp. When the reinforcements and artillery arrived, the bandits involved were beaten to ashes.

Today, we were attacked at the border between Hungary and Austria. Except for a few of us who were able to defend ourselves, the rest were lambs to be slaughtered. So far, at least five carriages of passengers have died under the butcher knife of the bandits. If the reinforcements don't arrive in time, then once our ammunition is exhausted, the outcome will not be much better.

"Major," Sokov said to Vaseligov, "You and Seryokov stay here to monitor the enemy and keep in touch with the outside world to urge reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible. Seryosha and I will go to the rear carriage to check and try to stop the bandits from rushing over."

When Sokov and Seryosha passed by his compartment, they unexpectedly found thick smoke coming out of the compartment. It seemed that the gangsters threw a grenade from the roof, causing something in the compartment to catch fire. He was worried that something might happen to Kopalova, so he quickly covered his nose and mouth with his sleeves and rushed in quickly.

He came to the bathroom door, knocked on the door twice with his hands, and asked urgently: "Kopalova, Kopalova, are you okay?"

When there was no movement from inside, Sokov became anxious and knocked on the door a few more times, but there was still no response.

Sokov was completely panicked at this moment. He pushed the door open and rushed into the bathroom, where he found Kopalova curled up on the floor, motionless. He quickly reached out to feel her breath, and felt a faint breath. He took a deep breath, bent down, picked up Kopalova, and ran to the corridor.

When Seryosha saw Sokov running out of the box holding Kopalova, he asked in surprise: "Misha, what happened to Kopalova?"

"I don't know. When I went in, she was lying on the floor of the bathroom." Sokov wanted to put Kopalova here for emergency treatment, but he was worried that an enemy might suddenly appear and shoot her. He was anxious: "Seryosha, can you find a safer place?"

"Let's go to the bathroom at the junction of the carriages," Seryosha suggested. "It shouldn't be dangerous there."

Among the train compartments, only a few high-end compartments are equipped with toilets. If passengers in ordinary compartments want to go to the toilet, they can only go to the toilet at the train joint.

Sokov followed Seryosha's advice and carried Kopalova to the bathroom at the junction.

Before Sokov entered the bathroom, he said to Seryosha, "Seryosha, hurry to the dining car and help the two soldiers defend. I'm worried that their strength is too weak. Once the bandits launch a strong attack, they will not be able to withstand it."

"Okay, I'll go there now."

The bathroom here was too small, and Sokov couldn't let Kopalova lie down flat. He could only hold her in his arms and pour cold water on her face, hoping that she would wake up soon.

After an unknown amount of time, Kopalova finally hummed and slowly opened her eyes. Looking at Sokov who was holding her, Kopalova asked weakly, "Misha, where am I?"

"When I passed by the box just now, I saw black smoke coming out. I was worried that you were in danger, so I went in to look for you." Sokov explained to Kopalova: "When I opened the bathroom door, I found you curled up on the ground, unconscious, so I carried you out. Thank God, you finally woke up!"

"Were the bandits on the train repelled?"

"Not yet." Sokov shook his head and said, "I think there are quite a lot of bandits on the bus. It won't be easy to wipe them out with just a few of us. So I'm afraid we have to hold out for a while before reinforcements can arrive."

"Comrade Commander, Comrade Commander." At this time, Shelyokov hurried over and stood at the door to report to Sokov: "Major Vaseligov has just contacted the 20th Guards Infantry Army. They learned that you were in danger and immediately sent a mechanized battalion to rush over for reinforcement as quickly as possible."

"That's great, Misha, that's great." Kopalova was pleasantly surprised after hearing what Seryokov said. "The 20th Guards Infantry Army is a subordinate unit of the st Guards Army. When they learn that the commander is in danger on the road, they will definitely rush here as quickly as possible."

But Sokov didn't think so. Yes, he was appointed by his superiors as the commander of the 4th Guards Army, but he had not officially taken office yet. It was still unknown whether his subordinates would agree with him and rush to support him as quickly as possible. Maybe it was just a polite remark and should not be taken seriously.

Thinking of this, Sokov said to Seryokov, "Captain, go back and tell Major Vaserigov to find a way to contact General Malinin and report to him that I'm in danger here. Only if he comes forward can we get out of danger in the shortest possible time."

"What about Budapest?" After Sokov finished speaking, Seryokov cautiously reminded him, "We are only 60 to 70 kilometers away from the city. If General Trofimenko sends troops, they can arrive in the shortest time possible."

"Captain Seryokov, don't you understand it yet?" Sokov said, suppressing his anger. "The area where we were attacked is right at the border between Hungary and Vienna, which can be said to be a no-man's land. When we hoped that General Trofimenko would send people to rescue us, he wishful thinking that our troops stationed in Austria would come to reinforce us."

"then what should we do?"

Sokov sighed softly and continued, "At this point, we can only take things one step at a time. You should return to Major Vaseligov immediately. If he is attacked by the enemy while he is sending a telegram to the outside world, he will not be able to fight back."

"Okay, I'll go there now."

After Seryokov left, Kopalova showed a horrified expression on her face: "Misha, is there really no one to take care of us? Are we going to be left to die at the hands of the bandits? I am still so young, I don't want to die yet."

"Kopalova, don't worry." Seeing Kopalova's pitiful appearance, Sokov quickly comforted her and said, "As long as I am by your side, you will not be in any danger. You stay here for a while, I will go to the dining car to check the situation and come back."

When Sokov stood up and prepared to leave, he was worried that after he left, some gangsters would climb through the window and enter the carriage, so he stopped and turned to ask Kopalova: "Do you still have the pistol I gave you?"

"Yes." Kopalova took out two pistols from her pocket and said to Sokov, "I just put the gun in my windbreaker pocket."

"Hide here and don't make a sound." Sokov told Kopalova, "If you see a stranger trying to approach you, shoot without hesitation. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Sokov reached out and touched Kopalova's head, then walked towards the dining car with the weapon in his hand.

After entering the dining car, Sokov saw that there were a lot of things piled at the door on the other side of the dining car. If the gangsters wanted to rush in, they had to clear away the things blocking the way first, otherwise they would become targets of Seryosha and others.

Seryosha, who was watching the door, heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Sokov.

When Sokov came over, he asked eagerly: "How is Kopalova? Is she awake?"

"She's awake." Sokov said, "She must have fainted from the smoke. I poured some cold water on her and she woke up. But her mental state is still not ideal."

"You should have stayed with her instead of coming to us."

"I'm worried." Sokov continued, "So far, the reinforcements haven't arrived. And we don't know how many bandits there are. If we continue to fight, once we run out of ammunition, I'm afraid we will be wiped out."

"Why, haven't the reinforcements from Budapest arrived yet?"

"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "We are located right at the border between Hungary and Austria. I'm afraid our superiors are still arguing about whether the troops in Budapest or Vienna should come to rescue us. Before they reach a consensus, there will definitely be no reinforcements."

"What should we do then?" Seryosha asked anxiously, "Are we just going to die?"

"What else can we do? Do you still want to break out in this situation?" Sokov was worried that Seryosha really had such an idea, so he decided to put an end to his unrealistic fantasy in advance: "If we break out, the gangsters hiding on the roof of the train will be our biggest threat. If they hadn't been throwing grenades into my compartment, I wouldn't have come out of the compartment."

As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he heard a "bang" and a car window nearby was smashed. Before he and Seryosha could react, a grenade with white smoke rolled into the dining car.

"Hide, hide quickly!" After Sokov shouted this, he immediately hid behind the table in the dining car. He knew very well that if he rushed over to pick up the grenade, he would most likely be killed, so the safest way at the moment was to hide behind the tables and chairs and use them to help himself block the flying shrapnel.

After the explosion, Sokov didn't wait for the smoke to clear before asking the other two guards, "Are you okay?"

"Comrade General, we are fine."

Sokov glanced at the roof of the car and thought that the bandits would not repeat their old tricks and continue throwing grenades from the roof into the car until they blew themselves up.

Thinking of this, Sokov said to Seryosha and the other two guards: "We should not stay here for long. Let's move to the next car immediately."

But Seryosha had a different opinion: "Misha, this won't work. If the gangster throws a grenade into the car from the roof, he can continue to throw grenades into the next car. If he throws a grenade and we retreat, we may have no way to retreat."

Sokov understood this, but he couldn't think of a good way to deal with the gangster on the roof, so he asked, "Seryosha, what do you think?"

Seryosha pointed to the roof and said to Sokov, "Misha, the gangster is on the roof of the dining car now. If I climb up from the junction of the other cars and kill him, won't that eliminate our hidden danger?"

Sokov naturally knew that going up to the roof of the car to kill the bandits was the easiest thing to do, but he was worried about Seryosha's safety: "Seryosha, can you make it?"

"Misha, don't worry. This is nothing to me. Just wait for me to destroy the enemy."

Sokov left two guards in the dining car to monitor the enemy, and he and Seryosha went to the rear carriage. After choosing a suitable carriage, he opened the door and assisted Seryosha to climb up.

Seryosha carefully climbed onto the roof, bent down to take the assault rifle handed to him by Sokov, then lay on the roof and carefully observed the surrounding environment.

He clearly saw two gangsters squatting on the roof of the dining car. They put their guns on their backs, pulled the fuse of the grenade, paused for a moment, and threw it directly into the car. After hearing the explosion from below, they pulled another one and threw it in again.

Seryosha raised his assault rifle, locked the two men with his crosshairs, and pulled the trigger.

After the gunshots, the gangster holding the grenade swayed and then fell headfirst off the roof of the car. Then, there was an explosion at the bottom of the car, and countless pieces of flesh were blown everywhere. When the other gangster saw his companion being killed, he quickly lay down on the spot, took off the rifle on his back, and prepared to shoot back.

The rifle he used required a bolt to be pulled after each shot, and its rate of fire was simply not comparable to that of the assault rifle in Seryosha's hand. After two minutes of shooting, he was shot in the forehead and rolled off the roof of the car without even a grunt.

After killing the gangsters on the roof, Seryosha returned to the car and reported to Sokov: "Misha, I have killed the two gangsters on the roof. I believe that in the short term, no new gangsters will go up to the roof to throw grenades. We can stay in the dining car and organize defense with peace of mind."

Now that the gangsters on the roof had been eliminated, Sokov felt relieved. He said to Seryosha, "You go back to the dining car first, I'll go see Kopalova."

"Go, go." Seryosha said, "Although she has been to the battlefield, she has never seen a situation like today. She must be scared. You go and comfort her. I'll be watching over the dining car. Nothing will happen."

Sokov felt that what Seryosha said made sense. The other side door of the dining car had been blocked by debris. It would not be easy for the bandits to rush in. Seryosha and his three companions could hold it. As for the front of the car, there were only three or four bandits occupying the front of the car. They could not break through the defense of Vaserigov and his two companions. In this way, he could return to Kopalova and accompany her well.

"Misha," Kopalova poked her head out of the bathroom as soon as Sokov arrived at where Kopalova was hiding, and asked nervously, "What's the situation up ahead? I heard explosions and gunshots. Are Seryosha and the other three okay?"