Red Moscow

Seeing the time passing by, Sokov began to feel irritable. Although it was only more than two hundred kilometers from here to Vienna, even if Serelkov missed this bus, he could still take other means of transportation. Arrived in Vienna in a short time. However, if he could no longer see Serelkov before departure, Sokov would always feel a little disappointed in his heart.

Kopalova also noticed Sokov's gaffe and asked with concern: "Misha, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? I think you seem a little uneasy."

"When we came back, I asked Serelkov to find General Trofimenko. I don't know what happened to him." Sokov raised his hand and looked at the time and continued: "Now there is less than half the time until the start." "If he misses the bus, he won't be able to arrive in Vienna at the same time as us."

Kopalova smiled: "Misha, it doesn't matter even if Serelkov arrives in Vienna later than us. After all, you are the commander of the army, not him."

She came over and took Sokov's arm, and continued: "In a few hours, the train will arrive in Vienna. After we get there, it may not be as easy as now if we want to meet. Don't you want to Do you cherish these last moments?”

Just when Sokov was a little excited, the door of the box was opened, and Seryosha rushed in from the outside and said excitedly: "Misha, good news, good news!"

"What good news?" After Sokov asked casually, he immediately thought of a possibility and quickly asked: "Seryozha, is Serelkov here?"

"That's right, he's already on the bus!" After Seryosha finished speaking, he stepped aside and let Serelkov, who was standing at the door, appear in front of Sokov: "He is at the door."

"Comrade Commander!" Serelkov took a step forward, walked into the box, raised his hand and saluted Sokov: "I came here to report to you!"

Sokov stood up and came to Serelkov, raised his hands and slapped the other person's arm hard twice, and said excitedly: "It's good if you come, it's good if you come. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to catch the train. ”

"Comrade Commander, I was worried about missing this train, so I went to Bissenbin and asked him to drive me here."

"Seryozha." Sokov turned to Seryosha and said, "Take Captain Serelkov to get a replacement ticket."

"Misha, don't worry about this." Seryosha said: "Major Vaserigov has already gone to the conductor to prepare a replacement ticket for Captain Serelkov."

Half an hour later, the train started heading towards Vienna.

Serelkov said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, it is only more than two hundred kilometers from Budapest to Vienna and does not pass through any city on the way. After we enter Austria, it only takes a few hours to reach Austria. Unfortunately, the weather is still bad It’s a bit cold. If you wait a few months later, after summer, you can go to Vienna. In addition to taking the train, you can also choose to go to Vienna by boat. ”

"Oh, can we go to Vienna by boat?" Sokov was very surprised when he heard what Serelkov said. He turned sideways and asked Kopalova beside him: "Kopalova, we can really go by boat. Going to Vienna?”

"Of course." Kopalova nodded and said: "Vienna is the first big city that the Danube River flows through. The blue Danube River flows from Vienna to Budapest. If you choose to take a cruise from Vienna to Budapest, I think it must be Very romantic.”

After Serelkov arrived, it was impossible for him to stay in the box next door. There were only four beds there and they were already full. Having no other choice, Sokov asked Serelkov to live in a box with him, and also called Seryosha over.

It happened to be dinner time, so Sokov asked Serelkov to go to the dining car to eat with him.

The five of them were sitting in the dining car, and while they were eating, the haunting Maxim appeared again.

He saw a strange face among the people sitting with Sokov, and asked curiously: "General Sokov, who is this captain? Why have I never seen him before?"

Hearing Maxim's question, Sokov couldn't help but frowned, thinking to himself, it's none of your business who is around me, they keep coming over and asking questions.

Seeing Sokov's unkind expression, Maxim laughed and said: "General Sokov, please forgive me, this is my professional habit. You also know that I am a reporter and I am always interested in novel things. Very curious.”

"Hello!" Serelkov extended his hand to Maxim and said in a friendly manner: "My name is Serelkov. I used to be an old subordinate of Comrade Commander, and now I plan to follow him to Vienna."

Maxim shook hands with Serelkov, then sat in the empty seat next to him, and asked curiously: "Comrade Captain, this is the first time I see you. You didn't get on the train from Moscow, right?"

Serelkov didn't know the relationship between Maxim and Sokov and others. He didn't know whether to answer this question, so he turned to Sokov for help.

Sokov snorted coldly and said nothing.

Seryosha took the initiative to introduce to Serelkov: "Captain Serelkov, let me introduce to you. This is Comrade Maxim, the newspaper's reporter in Vienna. He and Kopalova are together, and both Heading to Vienna.”

After figuring out the other party's identity, Seryokov explained his origins truthfully: "Actually, a few hours ago, I was a guard battalion commander of the 27th Army. So I met my old superior General Sokov. I planned to follow him to Vienna, so I applied for a transfer to the current commander General Trofimenko. After getting approval, I immediately rushed here, intending to go to Vienna with General Sokov."

"Oh, so that's the case." Maxim nodded, and then said to Kopalova: "Comrade Kopalova, there are too many people at General Sokov's place now, I'm afraid you can't stay, I think you should go back to the original box."

Kopalova heard what Maxim said, and when she was about to speak, Sokov raised his hand to stop her. Sokov stared at Maxim with a serious expression and said, "Comrade Maxim, you don't have to worry about whether my box can accommodate you."

"Comrade General, don't get me wrong." Maxim said with a smile, "I'm worried that Kopalova will cause you inconvenience if she stays with you?"

"What inconvenience can she cause me if she stays with me?" Sokov said dissatisfiedly, "She basically lived in my box since she left Moscow. You didn't worry about her causing me inconvenience for so many days before. Now that we are about to arrive in Vienna, how can there be any inconvenience?"

Maxim didn't know how to answer this question for a while.

Sokov didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he stood up and said to everyone, "I'm full, you guys continue."

Seeing that Sokov was about to leave, Kopalova hurriedly followed him.

The two returned to the compartment, and Sokov said angrily: "Kopalova, I think Maxim seems to be a little bit wrong, and he cares about you a little too much."

After hearing this, Kopalova smiled faintly and said: "In the newspaper office, he also pursued me, but I rejected him. Now that he sees me staying with other men, he must be unbalanced, so he will find ways to find fault. But don't worry, we will arrive in Vienna in a few hours, and then he will not bother you."

Just then, there was a loud bang, and the train stopped unexpectedly.

The huge inertia made Sokov and Kopalova unstable and fell on the berths.

When Sokov stood up again, he immediately helped Kopalova sit up and asked with concern: "Kopalova, are you okay?"

Kopalova twisted her waist, then shook her head and said: "No, I'm not injured."

After a while, she asked curiously: "Why did the car stop suddenly?"

The door of the box opened, and Seryosha, Seryokov, Vaseligov and others rushed into the box.

"Misha, it's bad, something happened." Seryosha said hurriedly: "A group of bandits broke into the train and are heading towards us."

Hearing that bandits had boarded the train, Sokov pulled out his pistol and asked seriously: "What's going on? Why are there bandits here?"

Vaseligov quickly explained: "I heard from the conductor that there are bandits from Yugoslavia nearby. Usually they don't attack passing trains. I don't know what happened today. If they put stones and trees on the railway, they forced the train to stop, and then boarded the train to rob."

"Where are they?" When he went to Berlin, he passed through Poland and was attacked by bandits. Sokov beat them all by himself. Now he has five capable subordinates, and a group of bandits is not a big threat to him at all.

"The bandits boarded the train from both the front and rear," Seryosha said, "but don't worry. Major Vaserigov has arranged two guards to guard this carriage. As soon as they see someone entering, they will shoot decisively."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of shooting outside.

Sokof had sharp ears and immediately recognized that the weapon being fired was the assault rifle he designed. As long as the opponent did not carry heavy weapons, two assault rifles were enough to suppress the opponent: "Don't crowd in the compartment, otherwise the bandits will just throw a grenade in and we will all be finished. Seryosha, Major Vaserigov, you two go out to support the guards outside. Captain Seryokov is here to ensure my safety."

Seryosha and Vaserigov agreed and left the compartment with assault rifles.

"Seryoelkov," when Seryoelkov came to report, he carried a PPSh submachine gun in addition to the pistol on his waist. Sokov looked at him and asked, "How many magazines are there for your PPSh submachine gun?"

"Including the magazines on the gun, there are three magazines in total." This was probably the first time Seryoelkov encountered such a situation, and he was a little panicked: "Comrade Commander, there are only more than 200 bullets, I wonder if it is enough?"

"Enough." Sokov said, "If you want to repel all the bandits, this amount of ammunition is not enough. But if you want to eliminate the bandits who are trying to break into this carriage, it shouldn't be a big problem."

The gunshots outside were intermittent. Based on the gunshots, Sokov heard that Seryosha and others were using point shooting to shoot at the invading bandits. Whether it was Seryosha or Vaserigov, they all understood that if they blindly used long bursts without logistical supplies, it would be hard to say whether they could hit the enemy, but the ammunition would definitely be consumed quickly. It is still unknown when the reinforcements will arrive. If the bullets are used up, we will just become lambs to be slaughtered.

Sokof said to Shelyokov: "Captain, you stay here to protect Kopalova, I'll go out and take a look."

Hearing that Sokov was going to go out to check, Shelyokov hugged him and begged: "Comrade Commander, the situation outside is unclear, how can you go out casually? If something happens to you, who can take the responsibility?"

Sokof thought, bullets don't have eyes. Although the battle outside has been going on for a long time, Seryosha and others must have no casualties. But if he rashly went out to check, if he was hit by a stray bullet, it would be too unfair.

Thinking of this, he said to Shelyokov: "Comrade Captain, then please go out and take a look at the situation outside. Be sure to pay attention to safety."

"Don't worry, comrade commander." Shelyokov assured Sokov: "I will definitely come back safely."

As soon as Shelyokov rushed out of the box, Sokov quickly closed the door of the box.

Although Kopalova had been on the battlefield and was not afraid of gunfire, she couldn't help but say worriedly at this moment: "Misha, when do you think the reinforcements will arrive?"

"Not sure." Seeing Kopalova so scared, Sokov quickly hugged her in his arms and comforted her, saying: "Don't worry, Kopalova, nothing will happen. On my way to Berlin last year, I was attacked by a group of gangsters in Poland. The battle lasted for several hours. At that time, I was the only one I could rely on, and I was able to stop the gangsters' attack. Now there are five people outside to protect us. I think with them here, the gangsters can't rush here."

The door of the box opened, and Shelyoerkov flashed in from outside.

"Comrade Commander," Shelyoerkov reported, "the bandits rushed to this carriage several times, but we repelled them all. Major Vaserigov estimated that at least five bandits were killed by them, and the rest just hid in other carriages to monitor this side and dared not come over easily."

"What about our casualties?"

"No casualties, not a single one was injured." Shelyoerkov shook his head and said, "They are all experienced fighters, and they will not be easily injured when facing a group of unorganized bandits. Don't worry."

"Did the bandits come from one side, or from both the front and rear of the train?" Sokov continued to ask.

"It came from the dining car." Shelyokov said: "Major Vaserigov told me that he heard gunshots coming from that direction. I guess many people who were dining in the dining car met with misfortune."

Hearing what Shelyokov said, Kopalova couldn't help but exclaimed: "What, everyone in the dining car met with misfortune? So, Comrade Maxim might have died in the hands of the bandits?"

Sokov was afraid that Kopalova would be too chaste and let him take people to rescue Maxim. It was hard to say what the consequences would be. He quickly put his arm around Kopalova's shoulders and comforted her: "Kopalova, I think Comrade Maxim will definitely turn the danger into safety."