Red Moscow

After a few of the bandits who tried to break into this carriage were killed by Seryosha and Vaserigov, they dared not continue to attack and chose other carriages to rob.

Seeing that the bandits did not attack, Vaserigov came to Sokov for instructions: "Comrade General, the bandits who were attacked dare not step into our carriage again, but I heard men shouting and women crying in other carriages. Do you think I should take a soldier to check?"

To be fair, Sokov did not want to meddle in other people's business. If Vaserigov took people to check, it was unclear whether there was any danger, but his defense here would be weakened. If the bandits attacked again, Seryosha and the other three did not know whether they could withstand it.

Seeing Sokov was silent, Kopalova guessed that he must be very conflicted at the moment, so she took his arm and said softly: "Misha, I know the decision you have to make now is simple, but think about it, there are so many old people, women and children on the train, are you going to let them be slaughtered by the bandits?"

Sokof turned his head to look at Kopalova, and they met eyes.

Kopalova nodded to Sokov and said firmly: "Misha, no matter what decision you make, I support you."

Sokof knew very well that although Kopalova said that she respected his decision, she still wanted him to send someone to rescue the passengers on the train. If he chose to stand aside, his position in her mind would plummet.

"Vasherigov, take Shelyokov and search forward to the rear of the car. If you encounter bandits who resist, just shoot them to death." After a brief psychological struggle, Sokov finally made a difficult decision: "Tell Seryosha to take the other two soldiers to advance to the front of the car. If you encounter resistance, shoot them to death."

Just as Vasherigov was about to leave, Sokov added: "If you see a radio station, find a way to get in touch with the outside world and request reinforcements."

"Comrade Commander," Shelyokov took off his pistol and handed it to Sokov before leaving the box: "Keep this gun for self-defense."

Sokov originally had a pistol, but if the bandits really rushed into the car, he didn't think he could repel the enemy with a pistol. Faced with the pistol handed over by Shelyokov, he accepted it without hesitation.

When the compartment door was closed, he immediately turned to Kopalova and said, "Hide under the bed immediately, so that even if the bandits rush into our compartment, they will not be able to see us at a glance. And I," he raised the two guns in his hand, "can use these two guns to send them to see God."

Kopalova obediently got under the bed, and saw Sokov also got under the bed next to him, raised his two guns and aimed at the position of the compartment door, and specifically reminded him, "Misha, you can pay attention to safety."

"Don't worry, I don't want to see God so early." Sokov turned to Kopalova and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely arrive in Vienna alive."

After Sokov finished speaking, he turned his eyes back to the door.

He didn't think that Seryosha, Vaseligov, Seryoelkov and others could easily eliminate the bandits on the train. It is better to rely on himself than on others. He planned to use two guns to block the bandits' attack and hold on until the arrival of reinforcements.

There were occasional gunshots outside the box. Sokov listened carefully and heard the sound of assault rifles, PPSh submachine guns, and even the MP40 submachine guns and 98K rifles used by the German army. However, the shooting of these weapons was not continuous. There were often two shots and then no movement, so Sokov could not judge who had won outside.

A burst of hurried footsteps came over, and then Sokov heard someone pulling the door of the box. But he found that the door was not open, and it must have been the door of the next box. Then, there was a burst of submachine gun shooting from the box next to him, and two almost inaudible screams.

Kopalova also heard the gunshots next door. Although she had been on the battlefield before, it was impossible for her not to be afraid when she realized that the god of death was so close to her. She looked at Sokov and asked tremblingly with a crying voice: "Misha, we won't die here, will we?"

"Don't worry." Sokov comforted Kopalova, "As long as I'm here, I will definitely let you live."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the box was opened, and then a man rushed in from outside and fired at the room.

Sokov fired two shots at the man without thinking, because Seryosha, Vaserigov and others would not fire at their own boxes.

After the gunshot, the man fell to the ground with a plop, and blood flowed from under his body and flowed under the bed where Kopalova was hiding. Seeing the blood flowing towards her, Kopalova was afraid in her heart, but she still tried to stay calm and covered her mouth with her hands to avoid making a sound and being heard by the gangsters outside.

Sokov stared at the open door of the box intently. He didn't think that there was only one gangster who dared to open the door and shoot into the box unscrupulously. There must be his accomplices outside. If he went out rashly, he would become a living target.

As Sokov expected, there were two gangsters standing outside the door. They were stunned when they saw their companions rushing into the box and shooting, but they were knocked down by bullets from nowhere. A moment later, one of the gangsters holding an MP40 submachine gun stepped into the box carefully, wanting to see who killed his compatriot.

When Sokov saw another person coming in, he immediately aimed at him and fired two shots, one in the head and one in the chest. Not to mention that there were no decent bulletproof vests in this era, even if there were, after being hit in the two parts he aimed at, there was only one way to go.

The gangster standing outside the door saw the second person who came in was also knocked down, and immediately turned around and ran, wanting to go back and call for help.

Sokov in the room heard the footsteps going away, and secretly shouted that it was not good, and rolled sideways on the spot and rolled out from under the bed. He bent down and picked up the MP40 submachine gun that fell on the ground, rushed out of the door with a brisk step, and pulled the trigger at the back of the gangster who was going away.

A series of bullets hit the gangster, leaving seven or eight bloody holes on his back. After the gangster staggered forward for two steps, he finally ran out of strength and fell to the ground.

After Sokov knocked down the gangster, he turned his head and looked behind him. Seeing that there was no trace of the enemy in that direction, he retreated back to the box, collected the weapons and ammunition from the dead gangsters, and prepared to face more gangsters.

Seeing Sokov coming into the room from the corridor, Kopalova got up from the ground and threw herself into Sokov's arms, saying excitedly: "Misha, have all the bandits been eliminated?"

"I just took a look, there were only three bandits who attacked our carriage, and they were all killed." Sokov gently pushed Kopalova away and said seriously: "The battle is not over yet, you hide quickly, otherwise I can't guarantee that you won't be injured."

Kopalova hid under the bed obediently and said to Sokov again: "Misha, you have to pay more attention to safety."

"I know." Sokov cleaned up the collected ammunition, there were two MP40 submachine guns and eight magazines. These ammunitions are definitely not enough for attack, but they are more than enough for defense.

Sokof remembered that the enemy who was killed in the corridor also had weapons on him. If he got the man's weapons and ammunition, he would have enough strength to defend himself.

Thinking of this, he stood up and walked to the door, carefully poked his head out and looked around, and found that there was no one except a corpse on the ground.

He ran out of the box quickly and came to the body in a few steps. When he took off the 98K rifle and several submachine gun magazines on his body, he unexpectedly saw two bodies lying at the door of the adjacent carriage. They should have been killed by Seryosha and Vaserigov during the attack just now.

Since he was here, Sokov was very unwilling not to collect weapons and ammunition from the bodies of the two bandits.

He came to the body carefully, and before reaching out to grab the weapon, he looked forward and found that at the other end of the carriage, there was a bandit holding an MG42 general-purpose machine gun, standing at the door of a box, facing inside and saying something.

Seeing this, Sokov couldn't help wondering in his heart, could it be that he had just killed three bandits and made such a big noise, didn't they hear it?

However, the gunshots coming from nearby made Sokov understand that the bandit with the machine gun did not pay attention to the battle here because there were gunshots everywhere. He probably thought that his companions were killing the passengers in the car.

Sokov saw the MG42 machine gun in his hand and couldn't help but feel jealous. He wanted to kill him and grab the machine gun. But when he raised his gun and aimed at the target to shoot, he changed his mind. He didn't know whether there were enemies in the box or how many people there were. If there were too many people, he couldn't deal with so many people at the same time once a fight broke out. If Seryosha, Vaserigov and others were still there, he could still try, but now these subordinates were gone, and Sokov still had Kopalova to protect, so he couldn't take risks easily.

It was for this reason that he quietly took away the weapons and ammunition from the body and quickly ran back to his box.

Seeing Sokov reappear in the box, Kopalova, who was hiding under the bed, breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, Sokov ran out without saying a word, and she was worried that he would abandon her and leave her to those brutal bandits.

"Misha, you are back?!" Kopalova asked this question without noticing that her voice was shaking.

"Well, I'm back." Sokov didn't notice Kopalova's strangeness, bent down and handed her two pistols, and asked casually: "Do you know how to use them?"

"Yes, yes, of course." Kopalova nodded vigorously and said in an affirmative tone: "When we went to the front line to interview, we specially asked someone to teach us how to use pistols."

"That's good." Sokov saw that Kopalova's hands holding the pistols trembled uncontrollably, and the muzzle of the gun was still pointing at him, so he quickly reminded her: "Kopalova, didn't your instructor teach you that at any time, the muzzle of the gun should not be pointed at your comrades?"

After Sokov's reminder, Kopalova realized that the muzzle of the pistol was facing Sokov, and quickly turned the muzzle in another direction, saying apologetically: "Misha, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Sokov recalled what a friend in his later life told him. The man pointed his gun at an old soldier on the training ground because he was nervous. The old soldier walked up to him with a smile without saying a word, slowly pushed the gun away with his left hand, and swung his right hand to slap him in the face. If Kopalova pointed her gun at someone else today, she would definitely get a slap in the face.

Sokov put the collected ammunition at his feet, squatted on one side of the box door, and pointed the gun at the door. As long as someone dared to break in, he would shoot without hesitation.

"Misha." Kopalova, who was lying on the bed, asked in a low voice: "Where are Seryosha, Vaserigov and the others now?"

"I don't know. I didn't see them when I went out."

"Will they die?"

"No." Sokov shook his head and said: "The bandits just suffered a great loss in this carriage. If Seryosha and Vaserigov and the others really died, there will definitely be more enemies rushing to this carriage, because they know that there must be some big shots here, otherwise no one will be here to stubbornly block them."

"Where are they going?"

"I think the enemy should have separated us from them." In order to let Kopalova understand what was going on, Sokov also explained to him: "Seryosha and Vaserigov and the others advanced towards the front and rear of the train respectively. During the process of advancing, some enemies may hide in the compartment and were not discovered by them. After they passed, those enemies touched the carriage where we were, so that the carriage that lost its defense force could be easily captured by them."

"Misha, you hate me ?”

“Why should I hate you?”

“If I hadn’t persuaded you to send Seryosha and Vaserigov to rescue people, the enemy would not have been able to reach our compartment.” Kopalova said with red eyes: “Because of my selfishness, I killed the passenger next door.”

“Kopalova, don’t blame yourself, you did nothing wrong.” Sokov knew very well that Kopalova probably hadn’t seen anyone die in front of her, and it was inevitable that she was afraid. If she was not counseled, she might have mental problems, so he comforted her and said: There is no village or shop here. Even if we are attacked, no one will come to rescue us. But after Seryosha and Vaserigov advance to the front and rear of the car, they can not only eliminate some bandits, but also ask for help from nearby troops in time after finding the communication equipment, and rescue us from danger completely. "

As the two were talking, Sokov suddenly heard hurried footsteps in the corridor. He quickly put his index finger in front of his lips, signaling Kopalova who was hiding under the bed not to speak, so as not to be heard by people outside. After seeing Kopalova nod slowly to show that she understood what he meant, Sokov raised the submachine gun in his hand and aimed at the door. As long as he found that the person coming in was not his own, he would pull the trigger without hesitation.

After the footsteps disappeared at the door, Sokov suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Strange, why is there a body in the box? Did Comrade Commander have an accident?"