Red Moscow

Sokov recognized that the person speaking outside was Serelkov, and was worried that if he barged in rashly, Kopalova might become nervous and shoot casually, causing accidental injury. He quickly rushed outside and asked, "Is this Captain Serelkov?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander, it's me." Serelkov replied from outside: "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Sokov lowered the muzzle of his gun, and at the same time gestured to Kopalova, who was hiding under the bed, to signal her not to shoot casually, and then asked outside: "Comrade Captain, you are the only one outside. People?"

"Yes, it's just me."

"Where did Major Vaserigov go?"

"He is contacting the nearby garrisons through the radio and asking them to rush over for reinforcements." Serelkov replied: "He was worried that you would be impatient, so he asked me to rush back to tell you."

Sokov stood up slowly, came to the door and said to Serelkov outside: "Come in quickly, lest gangsters suddenly appear and shoot you coldly."

When Serelkov entered the door, he looked at the body on the ground and asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, where did Kopalova go?"

"I'm here, Comrade Captain." When Serelkov asked about herself, Kopalova quickly stretched out her hand from under the bed and waved it toward him: "Misha said it was safe under the bed, so I hid here. "After saying that, she tried to get out from under the bed.

But Sokov stopped her: "Kopalova, the battle is not over yet, so don't come out yet."

Serelkov looked around the box and saw many bullet holes on the wall opposite. There were even two bullet holes and spider web-like lines on the car window glass, which showed how dangerous the situation was at that time: "Comrade Commander , What’s the matter with the bullet holes in the walls and car windows? Did the enemy start shooting as soon as they entered the door?”

"You're right." Sokov agreed with his statement. "I first heard someone opening the door of the box next door, and then I heard the sound of submachine gun fire. I realized something was wrong. Kopalova and I hid under the bed. Not long after, the door of our box was opened from the outside, and then a man rushed in and started shooting at the room. I hid under the bed and fired at him. Two shots killed him on the spot..."

After listening to Sokov's story, Serelkov showed a shocked expression on his face: "Comrade Commander, your place is too dangerous. I'd better stay and protect you."

"No need." Sokov shook his head and said: "You haven't seen the weapons I captured. With these weapons and ammunition, I am fully capable of supporting myself until reinforcements arrive. You should go back to Vaserigov quickly. Maybe he needs your help right now."

"Comrade Commander..." Serelkov was about to say something, but the expression on his face suddenly froze. Then he picked up the submachine gun in his hand and pulled the trigger directly.

Sokov didn't expect Serelkov to shoot as soon as he said it, so he was startled, but he quickly recovered. The other party must have noticed an enemy appearing outside the window, and decisively chose to shoot. Turning around, he saw that the car window glass had been smashed to pieces, a body was hanging from the roof of the car, and blood was flowing down like water from a faucet.

Serelkov quickly came to the window, looked up against the wall, and then lowered his voice and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I'm worried that there are people on the roof of the car, please let me stay to protect you. "

"I have the ability to protect myself. You'd better hurry up and assist Major Vaserigov. He needs you more." Sokov was worried that Serelkov would not want to leave, so he smiled and said to him: "I'll go When I went to Berlin for the first time, I encountered a large-scale gang attack on the road, but I blocked the enemy's attack with the weapons in my hands. The equipment of the gangsters who attacked the train today was obviously not as good as that of the Polish gangsters. Don’t worry about me anymore.”

After Serelkov left, Kopalova poked her head out from under the bed and asked Sokov curiously: "Misha, what happened just now? Why did Captain Serelkov suddenly shoot?"

"He found a gangster leaning down from the roof of the car and trying to harm us, so he shot decisively."

Hearing what Sokov said, Kopalova turned her head and looked towards the car window. When she saw the hanging body, she was frightened and screamed.

But after only two screams, she realized that her screams might attract more gangsters, and she quickly covered her mouth with her hands, trying not to make a loud noise.

Sokov heard footsteps above his head, which proved that in addition to the gangster killed by Serelkov, there were other gangsters on the roof of the car. He quickly picked up the gun, aimed at the roof of the car, and was ready to shoot at any time.

The gangster on the roof of the car may have seen his companion being beaten to death and felt that the person in the box was a tough opponent, so he changed his tactics. Instead of leaning forward to shoot, he threw a grenade directly through the broken window.

In those film and television works, when seeing a smoking grenade falling and spinning around them, the actor's reaction would be to either pounce on it directly, or drag the enemy's corpse over and cover it with the grenade to reduce the lethality of the grenade explosion.

But Sokov didn't do that. He rushed over, picked up the grenade and threw it out of the car window.

When the grenade exploded outside the window and knocked down the remaining glass shards on the car window, Sokov knew that he could no longer stay in this box. He quickly pulled Kopalova out from under the bed and stuffed her into the bathroom next to her. He told her: "Find a place to hide. Don't come out unless I call you."

Seeing Sokov preparing to close the door, Kopalova quickly reminded him: "Misha, you have to be more careful."

"Don't worry, we will reach Vienna alive."

Sokov locked Kopalova in the bathroom because there were no windows inside, and the gangsters on the roof of the car couldn't throw grenades in even if they wanted to. But he didn't stay in the house. Since the gangster could throw in a grenade, he threw in more grenades.

As soon as he rushed out of the box and came to the corridor, four or five grenades were thrown into the box. The gangster on the roof of the car learned the lesson just now, and instead of throwing it in as soon as he pulled the string, he held it in his hand and paused for two or three seconds before throwing it. Sokov was unable to pick up the grenade and throw it out the window.

Hearing the violent explosion in the box and the smoke that came out, Sokov couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, he came out in time, otherwise he might have been blown to death in the box. As for Kopalova, he was not worried. As long as the other party did not leave the bathroom, the grenades thrown in by the gangsters should not cause any harm to her.

But Sokov didn't know what to do next.

The box must not be entered. The gangsters have countless grenades in their hands. If they keep throwing them in, they will be blown to pieces sooner or later. But staying in the corridor didn't seem to work. Who knew when the enemies at the front and rear of the car would come over, and how he would be able to cope if he was attacked from both sides.

Just as he was thinking this, the sound of machine gun shooting suddenly came. Countless bullets hit the iron plate of the carriage and splashed countless sparks.

Sokov looked up and saw that it was the gangster he had seen while collecting ammunition. He was holding an MG42 machine gun in his right hand and dragging the ammunition chain with his left hand. He was walking towards him while shooting continuously. Fortunately, his marksmanship was not very accurate. The bullets whizzed past him, but did not hurt him at all.

However, Sokov was not one to sit still and wait for death. He lay on the ground, picked up the captured MP40 submachine gun, and started shooting at the approaching gangsters. Because he was not familiar with the performance of the MP40 submachine gun, the bullets fired did not hit the target, but hit the gangster's left and right sides.

Although the bullet did not hit the gangster, it shocked him. It happened that he came to the door of a box at this time and ducked into the box.

Seeing the gangster hiding in the box, Sokov quickly replaced a new magazine for the submachine gun, crouched and rushed forward, approaching the box as quickly as possible.

When he was still five or six steps away from the box, the gangster came out of the box. Sokov fell directly to the ground, raised his gun and shot at the gangster. The dense bullets hit the gangster. The huge impact of the bullets made him fall back. The bullets fired by the machine gun in his hand hit the roof. .

Sokov was worried about being accidentally injured by the machine gun in the hands of the gangsters, so he quickly swung his stick to the side to avoid the possible shooting range.

After the gangster fell to the ground, the machine gun stopped firing.

Sokov slung the submachine gun over his shoulder, bent down and snatched the machine gun from the gangster's hand. He turned his head and saw clearly the situation inside the box through the open door of the box. There were three corpses lying on the ground, all of them men. The bullet casings on their bodies proved that they were shot to death by the gangsters. There was a young girl lying on the bed, her clothes were disheveled, and the blood flowing from her neck dyed the pillow red. She must have been killed after suffering inhuman treatment by the gangsters.

Seeing this scene, Sokov couldn't help but blood rushed to his head. He held a machine gun and walked forward, preparing to kill all the gangsters he saw.

After walking two carriages in a row, no one was seen except the corpse on the ground.

Sokov looked down at the corpses on the ground. Those without weapons were the passengers on the train; those with weapons were the gangsters who attacked the train.

When I walked to the dining car, I noticed that there was a war going on.

Judging from the sound of gunfire, it should be Seryosha and two soldiers who were surrounded by bandits and unable to move.

Sokov quickly walked into the dining car and saw three gangsters with guns hiding behind the seats and shooting forward. The ones fighting them were Seryosha and the two guards.

Seeing that the enemy was right in front of him, Sokov was naturally not polite. He held a machine gun and fired at the backs of the three of them. With the sound of gunshots, rows of holes were punched out in the backs of the three gangsters. They died on the spot without even a groan.

Seryosha, who was hiding behind the table and shooting, suddenly saw all the enemies he was shooting at being killed by Sokov who suddenly broke in. He quickly stood up and asked in surprise: "Misha, why did you come here? It's dangerous here. Go back quickly."

"There are gangsters hiding on the roof of the car and constantly throwing grenades into my box. If I stay there, it will be more dangerous." Sokov said as he walked towards Seryosha: "We can only do our best. The more enemies we destroy, the safer we will be.”

"Misha," after Sokov came closer, Seryosha ordered two soldiers to set up defenses on the other side of the dining car, and at the same time told Sokov a piece of unfortunate news: "Misha, when we just moved forward, , when I passed Maxim’s box, I found that he had been beaten to death by the gangsters.”

"What, Maxim was shot dead by the gangsters?" Sokov was shocked by the news. You know, Maxim was the head of the press station sent to Vienna by his superiors. Now he died on the train, which means that his superiors need to send someone else to establish a press station in Vienna.

"Yes, I didn't believe it at first." Seryosha explained, "But after I went in and checked carefully, I found that he was indeed dead." Seryosha gestured on his body with his right finger, "He was hit by three bullets in the chest and abdomen, but these injuries were not fatal. What really killed him was a bullet that hit his forehead."

Somehow, Sokov felt a sense of joy when he heard that Maxim was shot dead. But in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, he pretended to be sad and said, "What a pity, such a good comrade died like this."

"Misha, our ammunition is almost used up, what should we do next?" Seryosha asked Sokov.

Sokov considered that Seryosha and others were using assault rifles, and the ammunition they used was not compatible with other Soviet weapons. Once the ammunition ran out, it would be almost like a firewood stick.

He thought about it, and then said to Seryosha: "Let two soldiers guard here, we will go back to find Vaserigov, and by the way, check if there are any bandits who have escaped along the way."

"You are right." Seryosha said approvingly: "We don't know how many bandits have got on the car. Instead of fighting aimlessly, it is better to control two points at the same time, and then send people to clean up the enemies in the area between the two points."

After leaving two soldiers behind, Sokov and Seryosha searched carefully along the way they came. When they opened the doors of the boxes one after another, they found that there was not only no trace of bandits inside, but not even a living person. The people in the boxes were slaughtered by the bandits.

Seeing this, Sokov felt heavy. If he didn't have a few capable guards around him, he might have the same fate as these people and become the target of the enemy's slaughter.

When Sokov and Seryosha came to the position close to the front of the train, they found Vaserigov and the other two. As soon as Sokov saw them, he couldn't wait to ask: "Major, what's the situation here? Have all the enemies been eliminated?"

"Not yet, Comrade General." Vaserigov shook his head and said: "As we move forward, the enemies who can't resist have all hidden in the front of the train. I tried to get close to the front of the train, but was beaten out by their dense firepower. By the way, what's the situation at the rear of the train? Have all the enemies been eliminated?"

"We only control the section from here to the dining car. We don't know how many bandits there are for the time being." Sokov asked with a serious expression: "Major, when will our reinforcements arrive?"

"It will take at least an hour." Vaserigov said cautiously: "After all, the nearest garrison to us is about 60 kilometers away. It is already very fast to arrive within an hour."

"I hope they will come soon." Sokov said helplessly: "I'm worried that we can't hold on for that long."