USSR 1941

Dealing with the guerrillas was of course an asymmetrical battle, and Shulka didn't even bother to command such a battle, so it was right for his subordinates to practice marksmanship.

But of course this task is not all that simple. After repelling the enemy, the troops have to get out of the car and search for the remnants.

On the one hand, this is for the needs of railway safety. Otherwise, the armored train will lose its meaning if the front foot of the armored train just passes the enemy's back foot and then comes up to plant mines and explosives.

On the other hand, it is the sappers who are going to get out to repair the railway.

Engineers need to work under light sources, which requires combat troops to open a safe area around them, otherwise engineers can easily be shot black by the German army.

This is also a small battle.

The railway engineers moved very quickly. It took only ten minutes to remove the damaged rails and sleepers and replace them with good ones.

The soldiers released after the construction of the engineers can return to the train, taking a few German prisoners with them.

It's just that the soldiers had strange expressions when they came back, especially Antipunov, who was sweating profusely and kept chanting eloquent prayers.

"What's going on?" Shulka asked the veteran.

It was the platoon of veterans who got out of the car to perform the mission just now.

"They killed many civilians, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" The veteran raised his head towards the dark place on the left: "There is a forest there, and the corpses are hanging on the tree!"

"Mostly women, but also old people and children!" the actor added.

Shulka nodded and said nothing.

Such things are not uncommon for the German army, especially those German skirmishers are mostly SS special operations teams.

"How could they do this, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" Antipunov raised his head and looked at Shulka: "Those civilians, they have no weapons and will not pose a threat to anyone..."

"You have to ask those Germans, Comrade Antipunov!" Shulka shook his head at the German prisoner who was tied up and thrown at the rear of the carriage.

Then Shulka ignored Antipunov, he had to digest these things by himself.

In fact,

It's a miracle that someone like him is still alive.

This is mainly because tonight's battle was fought smoothly tactically and the third company basically did not fight the Germans hand-to-hand:

The first was to attack the bridgehead defense line. Although it was very dangerous, the entire attack was completed within a few minutes and the German army retreated quickly. The T34 tanks rushed ahead.

Then boarded the armored train, basically shooting from the inside of the car.

Therefore, Antipunov can survive until now even if he shoots in the sky, at most he wasted a few bullets.

If there was any accident, it would be that a random bullet hit a target on the north bank of the Volga River Bridge... People say that novices who don't know how to play cards often have good luck, and it seems that this is true.

But if it is a hand-to-hand combat with the enemy face-to-face with a bayonet, it is almost impossible to survive if you still hold this idea of ​​​​not killing people.

So Antipunov is somewhat lucky.

"Is everyone here?" Shulka asked.

"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant!" replied Pukarev, who was in charge of the count.

"Drive!" Shulka ordered: "Let's see what other frantic Franz stop us!"

The soldiers couldn't help laughing.

But at this moment, there were several gunshots, and the soldiers habitually raised their guns, and then saw several German prisoners lying in a pool of blood, each of them was shot in the head and fell to the ground.

"I told you not to kill prisoners!" Seeing this, Shulka couldn't help being furious.

But Shulka lost his temper when he saw the shooter.

It was Antipunov, who was holding a rifle in his hand with a little smoke from the muzzle, and was staring blankly at the corpse on the ground.

Then, as if reacting suddenly, Antipunov walked up to Shulka and stood up and said, "Sorry, Comrade Lieutenant!"

"For murder?" Shulka asked.

"No, I killed the captive against your orders!"

Shulka smiled and replied: "It doesn't matter, anyway, we have plenty of prisoners!"

The soldiers let out a burst of laughter.

"Come on, Comrade Antipunov!" protested the actor. "Next time you do that, remember to take them out!"

There was another burst of laughter in the carriage.

The veteran even took out his wine bottle and raised it high, shouting: "Come on, comrades! Cheers to Antipunov becoming one of us!"

"cheers!"

...

After a few sips of wine, the soldiers sang "If War Comes Tomorrow" amidst the "click" of the armored train.

Shulka didn't know who wrote this song, but felt that the artistic conception of the lyrics was just like the Soviet Union at this time:

"If the war is tomorrow, if the enemy attacks

If the power of darkness suddenly descends

As one person, the entire Soviet people

For the free country—rise up!

..."

The armored train drove to Moscow to the sound of this song.

When the armored train entered Moscow, to the surprise of Shulka and others, the entire railway station boiled.

Although the surrounding area was still dark because of the martial law, cheers rang out.

It was only later that Shulka learned that the victory of the 4th Tank Brigade in Tver had already spread throughout the streets and alleys on the broadcasts in Moscow, especially since Shulka and others also captured an armored train... Of course the Supreme Command This rare opportunity to boost morale will not be missed.

Therefore, when they learned that the armored train was about to return to Moscow, many people asked to be greeted at the train station.

Originally, this was not allowed due to the martial law, but this was "the enthusiasm of the people" and also an encouragement to the heroes, so the common people who applied were allowed to come and welcome them.

I didn't expect this to be troublesome.

The entire train station was crowded with people... At this time, if the German army bombed the train station, it would undoubtedly cause a lot of casualties.

This made the entire Moscow air defense force tense, and even all Soviet air defense forces within the second line of defense received a battle alert.

Of course, part of this was to cover the retreat of the 32nd Army and the 4th Tank Brigade.

As soon as Shulka got out of the car, he felt a person flying towards him. In the darkness, he didn't even recognize who it was.

But Shulka soon knew who she was, because he saw the other party's boat cap and major epaulets.

"Varrasha!" Shulka hugged her excitedly and turned around.

"Nice to see you again, my hero!" Valrasha said, "I want to know, would you like to be interviewed by me?"

"Of course!" Shulka replied.

For some reason, under the backdrop of that atmosphere, or in the dark and crowded crowd, Shulka naturally kissed Valrasha's lips.

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