The German had no intention of surrendering and immediately performed a French military salute. This was the intuitive feeling that Malashenko could get at a glance after commanding his car to rush to the goods yard.
Unless absolutely necessary, he really couldn't risk hurting those treasures by firing directly at the Germans. Malashenko knew this from beginning to end.
Of course, it is not only Malashenko who knows this clearly, but also those Germans who are on the opposite side of Malashenko and are enemies.
The situation is almost clear now, and there is no need to guess anymore. These Germans must have decided that they are afraid of the enemy and do not dare to order the tank guns to aim directly and fire. If not, there is no way to explain the reason for a train.
It really doesn't make sense that we dare to continue driving forward despite being intercepted by more than a dozen tanks.
Malashenko did not want to harm these priceless cultural relics, antiques and various treasures of great significance in peacetime in the future, but this did not mean that Malashenko was willing to watch these things being snatched away by the Germans.
If this turned out to be the case, Malashenko asked himself that he might as well order fire to stop the armored train.
Malashenko, who traveled from later generations, knew clearly in his heart that the various rare treasures that those fascist bastards robbed from the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War could truly return to the motherland and be handed over to the Soviet Union after the war.
There are simply very few in hand, especially the top batch of treasures. In the end, their whereabouts are basically unknown.
Rather than believing in the theory of "hidden treasures used by the Nazis in their attempt to make a comeback," Malashenko is more willing to believe that these top-notch treasures were definitely swallowed up by those scumbags from the United Kingdom and the United States. Who knows what happened to these things after they were found by the United Kingdom and the United States?
Wherever you go, Anglo-Saxon barbarians have been doing this stupid thing of collecting other people's treasures for a long time.
Severely damaging the armored train and forcing it to stop would at least not destroy all the treasures. As long as the operation is done properly and with caution, the damage can be kept to a minimum.
Rather than letting this thing slip away from his nose, Malashenko would rather choose the former.
The belief that "I can't get it, and I will never fall into the hands of you fascist bastards" is extremely firm, but in the heart of Malashenko, who is holding the big iron trumpet, he still has the idea of one last try.
Make one last attempt before everything is really irreversible.
"Listen, fascist lackeys on the train, I am Major General Malashenko of the Soviet Tank Corps! The "steel butcher" you call! This broken train of yours has been surrounded by the most elite soldiers under my command!"
"Give up resistance, give up the desire to escape! Stop struggling in vain, and don't use your wealth and life to test my bottom line! If necessary, I will not hesitate to order the destruction of the treasures on the train! I will never let them
You escape from this station! If you don’t believe it, you can try it, and the price will be the lives of you fascist bastards!"
"This is the last warning, stop the car immediately! Put down your weapons, surrender, and everyone get out of the car! You will not have a second chance!"
The armored train that had just started accelerated very slowly and at a very low speed, so that Malashenko had the opportunity to take out the big iron horn and speak his German, which he had become quite fluent by now, in person to these stubborn people.
The ineffective fascist scum issued an ultimatum.
Malashenko hoped that his final warning would be the last straw to crush these fascist scum, and that it would be better to save everyone the trouble of this already unsuspicious battle.
Malashenko did not believe that the gang of German gangsters on the train were not afraid at all, and there was not even the slightest difference of opinion. In the worst case, even if the gang of gangsters could not be stopped immediately and surrendered, if they could be made to do so,
Internal differences have been torn apart, and it is also good to have internal strife before the battle. There shouldn't be a train full of German thugs who want to die in vain, right?
That is, while Malashenko was shouting, the oncoming armored train was still moving forward.
With an iron horn in one hand and a radio transmitter in the other, Malashenko gritted his teeth and stared closely at the armored train, which was about to enter the last hundred meters from where his car was.
Whether they blow the whistle or slow down, if these Germans really intend to give up resistance and choose to surrender, they should at least give themselves some clear responses immediately. Otherwise, they can only treat them as preparing to fight to the end.
"Comrade Commander, we are already less than 100 meters away! If we don't do something, it will be too late!"
Malashenko is still waiting anxiously, hoping that these gangsters will cherish his life wisely so that the best result or miracle he expects can happen.
Iushkin's shouting reminder from inside the car echoed in Malashenko's mind. His breathing rate was getting faster and faster, and Malashenko was still staring at the target like an old cow panting.
Seeing that the situation was finally forced to this irreversible step, Malashenko, who saw no sign of the Germans being willing to cooperate, finally pressed the radio transmitter in his hand without any hesitation, and loudly
Yelled an order.
"All crews concentrate their firepower! Target the front of the first locomotive, load it with armor-piercing shells, and fire for me!"
Even if Malashenko doesn't say anything at this time, the tank crews of each crew under his command will be ready to do it. For example, loading the gun barrel can easily tear open the armored train's defense and attack it.
A 122mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile that causes sufficient damage to the interior space and front equipment.
Needless to say, the power of the 122mm Red Army heirloom, which cannot even withstand the Tiger, cannot be resisted by a defense-level thing like an armored train.
At the moment when the division commander finally issued the final order, a total of 13 IS6 heavy tanks, excluding the Malashenko command vehicle, sprayed out large groups of dazzling flames at almost the same time with extremely short intervals.
, aiming the 122 mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectile that had been waiting in the gun barrel at the target, and sent it out of the gun barrel.
13. The powerful and heavy 122mm full-caliber armor-piercing bullets came from the same direction intensively. They were comparable to the rain of arrows in ancient cold weapon wars. In an instant, they hit the nose of the armored train that was still rushing forward without slowing down.
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The locomotive's front armor plate, which could barely withstand direct fire from small-caliber armor-piercing projectiles, was basically no different from paper in the face of 122mm full-caliber armor-piercing projectiles. The final result was actually doomed from the moment Malashenko ordered the firing.