Sokov noticed a detail from Captain Meglin's report. The other party was the deputy battalion commander of the airborne barracks, indicating that he might be the battalion commander leading the team this time. He quickly asked: "Comrade Captain, where is your battalion commander?"
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Meglin quickly explained to Sokov: "Comrade General, the situation is like this. After the battalion commander received your telegram, he learned that the bandits' defense was weakest at the front of the car, so he asked me to bring the first company to join you. The remaining
With two companies, he will attack from the rear and the flanks of the vehicle."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was intensive gunfire from the rear of the car, which was also mixed with the explosion of some grenades.
Hearing this voice, Meglin's face showed joy: "Comrade General, these are the troops commanded by the battalion commander, launching an attack on the enemy."
"How many people did you bring over?" Sokov had just finished asking this question. He remembered that the other party had told him that he had brought over a company from the airborne barracks, and he quickly continued: "By the way, you said you had brought over a company.
There must be dozens or hundreds of people. Now, I give you a difficult task, which is to rush along the carriage to the rear and cooperate with other troops to annihilate the gangsters."
"Yes!" Meglin agreed, leading dozens of soldiers and rushing towards the rear of the carriage.
Although gangsters appeared from time to time, they were no match for the well-trained airborne troops. After a brief exchange of fire, they fell into a pool of blood.
The gangsters who attacked the train were a ragtag group. When they faced unarmed passengers, they were still in control of the situation. When they encountered several guards under Sokov, they made no progress at all except leaving a pile of corpses.
Now facing the newly arrived airborne troops, the battle only lasted for more than ten minutes before the battle was over. The gangsters who occupied the train were either killed or captured.
After the battle, the airborne battalion commander came over and reported to Sokov: "Hello, comrade general, I am Major Felix, the airborne battalion commander, and I came here specifically to rescue you." He looked at Sokov carefully.
Finally, he asked cautiously: "You are not injured, are you?"
"No, I'm not injured." What Sokov is most concerned about at the moment is how many survivors are left on the train: "When you liberated the carriage at the back, how many survivors were left?"
Hearing Sokov's question, Felix lowered his head and said with a heavy heart: "We only rescued less than thirty people, and the rest were killed by the gangsters who seized the train."
"Major!" Seryosha, standing next to Sokov, asked: "Do you know where these gangsters come from?"
"I don't know." Felix answered simply: "My troops are not stationed nearby, so I don't know the origin of the gangsters."
"Where did you come from?" Sokov asked.
After Felix mentioned a place name, he continued: "Our battalion is practicing airborne operations. Suddenly we received a telegram from the military headquarters, saying that the train you were riding on was attacked by bandits at the border of Hungary and Austria. Let's
We rushed over immediately for rescue. I asked the pilot to change direction and airland nearby."
After hearing this, Sokov finally understood why Malinen could confidently say that the reinforcements would arrive within a quarter of an hour. That was because the airborne battalion happened to be conducting parachute training nearby, and after flying for a few more minutes, they arrived at the location where the train was hijacked.
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"Major Felix, what section does your battalion belong to?"
"Comrade General, 7th Guards Airborne Division."
"I wonder which army this division belongs to?" Sokov continued to ask.
"It belongs to the 4th Guards Army, Comrade General."
"Major Felix, let's get acquainted again." Sokov stretched out his hand to Felix and said in a friendly tone: "I am General Sokov, the new commander of the Guards Army. I really didn't expect that.
I encountered danger on the road, and the people who saved me in the end were actually my subordinates."
"You are the new commander!" After confirming Sokov's identity, Felix quickly took a step back, straightened his back and raised his hand to salute Sokov: "Hello, comrade commander, I can serve you.
It’s our honor.”
After a few more casual conversations, Sokov asked the real question: "Can we rush to Vienna immediately?"
Felix shook his head: "No, Comrade Commander. The railway ahead has been damaged, and the locomotive cannot continue to work. In addition, various parts of the carriage have been seriously damaged. Without maintenance, I am afraid it will not be able to continue running."
When Seryosha heard this, he said unconvinced: "Then what should we do? Just stop here?"
"No way." Felix looked at Seryosha standing in front of him and muttered to himself, who is this man with an assault rifle, wearing military uniforms, and no military rank? Although he didn't know Seryosha's identity,
But seeing him standing next to Sokov, I guessed that he and Sokov must have a very close relationship, so he answered truthfully: "We are all airborne troops. We don't carry the tools to repair the railway and locomotives, so we can only look at it."
Do the troops arriving shortly carry the corresponding tools?"
After Felix finished explaining to Seryosha, he turned to Sokov and said: "Comrade Commander, I am going to arrange for manpower to clean up the train. Do you allow me to leave?"
Sokov knew very well that by cleaning up the train, he meant removing all the corpses from the train and cleaning the blood stains at the same time. He nodded quickly and said: "Allow it, you can go and do your work."
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After Felix left, Kopalova returned to Sokov.
Seeing her face turn pale, Sokov knew that she had seen something she shouldn't have seen, so he asked tentatively: "Kopalova, were Maxim and the others killed?"
"Yes, Misha, they are all dead." Kopalova wiped her tears and said: "I really didn't expect that those gangsters were so cruel and actually killed almost everyone in the car. If I hadn't been with you
If we live together, we may die at the gunpoint of gangsters like them."
Sokov put his hand on Kopalova's shoulder and comforted her and said: "Kopalova, when we arrive in Vienna, you will call the newspaper office and tell them about the murder of the other reporters and ask them to
Send someone over as soon as possible to set up a press station."
"Misha, until new reporters arrive, I can only stay at your place temporarily. You won't drive me away, right?"
"How could that be possible?" Sokov said with a smile: "You are willing to live with me. I really want it, so why would I drive you away?"
"That's good." Kopalova nodded and said happily, "Then I'll feel relieved."
When Felix was leading his airborne barracks to clear the train, Vaserigov came over and reported: "Comrade Commander, another support force has arrived. This force is also equipped with two tanks and five armored vehicles. If
If you want to get to Vienna as soon as possible, I suggest you take an armored vehicle or tank there so that you don’t have to worry about being attacked by the enemy again on the road."
"I think it's not necessary." Sokov shook his head and rejected Vaserigov's proposal: "If the superiors knew our current situation, they would definitely send special personnel to repair the railway and locomotive. I believe it won't be long before we
You can start your journey again.”
Seeing that Sokov was unwilling to leave in a tank or armored vehicle, Vaserigov couldn't say anything more and could only leave in silence.
The new unit commander carries a high-power telephone that can communicate directly with the headquarters in Vienna.
The commander came to Sokov, raised his hand in salute and asked: "Are you the new commander of the 4th Guards Army, General Sokov?"
"Yes, I am Sokov." Sokov asked, "What's the matter?"
"Commander General Malinin wants to speak to you, Comrade General!"
Sokov noticed a detail from Captain Meglin's report. The other party was the deputy battalion commander of the airborne barracks, indicating that he might be the battalion commander leading the team this time. He quickly asked: "Comrade Captain, where is your battalion commander?"
?”
Meglin quickly explained to Sokov: "Comrade General, the situation is like this. After the battalion commander received your telegram, he learned that the bandits' defense was weakest at the front of the car, so he asked me to bring the first company to join you. The remaining
With two companies, he will attack from the rear and the flanks of the vehicle."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was intensive gunfire from the rear of the car, which was also mixed with the explosion of some grenades.
Hearing this voice, Meglin's face showed joy: "Comrade General, these are the troops commanded by the battalion commander, launching an attack on the enemy."
"How many people did you bring over?" Sokov had just finished asking this question. He remembered that the other party had told him that he had brought over a company from the airborne barracks, and he quickly continued: "By the way, you said you had brought over a company.
There must be dozens or hundreds of people. Now, I give you a difficult task, which is to rush along the carriage to the rear and cooperate with other troops to annihilate the gangsters."
"Yes!" Meglin agreed, leading dozens of soldiers and rushing towards the rear of the carriage.
Although gangsters appeared from time to time, they were no match for the well-trained airborne troops. After a brief exchange of fire, they fell into a pool of blood.
The gangsters who attacked the train were a ragtag group. When they faced unarmed passengers, they were still in control of the situation. When they encountered several guards under Sokov, they made no progress at all except leaving a pile of corpses.
Now facing the newly arrived airborne troops, the battle only lasted for more than ten minutes before the battle was over. The gangsters who occupied the train were either killed or captured.
After the battle, the airborne battalion commander came over and reported to Sokov: "Hello, comrade general, I am Major Felix, the airborne battalion commander, and I came here specifically to rescue you." He looked at Sokov carefully.
Finally, he asked cautiously: "You are not injured, are you?"
"No, I'm not injured." What Sokov is most concerned about at the moment is how many survivors are left on the train: "When you liberated the carriage at the back, how many survivors were left?"
Hearing Sokov's question, Felix lowered his head and said with a heavy heart: "We only rescued less than thirty people, and the rest were killed by the gangsters who seized the train."
"Major!" Seryosha, standing next to Sokov, asked: "Do you know where these gangsters come from?"
"I don't know." Felix answered simply: "My troops are not stationed nearby, so I don't know the origin of the gangsters."
"Where did you come from?" Sokov asked.
After Felix mentioned a place name, he continued: "Our battalion is practicing airborne operations. Suddenly we received a telegram from the military headquarters, saying that the train you were riding on was attacked by bandits at the border of Hungary and Austria. Let's
We rushed over immediately for rescue. I asked the pilot to change direction and airland nearby."
After hearing this, Sokov finally understood why Malinen could confidently say that the reinforcements would arrive within a quarter of an hour. That was because the airborne battalion happened to be conducting parachute training nearby, and after flying for a few more minutes, they arrived at the location where the train was hijacked.
.
"Major Felix, what section does your battalion belong to?"
"Comrade General, 7th Guards Airborne Division."
"I wonder which army this division belongs to?" Sokov continued to ask.
"It belongs to the 4th Guards Army, Comrade General."
"Major Felix, let's get acquainted again." Sokov stretched out his hand to Felix and said in a friendly tone: "I am General Sokov, the new commander of the Guards Army. I really didn't expect that.
I encountered danger on the road, and the people who saved me in the end were actually my subordinates."
"You are the new commander!" After confirming Sokov's identity, Felix quickly took a step back, straightened his back and raised his hand to salute Sokov: "Hello, comrade commander, I can serve you.
It’s our honor.”
After a few more casual conversations, Sokov asked the real question: "Can we rush to Vienna immediately?"
Felix shook his head: "No, Comrade Commander. The railway ahead has been damaged, and the locomotive cannot continue to work. In addition, various parts of the carriage have been seriously damaged. Without maintenance, I am afraid it will not be able to continue running."
When Seryosha heard this, he said unconvinced: "Then what should we do? Just stop here?"
"No way." Felix looked at Seryosha standing in front of him and muttered to himself, who is this man with an assault rifle, wearing military uniforms, and no military rank? Although he didn't know Seryosha's identity,
But seeing him standing next to Sokov, I guessed that he and Sokov must have a very close relationship, so he answered truthfully: "We are all airborne troops. We don't carry the tools to repair the railway and locomotives, so we can only look at it."
Do the troops arriving shortly carry the corresponding tools?"
After Felix finished explaining to Seryosha, he turned to Sokov and said: "Comrade Commander, I am going to arrange for manpower to clean up the train. Do you allow me to leave?"
Sokov knew very well that by cleaning up the train, he meant removing all the corpses from the train and cleaning the blood stains at the same time. He nodded quickly and said: "Allow it, you can go and do your work."
."
Seeing her face turn pale, Sokov knew that she had seen something she shouldn't have seen, so he asked tentatively: "Kopalova, were Maxim and the others killed?"
"Yes, Misha, they are all dead." Kopalova wiped her tears and said: "I really didn't expect that those gangsters were so cruel and actually killed almost everyone in the car. If I hadn't been with you
If we live together, we may die at the gunpoint of gangsters like them."