Chapter 274 Armored Train
Shuerka rushed into the command car next to the power car with his subordinates immediately.
It is not difficult to find the command car:
The first thing to find is the power compartment, which is very easy. The section with black smoke in the middle is the power compartment.
Then look for both sides of the power compartment.
The two carriages connected to the power carriage are fuel, water and supply carriages for armored trains, and the other is the command carriage.
Of course, the compartments used to load fuel and supplies do not need periscopes and perforations, so the left compartment was quickly locked.
"Open the door!" The Cossack rushed up and smashed the car door with the **** of his gun.
Amidst the sound of "bang bang", the door was slowly opened a little.
"Don't shoot, we surrender!" came the blunt Russian.
"Raise your hands and come out!" The Cossack pulled out the grenade and waved it into it.
"No, no..." There was a panic inside, and then a German soldier raised his hand and raised his head.
The door is very thick, so several people need to work hard at the same time, and even a German soldier squeezed into the slightly opened door to push it open.
As soon as the door opened, Shulka and the Cossack pushed the captive with his hands up and rushed up.
No one resisted, and there were a few low-wattage lights inside so the visibility was good...they in the armored train were not too worried about being observed from the outside, they just needed to be sealed.
A German major stood neatly in front of Shurka with his chest upright. Seeing Shurka coming up, he said in German with a look of disdain: "Don't be so nervous, Lieutenant, we have already surrendered!"
"English?" Shulka asked.
The German major looked at Shulka in surprise, and then repeated it in English.
"You think we are nervous?" Shulka couldn't help laughing.
"Isn't it?" The major spread his hands: "If you want to get any information from us, then I'm sorry... We are an engineer battalion, and we don't have any valuable information!"
"I just want to know something, Major!" Shulka walked up to the Major and asked, "Before you surrendered, did you send out the news of the capture of the armored train?"
The major’s face couldn’t help but change, then he shrugged with a smile: “Of course, of course we sent it out!”
"I already know the answer!" Shulka replied: "Major, you are not good at lying!"
"No, you can't do that!" said the major.
"Give me a reason why I can't do this!"
The major is speechless, this is war, and both the enemy and us are doing whatever they can.
So, if given the chance, anyone would grab it instead of "can't do it" as the major said.
As for what to do...
Then needless to say, if the German major did not spread the news, that is to say, the German troops stationed in Tver did not know that the armored train was captured, and they would think that the armored train was still "one of their own".
This cannot be blamed on Major Michael. He has shown enough courage and wisdom in this battle, but he is the commander of the engineer battalion after all, and he usually deals with guerrillas. Made mistakes due to inexperience.
Shuerka didn't want to waste any more time with the major, so he took him out with a wave of his hand.
Then, first of all, all the German troops were driven out of the train and disarmed. After the Soviet army roughly searched the train, they escorted useful people onto the train.
For example, the driver of the train carriage, the communication soldier in the telecommunications room, etc.
The weapon unit was directly supplemented by Soviet soldiers... The armored train was seized from the Soviet army. Many equipment such as machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns were Soviet weapons. Of course, they could control them.
Only the 88MM anti-aircraft gun is the stuff of the German army.
But the problem is not very big. It is almost enough to call a few artillerymen up and let the German prisoners introduce and demonstrate it.
Within ten minutes, the armored train started moving again.
Major Michael, who was standing outside with his hands raised, could only stare blankly at the armored train slowly moving towards the German hinterland in the south, feeling extremely regretful but helpless.
Why didn't he send the message out before surrendering?
Just a simple sentence!
The battlefield is such a magical place, sometimes just a few words, such as "We have been captured"... Then there will be a completely different result or save many people.
But now nothing can be changed!
Soon, the armored train disappeared into the darkness without a trace.
Major Michael thought it was the ensign's plan.
The reason is very simple. The communication equipment of the Russian army is backward, and the entire battle has only been in 20 minutes since the outbreak, and the senior officers of the Russian army have not even had time to come and understand the details.
Especially the Russian army knew that they rushed to the command car and controlled everyone at the first time. This is definitely a spontaneous behavior of soldiers.
So…
A question lingered in Major Michael's mind: Who was that second lieutenant?
A second lieutenant could think of this plan to use armored trains and put it into action immediately.
As if answering Major Michael’s question, the adjutant behind Major Michael raised his hand and whispered, “Major, the Russian second lieutenant just now looks familiar. I seem to have seen him somewhere!”
"Have you seen him?" Major Michael said mockingly, "Isn't this your first time being a prisoner?"
"No, I didn't really see it!" Major Michael replied: "It should be in the newspaper, the Russian newspaper... I remembered, he is the 'breakout hero'!"
Major Michael turned his head to look at the adjutant with a shocked expression, and then realized that his loss was not wronged.
Major Michael guessed right, Shulka did not report his decision to his superiors.
This is not Shuerka's arbitrariness, but Shuerka knows that the speed of war is precious, and any hesitation will bring uncertainty to the plan.
Shulka just left a messenger to let him inform Major Gavrilov and Major Zakhakovic.
At this time, Major Gavrilov had just followed the troops across the bridge, and when he watched the armored train slowly drive away, he even shouted angrily: "What's going on? Are you just watching the enemy flee like this?!"
Then Major Gavrilov turned his head and ordered to the signal soldier: "Notify the Rocket Battalion immediately..."
"Major!" At this time, the signal soldier left by Shulka rushed up to stop him and said, "That is our armored train. Comrade Shulka led the comrades of our company to drive it..."
Major Gavrilov understood immediately, and then cursed with a smile: "This guy, such a good thing won't wait for me for a while!"
(end of this chapter)
