Chapter 145: Balzen's Adventure
Cheroby, a small town north of Kyiv, became a transit point for supplies after the German occupation. There is a certain difference with Kyiv, because the terrain here is relatively narrow, and it is impossible to transport large-scale troops. Therefore, a part of the German army is waiting here to rush to the front, and there are still a lot of supplies waiting to be transported.
Twelve steam locomotives dock at the Chenobi train station, where trains pass every day.
The logistics troops have set up a lot of warehouses, where a large number of weapons, ammunition and food supplies are placed. According to the German plan, the new plan for the capture of Moscow would go smoothly as always, and victory would come before the onset of winter. Therefore, there was only a large amount of grain and ammunition in these warehouses, and even some miscellaneous things, except for no winter clothes.
After the occupation of the Cherobi by the Germans, a puppet regime was quickly established. Whether voluntarily or coerced, Igor had to become a pseudo-mayor, and his men had a few citizens who collaborated with the Germans. They may have been trying to survive and serve the Germans. As if the defeat of the USSR was already predestined, the mentality of these servicers changed from the initial guilt to becoming more and more indifferent.
The army had withdrawn far east, there was no hope for Belarus, and the war had been lost in their opinion.
Slavic, like a spell, was later extended to mean slave. They were slaves of the Mongols, serfs of the nobility, and now slaves of the Germans.
Alexander Bordenov, a teenager of only 17 years old. He was a city dweller of Chenobi, or rather a fisherman. After the withdrawal of the army, he chose to stay and continue the struggle, but unfortunately was captured by the Germans. Perhaps because he was still childish, he saved his life, and now he is working as a porter for the occupation army like many people.
As always, he carried heavy sacks, full of wheat kernels, from one cart to another.
"Slavic pigs! Hurry up! Don't be lazy! The overseer commanded in a mixture of German and Russian.
Alexander's heart was filled with infinite anger, but in the enemy camp, even heroes had to lie dormant, waiting for the opportunity to escape, and finally he waited.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Alexander fled from the barracks. It was also a coincidence that the guards who were waiting for these laborers forgot to hurt the chains because they were drunk.
He noticed the situation shrewdly and immediately called out to his companion. "Beer, you also run with me. If we continue to stay here, we will die sooner or later, either exhausted or killed. After all, we've all been militiamen! ”
After saying that, no one responded to him.
"Beer, if you're a friend, come with me! Fast! ”
"Nope! I...... I don't dare. There are Germans everywhere outside! ”
Alexander couldn't help but frown fiercely, this Beer was his friend. Now that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to escape, how can you let it go? "I'll say it one last time, if you don't run after me, I'll run away myself!"
Sure enough, no one responded, they were scared! Alexander had a heart to flee. Ignoring those compatriots, "You are all a bunch of fools, do you hope for the handouts of the enemy?" They killed us, and many of them will not hesitate to slaughter us, so it's better to fight for a while! Alexander's last attempt made no sense, and he left the barracks alone.
He left quietly, not waking up the guards who were dozing off by the pillars. At night, a gasoline drum was blazing in the distance, and several German soldiers were laughing.
The boy rolled around the barracks with a few quick turns, and disappeared into the darkness around the barracks.
Because he is from the city of Gomel, he knows how to escape easily and effectively. In fact, you don't need to take the main road at all, just take advantage of the sneaky walk through the train station in the dark to reach the small pier, and then jump into the river to swim to the other side.
It's very risky, not to mention passing through the train station, and even jumping into the river to take into account the temperature of the river. It's winter, and the river is cold, but it's all come to this point, and it's impossible to turn back.
Alexander was sneaking around, and he deliberately avoided the guards without alerting. At the train station, he saw a large number of train wagons, as well as the wheat that was ready to be transported. The Germans were inspecting these locomotives and overhauling boilers to inspect coal piles. Even more amazingly, in the afterglow of the searchlight, he saw a very strange train, as if it was covered in armor.
"What the hell is that? What the hell are the Germans up again? Without much thought, he continued to flee and soon made it to the docks.
Here he did not meet any Germans, a group of guards had just passed by, leaving him a lot of time. However, it is still too dangerous to cross the river here, and he has excellent experience with the river, and the safe crossing of the river will continue to the north for a while!
However, Alexander could never have imagined that a Soviet unit was already rowing down the river, and there were also land troops advancing on the riverbank, which was Balzen's men.
Alexander was very careful, and he hunched his back and fled, gradually leaving the Chenobi and finding himself on the banks of the reed-filled river. Suddenly, there was an unusual tremor in the grass, and then a dark shadow pounced.
When Alexander came to his senses, he saw that his mouth was covered and a dagger was held against his throat. In the darkness of the night, it was impossible to see who the attacker was, and Alexander's heart suddenly became dead. It's over, and I actually had a face-to-face with the Germans! He closed his eyes and waited for the judgment of his death, but at this moment he heard a very familiar voice.
"You! You're not German?! The soldier asked in surprise, for he found that the person who was about to be assassinated was clearly a child, and that he was dressed in ordinary peasant clothes, so his hand gradually loosened.
Alexander did not dare to act rashly, so he had to weakly say that he was a citizen of the Soviet Union.
Encountering such a man as he was about to reach his destination, the message was immediately reported to Balzen, who immediately brought the captured Alexander to himself.
"Now all hidden, the troops on the river quickly docked to take refuge!" Balzen ordered the troops to halt the offensive for the time being, and personally interrogated the unexpectedly appeared compatriot.
Alexander's lips trembled with excitement at the sight of his country's army, and he claimed to be a militiaman, but unfortunately he was captured. Hearing this, Balzen was quite angry: "Since you have joined the militia, you should fight to the end, and now you are captured by the Germans and work for them for your life, this is a shame!" ”
Alexander could not argue that he was not forced to join the militia. The Soviet Union was large but lacked defense in many places, and every citizen needed to take up arms and fight. This is how he responded to the call and ended up being a prisoner of war. According to the rules and regulations, the Soviet military was forbidden to surrender, and every soldier had to fight to the end, even with the enemy.
Of course, here Balzen did not have time to play Yerentina, and he wanted the mission to succeed.
"Hey! Alexander! Are you a Cherobie native? ”
"Yes, sir!"
"Oh? So can you swim? It's cold right now, can you still swim? ”
Alexander thought about it, he knew that the time had come for him to make meritorious service, although he did not know what the purpose of the army of this special operation was. For this reason, he still nodded, "It's not a problem to be cold, as long as you exercise a lot in the water, it won't be cold." ”
Balzen nodded with satisfaction, he was originally driven to the shelf, this bridge bombing operation is simply and rudely using a large amount of explosives to destroy a bridge pier, originally the troops had to explore it themselves, but now there is a local.
"Alexander, you were taken prisoner to do things to the Germans, this is a huge mistake. But you can atone for your sins as we are about to blow up the railway bridge in Chenoby. ”
Hearing this, Alexander was taken aback. Balzen couldn't help but smile confidently and patted the young man on the shoulder, "Kid, just tonight, the Chenobi will turn into a sea of fire, and the Red Army has been ambushed. After the bombing of the bridge, the Red Army soldiers will storm the city and deal a devastating blow to the German army! But before that, we're going to blow up the bridge. ”
Alexander was moved by what he said, and when he escaped, he met the army of his homeland, never expecting that the long-awaited revenge was about to begin, and everything seemed to be a dream.
He soon received an order from Balzen to lead the water troops under the bridge piers, plant explosives, and detonate them.
After hearing this, Alexander became more and more confident, he patted his chest and said: "If it is to blow up the bridge, I know the weak point of the bridge. There were several piers that were in disrepair, and the rebars were exposed, so we chose there for the sake of a success! ”
"Alright! Alexander, if you lead everyone to success, the previous charges are gone, and you will become a hero! ”
In this way, the young man in the adventure immediately took off his thin coat, jumped into the canoe, and guided the fleet quietly towards the bridge. At this time, Balzen immediately contacted Yang Mingzhi. (To be continued.) )