There was a "boom" and an explosion came from the bottom of the carriage. It was obviously a grenade thrown by the enemy, followed by a burst of gunfire, all of which were fired at the bottom of the carriage. Some bullets hit the rails and the carriage and made "clang" sounds.
crisp sound.
"What's going on?" A soldier asked nervously: "Where is Yakov?"
"Don't worry!" Major Gavrilov said: "Give him some time!"
It is understandable that the soldiers would be anxious. If the carriage failed to be decoupled successfully, the soldiers would be suffocated inside and unable to move. In the end, they would inevitably be blown to pieces together with the ammunition.
Time passed by, and there was still no movement in the carriage, but the enemy's cry was heard outside:
"They're not here, there's no body under the car!"
"Maybe it crawled to another place, keep searching!"
…
They didn't expect that Shulka and others climbed back into the carriage again.
This is a good thing, but it seems that they cannot wait too long, because the ultimate goal of these guerrillas is to blow up ammunition or grab supplies...these supplies are also necessary for their survival.
Finally, the carriage slowly started to move.
It starts very slowly, almost imperceptibly, and then gets faster.
Because everyone in the closed carriage even thought it was an illusion, but when they heard the shouts of the guerrillas outside, they knew it was true.
"What's going on? The train is moving!"
"It's a carriage! They unhooked the carriage!"
"Follow them, don't let them run away!"
…
The guerrillas are guerrillas. When encountering an emergency, they will form a mess, shouting, shooting, and cursing outside.
But obviously none of these could stop the carriage from sliding along the slope, and then the carriage slid faster and faster, and soon escaped the guerrilla encirclement.
"Open the compartment door!" Shulka ordered.
The two recruits hurriedly went to pull the side door, but they couldn't open it even after trying several times. One of them gave the door a hard kick and then opened it... This is the norm for Soviet military equipment.
The type that needs a beating will not obey you unless you give it a few beats. Sometimes even airplanes are like this.
Shulka stuck his head out and looked outside. A group of guerrillas were chasing and firing at the other end. He didn't know whether they didn't want to let go of Shulka's soldiers or because they couldn't leave behind the ammunition and supplies on the carriage.
However, Shulka believed that it was neither of these. They wanted to blow up and burn the materials on the carriage, because this would be called completing the mission.
Otherwise, if they were just grabbing supplies, the first few carriages would be enough for them to grab.
At this time, Shulka was surprised to find that the carriage did not decouple from Shulka's section, because there were several sections ahead.
"This guy!" Shulka cursed in his mind.
Shulka's first reaction was that Yakov wanted to "rescue" a few more carriages.
Later I learned that this was not the case... When Yakov climbed to the connection between the carriages, he found that the enemies had quietly surrounded him, and two enemies were even right next to him.
In this case, of course Yakov could not decouple the carriage unless he could deal with the two enemies silently.
So Yakov simply continued to crawl forward, climbed over two more carriages, and then quietly climbed out and unhooked.
This is why Shulka and the others had to wait so long.
Shulka ignored the guerrillas chasing behind the train, but looked behind him... Although it was pitch black, he could vaguely see from the outline of the high ground behind that it was another reverse slope.
Shulka retracted his head, thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Get ready to fight!"
"What's going on?" Major Gavrilov asked.
"We're going to fight back!"
"Kill back?"
Major Gavrilov understood the next second, and so did the soldiers, because the carriage slowed down and was climbing... In other words, the carriage would swing back again like a pendulum later.
"Grenade!" Shulka shouted: "Do you have any grenades?"
"Of course, Lieutenant!" A soldier brought a box up and opened it, revealing a box full of grenades.
"SMG!"
"Here it is!" Another soldier immediately brought a box up.
"Get on the roof of the carriage!" Shulka ordered: "Obtain a favorable position!"
"yes!"
The soldiers responded, and then everyone got busy.
Several submachine guns were assigned, and then the submachine gunners skillfully climbed onto the roof of the carriage through the door handle... This was one of their training subjects for protecting the train.
Shulka also climbed up with them. What was a bit embarrassing was that he only climbed up with the help of other people.
Then boxes of grenades were passed up, and they even reoccupied the machine gun position on the top of the train.
The speed of the carriage gradually slowed down, and finally it almost came to a standstill on the slope. Then, it slid back under the influence of gravity.
The guerrillas who were following closely behind and panting on the spot, out of breath, realized something was wrong, so they turned around and ran away with a shout.
But it was too late to run, as the carriage rushed into their formation.
This may be nothing. The carriages were not moving very fast, and the guerrillas avoided the tracks so no one could be hurt.
The problem lies with the soldiers on the top of the carriage... The submachine gunners suddenly appeared and fired bullets "click-click" on both sides. Those who did not have submachine guns grabbed a handful of grenades, pulled the string, and fired them down in rows.
throw.
The machine gun on the roof of the car fired wildly at farther targets.
This sudden attack immediately stunned the unprepared guerrillas.
They raised their guns and wanted to fight back, but found that the enemy was hiding on the roof of the carriage and was difficult to detect... The most condescending thing was to stand out, while the guerrillas, on the other hand, were almost completely exposed to the enemy's firepower, even if they were hiding in the bunker.
Useless.
With great difficulty, the carriage slid past them, like a gust of wind, which came and went as quickly as it came. However, just a gust of wind killed and injured the guerrillas everywhere, leaving them screaming.
Just when the guerrillas were breathing a sigh of relief, they didn't expect the carriage to slide over from the other end again, and there was another bloody storm.
The guerrillas quickly collapsed, no longer caring about their mission, leaving behind a pile of corpses and wounded people and escaping into the darkness... This is what a poorly organized guerrilla is, they are more like a group of looters.
of robbers.
So the battle was over before the carriage stopped at the lowest point.
The soldiers couldn't help but cheer from the roof of the car.
But at this moment, a soldier who jumped out of the car shouted from the front of the car: "It's Yakov, he died!"