Shulka immediately led his men into the command car next to the power car.
Finding the command car is not difficult:
The first thing to find is the power car. This is easy. The one in the middle with black smoke is the power car.
Then look around the sides of the power carriage.
One of the two cars connected to the power car is the fuel, water and supply car for the armored train, and the other is the command car.
Of course, the carriage used to load fuel and supplies does not need periscopes and perforations, so the carriage on the left was quickly locked.
"Open the door!" The Cossack rushed forward and slammed the car door with the butt of his gun.
With a "bang bang" sound, the car door was slowly opened a little.
"Don't shoot, we surrender!" came the harsh Russian voice.
"Come out with your hands up!" The Cossack pulled out a grenade and raised it inside.
"No, no..." There was a panic inside, and then a German soldier raised his hand and popped up.
The door was very thick, so it required several people to use force at the same time, and it even took a German soldier to squeeze through the crack of the door and push it open.
As soon as the door opened, Shulka and the Cossacks pushed aside the prisoners with their hands raised and rushed forward.
No one resisted, and there were a few low-wattage lights on inside, so the visibility was very good... They were not too worried about being observed by the outside in the armored train, they just needed to take sealing measures.
A German major stood neatly in front of Shulka with his chest held out. Seeing Shulka coming up, he said in German with a hint of disdain: "Don't be so nervous, second lieutenant, we have surrendered!"
"English?" Shulka asked.
The German major looked at Shulka in surprise, and then repeated it in English.
"Do 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 one thing, Major!" Shulka walked up to the major and asked: "Before you surrendered, was there any news about the capture of the armored train sent out?"
The major's expression changed involuntarily, and then he smiled and shrugged: "Of course, of course we sent it!"
"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 was speechless. This was war, and both the enemy and us were using whatever means they could.
Therefore, if given the chance, everyone would seize it instead of "can't do it" as the major said.
As for what to do...
Needless to say, if the German major had not spread the news, that is to say, the German troops stationed in Tver did not know that the armored train had been captured, and they would have thought 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 after all, he is the commander of the engineer battalion, and he usually deals with guerrillas. This is his first time to participate in the battle of the regular army, so it is inevitable that he will
I made some mistakes due to lack of experience.
Shurka 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 off the train and disarmed. After a rough search of the train, the Soviet troops put the useful people on board.
For example, the driver in the train carriage, the communication soldier in the telecommunications room, etc.
The weapons units were directly replaced with Soviet soldiers... The armored trains were captured from the Soviet army. Many equipment such as machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, etc. were Soviet weapons. Of course they could control them.
Only the 88mm anti-aircraft gun was a gadget of the German army.
But this is not a big problem. It is enough to ask a few artillerymen to come up and let the German prisoners introduce and demonstrate it.
In less than ten minutes, the armored train started moving again.
Major Michael, 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 and then surrender?
Just a simple sentence!
The battlefield is such a magical place, sometimes just a few words, such as "We have been captured"... and then there will be a completely different result or many people will be saved.
But nothing can be changed now!
Soon, the armored train disappeared into the darkness without a trace.
Major Michael believed this was the ensign's plan.
The reason is very simple. The Russian army's communication equipment is backward, and the entire battle has only lasted twenty minutes since it broke out. The senior officers of the Russian army have not even had time to arrive and understand the details.
Especially since the Russian army knew how to rush to the command car immediately and control everyone. This was definitely a spontaneous act by the soldiers.
So……
A question lingered in Major Michael's mind: Who was that second lieutenant?
A second lieutenant could actually think of this plan to use armored trains and put it into action immediately.
As if answering Major Michael's question, the adjutant who followed 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 met him?" Major Michael said mockingly: "Isn't this the first time you have been a prisoner?"
"No, I haven't really seen it!" Major Michael replied: "It should be in the newspaper, the Russian newspaper...I remembered, he is the 'breakout hero'!"
Major Michael looked back at the adjutant with a shocked expression, and then he realized that he had not lost unjustly.
Major Michael guessed right, Shulka did not report his decision to his superiors.
This is not because Shulka is adept at making decisions, but because Shulka knows that troops are valuable and fast, and any hesitation will bring uncertain risks to the plan.
Shulka only left a signal soldier to inform Major Gavrilov and Major Zakharakovich.
At this time, Major Gavrilov had just followed the troops across the bridge. As he watched the armored train slowly drive away, he even shouted angrily: "What's going on? You just watch the enemy escape?!"
Then, as soon as Major Gavrilov turned around, he ordered the signal soldier: "Notify the rocket launcher battalion immediately..."
"Major!" At this time, the communications soldier left behind by Shulka hurriedly ran up to stop him and said: "That is our armored train. Comrade Shulka is driving it with the comrades of our company..."
Major Gavrilov understood immediately, then smiled and cursed: "This guy, such a good thing will not wait for me for a while!"