Red Moscow

  Chapter 799 Surprise attack on the airport

  Hearing Guchakov's question, Ruzsky raised his eyebrows, "Comrade Lieutenant, can you be more specific?"

   "For example, the enemy's headquarters, barracks, warehouses, etc." Guchakov asked cautiously: "Are there any military facilities nearby?"

  Luzisky thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "No. Our village is located in a remote place, without the military facilities you mentioned, otherwise the Germans would not have left a group of Ukrainian soldiers in the village."

   Knowing that there are no important military facilities nearby, Guchakov showed a disappointed expression on his face. He felt that he had chosen the wrong direction and took the team to a place far away from important military facilities.

  Just as he was feeling disappointed, a guerrilla suddenly said to Ruzsky: "Comrade deputy captain, why did you forget that there is an enemy airport in the northwest."

  "The enemy's airport?!" Guchakov, who was frustrated and disappointed, heard the guerrillas mention the airport, as if he had been given a booster, he immediately asked impatiently: "Where is it?"

   "It's a bit far from here." Ruzsky scratched the back of his head, and replied, "It's in the northwest of the village, about 40 to 50 kilometers away from here."

  If it was an ordinary team, they would definitely retreat when they heard such a long distance. After all, it would take at least a day to walk on two legs. But the squad is equipped with three armored vehicles, so this distance is nothing to them, and they can get there in two hours at most.

   Guchakov grabbed Ruzsky's arm and asked excitedly: "Comrade deputy captain, is there really an enemy airport in the northwest?"

   "Yes," Ruzsky nodded, and replied affirmatively, "It's a newly built field airport. There are about 20 or 30 anti-aircrafts. They take off early every morning and fly to the direction of the city for bombing."

  After confirming that there was an airport nearby, Guchakov couldn't sit still anymore. He hurriedly asked: "Comrade deputy captain, can you send us a guide to take us to the enemy's airport?"

   "Yes, I will let Tolb guide you." Ruzsky pointed to the guerrilla who first mentioned the airport, "He has been there before, and it is most suitable for you to be your guide."

   "Comrade Tolb," Guchakov turned to look at the young guerrilla, and asked in a friendly tone, "I wonder when you will be able to leave?"

Tolb cast a questioning look at Luzinsky, saw the other party nodded slightly in agreement, and then said: "Comrade commander, the enemy's airport is too far away from us, even if we set off now, we will have to wait until Tomorrow evening, we will reach our destination."

   "We have armored vehicles." Guchakov waited for Tolb to finish speaking, and said with some pride: "It's only forty or fifty kilometers, and we can get there in two hours at most."

"However, we may encounter enemy checkpoints and patrols on the road." Tolb's reaction was a little slow, and Guchakov had already talked about this, and he was still chattering: "What should we do then? What about coping?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Tolb." Guchakov said with a smile: "You didn't see that we are all wearing German uniforms. At such a distance from the front line, I think their vigilance should be It’s not too high, and we can easily pass through.”

"Comrade Lieutenant, since you are sure to arrive at the enemy's airfield in a short time, that's really great." Luzsky was very dissatisfied when he saw the appearance of Tolb's ink, and quickly interjected: "If it is possible If so, you can set off overnight and arrive at your destination before dawn."

  Guchakov called Samoilov aside and said to him: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, I will take two armored vehicles and fifteen soldiers there, and the rest will stay here with you."

"No problem." Samoilov knew that Guchakov planned to use this place as a stronghold, and he didn't have enough manpower to stay behind. The other party might not be at ease, so he replied carelessly, "I will defend this place." There was a pause After a while, he asked tentatively, "Do you need to report this to the division headquarters?"

"Not for the time being." Guchakov shook his head and replied: "Now we just heard from comrades in the guerrillas that there is an airport nearby, but we still don't know anything about it. To be on the safe side, this matter is temporarily Not reporting to superiors."

   Samoilov did not object to Guchakov's proposal. After he nodded in agreement, he reminded Guchakov: "Comrade Lieutenant, how should these three comrades of the guerrillas be dealt with?"

  Samoilov’s words reminded Guchakov that of the three comrades from the guerrillas, except for one who was a guide for himself, the remaining two must want to return to the guerrillas as soon as possible. If they were allowed to tell other members of the partisans that the Germans staying in the village were actually disguised by their own people, they would probably leak the news.

  He thought for a long time, and said cautiously: "Lieutenant, how about we leave them here first, and discuss how to deal with them after we return from the enemy's airport?"

"I'm afraid that's not right." Samoilov shook his head and said, "If they didn't come back late, the comrades in the guerrillas would think that something happened to them, and maybe they would send someone to try to burn the barn. I He and Tavlin were able to catch them with a lot of luck, if another group of people throw Molotov cocktails here, I can't guarantee that there will be no casualties."

"Then what should we do?" Guchakov frowned: "The composition of the guerrillas is too complicated. Who knows if there are any spies who got in? If the news about us here is revealed, we can't stay here any longer." Here it is."

   "Leave this matter to me." Seeing that Guchakov was helpless, Samoilov volunteered: "I will handle it properly."

  ...

  Guchakov led fifteen fighters in two armored vehicles, led by the guide Tolb, and headed towards the distant airport. Before setting off, Guchakov found a German uniform and asked Tolb to put it on, so that even if he encountered a real German patrol, it would not be easy to show his flaws.

   Unexpectedly, as soon as the armored vehicle arrived at the entrance of the village, it encountered the German corporal and two Ukrainian soldiers. Seeing that the armored vehicle was leaving the village, the German corporal stopped the vehicle, raised his hand to salute Taflin, and asked respectfully, "Mr. Second Lieutenant, it's so late, where are you going?"

"We have just been notified," Tavlin stood up, and said to the German corporal standing in front of the car: "Russian guerrillas were found not far away, and we were ordered to wipe them out. Hurry up and get out of the way. Don't delay our mission."

  Hearing that Mr. Second Lieutenant and the others were going to carry out a combat mission, the German corporal did not dare to delay, and quickly stepped aside to make way for the armored vehicle. When the armored vehicles drove by in front of him one by one, he also raised his hand and saluted the people in the vehicles.

After the armored vehicle left the village, Tolb turned his head and glanced behind him, and said to Guchakov with lingering fear: "Comrade commander, I was terrified just now. I have never seen a living German so close to me." .”

   Tolb's words aroused Taflin's curiosity, and he asked in amazement: "Why, Comrade Tolb, haven't you ever fought the Germans head-on?"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes." Looking at the young soldier in the uniform of a German second lieutenant in front of him, Tolb didn't know what rank he was in, but he estimated that his position was not low, so he replied respectfully, "Our guerrilla's activities behind enemy lines, Mainly laying landmines, destroying telephone lines, bridges, and railways. Although everyone has weapons, at least half of them have never fired a gun." Speaking of this, his face turned slightly red, "I have never Shot, or I wouldn't be so slow when you put a gun to my head."

Tolb's words caused a burst of laughter in the car, and Guchakov quickly stopped everyone: "Be quiet, comrades, please keep quiet! It is late at night, and sounds that are not obvious during the day can be heard at this time." Far away, you don’t want to be discovered by the Germans even though you’re still far away?”

After calm was restored in the car, Guchakov said to Taflin in a serious tone: "Comrade Sergeant, your task is to deal with the Germans who may appear. Otherwise, I hope you can keep quiet. Understand. ?"

Tavlin, who was criticized by Gutchakov, realized that he had made a mistake. Chatting so brazenly in the car could easily be discovered by the Germans hiding on both sides of the road, and he would bring the team back at that time. The catastrophe. He blushed quickly and replied, "Understood, Comrade Lieutenant."

  Under the guidance of Taurb, the armored vehicle drove for an hour and a half before arriving at a place two kilometers away from the airport. Tolb pointed to the place with lights in front with his hand, and said: "Comrade commander, the German airport is in the distance. You can't go any further, otherwise you will be spotted by the German security forces."

   Knowing that the enemy's airport was just ahead, Guchakov quickly stood up and raised his binoculars to look into the distance. He quickly saw clearly that on the brightly lit airport, the side of the runway was full of aircraft of various types, while the German ground crew was busy adding fuel and bombs to the aircraft, preparing for the attack after dawn.

When Guchakov was observing the airport, Tolb said from the side: "Comrade commander, you can see clearly. The enemy's security around the airport is very strict. Some time ago we had a sabotage team trying to destroy the Landmines were planted on the way in and out, but they were discovered by the security forces, and all five members of the sabotage team died, and none of them escaped."

   "Comrade Tolb," Tavlin, who was standing beside Guchakov, asked in a low voice, "What exactly do you want to say?"

   "Since you already know where the enemy's airport is, can we go back?" Tolb asked Taflin in a low voice, "Anyway, we can't do anything here."

  Torb had just finished speaking when he saw Guchakov put down his binoculars and turned around. Just when Tolb thought that Guchakov would give the order to retreat, he unexpectedly heard the other party say: "Comrades, set up the launch position here. Four launchers, each firing three rockets, must Destroy all aircraft on the airport."

"Launching position?!" After hearing Guchakov's words clearly, Tolb couldn't help being stunned. He turned his head and tried to ask Tavlin what kind of launching position he was going to build here, but he saw the guns on two armored vehicles. The soldiers jumped out of the car one after another, and set up two tripods more than ten meters away from the car, and two launch tubes were fixed on each tripod.

   "Comrade Commander," Tolb saw the busy soldiers under the car, grabbed Guchakov, and asked curiously, "What are they doing?"

   Guchakov didn’t have much time to give Tolbo a popular science. He just smiled lightly and said lightly: “Comrade Tolb, don’t be impatient, you will understand soon.”

   A few minutes later, the gunner reported to Guchakov who was standing in the armored vehicle compartment: "Comrade Lieutenant, the target has been locked, and all launchers are ready to fire."

   Guchakov glanced at the airport in the distance, then nodded, and gave the command to the gunner to launch: "Launch!"

  Four rockets whizzed out from the launch tube, dragging a long flame tail, and flew towards the airport in the distance. Before the rocket hit the target, the loaders stuffed the new rocket into the launch tube, and re-calibrated and aimed.

  The German ground crew who were busy at the airport could not help but stop their work when they heard a strange scream coming from the sky, and looked curiously at the flying objects that appeared in the sky. Before they could react, the rocket bomb fell on the ground and exploded. In the flames, the planes and people near the bombing point were blown to pieces. Aerial bombs and gasoline barrels were detonated, and the flying shrapnel cut down the surrounding soldiers and damaged the aircraft; the burning gasoline turned the surroundings into a sea of ​​flames.

  Guchakov and others had seen such scenes many times, and they could still keep calm, but Tolb, who was the guide, had never seen this before, and he was stunned by what happened before his eyes. After a long time, he finally opened his mouth and said tremblingly: "Comrade commander, I really didn't expect that you have weapons that can strike the enemy from such a distance. This is simply amazing!"

"Keep launching! We must destroy the enemy's airport in the shortest possible time!" Guchakov yelled at the busy soldiers below, then straightened up and said to Tolb: "Comrade Tolb, you It won't be surprising if you've seen how we've sneaked up on our enemies before."

  After a series of rocket launches, the enemy's airport became a sea of ​​flames, all the planes parked on the runway were destroyed, and there were no ground crews in the airport. The troops serving as security around the airport discovered that the airport was under attack and rushed to the airport immediately, trying to put out the soaring fire inside.

   Seeing that the enemy's airport had been destroyed, Guchakov let out a long sigh, and then ordered: "Comrades, our mission has been completed, transfer immediately!"

  (end of this chapter)