Burning Moscow

Chapter 1313: Escape from the Tiger's Mouth (Part 1)

Just as we tried our best to figure out where Trafkin was, he, Greetka, and cultural relic experts were sitting in a covered truck full of soldiers, walking along Lutzkro. The Fno Highway was driving forward in snow.

Back to yesterday morning, Trafkin took the Greteka and cultural relics experts, wandering around the street not far from the bank, carefully observing the movement of the bank. At this moment, a convoy of more than a dozen vans with vans passed by them on the street.

The three of them didn't want to cause trouble, and quickly avoided to the side of the road, preparing to wait for the convoy to leave before moving on. But unexpectedly, the car at the front of the convoy stopped beside the three of them. A lieutenant officer pushed the car door and walked out. He walked to Greteka, who was wearing the rank of corporal, and said stiffly: "Soldiers, please show your credentials!"

As the three of them had military certificates and vacation certificates that the guerrillas helped to obtain, they didn't panic at all when they heard the officers ask them for certificates. Instead, they took out the certificates calmly and handed them over.

After checking the documents of the three of them, the officer made an unexpected move. He tore off all the vacation certificates in the military ID card, and then stuffed the military IDs of the three people into his pockets.

Seeing that the officer tore off the vacation certificate and confiscated his own papers, Greetka was a little anxious. He quickly asked on behalf of everyone: "Mr. Captain, what is going on? All three of us have vacation certificates, which are valid. Until 22 o'clock tomorrow night."

"Soldiers, from now on, your vacation is cancelled." After the captain said, he said to the two subordinates who came by: "Let them get in the car."

Upon hearing the captain's order, the two soldiers who came by wearing helmets unceremoniously pushed the three of them to the back of a covered truck parked on the side of the road. Then a soldier shouted at it: "Hey, I found three more for you."

The tarp was opened to both sides, and the two helmeted soldiers poked their heads out and glanced at Trafkin and others who were standing under the car. Then they reached out to them and said friendlyly: "Hey, man, Grab my hand and I will pull you into the car!"

With the help of the two soldiers, the three got into the truck. As the tarp was lowered, the entire car became pitch black. In order to find out what happened, Gretka touched the soldier who had just pulled herself into the car with her arm, and asked in a low voice, "Hey, man, what the **** is going on, why should we catch us in the car? Where is this going?"

"Go to the military camp in the south of the city." The soldier replied briefly: "As for where to go, does this still need to be said? The Russians not only occupied Kiev, but also Zhytomyr. The Marshal Manstein ordered the deployment of forces to counterattack. These two cities were taken from the hands of the Russians. And you will soon be incorporated into the counterattack force."

The soldiers' explanation made Travkin and the others understand that the German army was preparing to launch a counterattack against Kiev and Zhytomyr, but due to insufficient strength, they collected soldiers everywhere so that they could have enough strength to attack the Soviet army.

Trafkin and the others were taken to a military camp in the south of the city, where there were hundreds of soldiers from different units, and several officers were orderly assigning them to different companies. When it was Gretka's turn, he smiled and said to the officer in charge of the distribution: "Mr. Lieutenant, the three of us are from the same unit. Can you tell us whether we can be separated?"

The German lieutenant sitting behind a small wooden table gave him a casual glance, and then asked impatiently, "Corporal, which three?"

Greetka quickly pointed at Trafkin and the cultural relics expert behind him, and said with a smile: "It is the two of them. We were in the same class before, and I was their monitor."

"Well, since you were originally in the same class, let's join the same class now." After the officer said, he lowered his head and wrote a few words on three cards, and then each stamped a chapter and handed it to the grid. Retka said at the same time: "Take this card and go to the quartermaster to collect weapons and food." After speaking, he waved to the three of them and shouted again, "Next."

The three received rifles and ammunition from the quartermaster, as well as food for a day. Trafkin looked around, then whispered to Gretka: "Second Lieutenant, let's find a quiet place."

Greetka knew that Trafkin had important things, and wanted to discuss with everyone, so he nodded, observed the surrounding environment, and then led the two to a secluded place.

The three squatted on the ground and looked around vigilantly while eating. Trafkin first said: "Comrades, we must find a way to get out of here as soon as possible, otherwise we will be transported to the front line at the latest tomorrow."

"Major, how do we leave?!" Greetka stared at a few German soldiers passing by not far away, and asked in a low voice: "Just before entering the barracks, I observed carefully and found that the barracks were heavily guarded inside and outside, thinking It may not be easy to leave. Once we are caught, we will be shot directly as deserters."

The cultural relics expert who has been taciturn said: "If we are really transported to the front line, then we will not be able to complete the task assigned to us by the superior."

"But the barracks are so tightly guarded, how do we leave?" Gretka said anxiously, "Doesn’t it mean to leave the door swaggeringly? You know that we don’t even have a military certificate now, even if we leave the barracks, we won’t be able to walk long. , Will also be caught by the patrol."

"Don't tell me, someone is coming." Trafkin saw several German soldiers coming here~lightnovelpub.net~ and quickly stopped the two of them with a loud voice, and said very quickly: "Since I can't get from now The barracks leave, so let's find a way to escape on the road."

Early the next morning, although there was heavy snow outside, the soldiers were rushed out of the barracks by the officers, riding on a covered truck, braving the heavy snow and heading towards Rivne.

Although the truck was not driving fast on the road because of the heavy snow, Travkin couldn't help feeling anxious as he watched the gradual journey to Lutsk. Because every minute of time passed, they were farther away from Lutsk. But getting out of a truck full of German soldiers is almost an impossible task.

He kicked Greteka who was sitting across from him with his toes, and at the same time he coughed loudly, beckoning him to ask the officer in the same vehicle where the convoy would stop to rest. Although Greteka could not see Trafkin’s face clearly, he immediately understood what he meant when he heard his cough, and quickly turned to ask a second lieutenant who was sitting next to him: "Mr. Ensign, there is so much snow outside. , The team may not be able to continue driving forward, will we stop for some rest later?"

After hearing this, the second lieutenant snorted, and then said angrily: "Corporal, do you still want to stop and rest? Stop dreaming. The front line is anxiously waiting for the replenishment of soldiers. Even if the car cannot continue to drive forward, we will get out of the car. Marching on foot." (To be continued.)