Chapter 797 German-Soviet War (96)

Three ME-264d high-altitude bombers flew in the Soviet sky as if there was no one in the world.

However, this time, these bombers were not loaded with bombs, but paratroopers. Their destination was the eastern part of Krasnoyarsk.

Krasnoyarsk is located at the intersection of the Yenisei River and the Siberian Railway. It is famous for its high aluminum production and is the third largest city in Siberia. During the Stalinist Great Purge, Krasnoyarsk was a major center of the Gulag (Soviet General Labor Reform Bureau). The most prominent labor camp during this period was the "Kraslag" labor camp (1938~1960). Due to the large number of prisoners held in the camp, two branch camps were also set up in surrounding towns. Inside the city of Krasnoyarsk, the "Yeniselag" labor camp still played an important role in the flames of World War II. During the World War II in the original time and space, many factories moved here from Ukraine and western Russia to avoid the war, which greatly promoted the development of local industry. After the war, many large factories that provided raw materials for these industries were also built: aluminum smelters, metallurgical plants, secondary metal processing plants, etc.

The place where these paratroopers were preparing to parachute was deep in the mountains and forests 300 kilometers away from Krasnoyarsk. In the cabin of a bomber, a platoon leader looked at their destination with a map and sighed. "The place we are going to is 5,000 kilometers away from Berlin. It's amazing."

Soon, accompanied by several harsh electric bells, the red signal light in the cabin lit up.

Fred, who had been promoted to company commander, stood up and shouted loudly. "Everyone stand up! Prepare to parachute!"

Because there was an uninhabited mountain area below, the bomber descended in altitude, and the strong airflow made the plane more bumpy. The paratroopers finally stabilized their bodies.

When the cabin door was opened, a cold wind suddenly poured into the cabin, and everyone couldn't help shivering.

"Hang the parachute lock! Report when you're done checking!"

"Ready!" The first paratrooper hung the parachute lock on the top cable of the cabin, pulled it hard, and reported loudly. Then the second and third, and soon after the last paratrooper reported that they were ready, the red light above the cabin door turned green.

"Start jumping! Don't forget the key points of the action!" In fact, these are veterans who have experienced many battles. He doesn't need to remind them deliberately, but he has long been used to it. After habitually confirming that there was no one in the cabin, Fred also jumped forward and stepped out of the cabin door. There was only the whistling sound in his ears. In a few tenths of a second, he felt his body being pulled by a huge force. This is the feeling of the parachute hook hanging on the plane pulling the parachute open.

But it was a bit unlucky that Fred, who was looking for an open space and preparing to land, was blown off by a sudden gust of wind, and the canopy was hung on a branch and could not move. After shaking it hard a few times, it was found that the branch was not likely to break. He could only untie the leg bag and throw it down, then pulled out a dagger to cut the parachute rope above his head. At the moment of landing, his legs were bent and he rolled forward twice to relieve the impact of the fall.

He stood up and checked his body. Only his neck was scratched by branches. He opened the leg bag and took out the weapons and ammunition, and set out to find other team members. It took more than an hour for them to gather all the team members and retrieve most of the supply boxes. It took more than two hours to find a dangerous place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack and build a simple camp.

"This is about 10 kilometers away from the railway. The first row will go with me to destroy the railway; the second row will stay to arrange the defense position, and the third row will be responsible for searching the surroundings." According to the map, there is no one living within a radius of 100 kilometers except the railway, but for their safety, it is better to be cautious.

Fred led the first row to the railway, and after more than two hours in the mountains, he finally saw the railway. There was a Soviet sentry every two hundred meters or so beside the railway. "Oh, these Soviets really put in a lot of effort." As the intelligence said, the Soviets sent three divisions of troops to protect the entire railway.

Just then, the roar of a train came from afar, and a train was slowly coming towards this side, puffing out thick smoke. Although Germany built the world's first electric locomotive as early as 1879, and improved it to an "overhead contact wire" power supply system in 1881, that is, a "long braid" was installed on the roof, similar to the trams in later cities, it was not until after World War II that electric trains gradually began to attract people's attention and were widely used; therefore, most countries now use steam locomotives.

"Just in time, prepare for battle!" Fred issued a battle order. "Grenade launchers ready."

Although they also brought two Panzerfaust rocket launchers, this place was 300 meters away from the railway, far beyond the range of Panzerfaust.

Watching the train slowly approaching, Fred decisively issued an order to open fire. "Grenade launchers, fire!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Two grenade launchers fired 12 40mm grenades at the fastest speed, blasting them towards the distant railway tracks.

Boom! Boom! Boom! In a series of explosions, at least two grenades landed accurately on the rails, directly blowing off a section of rails and sleepers. Although the train was only traveling at 50 kilometers per hour, it had already arrived in front of the railway and could not stop at all. Under the huge inertia, the locomotive rushed out of the roadbed with the carriages behind it, rolling and colliding, and fell on both sides of the railway. The force of the collision completely disintegrated the locomotive, and hot steam "whooshed" out from the broken boiler, and the coal and water car behind climbed onto the front locomotive.

The Soviet soldiers responsible for defending the railway were all recruits (after all, the Soviets would not waste precious veterans in such places), and they had no combat experience at all. Faced with this sudden situation, looking at the mess in front of them, they did not react for a while and stood there, not to mention preparing for battle.

There were screams of pain, groans, and cries for help from the overturned carriages; Fred saw many soldiers in US military uniforms climbing out of the broken windows.

"Aha, these Americans. Everyone, concentrate your firepower to shoot at these carriages!" As the order was issued, three MG3 machine guns, three RPK machine guns, 12 FAL rifles, and 12 AKMS immediately opened fire on those carriages. These were not armored carriages. Their design was similar to that of civilian carriages. They had no bulletproof ability at all. Not to mention full-power bullets, even the intermediate-power bullets of RPK machine guns and AKMS assault rifles could easily penetrate the walls of the carriages and kill the people inside.

The dense bullets shot at these 10 carriages, and screams suddenly rang out in the carriages.