Fort Oning's troops trained for a week at an airfield somewhere near Kiev. At the same time, Skorzny was making other preparations. Due to the very tight control of the Soviet Union in the areas under its control, the activities of German spies in the areas under Soviet control were quite difficult. And for a paratrooper attack, the condition of the enemy garrison in the vicinity of the target is extremely important. The number of garrisons, distance, equipment, and training will directly affect the setting and implementation of combat plans. So, this problem must be solved.

The German spies in Tula exposed themselves during the Battle of Moscow in 41 for leading the way for the German army. After the defeat in the Battle of Moscow, the Germans always wanted to recruit some more spies. But in espionage warfare, the Germans have always performed worse than the Soviets. Some of the spy personnel sent out one after another were lost in the sea and never returned. So Skorzny can now only solve the problem in the stupidest and most risky way. This is done by sending personnel to cross the Line of Control and conduct reconnaissance on the ground near Tula.

This task is extremely risky and very demanding for the personnel performing the task. After much consideration, these people were selected.

First up is the guide Roman Kraft. A native of Tula, Romancalf joined the Red Army after the outbreak of the war and was taken prisoner in later battles. In order to survive, he pointed out the same captured commissar and joined Vlasov's "Russian Liberation Army". During the anti-guerrilla campaign in the Belarusian region, he worked as a spy for the Germans, and he had the blood of the Belarusian partisans on his hands. His loyalty was unquestionable, of course, there was not the slightest connection between this loyalty and morality, and the only thing that drove him to be loyal to the Germans was the fear that "Russia will never forgive a single traitor"!

Such a person joined the action, apparently voluntarily. Because he did not dare to refuse any request from the Germans, because he knew that once he disobeyed the Germans, the Germans did not even need to punish him in any way, and just abandoning him was enough to make him die without a place to bury.

There are also four men: machine gunner Belikov, demoman Scholz, sniper Milito, and captain Heinze. Belikov was also a Russian, but unlike Romancalf, he joined the German army completely and consciously.

Before the October Revolution, Belikov's father was a minor nobleman with a small estate in the countryside of Tsaritsyn, later Stalingrad. After the outbreak of the revolution, in order to preserve the inheritance of his ancestors, his father joined Denikin's White (River Crab) Army. After Denikin's defeat, his father went into exile in Austria, where he settled. And then there was Belikov. Influenced by his father, Belikov hated the Soviet Union from an early age. His father died early from old wounds sustained during the civil war. He still remembers that on his deathbed, his father gave him a title deed and said to him: "Son, this is the land of our ancestors, and you must go and get it back!" ”

The loss of his father made Belikov hate the Soviet Union, but the loss of the manor on his father's title deed really made Belikov hate the Soviet Union to the core. As Machiavelli said, most people can easily forget who killed their father in a very short time, but they will never forget who stole his father's property, which should have been passed on to him through inheritance. Such hatred will never fade over time, on the contrary, it will only accumulate more and more. For example, Belikov's wish is not only to recapture the manor, but "when I go back, I must kill all the families of those red (river crab) bandits".

After the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, Belikov, who felt that the opportunity had come, immediately signed up to join the German ** team. After that, with his bravery, cunning and even cruelty in battle, and his ability to trick the Soviets out of their hidden locations and shoot at the MG-42 in authentic Russian, he quickly made many meritorious contributions. Later, he was selected into the most elite Fort Oning unit.

As for Scholz, Milito and Heinze, they are all native Germans, but they are also fluent in Russian.

On a rainy night, a Junkers 52 transport aircraft carried them across the battle line from low altitudes. In order to muffle the sound of the planes flying by, the Germans also shelled Soviet targets as the planes approached the battle line. After flying over the battle line, the aircraft continued in the direction of Tula. About 50 kilometers from the city of Tula, the task force began to parachute. As Captain Heinze jumped out of the cabin, he saw the constant flashes of bomb explosions and anti-aircraft artillery shells in the distance, as well as the flickering beams of searchlights.

Heinze knew that it was Luftwaffe night bombers attacking the target airfield. At the same time, it is also to show them the general direction.

……

Tonight's air raid is already the third night attack launched by the Germans. In these attacks, electronic jamming did little to a detriment, and the Germans seemed to have made considerable progress in navigation technology, always finding the location of the airfield with relative accuracy in the dark of night.

But to talk about the effect of the air strikes, well, as bad as expected. During the first air raid, the bombs dropped by the Germans managed to leave two craters on the main runway - and the Russians filled it in less than half an hour the next morning. There was also a bomb that landed near the hangar, blowing up a water pipe. But the hangar itself was not damaged. In the second air raid, when the Germans were still dropping flares to find their targets, they were fired upon by anti-aircraft artillery units that had been prepared for a long time. Affected by this, the Germans' bombs flew everywhere, and as a result, they did not even hit the runway. The third, and now this air raid, the Germans were lucky, and the first flares dropped illuminated the airfield. The German pilots flying the bombers managed to see the tarmac full of planes, so they hurried to drop bombs there.

……

Heinze and a few others had already fallen to the ground. It's a pasture, and at night, it's quiet, and you can't see anything.

"Quick, pack up the parachute!" Heinze ordered. They had to do a good job of concealment before dawn.

Several people quickly rolled up their parachutes. Only Roman Kraft is still busy because of his lack of experience.

"Useless red (river crab) bandits! It's just a Russian pig! Belikov cursed quietly in German, "Since the revolution drove all the nobles away, there are only these Russian pigs left here." They should all be killed! ”

While cursing, Belikov helped Romancalf pack his parachute, and then he asked: "Where is this?" ”

"I don't know...... It's too dark for me to see clearly......" Roman Calfe said.

"Aren't you a local? Why are you so useless! Belikov whispered viciously, and he raised his fist to give Romancalf a blow.

"It's so dark that it's hard to make out in here. It's not his fault. "Heinze grabbed Belikov." Besides, we still need him, you have a heavy fist, in case you are injured, it will affect our mission. ”

Then Heinze looked around for a moment, and said, "It's dark over there, like a forest, let's go there and hide it first, and wait until dawn." So the men took their gear and walked towards the woods on the other side.

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The German bombers had already left, and the personnel on the airfield came out of the bomb shelters and came to the "tarmac" that the Germans saw.

"Xie Liaosa, quickly drive the bulldozer over and push this garbage aside!"

"Baufka, come and get a hand, I've got to fix this balloon! lest a gust of wind blow them away! ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" A young man flew over and helped an old ground crew tie an airplane-like balloon to a stake nailed to the ground.

……

It was already dawn, and Heinze and they had breakfast in the forest. Roman Kraft carefully buttered his bread, then wrapped a large piece of bacon in it and prepared to serve it to his mouth.

At that moment, a hand waved and knocked his bread to the ground along with the bacon.

"You Russian pig! You still have the face to eat! It's dawn and you're still not sure where we are! What use do we want you to be a pig! Belikov yelled viciously at Romancalf. That look was like a pitbull whining at an opponent.

"I ...... I...... I assure you, sir, that if you show me a house, I'll know where we are. You know, although I am from Tula, I have never been to such a remote country......" Roman Calf explained as he stepped back, accidentally tripped over a rock, and sat on the ground with his butt.

"Alright, Belikov, don't scare him." "There's some truth to what he's saying. ”

Belikov glared at Romancalf fiercely, then sat down on a large rock without saying a word, and began to eat his share of breakfast.

"Pick up the bread yourself and eat it quickly. Maybe we have a long way to go, so don't be a burden to us! Heinze turned to Romancalfe, who was still sitting on the ground, looking helpless. Then he walked over to Schultz and sat down, took out his dry rations and began to eat breakfast.

"Why is that Russian so useless, cowardly as a mouse. It's hard to imagine that he is also Russian! Schultz said. The Russians in his mouth don't need to ask, of course, they mean Romancalf.

"What else can a scum who betray his country and nation look like, and what can he look like?" Milito interjected.

These words also reached Belikov's ears, Belikov frowned, and seemed to be a little unhappy, but he immediately figured it out, these words were not aimed at him, those red (river crab) bandits were the scum who betrayed the country and the nation, besides...... Besides, his mother is a real Austrian...... No, authentic Germans.