Chapter 585 Blowing Up the Bridge
Khabarovsk is located on the east side of the Armu River, and the railway bridge runs east and west. The Armu River Railway Bridge www.biquge.info is a steel bridge that was built without considering the passage of automobiles, and there are plank roads on both sides of it that allow pedestrians to pass. Later, automobile transportation flourished, and the Russians paved the steel rail embankment, just like the current mode of railway and highway plane crossing, which can pass cars, so the Armu River railway bridge became a road and railway. The importance of the Armu River railway bridge is undeniable, as it is the main hub of the Trans-Siberian Railway connecting Vladivostok.
With such an important hub, the Soviet army was very laxly defensive. Due to the proximity of the bridge to the urban area, there are usually only 8 sentries standing guard on both sides of the bridge, and 4 sentries on both sides of the bridge. One of the four people at the head of the bridge was on the pillbox, and one was standing in the building below. The other two sentries carry out patrol duties, patrolling the sentries on the bridge deck, patrolling every hour, and the sentries on both sides of the bridge alternately patrol synchronously. The sentry changes the guard for 5 hours, and a military truck is dedicated to the task of changing the guard of the sentry. These situations have already been found out by the special operations detachment after repeated reconnaissance.
Under the cover of night, the special operations detachment quietly touched the bridgehead on the north side and lurked in the grass on the shore. "There are still ten minutes left, the Soviet sentry will change the guard, and the assault team will prepare!" Lei Ming glanced at his watch and gave a command. Occasional trains pass through the night, and since it is the time of the Great War, the time for the military trains to pass through the bridge is uncertain. 10 minutes seemed like a long time, and in the midst of anxious waiting, a truck came over from the east side of the bridge, and sure enough, it was on time. The truck turned around at the bridgehead and stopped, and four Soviet sentries came down.
After the change of the guard of the Soviet army, the truck, pulling the sentry of the changing of the guard, disappeared on the east side of the bridge. "In another 5 minutes, the Soviet patrol sentries began to set off, 8 minutes to the middle of the bridge, and 13 minutes later the assault group began to move." Sure enough, two Soviet patrol sentries walked along the left side to the opposite side of the bridge. Two Soviet sentries on the opposite side of the bridge met on the right. When the time came, two team members jumped onto the bridge with silenced pistols in their hands, and one team member killed the sentry in the watchtower below with a shot, and then rushed up to support the sentry's body to prevent the sound.
Another sentry quickly rushed to the bunker and killed the other Soviet sentry. At this time, two tall team members wearing Soviet and Russian uniforms jumped onto the bridge. The action was clean and neat, and the bridge changed hands in less than 2 minutes. At this time, the oncoming Soviet sentry on the right did not notice it at all, and the two lined up to patrol as usual. Since the patrol sentries mainly observe what is abnormal on the surface of the river, they are not aware of what is happening at the bridgehead at all.
Two patrolling Soviet soldiers walked to the bridge and found that the signs were not right, and death had descended, and they were killed in a daze. Two tall team members wearing Soviet Russian uniforms quickly picked up the submachine guns of the Soviet sentries and walked along the plank road to the opposite side of the bridge. The two team members not only had to confuse the Soviet sentries on the other side of the bridge, but also to take out the sentries on the opposite side and take control of the bridgehead on the east side. As the minutes ticked by, the two Soviet patrol sentries turned back, unaware that their comrades on the other side had been replaced. The two Soviet patrol sentries returned to the bridgehead, and the fate can be imagined. Soon, a signal came from across the bridge. With a wave of his hand, all the team members jumped onto the bridge, and they had studied this attack tactic for a long time, so they were naturally familiar with the road.
"Pier 10 is a lifeline, and the demolition team immediately went into action." All the team members ran to the middle of the bridge with explosives, and Lei Ming boarded the bunker to check the time and count the time. Half an hour later, the team members returned one after another. After another half an hour, the team members who remained on the central bridge sent a signal that the explosives had been planted. Lei Ming immediately signaled the other side of the bridge for the team to evacuate. Two members of the team rushed to the scene. The team members descended to the bottom of the bridge one by one and retreated north along the shore.
At this time, the two team members who stayed on the pier carefully checked the wires of the explosives, and after confirming that they were correct, they pressed the time bomb button, which was timed for 10 minutes. The two team members slid along the rope into the river and down the river. Lei Ming led the team members to run downstream for about 1 mile, only to see a flash of fire, a violent explosion, and the flames rose. In the air wave of the explosion, a steel bridge in the middle rose into the air and fell into the river with a bang, and a bridge in the middle disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Immediately send a report to the headquarters that the bridge over the Armu River has been blown up. In addition, the situation of the rescued personnel was reported to the headquarters. "Soon the headquarters called back, commending the successful blowing up of the bridge over the Armu River, and at the same time ordering Lei Ming to bring back the rescued personnel." At this time, two members of the team who went down the river went ashore, and Lei Ming ordered all the team members to hurry back to the camp to join the rescued personnel and retreat.
There was a loud bang, and it was clearly heard in the city. An hour after the explosion, the figures of Marshal Vasilev and his generals appeared on the east side of the bridge, looking at a section of the bridge that was missing, Vasilev jumped like thunder and said: "Immediately dispatch a search force and be sure to destroy the enemy's special combat team." "Comrade Marshal, blowing up the railway bridge and cutting off the transport line, it seems that the enemy army acted premeditated." "Send a message to Moscow, the enemy is attacking me, I want to carry out a counterattack!" "Report Marshal, I just received a report that the Vladivosk (Vladivostok) airfields and Ussuriysk (Shuangchengzi) airfields were attacked at the same time!"
When Vasilev heard this, his head immediately grew big. "I ask you how long it will take to repair the railway bridge?" One engineer replied, "It will take at least 3 months!" "Immediately build a pontoon bridge, allocate ships, and concentrate manpower to ensure the transportation of military supplies!" Vasilev returned to the headquarters in a fit of rage, and the Moscow high command called: Order Vasilev to immediately launch an offensive to northeast China! Before Vasilev could adjust his deployment, more terrible news followed, and it was a large-scale attack from the north and the south at the same time.
At about 4 o'clock in the morning, Lei Ming led the team back to the camp by car, and it was already dawn, and everyone was standing outside in anticipation and very anxious. When the shadow of the truck was finally seen, everyone cheered when the special combat team jumped out of the car. More than a dozen female soldiers jumped at the team members and took the initiative to hug them, and the team members were embarrassed and confused. "Captain Lei, has the bridge blown up?" Zhou Yi stepped forward to ask. "It blew up, it went well. Headquarters called us and asked us to bring you back safely. However, we sent a report to the headquarters, and the Soviets also knew our location. ”
"Captain Lei, what should I do?" "Are you all ready?" "Ready!" "Immediately retreat to the west!" Everyone immediately went into action, and soon their figures disappeared into the woods to the west. The troops walked west for about 2 hours, and Lei Ming ordered everyone to rest. During the break, Lei Ming said to Zhou Yi: "Captain Zhou, if the bridge is blown up, the Soviet army will definitely intercept us." It's not a big problem for us to go back, but you can't. "Captain Lei, leave us alone, go back, we are ready to sacrifice for the country."
"No, it's my duty to bring you back. On the way, I thought carefully, our goal was too big, and besides, there were female comrades who could not reach the border at all, and our only choice was to go north! "To the north! Isn't that getting farther and farther away from the border? "The Soviets must have thought that we were going back from the border, and if we went north, maybe there would be a chance of survival. Our main forces were about to launch an offensive east of the Ussuri River, so I decided to go north, and then detour back to the sea, looking for an opportunity to return from the sea, which was the most promising route. ”
"But do you understand?" "There's no problem with my people!" "Don't tell your people yet! At the same time, I have to be disciplined and not to throw anything away on the way. "The troops continued their journey, and they did not realize that the route had turned north. A detachment leader realized that the direction was wrong, and came to Lei Ming's side and whispered, "Captain, why are we going north?" "A detachment will lead the way in front, and I'll tell you after camping at night!"
At noon on the same day, a Soviet search force encountered the Soviet troops who had escaped from the lumber yard, and learned that the enemy attack troops and some of the Chinese soldiers who were detained fled westward. Soviet search units immediately launched a search to the west, and at the same time launched a dragnet blockade along the western border. However, the Soviet army's dragnet search was doomed to fail, and Lei Ming's judgment was correct. After that, with the erosion of the war situation, Vasilev gritted his teeth and had no time to take care of this special operations squad.
Mudanjiang Special Operations Command, Mu Shixiong said: "Chief of the General Staff, the bear hunting squad has a big target of carrying 100 people, and the chance of them coming back is very slim. "I have a hunch that they will come back." "How so?" Ouyang Jian walked to the map and said, "If they choose to go north and then detour back to the seaside, there is a good chance." "Back from the sea?" "It's the only option, but whether they can do it or not is up to them!" "Lei Ming was the person I personally selected back then, and he won't let me down."
"Report, the 1st and 2nd Falcon Special Operations Brigades reported that they successfully attacked the Soviet airfields in Vladivostok and Shuangchengzi." "Good news came one after another, immediately ordered Liu Yalou to attack Shuangchengzi and Vladivostok airports, completely blowing up and paralyzing these two airports!" The Eastern Front attacked, the special operation kicked off first, and at dusk that day, the bear hunting team arrived at a forest stream and thundered to announce that they would camp on the spot. Everyone simply filled their stomachs, and Lei Ming called everyone to announce.
"Comrades, our situation is very dangerous, and I solemnly tell you that our route is to the north. As for. Seeing the emotional loss of the rescued compatriots, Lei Ming continued: "Don't be discouraged, I can reveal a piece of news, our main army will soon launch an attack on the eastern part of the Ussuri River, so we have great hope of going back." Please trust me to bring you back safely. Comrades, you are closed to information in Soviet Russia and do not know the situation in the country. In order to increase confidence in overcoming difficulties, it is necessary to get acquainted with the situation in the Motherland.
Lei Ming's description is very simple, but it makes the blood of the compatriots in a foreign country boil, they did not expect that the motherland has undergone earth-shaking changes, and pride ripples in the hearts of every compatriot. Late at night, they were still not sleepy, and they pestered the special combat team members one after another, wanting to stop!