Chapter 29: Helpless Killing
When he first rode the train, his smooth and slow running posture made Lynn think of it as a big toy in the park, and he was able to run at lightning speed when he was really in a hurry. At this time, wearing a German-made M42 steel helmet, wearing an Imperial Guard Army uniform similar to the uniform of the German Army, standing in the carriage with only shoulder height and the upper part completely open, Lynn thought of a fairly classic early World War II movie, "The Great Escape", and felt that he had become the fierce German soldier in the movie, and suddenly looked dazed...... Board the train from the passage between the dock and the ordnance depot, and speed through the ordnance depot and the drill ground, the small train sped past the platform full of vigilant sentries, and the next section of the tunnel was unexplored by Lynn. In ancient times, people still always knew what was on the other side of the sea and what was outside the sky, and it had been nearly half a month since they came to the "shelter", but Lynn's curiosity was always limited to some higher-level things, and instead neglected to explore the surrounding environment. Although the leg injury is a reason, what really binds him is the indisputable fact that the surname lacks the spirit of adventure and challenge.
Passing through a long and winding tunnel, the small train slows down slightly, and sometimes there are smaller platforms in sight, sometimes there are relatively primitive large caverns, and some factory-like buildings are built fully based on the terrain, they do not have the usual tall chimneys or gurgling outlets, but use some thick round metal pipes to discharge exhaust gas and wastewater, adjusted to the dim state of light, such a scene is quite sci-fi in Lynn's opinion, And those German soldiers with guns on guard added a different kind of mystery to the picture in front of them.
After passing through three caverns with various factories in succession, the railroad tracks in front of them had a curved arc like a roller coaster track, and it was obviously climbing upwards, the power of the small train was limited after all, and the speed naturally slowed down, and the tunnel still passed through a large or small cavern every hundreds of kilometers, most of which had been used. Since there is no need to worry about the wind and rain in the cave, some machine tool assembly lines are simply built with dust cloths on the outside, but what these guys full of metallic texture are used for, Lynn can't see at a glance, so he has to keep their appearance in mind and go back to think about it after the task is over.
The constant turning feels like walking a winding mountain road, which makes one wonder if such a number of large and small caverns resemble a beehive. After more than a quarter of an hour of travel from the dock, the train finally stopped at the platform, where there was nothing peculiar about the space, structure and man-made structure, and the senior officers who were accompanying the train shouted "get off". Lynn got out of the car with his companions, these ordinary officer class students who were hurriedly transferred did not know the mission and goal of this trip, although they would officially become land ensigns after graduation, they could only blindly follow the people in front of them at the moment, without exception holding assault rifles in their hands, as if they were ordinary soldiers.
After leaving the platform, the officers and men climbed the long staircase and passed through two double-opening heavy doors in succession, and finally heard the sound of gunfire and occasional grenade explosions - which was particularly shocking in this basically closed space. The inexplicable environment and inexplicable atmosphere prompted the soldiers to speed forward, their footsteps were heavy, their breathing was heavy, but no one spoke. It was easy to climb another row of steps, and I felt that I had climbed at least twenty meters above the platform, and there was finally a chill in the air that the Far North should have, and I rushed out of the gate where several guards and soldiers were waiting, and the terrain in front of me suddenly opened up, and at the same time, the neatly arranged planes in my sight also made the German officers and soldiers who entered this place for the first time fall into an indescribable shock.
Lynn saw the two rows of ME-262s parked facing each other at a glance, although there may be only about twenty of them, but the special shape of the aircraft is destined to make them more visually striking than ordinary weapons, behind them, there are also a large number of other types of aircraft parked in this huge cavern, single-wing piston fighters, double-engine single-wing bombers, transport planes, and even multi-engine heavy long-range aircraft and helicopters with propellers above the fuselage can be seen in the distance. Of course, their number and scale are not enough to compete with the Allied and Soviet fighters all over the battlefield, and they may not be able to withstand the battlefield for two days, but their concentration in this hidden cave still gives people infinite reverie.
However, the sound of gunfire from a short distance and the rough shouts of the leading officer did not give Lynn and his companions time to reverie.
"Karen, you take a group of people to the right, and the resisters will be killed! The rest come with me! ”
The fact that such detachments operate without naming names or reporting unit numbers fully illustrates the dual temporary surnames of the commander and his subordinate units. Those closest to the leading officer and his assigned deputy can also choose the nearest one, and those who follow behind have to choose a side according to their own judgment. Lynn, who didn't know what was going on, didn't think much about it, and ran to the left following Bosman's back. After walking a hundred or so meters, a shuttle of bullets suddenly flew overhead, hitting the fuselage of a late-model HE-111 with a crackling sound. When this surname was at stake, no one had the heart to feel pity for these "relics of war", and the leading officer fell because of his fast pace when he leaned over to dodge, so that the soldiers who followed him also walked to the side, and he sat on the ground and said angrily: "Everyone outflanked the past!" Whoever resists will be killed! ”
Receiving a puzzling order to attack in a puzzling environment, Lynn had to follow his companion forward in a bewildered situation, and at this time, he deeply realized the extreme importance of the ability to express himself in a battlefield commander.
As with the ordnance depot, the exercise ground, and other depots, the top of the depot used to park the aircraft is hoisted with incandescent lamps, which can be selectively partially or completely closed when not in use, and now it has to be fully opened. However, the light in the area of the firefight ahead was noticeably darker than the surroundings, and when Lynn looked up, many of the incandescent lights were dark, and it looked like they had been artificially extinguished. Getting closer and closer to the firefight, the bullets that flew by Leng Buding made everyone's hearts hang in the air, and even a glassed superman like Boseman did not dare to venture in, and cautiously moved forward under the cover of the fuselage of the plane.
While walking forward and observing the environment, Lynn gradually realized that this was not a simple aircraft parking warehouse, the hard ground should have been engineered, and there was a white "travel route" painted between the two rows of planes...... Can the flat land here still be used as a runway?
Thinking of this, Lynn began to have his own analysis of the situation of the firefight: nothing could be judged from the sound of gunfire, but since the so-called "defectors" wanted to leave the base, they must choose the way to the outside world, the submarine took the sea route, and the plane must take the empty road, once the plane was grabbed, it was time to take off along the runway - along the direction of the white "line", Lynn saw a "wall" from a distance, which was completely perpendicular to the ground, and the "wall" was flat but vaguely protruding, according to the engineering technology and inspection standards of the Germans, How can a normal wall be left with bumps, it is not the door of this hangar!
The thought that popped into his head surprised Lynn himself, but what happened next confirmed his suspicion: the "defectors" did not resist as they did at the docks, but attacked the hangar gate, and after a few minutes, they finally seized control of the gate, and in a harsh grinding sound like a tank track, the wall where the "route" extended opened from the middle, and the light outside was not dazzling, even a little dim, but the strong chill poured in with the strong wind, The moment it came to it, Lynn suddenly felt a chill to the bone. From the perspective of protecting his own interests, he quickly beckoned the nearby glasses Superman Boseman and the blonde second lieutenant Wolrich to follow him, and took the lead in running towards the door of the hangar with the widening gap with an assault rifle. Suddenly, a dull rumbling sound came from nearby, only to see a ju-88 twin-engine bomber that had only been seen on the screen before, pictures, and comics, the propeller on the right side had turned, and in the case of a sudden drop in temperature, the jet port at the rear of the engine spit out bursts of white smoke, and then, the engine on its left side also started, and the three-bladed propeller rotated rapidly, and what was even worse was that Lynn clearly saw a figure appear in the transparent cabin above the nose, and he quickly fired at the airborne machine gun that was backwards, Several soldiers who were advancing towards the hangar gate were immediately swept down by a barrage of machine-gun bullets.
Almost in an instant, a large number of bullets flew from the side and rear of the aircraft, the metal skin body of the JU-88 was very limited in bulletproof ability, and the flower-like cockpit was only made of hardened flat optical glass, and the invasion of 7.92mm bullets quickly made it full of holes, and the last few "defectors" who tried to enter the cabin were also shot outside. Driven by the engines and propellers, the already bullet-riddled fuselage still stubbornly moved towards the hangar door, and Lynn saw that there was a snow-covered runway outside the hangar, apparently to facilitate the plane's takeoff, and it had a diagonal upward angle. But before the Ju-88 could move more than ten meters, the right engine was the first to smoke and catch fire, and it was difficult to lift off with only one engine, and probably no one in the cockpit survived, so that it completely lost control and deflected to the right, and finally slowly hit the real hangar wall, and the propeller fragments suddenly flew out with an extremely piercing rattle...... With the scrapping of the Ju-88, but the ears did not fall silent, through the continuous gunfire fire, Lynn heard another roar, he struggled to climb the wing of the Ju-88 next to him, and saw a Fi156 "Stork" reconnaissance plane not far away was moving towards the hangar, and the double passenger compartment behind the in-line cockpit was actually crowded with four or five people. Although the pursuing soldiers quickly turned their guns, the body of Ju-88 turned over and blocked most of the bullets. Thinking that once the light plane leaves, it is very likely that the secret of the "Vault" will be revealed, so that all his previous ideas will be in vain, and then he will return to the two equally tragic routes of surrender or flight, Lynn raised his assault rifle and, with his accurate shooting skills and unblocked combat position, aimed at the cockpit position to launch the point attack that he was most proud of.
(To be continued)