At this time, he did not know how important his actions were today, and he certainly did not know that this column carried not only gold, silver and jewelry looted by the Nazis, but also an extremely important strategic resource - uranium-235.

The military trains were loaded with more than a ton of 50 per cent uranium dioxide, which had been initially purified using the heavy industrial capacity of Czechoslovakia. According to Germany's plan, the uranium dioxide will be shipped to the mainland for further enrichment and then used in nuclear reactors or atomic bombs.

According to Germany's industrial level at that time, this ton of uranium dioxide could be enriched into more than 90% of the content of weapons-grade uranium 300 to 500 kilograms. And these hundreds of kilograms of enriched uranium can make at least ten atomic bombs (or the wasteful configuration of the little boy), and if the miniaturization capacity is high, it is enough to make dozens of atomic bombs.

If this batch of enriched uranium is taken away by the Germans, it will undoubtedly become a potential threat, and if the Nazis really want to surrender, I am afraid that these treasures will be handed over to Britain and the United States, which will greatly expand the nuclear reserves of these two countries.

Even Li Xiaofeng didn't know that the Germans had secretly amassed such a large amount of enriched uranium, and if he knew, he would have already begun to plot a conspiracy to rob it. Therefore, Shi Neng is really a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.

However, at that time, he did not know that his actions were so important, and he could not even guarantee that his actions would be successful. He was just doing everything he could to fight the enemy.

At that time, he carefully climbed along the railroad tracks, trying not to make a sound, because there were really many Germans above him, and at the most dangerous time, there were two SS soldiers standing beside him.

Fortunately, the vigilance of the Germans was really low, probably because they thought that it was unlikely that anyone would be able to break in with this kind of layered defense, and they were indeed tired, they couldn't eat or sleep well on the train, and from time to time they arranged camouflage because they had to avoid Allied air raids.

Shi Neng climbed all the way to the front of the car, and there were not many people here, except for the driver who was sleeping soundly, there was no one around.

Glancing at the sleeping driver, Shi Nengzhi dived back to the bottom of the car, and carefully returned to Tobinsky's location all the way, and he whispered: "Leave a comrade to plant the bomb, and light it in thirty minutes!" ”

Tobinski asked, "Isn't that going to be exposed right away?" ”

Shi Neng shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, this is an arms train, and there is a danger of explosion." The Germans don't think for a moment that we did it. As he spoke, he took out several pieces of explosives, ****, wires, and an excitation device from the ammunition box.

I saw him quickly assemble the explosives and **** and connect the wires. One set was given to the comrades who stayed behind to detonate, and the other sets were put into the backpack behind them.

"What else are you going to blow up?" Tobinski asked, puzzled.

"You'll find out in a moment." "Now listen to me, comrades, Comrade Tobinsky, take all the remaining comrades to the prisoner of war train, and when the explosion occurs, when the guards' attention is attracted, immediately seize the car and release the captured comrades." After success, you and your comrades will immediately move closer to the golden train, and I will start the train and lead everyone to retreat! ”

"You're going to grab the car alone? Too dangerous, right? "Tobinski was very upset.

"There's no problem on my side," Shi Neng said with certainty, "We have limited manpower, you have to release the captured comrades, and there must be no less, otherwise once the German devils find out, you will not be able to resist the counterattack at all!" ”

Tobinsky thought for a moment and agreed with this statement, but he suggested: "In this way, a few of us will make a few more trips, anyway, there are more arms here, take more weapons and ammunition, and distribute them to the captured comrades later, so that we can hold out longer!" ”

Shi Neng thought for a while and replied: "This is fine, but you must be careful in your actions, and you must not be discovered by the devil, otherwise you will fall short!" ”

Tobinsky immediately went into action, took a couple of runs with a couple of comrades, took with him dozens of submachine guns and two MG-34s, and if it weren't for the time crunch, he really wanted to make a few more trips and get some more weapons.

"For the watch, the time is now 1:50, and we will officially start to act after 2:10 o'clock!"

With the order of the release of the train, Tobinski and the men immediately walked like a prisoner of war train, and the release of the train carefully sneaked back to the golden train, he carefully loaded the explosives under the two cars at the tail of the golden quasi-train and several surrounding front of the train, and then sneaked back to the front of the train with wires and detonating devices.

Finding an opportunity, Shi Neng turned over and climbed out of the car, sneaked into the front of the car and stabbed the chubby driver's mouth and stabbed him in the heart.

Why not cut your throat, you ask? The reason is simple, cutting the throat will spurt too much blood, which is easy to detect by the German devils. And piercing the heart not only dies faster, but also cleaner. Of course, this hand also requires higher technical requirements, but for a veteran like Shine, it is not a big problem.

After eliminating the driver, Releaser began to prepare, secretly igniting the boiler to reserve steam, while carefully watching the surrounding movements. I'm afraid that something will happen at the last moment.

After about ten minutes, a loud bang woke the sleeping German GIs, and the explosion of the arms train was completely more powerful than Shi Nengzhi had expected, blowing not only the carriage away, but also other trains within a radius of twenty meters. Several unlucky German patrolmen were reduced to ashes in the explosion.

Soon the shrill alarm bells rang and the sleepy-eyed Germans were dressed and running towards the accident site, completely unaware of what was going to happen next, since most of them were unarmed.

"Fire hose, quick! Hurry up and put out the fire! The German major, who was blown up in rags and black, issued orders in a frustration, thinking that the ammunition might have ignited and exploded due to illegal operations.

Just when the Germans' attention was completely drawn to the explosion and fire of the military column, Tobinsky and his friends intervened, and they did not rush to shoot, because they told them that the later they alarmed the Germans, the better, and that the prisoners of war could be released silently.

At first, Tobinsky did a good job, slitting the throats of the German soldiers guarding the prisoners of war with daggers and bayonets or stabbing them to death, until one of the German soldiers on the roof of the carriage inadvertently turned his head: "Alarm! He shouted.

But this shout also cost him his life, and Tobinsky, knowing that exposure was inevitable, raised his hand to kill the cargo with a shuttle of bullets, and then quickly ordered: "Follow me if you have weapons, and release the other comrades if you don't have weapons!" ”

The Germans, who were awakened by the sound of gunfire, realized that something was wrong, and in a panic, some of them rushed back to the barracks to find weapons, while others pressed towards Tobinsky with great vigour.

The close-range firing began, and Tobinsky and others used submachine guns and machine guns to give the Germans a dismount, and they effortlessly suppressed the German soldiers with 98K rifles. And Shine is also stepping up to add coal to the furnace with a shovel, and time is pressing, he must reserve enough steam as soon as possible, so that he can start the train and escape with his friends.

The doors of one carriage after another were opened, and the Red Army prisoners of war were urged to get off the train, while the Germans on the other side were not idle, and they reacted and returned to the battlefield with their weapons, and as more and more German soldiers began to shoot, the pressure on Tobinsky's side was increasing.

"Retreat, quick! Retreat quickly and join up with Comrade Shi Nengzhi! ”

Tobinsky returned fire with a machine gun and ordered the prisoners to hurry and go first. At this time, the situation of the train where the release was also in place, and the German soldiers guarding the train began to move, some of them were watching, and the other part was distributing weapons.

However, Shi Neng had long expected this situation, he did not hesitate to press the detonator, and with two loud bangs, the German soldiers who were mobilizing on the golden train were blown into the sky in a daze before they could figure out what was happening. The shock of the explosion not only killed the German soldiers in the carriage, but also the German devils who were on guard on the roof of the car. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the prisoners of war rushed forward and dealt with the remaining German devils in a matter of minutes.

"Get on the train and start the train!" Without hesitation, Shi Neng ordered, "Comrade Tobinsky, what about them? ”

"They are still covering behind the palace, and the German devils are very fierce!"

Shi Nengzhi frowned slightly, and said categorically: "You arrange for comrades to get in the car, and then drive immediately, and I will pick up Comrade Tobinsky." Remember, just wait five minutes, and if we don't come back after five minutes, you will drive away immediately! Don't hesitate! That's an order! ”

When he arrived at the scene, the situation of Tobinsky and others was not very good, two comrades had been sacrificed, and Tobinsky was also shot, but they had no intention of retreating at all, and were stubbornly resisting the German attack.

Luneng rushed to Tobinsky's side with a submachine gun in his hand, and ordered while firing at the Germans: "Comrades, retreat quickly!" I'm covering! ”

Tobinsky smiled bitterly: "Comrade Shi Nengzhi, I'm afraid I won't be able to retreat, you lead the comrades away, my palace!" ”

Only then did he discover that Tobinsky had been shot in the thigh, and although it was simply bandaged, blood continued to seep out.

"I won't leave you!" He threw a grenade at the enemy, then held a submachine gun in one hand and inserted the other under Tobinsky's armpit, and helped him to his feet despite his objections.

"Let's go!"

Shi Neng dragged Tobinsky back with his arms around him, and the Germans were now attacking more and more violently, bullets bouncing around him and Tobinsky, and the roar of the explosion filling their eardrums more appropriately.

Soon Shi Neng Zhi could feel the bullets in his butt and arm, and it was a hot pain anyway. But he couldn't hold back a word, simply dropped the submachine gun in his hand, and instead inserted both hands into Tobinsky's armpits, lifted him up desperately, and dragged him back desperately. At that moment, he had forgotten that he was fighting, and that he was in danger of being in a hail of bullets, and there was only one thought in his mind, and that was to save Tobinsky.

Many years later, Tobinsky still recalls this scene with emotion: "The situation was very bad, I was shot in the thigh and couldn't stand up at all...... At first I struggled and shouted desperately, but I asked Comrade Shi Neng to let me go, because I felt that I would definitely not be able to go. Rather than going on like this, let's both fall into it, it's better to give up on me to protect the other comrades. However, Comrade Shi Nengzhi didn't pay attention to what I said, he grabbed me and stared at me without saying a word. As soon as I met his eyes, I had to swallow back what I wanted to say...... Tsk, that's a pair of eyes that never give up, and no one in this world can change his mind......"

When Luneng dragged Tobinski to the side of the train, the two of them were almost covered in blood, and Release's biceps muscles were pierced by bullets, and the two holes continued to bleed, and the blood flowed down his arm, causing Tobinski to be killed.

At that time, Shi Neng really had no strength at all, and the two of them fell down on the platform with Tobinsky, but fortunately, a few comrades rushed out of the carriage at this time, and desperately lifted them up and stuffed them into the carriage.

Woo...... Woo...... Woo......

With the whistle of the train sounding three times, the golden train slowly started and moved forward with a clatter, while on the other side of the platform, the surging German troops were desperately shooting at the train, and at one point the carriage was full of holes. The Red Army in the carriage also desperately fought back, and the two sides began to shoot across the platform.

However, the duration of this round of firing was not long, and as the Golden Train became faster and faster, the German pursuit became more and more weak. A few minutes later, when he looked at the train station in the distance, his face was filled with a happy smile.

"What if the Germans catch up?"

Shi Neng replied with a smile: "Unlikely, what do you think I took away so many explosives before?" I've already installed explosives in the other front of the car! They can't catch up! ”

"But what if you encounter the Germans?"

"What about the radio?" "There should be a radio on this train!" ”

There was indeed a radio station, and there was no shortage of radio personnel among the prisoners of war, all they had to do was contact their own troops. Shi Neng believes that if the main force knows how much wealth this train has, the superiors will definitely come with all their strength and protect this train, even if they are dozens of kilometers behind enemy lines at this time.

When Rokossovsky learned of the situation on the train, he immediately and decisively instructed: "Order the mechanized troops to immediately go to meet them, and these brave and fearless comrades must be rescued!" In addition, give me a special line from the Military Commission, and I will immediately report the relevant situation to the Military Commission! ”

Soon, Li Xiaofeng learned the ins and outs of the matter, which made him very happy, isn't this a sleepy pillow? He is worried that he has no money to spend, so the Germans are looking at him to be a wealth boy, he is really a good brother!

And Li Xiaofeng was even more decisive, he immediately ordered the Vympel special forces to rush to the scene by helicopter immediately, and they must ensure the safety of the gold.

Three days later, more than 200 former Red Army prisoners of war and a train full of wealth returned to the same railway station where they had made a fuss three days earlier. At this time, the smell of gunpowder still filled the station, and the front and carriages of the bombed locomotives fell on the spot, and it was clear that the Germans had not had time to clean up.

It can only be said that the signal flag came too quickly, and after receiving the order, an air assault company immediately boarded the plane and set off, and it took only three and a half hours to arrive at the scene, when they were under siege by two companies of German troops, and the arrival of the signal flag solved their urgent need.

However, after returning to the station, those involved in the night's operation did not rush to celebrate the victory, but collectively performed a brief moment of silence. They repacked the bodies of the comrades who died that night and held a small memorial service, because without their sacrifices, there would have been no later victory. These sacrificed warriors are the greatest and loveliest of men.

But there is also the element of discord hidden in this period, remember the spies of MI5? Matthew. After being rescued, Drum did not admit that he was British, but that he was a Polish partisan, and that these guys were fooled by the fact that they could speak Polish in a false way and that the Red Army soldiers were sympathetic to the Polish people. And the spies quickly figured out what was on the train.

"Damn, the gold is in the hands of the Russians!" Matthew. Drum said angrily.

Yes, the lieutenant did not have a good feeling for the Soviet Union, and the reason was very simple, his father was originally a Russian nobleman, and after the October Revolution, having lost everything, he was forced to flee abroad, and as a descendant of White Russia, he was naturally hostile to the Soviet Union. Even if he was rescued by the Red Army once, he was not grateful at all.

Even this guy thinks so: "The Germans do not abuse British and American prisoners of war, and as a British, even if I enter a German prisoner of war camp, my life is not in danger." As long as the war is won, I can regain my freedom in life, and I don't need to be saved by the damned Bolsheviks! ”

Of course, such emotions Matthew. Drum is not written on his face, as a spy, his training has taught him that only by hiding his true feelings can he survive in the enemy camp. And he thinks he has more important work to do: "We must find a way to find out the amount of this gold, and then inform London that the polar bears must not be allowed to swallow this gold privately!" ”

The British spies began to try their best to get in touch with the Red Army prisoners of war, and did everything possible to find out what was going on on the train. However, their work was not very effective, because the prisoners of war knew very little about how much gold was on the train.

Speaking of which, it is necessary to thank Shak Neng Zhi, in order to protect this batch of gold, he categorically ordered that no one should be allowed to approach the carriage, and even directly put a seal on the carriage and locked it with iron chains. Thanks to his efforts, none of the prisoners of war ever entered the golden carriage, and most of the prisoners of war only knew that there was gold on the carriage by hearsay. And this helped Li Xiaofeng reduce too much trouble.

And after the British spies tried their best to find out no useful information, they gave up useless reconnaissance. Matthew. Drum wanted to break into the carriage to reconnoitre, but the train was guarded by Vempel special forces, not to mention ordinary British spies, that is, James. It's no fun for Bond to come.

After two days at the station, the train quickly moved to Moscow under heavy protection as the main forces of the 2nd Belorussian Front arrived on the scene. It's not that some immortal is in a hurry to count the money, but the main reason is the batch of uranium dioxide. He knew too well what a ton of uranium dioxide with a concentration of 50% meant that for the current Soviet nuclear industry, it would only take half a year at most to enrich a large batch of weapons-grade enriched uranium, which was too important for the Soviet Union, which was strained about nuclear materials.

"Our nuclear experts estimate that this batch of uranium material is enough to make 30 atomic bombs. If we make the expected breakthrough in miniaturization, we should be able to build more atomic bombs. ”

Li Xiaofeng nodded with satisfaction, and then with a wave of his hand, he ordered to immediately start enriching this batch of uranium dioxide and make enough atomic bombs as soon as possible.

Of course, he didn't just focus on the issue of the atomic bomb, which was empty without a "gun", so he asked: "How is Tupolev's Tu-4?" ”

Yakov replied: "The prototype is scheduled to fly this month. ”

After all, the Americans' B29 has been put into use, and the Soviet strategic bomber is still only the Soviet version of the B17, that is, the Tu-2 support field, which makes him very dissatisfied.

However, Tupolev's delay is also understandable, because the Tu-4 project he led was full of twists and turns, and went through two large-scale adjustments, each of which almost overturned the original plan.

At first, Tupolev was preparing to work on a large-scale improved version of the B17, which can be said to be a major improvement of the Tu-3 project. But halfway through it, when the Military Commission learned that the Americans were working on the B29, it immediately reversed the plan for a major improvement of the Tu-3 and asked Tupolev to build a new four-engine bomber instead.

However, in September 1943, when Tupolev was carrying out the final design work, with the use of the large wind tunnel of the Central Fluid Force Institute of the Soviet Union, some more advanced theories were corrected, which made the Tu-4 have to act as a verifier of some new technologies, which naturally delayed time...... (To be continued.) )