"What should we do?" Heisenberg asked cautiously.

Edim circled the house and found six grenades. He pulled out a small hacksaw and sawed off the wooden handle of the grenade. As he did so, Edim instructed the commandos to guard the door of the house. After sawing off the wooden handles of the six grenades, Edim pulled out two ropes and tied the six grenade warheads to the seventh grenade, which was still intact.

"Looks like that's what you're going to do." Heisenberg immediately understood the intentions of his partner.

Edim nodded: "This thing is very effective against enemy strongholds. ”

After completing the "super grenade", Edim gave it to the nimble paratrooper and asked him to throw it into the room. As before, the commandos watched the door to prevent Russian soldiers from probing. Holding a "super grenade".

The paratrooper crept forward and sounded the fuse. He threw the grenade into the room from around the corner, and he ran back to Edim and Heisenberg.

The "super grenade" exploded, and Heisenberg did not expect the explosion to be so loud. He felt like one of his eardrums was going to be deafened. The blast wave of the explosion passed past Heisenberg, who could even feel its flickering.

"Let's go!" Edim shouted. He rushed into the room, the MP-40 in his hand firing fiercely. The agile paratrooper, a comrade armed with a flamethrower, and Heisenberg followed closely behind him. There were fifty dead or dying Russian soldiers in the room, and the commando bullets swept down several enemy soldiers who were still standing. The soldiers were knocked unconscious by the explosion of the "super grenade". No resistance was made.

After the enemy's last resistance was destroyed, the fortress fell into the hands of the commandos. They walked out of the front of the fortress-like structure and into the courtyard. Captain Dorne was waiting for Heisenberg with twenty or so paratroopers.

Captain Dorne gave the order: "Look for their station. Send a telegram to Berlin that we have taken control of the Polpov fortress. ”

Dorn seemed shocked by the success of this operation, he looked around suspiciously, and said, "Guys, you succeeded!" Well done! ”

Edim and Heisenberg found the Russian armory and immediately armed themselves with two rifles. Despite the fact that there was no scope mounted on the rifle, they felt that the accuracy of shooting with a rifle far exceeded that of a submachine gun. They put the MP-40 submachine gun back in the special pocket of the parachute suit. And zip it up.

The fort was more than a quarter of a mile high, and the only way up the hill was a narrow mountain road, which the Heisenberg fires could easily contain. The design of this fortress. It is possible to block the attack of thousands of soldiers and armored vehicles.

As the sun rose, the commandos heard the rumbling sound of artillery in the distance. This sound always reminded Heisenberg of thunder.

Heisenberg felt sorry for the hapless Russians. In order to implement the defense, they shrewdly prepared these cannons, but in their own defense. They didn't put much effort into it.

Captain Dorne also told the commandos. German troops were on all fronts. Especially in North Africa, the victory was won, and the Germans, fueled by the blitzkrieg, would soon rush to the countryside under this fortress. The news elicited excited cheers from everyone. Heisenberg did not want to think about what would happen to the Germans when they arrived at the fortress, he only thought that they had not yet reached the foot of the mountain.

As we all know, Russia has the most powerful troops in the world, and it is unimaginable to defeat the Russian army in a short time

Several demolition specialists came to the upper part of the fortress and began to blow up the massive 220-mm guns with hollow charges. This work lasted for about half an hour.

Several paratroopers who were responsible for monitoring the road and air conditions discovered the situation. Someone shouted at the top of his voice:

"The enemy is coming!" He pointed to the mountain road that led to the fortress.

The commando looked ahead. I saw a long line of Russian soldiers marching on the mountain road. Some people are in jeeps, most are on foot.

"Enter the defensive position!" Captain Dorne shouted.

Edim and Heisenberg are hidden in a bunker. Despite not being in a sniper position that would be difficult to spot, the Heisenbergs opened fire on the approaching enemy from an unbelievably large distance. Due to the distance and the lack of scopes, it was impossible to see the weapons carried by the enemy, so the commandos could not choose the target first, they just fired blindly at them. Not long after, two other German paratroopers set up a heavy machine gun in a pillbox and opened fire on the approaching enemy.

"Radio liaison! Tell them we need help urgently! Captain Dorne shouted.

The radio team of the commando has taken over the radio station of the fortress, which is located in a room near the front door.

Heisenberg looked back and saw them calling into the microphone. Some Russian soldiers were hunched over and still trying to approach the fortress. Others were firing back, but their chances of hitting the German soldiers were slim, as the Germans were hiding in pillboxes or other fortifications. With a loud bang, some paratroopers on the upper floors of the fortress operated a 75mm anti-aircraft gun and opened fire on the approaching Russian soldiers.

A jeep exploded and flew high into the air. The sound of bullets flying in the direction of the German soldiers intensified, and more and more weapons were fired at the commandos. The enemy had at least two heavy machine guns firing at them, and when Edim and Heisenberg determined their position, they killed the enemy machine gunners.

The fierce battle lasted about twenty minutes. 3,000 Russian infantrymen braved the heavy fire of 75 German paratroopers as they tried to storm the fort, and the German commandos resisted desperately with rifles, heavy machine guns, and four anti-aircraft guns.

Just then, about fifty German dive bombers arrived and began dropping huge 200-pound bombs on the enemy. None of the bombs were spared within 30 meters of the bomb site, and some were hit directly. Dive bombers rushed vertically down from the air with a violent screech, accelerating to incredible speeds.

They rushed towards their respective targets, dropping the bombs they were carrying, and then climbed sharply. This leaves them exposed to enemy fire, but allows for extremely accurate bomb drops. Not long after the bombing began, three more squads of German paratroopers parachuted and landed on the roof of the fortress, and they quickly disengaged from their parachutes and joined the defensive battle of the fortress.

Those who were still alive in the ranks of the enemy troops began to retreat, and the assault team continued to fire at them until the opposing side left their range. The roads were littered with the corpses of Russian soldiers, and the bombs left huge craters on the road. Later that afternoon, a German panzer division reached the area below the Polpov fortress. This drew cheers from everyone in the fortress, including Edim and Heisenberg.

The commandos witnessed several air battles between the Luftwaffe and the air forces of the allies. A formation of Russian planes approached the fortress in a very dangerous formation, and German soldiers manned 75-mm anti-aircraft guns and fired at them. They shot down four of them before they could fly out of range.

Soon, a small group of German infantrymen with several armored vehicles approached along the mountain road. Heisenberg saw the vehicle jolt over the bodies of Russian soldiers, and they had to navigate around the craters on the ground.

After reaching the top of the mountain, the gate opened and they were allowed to enter. A German major stepped out of the armored car and said to Dorn: "Captain Dorne, well done!" You've hit here. ”

He shook Dorne's hand. Then he turned to all the paratroopers and said, "Awesome job, guys! Your performance is sure to please Baron Alexon! ”

He pointed to the swastika armband on his coat.

In basic training, Heisenberg had learned that the anti-swastika was the symbol of Thor, the god of war and thunder and lightning in ancient legends. Thor's emblem resembles a hammer thrown into the air, has lightning speed, and is struck by a loud thunderclap.

"As a reward for your courage, you will remain here as a temporary garrison for the next few days. Don't let the Russians retake the fortress. ”

The Major looked at the battle raging between the villages below the mountain, "A beautiful sight, isn't it?" ”

He walked back into his armored car, and the group drove down the mountain.

Fallen Russian soldiers were thrown haphazardly on the hillside. The commandos slept in their beds, ate their food, and drank several barrels of wine, which were found in a warehouse.

Edim and Heisenberg talked, they were lying comfortably in a relatively safe place, while the war raged around Heisenberg. It's much safer here than on the battlefield.

That night, just as Heisenberg wanted to sleep, the thunderous sound of cannon shook the entire fortress. Sentinels were arranged around the fortress, and the next morning, when it was Edim and Heisenberg's turn to stand guard, the agile paratroopers approached and joined Heisenberg.

Edim shook his hand: "Hello, what do you call you, soldier?" ”

"I'm Private Conrad. Schuller," he shook Heisenberg's hand, too: "What do you call you?" ”

Edim and Heisenberg introduced themselves.

"You're as agile as a cat." Heisenberg said to him.

Conrad smiled, "Xie Lu Xie, if it weren't for your professional shooting, I'm afraid I would have hung up a long time ago." ”

"We make a great team." Edim said as he picked up the MP-40 to aim and shoot, and Conrad struck a grenade throwing pose.

"Why are you so agile?" Edim asked. Conrad shrugged: "Before the war broke out, I was in school and played many sports. ”

"What kind of sports are they?" Heisenberg asked.

"Cricket, football, wrestling or whatever," he said with a smile, "are all things that girls like to watch." ”

Heisenberg and Edim both laughed. Edim pointed at Heisenberg and said, "Don't tell Georg about this, he's married and he's already a father!" ”

With that, he and Conrad laughed again. (To be continued......)