Chapter 164: An Attempted Attack
The process of escorting the suspect can be said to be quite smooth.
Along the way, the passengers, including other KGB plainclothes passengers, all showed or pretended to be surprised, and Long Yun saw these in his eyes and couldn't help but secretly admire these professional special operators.
Yes, when performing the mission, what kind of changes will happen later, who knows?
The KGB plainclothes lurking in the carriage also have their own division of labor, and who handles any situation is arranged very carefully, so that they will not be exposed by a single accident.
Back in the carriage where Long Yun and the others were, the agents had apparently been instructed to search forward along the carriage section by section, quietly under the cover of the passenger's identity, of course. When they encounter threats while carrying out important tasks, they are of course ready to deal with them.
Pressing the man on the seat, Zaitsev did not go around the bend again and asked him directly what was going on.
"Well, uh...... I'm kidding......"
Probably because of the rush on the road just now, the man's face was no longer panicked, but changed to a rather innocent expression.
However, playing such a deception, it is obvious that he has misidentified his opponent.
"Really?" Zaitsev's eyes were not confused by the man, from the flickering in the man's eyes, he could already see that this man must have a ghost in his heart. He heard it clearly just now, "bomb", if such a thing is on the train, not only will his mission be in vain, but even the passengers in this car will be unlucky!
There was no time to grind with him any more, so Zaitsev immediately pulled the man's hand out and pulled out the dagger pinned to his trouser belt. The sharp blade glowing with a faint blue light shook in front of the man's eyes, and the face of the man, who was obviously untrained, immediately changed.
"Either say it now, or say it with a few fingers less. Take your pick, and give you ten seconds. There was no emotion in the curly German language, and Zaitsev looked at the man like a butcher looking at a chicken in his hand, and this terrifying atmosphere immediately made the man extremely panicked, and he almost couldn't speak.
ββ¦β¦ I, I said, I want to report the location of the train, ......"
The bamboo tube poured beans like that, and the man trembled and said it cleanly without a preface.
Organizing his incoherent words, Zaitsev and Long Yun understood the whole story.
This man, who had no courage at all, turned out to be just an informant employed by a local underground organization; His task was to keep an eye on the passenger train, and a few minutes before the train arrived at the designated place, he called his accomplices waiting next to the railway line. As soon as they receive the call, they plant explosives on the tracks and detonate them as the train passes: not only can the line be damaged, but it can also cause considerable panic by attacking the train.
As for why not just install explosives to detonate? This question is not difficult to answer.
Long Yun quickly thought that it was a time of war, and the train was running very irregularly; And in order to prevent vandalism, the Federal German police and patrols along the route have been patrolling intermittently. Planting explosives and waiting for them is not only easy to spot, but even if it does detonate, it may not necessarily blow up a passing passenger train.
"Why did you choose to attack a passenger train?"
Zaitsev's voice was still cold, and he now needed to confirm whether the attack was actually aimed at his escort target; If so, it means that the news has leaked, and there will be more troubles in the rest of the journey.
"IβI don't know, I just followed the instructions and got on this train...... When it was time to get close to Karlsruhe, I called them and jumped out of the car......"
During the war, trains were running slowly, especially passenger trains at the head of the diesel and tram locomotives, which made it convenient for those who wanted to jump out of the train.
Picking up the man's phone, Zaitsev handed it to a person next to him, who immediately called up the phone number and passed it to the department in charge of the communications part to deal with it. At this time, the train was still about thirty kilometers away from Karlsruhe, and it was quite close to the planned explosion site that the man had confessed.
"Report, the local garrison and sheriff have been contacted! Their troops are already on the road. β
"Good!" Having received a phone call from someone else, Zaitsev wanted him to make a phone call to lure them into taking the bait, but he gave up on this plan. Waiting for an opportunity to attack in such a nonsensical way as close to the intended place, these people are clearly a rabble; Just think about the fact that they even blew up passenger trains in order to create panic to know what kind of goods these people are.
Eighty percent of them are those neo-Nazis?
Watching the actions of the KGB agents, Long Yun already knew the whole thing in his heart. He also guessed quite correctly that most of these people were instructed by someone to plan such a crazy terrorist act; The obvious aim was to intimidate the population with attacks on the Orientalist train and to prevent European refugees stranded in France from returning to the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where the fighting had subsided.
Hum! Although the means are clumsy, I have to say that this is really a poisonous ploy.
From the coward in front of him, Long Yun couldn't get more information, but he thought that this was probably the behind-the-scenes actions of the Americans. Who else but them would be so worried about the return of fugitives?
However, the manpower they are looking for is really too useless.
As a precautionary measure, the passenger train slowed down less than thirty kilometers from Karlsruhe and moved forward very slowly, on the instructions of KGB agents. At the moment of the war, such scheduling situations can be said to be commonplace, and no one among the passengers is surprised.
By this time, the local forces of the Federal Republic of Germany and the KGB's operational group, which had been outflanked from both sides of the railway, had surrounded the small group of bandits who were waiting for an opportunity to launch a terrorist attack; Sitting on the slow-moving train, Long Yun and the others seemed to hear the fierce firefights and explosions coming from a distance.
Soon after, after receiving a report from the operations department, after the arrest of the bandits who had attempted to attack the train with explosives and the situation along the line, the passenger train resumed operation and gradually accelerated to approach Karlsruhe.
Judging by the smooth progress of the operation, Zaitsev is also almost certain that it was not a conspiracy against Viktor Rezenov: these terrorists with worrying IQs carried less than 200 grams of plastic explosives in total.
It would be a little ridiculous if this was an attack planned by the CIA or someone else, trying to assassinate the ace by blowing up the railroad tracks.
However, just as he was dealing with the matter and returning to the carriage, Zaitsev habitually recalled the whole thing, a habit he had developed over the years; And what puzzled him a little was the intuition of the major's trump card.
How did he know that there was something wrong with that person?
The agent's instincts and powers of observation allowed him to notice details that many people would not care about at all.
Sitting down next to Long Yun, he began to carefully recall: because the major wanted to go out for a walk, and then they reached the end of the carriage, the major peeked through the crack in the door to see the manβif he remembered correctly, at this time, the man must not have meant anything unusual.
Even he himself only found out about the situation when he heard the man call and said "bomb" in his mouth.
But...... Zaitsev distinctly remembered that even as the major watched through the open door, there was already a look of alarm on his face. What is he wary of? Could it be that he, an Air Force pilot, would have discovered that something was wrong with that man earlier than his agent?
Or rather, the major, he had seen this man before, and even, what connection might there be between them? Zaitsev shook his head slightly, this is impossible, it clearly doesn't make sense......
Zaitsev, who was lost in thought, did not know that at this moment, he was not the only one who was using his brains; Knowing his thoughts thoroughly, Long Yun was secretly frightened, but also began to think hard about countermeasures.
Now, Long Yun needed an explanation, or rather, an explanation that would convince Zaitsev; Otherwise, if he becomes suspicious of this, he will inevitably report it to the higher KGB agency, which may cause some unnecessary trouble. Even, if these people blindly pursued, he would not discover his consciousness snooping technique, and he was not completely sure that he would not be discovered.
Yes, don't look at yourself as the object of their protection now, if you really find something suspicious, where the responsibility lies, they have no reason not to report it.
Thinking of this, Long Yun decided to explain it first, which would seem more natural.
"Hey, these people are too daring! I still want to be a terrorist. β
Long Yun's words were quite vivid, of course, he did think so in his heart, "At that time, I heard the man's mouth muttering: 'bomb' or something, and I thought it was very strange; β
"This is the so-called psychological problem." Zaitsev came back to his senses from his thoughts, and he subconsciously accepted Long Yun's not rigorous statement. "Or, it also shows that he has a clear conscience, so he will be extremely nervous."
"I think so. You see, he took out his phone and didn't dial it, he was just talking to himself, which was kind of funny. β
"However, the more people like this, the easier it is to be taken advantage of sometimes."
Zaitsev gritted his teeth with some hatred. "That guy was a German himself, and he would have taken part in the attack on the train. -- You must know that many of the people in this car are German fugitives who have returned to their hometowns; In doing so, it is clear that they no longer care about the lives and deaths of civilians. β
Long Yun nodded, he also felt that such an action was completely a terrorist attack, and it had nothing to do with military operations.
"There is no bottom line for this kind of action."
"When the interrogation is finalized, we must also arrest those who are behind the scenes." Zaitsev straightened the messy hair on his head, "Recently, these CIA and MI6 people, after a short period of silence, have now begun to move around West Germany and France; And their way of acting is becoming more and more impatient. -- Almost unscrupulous! It's a bit strange, or rather a little anomalous. β
Probably thinking that there would be some secrets involved, he nodded to Long Yun, and then went about the follow-up affairs in silence.