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Volume 2: My Country Chapter 624. A Beautiful Victory

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    "What should we do?" Heisenberg asked cautiously.

    Edim walked around the house and found six grenades.  He took out a small hacksaw and sawed off the wooden handle of the grenade.  While he was doing this, Edim ordered the commandos to guard the door.  After sawing off the wooden handles of the six grenades, Edim took out two ropes and tied the six grenade warheads to the seventh grenade. The wooden handle of this grenade was still intact.

    "It seems that this is what you want to do." Heisenberg immediately understood his partner's intention.

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

    After completing the "super grenade", Edim handed it to the agile paratrooper and asked him to throw it into the room.  As before, the two commandos watched the door to prevent Russian soldiers from peeking their heads in.  Holding a "super grenade"

    The paratrooper quietly moved forward and pulled the fuse.  He tossed the grenade into the room from around the corner and ran back to Edim and Heisenberg.

    The "Super Grenade" exploded. Heisenberg did not expect the explosion to be so loud.  He felt like one of his eardrums was going to be deafened.  The shock wave of the explosion passed by Heisenberg, and Heisenberg could even feel its flicker.

    "Let's go!" Edim shouted.  He rushed into the room, firing fiercely with the MP-40 in his hand.  The nimble paratrooper, a flamethrower-wielding comrade, and Heisenberg followed closely behind him.  There were about fifty dead or dying Russian soldiers in the room, and the commando's bullets mowed down a few enemy soldiers who were still standing.  The soldiers were knocked unconscious by the explosion of the "super grenade" and did not offer any resistance.

    After the enemy's last resistance was eliminated, the fortress fell completely into the hands of the commandos.  They walked out from the front of the fortress-like building and into the courtyard.  Captain Dorn was waiting for the Heisenbergs with about twenty paratroopers.

    Captain Dorn issued an order: "Look for their radio station and send a message to Berlin. We have taken control of the Polpov Fortress."

    Dorn seemed to be shocked by the success of this action. He looked around doubtfully and said: "Guys, we succeeded! Great job!"

    Edim and Heisenberg found the Russian armory and immediately armed themselves with two rifles.  Although there was no scope installed on the rifle, they still felt that the accuracy of their shooting with the rifle was far better than that of the submachine gun.  They put the MP-40 submachine guns back into the specially designed pockets of their parachute suits and zipped them up.

    The fortress was more than a quarter of a mile high, and the only way up the mountain was a narrow mountain road. The Heisenbergs' firepower could easily control it.  The fortress was designed to withstand attacks by thousands of soldiers and armored vehicles.

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

    Heisenberg felt sorry for the unlucky Russians.  They prepared these cannons shrewdly for defense, but they did not put much effort into their own defense.

    Captain Dorn also told the commandos that German troops were on all fronts.  Particularly successful in North Africa, the German army, driven by the Blitzkrieg, would soon be rushing into the countryside beneath this fortress.  This news caused everyone to cheer excitedly.  Heisenberg didn't want to think about what would happen when the German troops arrived at the fortress. He just thought that they had not yet reached the foot of the mountain.

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

    Several demolition experts came to the upper part of the fortress and began to use hollow charges to blow up the huge 220mm artillery.  This work lasted for about half an hour.

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

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

    The commando looked forward and saw a long line of Russian soldiers marching on the mountain road.  Some were riding in jeeps, while most were walking.

    "Get into defensive positions!" Captain Dorn shouted.

    Edim and Heisenberg were hidden in a bunker. Although they were not in a difficult-to-find sniper position, the Heisenbergs still opened fire on the approaching enemy from an incredibly long distance.  Because the distance was too far and there was no sight, it was impossible to see clearly the weapons carried by the enemy. Therefore, the commandos had no way to choose their targets first. They just shot at them blindly.  Not long after, two other German paratroopers set up a heavy machine gun in a bunker and started shooting at the approaching enemy troops.

    "Radio contact! Tell them we need help urgently!" Captain Dorn shouted.

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

    Heisenberg looked back and saw them calling into the microphone.  Some Russian soldiers hunkered down and still tried to approach the fortress.  Others were firing back, but their chances of hitting German soldiers were slim because the Germans were hidden in bunkers or other fortifications.  With a loud noise, some paratroopers on the upper level of the fortress operated a 75mm anti-aircraft gun and fired at 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 shooting at them. After Edim and Heisenberg determined their positions, they immediately killed the enemy machine gunners.

    This fierce battle lasted about twenty minutes.  3,000 Russian infantrymen braved the fierce firepower of 75 German paratroopers and tried to break into the fortress. The German commandos used rifles, heavy machine guns and four anti-aircraft guns to resist desperately.

    Just then, about fifty German dive bombers arrived and began dropping huge 200-pound bombs on the enemy.  No one within 30 meters of the bomb impact point was spared, and some people were directly hit.  The dive bomber screamed vertically down from the sky, accelerating to incredible speeds.

    They rushed towards their respective targets, dropped the bombs they carried, and then climbed sharply.  This method left them exposed to enemy fire but allowed the bombs to be dropped with extreme accuracy.  Not long after the bombing began, three more teams of German paratroopers parachuted and landed on the roof of the fortress. They quickly took off their parachutes and joined the defense of the fortress.

    Those still alive in the enemy ranks began to fall back, and the commandos continued to fire on them until they were out of range.  The roads were strewn with the bodies of Russian soldiers, and bombs left huge craters in the road.  Later that afternoon, a German armored division reached the area below the Polpov Fortress.  This caused cheers from everyone in the fortress, including Edim and Heisenberg.

    The commandos witnessed several air battles between the German Air Force and the Allied Air Force.  A formation of Russian aircraft flew very dangerously close to the fortress, and German soldiers operated 75mm anti-aircraft guns and fired at them.  They shot down four of them before they flew out of range.

    Soon, a small group of German infantrymen rode on several armored vehicles and drove along the mountain road.  Heisenberg saw the vehicles jolting over the corpses of Russian soldiers who had to avoid bomb craters in 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 vehicle and said to Dorn: "Captain Dorn, good job! You have captured this place."

    He held Donne¡¯s hand and shook it.  Then, he turned to all the paratroopers and said: "Well done, guys! Your performance must have satisfied Baron Alexson!"

    He pointed to the reverse swastika armband on his coat.

    In basic training, everyone in Heisenberg has learned that the inverse swastika is the symbol of Thor, the god of war and thunder in ancient legends.  Thor's symbol resembles a hammer thrown into the air, with lightning speed, and struck by a crack of thunder.

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

    The major looked at the fighting that was raging in the villages below the mountain, "A beautiful scene, isn't it?"

    He walked back to his armored vehicle and the group drove down the mountain.

    The dead Russian soldiers were thrown haphazardly on the hillside.  The commandos slept in their bunks, ate their food, and drank from barrels of wine, which was found in a warehouse.

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

    That night, just as Heisenberg and his men were trying to get some sleep, the thunderous sound of artillery shook the entire fortress.  Sentinels were arranged around the fortress. Early the next morning, when it was Edim and Heisenberg's turn to stand guard, the agile paratrooper came over and joined the Heisenbergs.

    Edim held his hand: "Hello, what do I call you, soldier?"

    ¡°I am Private Konrad Schuler,¡± he also shook hands with Heisenberg: ¡°What shall I call you?¡±

    Edim and Heisenberg introduced themselves.

    "You are as agile as a cat," Heisenberg said to him.

    Conrad smiled, "Thank you. If it weren't for your professional shooting, I would have died long ago."

    ¡°We form an outstandingteam.  Edim said. He made an action of picking up the MP-40, aiming and shooting, and Conrad also made a gesture of throwing a grenade.

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

    "What sports are they?" Heisenberg asked.

    "Cricket, football, wrestling, etc.," he said with a smile, "are all what girls like to watch."

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

    After saying that, he and Conrad laughed again.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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