Chapter 164 The Attempted Attack
The process of escorting the suspect was quite smooth.
Along the way, passengers, including other KGB plainclothes, showed up or pretended to be surprised. Long Yun saw these in his eyes and couldn't help but secretly admire these professional special forces personnel.
Yes, who knows what other changes will happen later when performing tasks?
The KGB plainclothes lurking in the car also have their own division of labor. Whoever handles everything is arranged very carefully and will not be exposed in one accident.
Back to the carriage where Long Yun and the others were, the agents had obviously received instructions. Someone searched forward one by one along the carriage, of course, under the cover of the passenger's identity. When they encountered threats when carrying out important tasks, they were of course ready to deal with them.
Holding the man in the seat, Zaitsev did not make any more mistakes and asked him directly what was going on.
“——Yeah, uh…I’m joking…”
Perhaps it was because he was sensible on the road just now, and the man's face was no longer panic, but instead he had a very innocent expression.
However, he obviously misunderstood his opponent by acting like this.
"Is that true?" Zaitsev's eyes were not confused by the man. From the flashing of the man's eyes, he had already seen that there must be a ghost in this person's heart. He could hear clearly just now, "bomb", if such a thing is on the train, not only will his mission be ruined, but even the passengers on this train will be in trouble!
Having no time to slap with him anymore, Zaitsev immediately pulled out the man's hand and pulled out the dagger that was blocked on the belt. The sharp blade with a faint blue light shook in front of the man's eyes. Obviously, the man without any training changed immediately.
"Either say it now, or you have fewer fingers. Choose it yourself, and I'll give you ten seconds." There was no emotional fluctuation in German with a curled tongue. Zaitsev looked at the man as if the butcher was looking at the chicken in his hand. Such a horrible atmosphere immediately made the man extremely panic and almost spoke in a difficult manner.
“…I, I said, I asked me to report the train’s location…”
The man was trembling like a bamboo tube pouring beans, and the man was trembling and said it clean without saying anything.
Only after organizing his incoherent words did Zaitsev and Long Yun understand the whole story.
This man, who had no courage at all, was just hired by an informant from the local underground organization. His mission was to keep a look on the passenger train. A few minutes before the train arrived at the designated location, he would notify his accomplices waiting next to the railway line by phone. After receiving the call, these people would immediately place explosives on the railway tracks and detonate when the train passed by: this would not only destroy the railway line, but also cause considerable panic by attacking the train.
As for why not install explosives directly to detonate? This question is not difficult to answer.
Long Yun quickly realized that it was a war period and the trains were running irregularly; and in order to prevent anyone from destroying, the Federal Germans along the route were patrolling intermittently. They installed explosives directly and then waited by. Not only were they easy to find, but even if they were really detonated successfully, they would not necessarily be able to blow up the passing passenger trains.
“Why choose to attack passenger trains?”
Zaitsev's voice was still cold. He now needed to confirm whether this attack was targeting his escort target; if so, it meant that the news had leaked, and the subsequent journey would probably be more troublesome.
"I, I don't know either. I just took the train as directed... When I got close to Karlsruhe, I called them to notify them and jumped out of the train..."
During the war, the trains were running very slowly, especially the passenger trains at the front of the diesel-powered tram, which provided convenience for those who were about to jump.
Picking up the man's phone, Zaitsev handed it to a person next to him, who immediately called out the phone number and sent it to the department responsible for the communications to deal with it. At this time, the train was about 30 kilometers away from Karlsruhe, and it was quite close to the scheduled explosion site assigned by the man.
"Report, the local garrison and sheriff have been contacted! Their troops have already been on the road."
"Very good!" Zaitsev had always received the phone call from his hands. He wanted him to call to lure those people into the trap, but he gave up the plan. Waiting for an opportunity very close to the reservation, launching an attack in this nonsense way, these people were clearly a group of mobs; as long as they thought about the fact that they would even blow up passenger trains in order to create panic, they would know what kind of goods these people were.
Eighty-mostly those neo-Nazis?
Watching the actions of the KGB agents, Long Yun was already aware of the whole thing. He also had a very correct guess that most of these people were instructed by someone to plan such a crazy terror operation; the purpose was very obvious, to use attacks on trains to the east to intimidate the people and prevent those European refugees stranded in France from returning to the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and Switzerland where the war subsided.
Humph! Although his methods are poor, I have to say that this is really a vicious plan.
Long Yun could not get more information from the coward in front of him, but he thought this was probably the behind-the-scenes action of the Americans. Apart from them, who else would be so worried about the return of the fugitives?
However, the operational personnel they found were really too useless.
To be cautious, after the instructions of KGB agents, the passenger train slowed down less than 30 kilometers away from Karlsruhe and drove forward very slowly. At the moment of the war, such dispatching situations can be said to be commonplace, and no one among the passengers felt strange.
At this time, the Federal German local troops and the KGB operation team that surrounded the railway were already surrounded by the young bandits 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 firefighting and explosions coming from afar.
Soon, after receiving a report from the operation department, the passenger train resumed operations and gradually accelerated to approach Karlsruhe after arresting the bandits who attempted to attack the train with explosives and controlling the situation along the route.
Judging from the smooth progress of the operation, Zaitsev was basically sure that it was not a conspiracy against Victor Rezenov: these terrorists with worrying IQs only carried less than 200 grams of plastic explosives in total.
If this is an attack planned by Cia or others, it would be a little ridiculous to assassinate this ace by blowing up the rails.
However, just after dealing with this matter and returning to the carriage, Zaitsev habitually recalled the whole thing, which was a habit he had developed over the years; and what confused him a little was the extraordinary intuition of the major ace.
How did he know that person has a problem?
The intuition and observation skills of the agents made him notice the details that many people would not care about at all.
Sitting down next to Long Yun, he began to recall carefully: because the major wanted to go out for a walk, and then they reached the end of the carriage, and the major peeked at the person through the crack of the door. If he remembered correctly, the man should have no strange intention at this time.
Even he himself only discovered the situation when he heard the man calling and said a "bomb" in his mouth.
But... Zaitsev clearly remembered that just as the major observed through the open car door, there was a hint of caution on his face. What was he guarding? Could it be that an air force pilot like him, would have discovered that the man was wrong earlier than his agent?
Or, the major had seen this man before, and even what might be the connection between them? Zaitsev shook his head gently. It was impossible, it was obvious that it didn't make sense...
Zaitsev, who was thinking, didn't know that at this moment, he was not the only one who was thinking. He had a clear understanding of his ideas, and Long Yun was secretly frightened, and he also began to think about countermeasures.
Now, Long Yun needs an explanation, or an explanation that can convince Zaitsev; otherwise, if he becomes suspicious about this, he will inevitably report it to the superior KGB organization, which may cause some unnecessary trouble. Even if these people keep pursuing, will they discover his conscious snooping technique? He is not sure that he will not be discovered.
Yes, although they are now their protection object, if they really find suspicious situations and their responsibilities are in place, they will definitely not report them.
Thinking of this, Long Yun decided to explain first, which would make it more natural.
"Hey, these people are too brave! They are actually thinking about being a terrorist."
Long Yun's words were quite vivid, of course he did think so in his heart, "At that time, I heard the man talking to him: 'bomb' and so on, and it turned out that he was talking to himself."
"This is the so-called psychological quality issue." Zaitsev came back from his thoughts, and subconsciously accepted Long Yun's not rigorous statement. "Or it also means that his conscience has not yet faded, so he becomes extremely nervous."
"I think so. Look, he took out his cell phone and didn't dial, and just talked to himself there, which was a bit funny."
"However, the more people like this, the easier it is to be used."
Zaitsev gritted his teeth with some hatred. "That guy himself is a German, and he will actually participate in the attack on the train. - You should know that many German fugitives on this train were returning home; they did this clearly no longer cared about the life and death of civilians."
Long Yun nodded, and he also felt that such an action was completely a terrorist attack and had nothing to do with military operations.
"There is no bottom line for this kind of action."
"When the interrogation is found, we must also capture the people behind the scenes." Zaitsev took care of the mess on his head. "Recently, these people from CIA and MI6 have begun to move around West Germany and France after a short period of silence; and their actions are becoming more and more impatient. - almost by any means! This is a bit strange, or a bit abnormal."
Chapter completed!