Get Lenin
“The train lurched once, twice, a third time, and then swung to the right and seemed to grind to a halt. The soldiers in the confined compartment began loading and priming their weapons. Curses and oaths were hissed in the faint light, the smell of sweat and cigarettes mixing with machine oil.
The narrow windows, no wider than eight inches high, cracked under sniper fire. Four men fell at once, blood and brain matter spraying their comrades. The remaining windows shattered and more bodies slumpe...d. Panic spread through the compartment as the doors refused to budge.
Kravchenko roared above the mêlée. ‘Stay calm, Comrades, remember your training! Start shooting back. Locate and eliminate those snipers!’ He grabbed a radio operator, instructing him to send a mayday.
Sweat poured down the crouching operator's face as he twisted the band dial to no avail. ‘No signal,’ he whispered. ‘The signal’s jammed.’ More bodies were crumpling, filling the compartment, restricting any movement.MoreLess
The narrow windows, no wider than eight inches high, cracked under sniper fire. Four men fell at once, blood and brain matter spraying their comrades. The remaining windows shattered and more bodies slumpe...d. Panic spread through the compartment as the doors refused to budge.
Kravchenko roared above the mêlée. ‘Stay calm, Comrades, remember your training! Start shooting back. Locate and eliminate those snipers!’ He grabbed a radio operator, instructing him to send a mayday.
Sweat poured down the crouching operator's face as he twisted the band dial to no avail. ‘No signal,’ he whispered. ‘The signal’s jammed.’ More bodies were crumpling, filling the compartment, restricting any movement.MoreLess
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