Chapter 1528: Conspiracy

Anton Yunitsev, the biggest bandit leader in this area, the leader of the bandit organization codenamed "Jackal" by the Germans, is the boss of this group of Ukrainian bearded men in a down-to-earth way.

Before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, Anton was originally a local labor reform prisoner, just over 40 years old and still in his prime.

As for the reason why he was sentenced to labor reform, it was quite bizarre and funny: he cut corners and took advantage of the production line of the Red Army military factory he was in charge of. Today, he mixed sand into the shells and stole some gunpowder, and tomorrow he got some military steel and secretly took it out to exchange money for things.

What's even more outrageous is that this old bastard Anton can always find a channel to sell the stolen goods, and his methods of doing things are also very clever and covert. It was not until the shell exploded during a live-fire exercise of the Red Army tank unit, the breech block was broken into pieces, and two Red Army tank soldiers were seriously injured and retired that the truth was revealed, and he was arrested and thrown into prison to await trial.

Logically speaking, Anton should have been sentenced to death and shot at the public trial. This kind of person is a traitor to the motherland, a destroyer, an accomplice and lackey of the capitalists, and his nature is extremely bad.

But just when Anton himself had given up and was ready to eat a Mosin-Nagant peanut to meet Comrade Lenin to confess and atone for his sins, the Germans, like a savior from the sky, happened to hit him.

The swift and fierce offensive of the Germans caught the entire Ukrainian Red Army off guard and made it difficult to cope. Under the premise that there were fires everywhere on the front line and they could not take care of it, the prisoners in the prison in the rear had almost no time to manage.

After all, this is not the Gulag. When the war has already broken out and the decline is obvious, even the prisons holding military prisoners are far from being strictly guarded.

Anton, who was smart and quick-witted, seized this last chance. He took the opportunity to leave the cell to work and pee, knocked out the guard who was lighting a cigarette, and robbed his gun: a Mosin-Nagant and 20 bullets. He finally escaped and regained his freedom.

Relying on the first pot of gold on the road to entrepreneurship with this Mosin-Nagant and 20 bullets, Anton, who was eloquent and slick, gave full play to his severely capitalized flexible mind, using methods including but not limited to threats, intimidation, coaxing, persuasion, and killing chickens to scare monkeys.

In just two months when the Soviet and German armies on the Ukrainian battlefield were fighting desperately and had no time to take care of other things, he quickly pulled up a team of more than 200 people.

What? You ask where the guns of more than 200 people came from?

Isn't this easy to do? Just go to the battlefield ruins to pick up junk!

After the fierce exchange of fire between the Soviet and German armies, there were countless battlefield relics of varying sizes. In addition, the Red Army's repeated defeats left behind many secret arsenals and supply points scattered everywhere. The Germans couldn't possibly know the specific locations of all these places, but Anton, who had worked in the military industry before, knew some of them.

In this way, with his flexible mind and advantages in background, the Ukrainian bandits under Anton's command became more and more powerful, and in the end they seemed to be a little bit like a small warlord in the area.

However, Anton, who was low-key, didn't often attack the Germans. Even if he wanted to do something to the Germans, he would do it absolutely beautifully and without leaving any traces, so that the Germans who were hit by a club didn't know who did it and had no place to retaliate.

If necessary, Anton would even use some tricks to frame other bandit gangs that were competing with him for territory. Deliberately leaving some false clues and several bodies that can be traced, and finally achieving the goal of using the Germans to help him fight against the competition and sit on the mountain.

As the saying goes, it is better to be safe than sorry. Anton, who has been low-key and cautious, has never encountered any major disasters in the two and a half years since he became rich in the second half of 1941 until the beginning of 1944. The only few times that the SS dragged the net to search and encircle, were also reported in advance by the villagers in the surrounding areas who had been bribed by him in advance and avoided.

Anton, who never confronted the Germans head-on, was indeed a smart man. He often allowed his men to rob and plunder the people, but he never allowed them to attack the villages within a radius of ten or twenty kilometers around the station, and even often sent people to deliver food and daily necessities to these villagers who had a hard life.

Although this seems to be a simple "rabbit does not eat grass near its nest" principle, it seems to be known to passers-by in the 21st century. But in this era of information blockage and primitive thinking, Anton, who is smart, has a bottom line and rules, and stands out from the crowd among the bandit leaders.

Many people say that this may be the reason why Anton's team is the best and strongest among the bandits.

But all this changed when Anton suddenly decided to rob the German armored train a while ago.

Many people think that Anton is crazy. Can you rob the German armored train with a few broken guns and a few small cannons? Even if you have armored vehicles and tanks, you may not be able to win. But only Anton knows that it is absolutely worth taking such a huge risk to do this.

Because maybe it won't be long before you want to do such a thing again. Anton knows clearly that there is not much time left for the Germans to get out of Ukraine. He must make full preparations in advance for the next storm and ensure the supply of materials for the team. The reason is that simple.

Now, what he has been worried about has finally happened.

Now even an ordinary person who is not so forward-thinking can see that the Germans are over and about to leave. How to deal with the Bolsheviks who are about to move in next has become the most difficult and primary problem that must be solved as soon as possible. The little bosses and right-hand men under him, who had finally managed to get together, were waiting for him eagerly.

To be honest, in the face of absolute strength, any strategy seems so feeble.

Anton really didn't want to admit that he was helpless against the Bolsheviks who had returned to their old territory and regained their dominance, but the current fact was indeed the case. The territory that he had worked hard to build and manage for more than two years might now have to be surrendered. People, move quickly.

"I don't want to deceive you with lies, my brothers."

"Everyone can see now that those Bolsheviks cannot tolerate our existence, and they have better means to deal with us and will kill us even more than the Germans. So what I want to say is that we have to leave here as soon as possible Yes, the earlier the better and the further away the better.”

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"Leave!? Have you ever thought about where we are going next?"

After all, Anton still has some prestige among his subordinates. This shocking decision did not immediately arouse strong opposition, but instead triggered counter-questions from his subordinates who wanted to hear the whole story.

For answers to such questions, Anton, who is meticulous and leaves no hidden dangers, naturally has already prepared a plan.

"It's very simple. Let's go west, all the way! The Bolsheviks will be busy dealing with the Germans and fighting with them, and the Germans will be busy fighting with the Bolsheviks. Neither side can care about us. The most dangerous place is also the safest!"

"When the Germans and these Bolsheviks enter a strategic stalemate again and stop, we can stop and plan carefully where to develop. We have enough strength and equipment to support us in doing so."

"But first, we have to make some final preparations. For example, when the Germans and Bolsheviks are fighting dog to dog, we can catch them off guard and grab something. Ammunition, food, medicine, vehicles, we are short of everything! This is We will make our last move here and leave after we finish. I have already chosen the place. There is a small group of Germans who are being attacked by the Bolsheviks. Their strength is evenly matched, so we will start here."