Ogpu Prison by Hassel Sven

Author:Hassel, Sven [Hassel, Sven]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2010-07-21T14:00:00+00:00

Above all, we have learnt about death, at an age at which it is more natural for us to regard ourselves as being immortal.

P. Caputo

Porta draws his P-38 from its holster, and moves carefully up towards the wide main door, which is standing half open.

‘After you,’ he suggests to Tiny, standing politely to one side.

‘You believe, maybe, that my ’ead is filled with Russian earth?’ answers Tiny. ‘I ’ave been takin’ part in this war long enough to ’ave discovered years ago never to go through a door first unless you are desirous of a ’ell of an effective an’ sudden death.’

‘The devil!’ Porta swears, staring at the wide door, so temptingly open. An open door could mean a lot of things. There could, for example, be some sneaky type standing behind it ready to knock a chap on the head with a T-34, if a chap were dumb enough to put his head inside. ‘To hell with it,’ he mumbles, throwing himself through the door. Before he has finished sliding across the floor he has turned and is shooting at the place behind the door. No-one is there! He rolls over, and sends a bullet through another door. ‘Empty as a politician’s head,’ he shouts, looking up cautiously over the edge of a table.

‘Bleedin’ right,’ roars Tiny, coming thundering into the hall, and sending a couple of bullets through a door, for the sake of good order.

We are about to open the hatches when a long chattering Mpi burst sounds. The man who comes rushing out on to the landing of the staircase disappears in an explosion of scarlet drops. His head flys off, like a tall hat in windy weather.

First comes Tiny rushing down the stairs. With a leap of Olympic dimensions he lands in the Kübel. Porta follows at a speed which appears to be no more than two yards slower than the speed of light. He dives headfirst into the Kübel’ s driving seat. He backs, then shoots forward, in between all kinds of tanks, followed by the startled looks of both Russian and German tank commanders. They almost fall out of their turrets to see what is happening.

1Jabo: Jagerbombemaschinen (Fighterbombers).

2Nevaéssta: Sweetheart.

3Vaernútssa, dassvidánya: I’m off home, goodbye.

4Blitzmädel: Woman Telephonist (Signal Corps)

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