Russia Front 1944 September 17th
In the mass rubble of 100’s of dead Russians, only 1 man woke up, Savil Vyacheslav. Savil woke up to find that he was the only man left from yesterdays attack, he looked around seeing the dead bodies but before he could throw up, there was a black car speeding around the corner that grabbed his attention. The car span out of control and rolled, letting loose thousands of leaflets into the air. A tall, skinny man crawled out of the car and hid himself under several mangled bodies. A German Car went slowly around the bodies letting the Germans randomly shoot out there bullets into the dead. As soon as the Germans gave up there search the man threw the bodies off him and started to puke. The man then noticed Savil
‘Who are you?’
‘Savil Vyacheslav, I was in yesterdays attack, and you?’
‘General Cavick Clavishak’
Before they got to say any more, Russian planes flew over the city releasing their bombs. Explosions went off around the city. But the people off the town were so used to this they just seemed to ignore it. A German car pulled up about 60, 70 meters away. Out the car came a fat general with 4 men. The general went to behind a screen in a bombed out house with no front walls. One officer followed him and began to shower him. Another soldier went around scouting the area, the other two sat down lighting there cigarettes.
Cavick and Savil waited, hoping they would not be noticed, but as the German who was scouting the area kept on getting nearer and nearer, Cavick picked up a rifle. He took aim at the man who was furthest back with a cigarette. He aimed but the gun was shaking slightly with his fear. He aimed. Click! The gun was empty.
‘Dam’
‘Here have these’
Savil reached deep into his pocket and gave him the 6 bullets he had been given the day before. Cavick took a steady aim once again. But before he took his shot he said to Savil,
‘Have you ever fired a rifle before?’
‘When I was little’
‘Than you’ll be better than me, here.’
Cavick gave him the rifle and said
‘Fire on the explosions’
Savil took his aim and waited, he heard the explosion and said under his breath
‘Ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, boom!’
Straight through the head, down went the soldier with his cigarette still in his head. The bullet was unheard but his friend heard him fall. But before he had chance to realize what had happened off went another bomb.
‘Ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, boom!’
Again through the head the man collapsed. The scouting soldier realized what was going on and hit the deck. He started to unscrew his german grenade. Cavick, not knowing what to do quietly said
‘Look out grenadier’
Savil stood up and off went a bomb
‘Ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, boom’ he fired the shot, cleanly through the head still standing up, he aimed at the general having the shower. Bang! Of went another bomb.
Down went the general, leaving a trail of blood as he slid down against the wall.
His fellow officer went to run. Savil took a steady aim and bang! The soldier stopped in an instant and dropped.
Russian HQ September 18th
‘You Lost 300 men for gods sake’
‘I know but they….’
‘Not only did you lose the men, but the bridge as well’
‘I’m sorry sir the men were…’
‘Wait to the boss hears about this!’
The major leant forward and slamed a pistol on to the table and exits, into a long room filled with generals, amongst them is Cavick.
‘Well what a fine mess were in! Eh!’
The major walks up and down the room
‘Well Leningrad is about to fall, what are we going to do about it? Hmmm.’
Off goes a bang from the other room.
He faces a general
‘Well?’
He stutters with fear
‘m-m-m-make harsher p-p-p-penalties for the c-c-c-cowards’
The major turns his head with disgrace. Then all of a sudden Cavick boldly speaks out
‘Give them hope!’
‘Hmmm. Explain’
‘They’re only dieing from our bullets or there’s! If we gave them hope they would be fighting with belief, and pride!’
‘And how do you suppose we do that?’
Cavick explains to him about Savil and suggests making him a sniper.
German train station September 19th
Savil is in a bombed out building with his fellow sniper, Belgrov.
The two snipers are waiting for slow open headed trains stopping at the station. So they can pick off anyone who has a rank. Already today between them they have picked off 32 high ranking Germans. Belgrov is looking around the terrain with his scope. All of a sudden he sees opposite him a German sniper. He leaps out the way as the bullet just misses his leg! He shouts,
‘Sniper!’
Savil jumps for cover. Belgrov calls,
‘I’ll set the trap while you go a floor under.’
Savil runs down the stairs and takes aim. Belgrov takes his helmet and puts it on a stick. He positions the helmet just above the wall. The enemy sniper fired, knocking the helmet off the stick. Savil sees the flash from the enemy’s gun and fires, killing him in an instant. Belgrov and Savil both agree they should quit while they’re ahead and return to the base.
Leningrad printing press September 20th
Cavick turns to Savil and Belgrov.
‘See that! That’s hope! That’ll win us the war!’
He points to the news papers being printed!
‘Look comrade, you’re a hero!’
On the front page there is a picture of Savil and Belgrov holding there sniper rifles!
‘Wow!’
The major burst through the door
‘Well look if it isn’t my two favorite comrades! But as you should know good news is always followed buy bad! Our spies indicate that the Germans are sending there best sniper after you, his name is Karl Shmiedt;
He has almost every German war award possible, and is teacher off the main sniper school back in Germany. But nothing you can’t handle eh?!
‘Hmmm’
German front line September 21st
Savil and Belgrov have decided to go after the Shmiedt to eliminate the threat. They are in a large bombed out building overlooking the German camp. Savil and Belgrov are picking off German men from different floors. Shimedt is camouflaged in a pile of ruble waiting readily with his sniper. Belgrov says
‘Let’s see if famous sniper has arrived yet!’
Savil takes position and aims threw a hole in the wall Belgrov puts his helmet on a stick raises is it just above the wall.
‘And now we wait!’
Shmiedt sees the helmet through his lens he smiles and then laughs to himself, he looks around, and on the same floor and sees just to the left an open gap he aims there patiently.
‘Dam, looks like our little friend hasn’t arrived from Germany yet. Well let’s go home!’
They approach the open wall
‘This time it’s my time to go first’
He looks down at his breaches, there is a gaping big hole which German machine gunner had done not too long ago, when they were changing buildings.
‘And for a change you can get a hole in your breaches!’
Savil Laughs
As they jump across, Shmiedt fires, shooting Belgrov in the head. Savil looks down at his dead, bleeding friend and shouts in anger. Savil walks off in tears.
Leningrad base September 21st
‘I can’t do it Cavick!’
‘You can Savil, the whole of Russia is counting on you!’
‘I can’t! Look what happened to Belgrov, and he went first for gods’ sake!’
‘You can you just have to believe in your self. You will succeed’
Minutes after Sirens and speakers are shouting
‘Evacuate the city comrades escape while you can!’
Savil Goes towards his rifle and picks it up. Cavick shouts
‘Where are you going?’
Savil smiles and says
‘To kill that dam German!
‘I’m coming with you’
The two men both set out towards the German camp.
As they run from building to building two German scouts see them and run back to there camp to tell Shimedt. Shimedt picks up his rifle and takes cover in a pile of ruble and sets up his sniper rifle and waits. He sees Cavick and Savil running across. He takes aim. He fires. Bang! He missed and hit Cavick in the leg. Cavick and Savil dive for cover. They look around and find there in a collapsed house with a window facing towards the sniper. Shmiedt takes aim at the window.
‘Are you ok?’
‘Never mind me is that him?’
‘Yes’
‘I’m going to look at the window so you can get his location.’
‘But he’ll kill you!
‘I know but we have to make sacrifices in war!’
‘NOOOOO!’
Cavick leans out the window revealing him-self to the window and gets shot in an instant. Savil sees the flash and fires and hits Shimedt in the arm. Shimedt drops his rifle in pain. Savil reloads and shoots him in the leg whilst he was running away. Savil ran after him and caught him up. Shimedt puts his hands up.
‘I don’t mind being beaten buy the best!’
Cavick fires repeated shots, turning Shmiedts body into a mangled up corpse.