Desperate Journey Page #4

Jed and Edwards, tackle him low.

I'll grab his pistol.

- Do you understand?

- I understand, Daddy.

Get on your mark, get set, go.

Now what?

Relief guard, halt!

At ease.

Koenig!

Koenig!

Where is that guy again?

What's that?

I think it come from under there.

Shut up, you idiot!

Follow me.

He's been drinking again.

Get that swine away from here.

Thunder and glory.

I'm gonna look conspicuous wearing

these clothes and you all wearing...

Here comes my outfit now.

Looks like my size.

Pardon me.

Do you mind a slight dent in the helmet?

Fifty-two. Just right.

Green's just your color too.

- lf I looked good in blue, I'd be in the Navy.

Hey, look what I found.

- Here, Terry.

- Why me?

You speak the language.

You do the shopping.

- Heading west, isn't it?

- Sounds like it.

- Come on. Hurry up.

- Pull, Johnny.

I never saw a man

so attached to a uniform.

Hey, this is Goring's private car.

It's on its way for an overhaul.

Good enough for Goring

is almost good enough for me.

Come on.

The major, the...

Guard at the Mannenheim Bridge is missing.

Also the men sent to relieve him.

Signs of blood were nearby found.

The Englishmen. My car. My overcoat.

Come on. Hurry.

To the Mannenheim Bridge.

Give it all the gas possible.

No further news, major.

The uniforms and the bicycle

we found underneath the bridge.

Yes. Somebody has been

asleep on his post. At ease.

You are conversant with English?

I'm sorry. Cannot understand the major.

That's right. You wait here.

- Come here.

- Yes, sir.

Speak English.

I don't want anyone to understand.

The men must be found

and mustn't be taken alive.

They'll be shot when they resist arrest.

Don't worry.

- What do you mean?

- You can trust me.

I'll make sure Herr Colonel won't discover

they learned about the factories from you.

Like to be transferred

to front-line service in Russia?

No. No.

- Keep your tongue to yourself.

- Yes.

The men took uniforms

of a sergeant and three privates.

Get more men, Kruse.

Circle this area thoroughly.

Ask him how many trains stopped

at the water tower...

...the past two hours.

- Yes.

How many trains have stopped

within the last hour at the water tower?

Only one. About 12:00 midnight.

Goes right through to Berlin then.

Only one. Westbound.

No stops until Berlin.

I heard him. Berlin. Stay here

and take charge of the search in case...

What?

- The men aren't on the train...

...when I meet it in Berlin.

- Yes.

Hurry. Let's go. To the airport.

I'd trade places with that guy,

whoever he is.

- What guy?

- Some bandit in a plane headed west.

Making ten miles to our one.

We're not doing so badly.

Goring's private car,

luxurious furnishings.

Funny pictures to look at.

Say, Terry and Edwards have been

gone a long time, haven't they?

About 15 minutes.

Hey, I'm getting pretty good.

Hit him right between the medals.

Writing a book about your trip

through Germany?

No. Facts and figures.

You just can't get over

having been a bookkeeper, can you?

No, I liked it.

These are copies of the plans

of the factories.

Five copies. So if only one of us

gets back, any one of us...

- Cheerful little cuss, aren't you?

- No, just practical.

Maybe they got in trouble.

I ought to go help them.

- lf they did, you'd better stay here.

- And let them have all the fun?

Look, the boy scouts are awake.

Thought you were from the finance

company. Pull up a swastika, sit.

Did you find out anything?

- Yeah.

This is the only deadhead car.

The rest's a hospital train.

We climbed on top,

peeped through ventilators.

- Cars are jammed with wounded.

This train's from the east.

- They're from the Russian front.

- That's right.

All of those stories we hear

about them hiding their wounded are true.

- Windows are blacked out, doors are locked.

- Terry heard doctors talking.

Said most cases go to hospitals

in occupied France.

Only the most serious cases

were put off at Berlin.

- Didn't they, Terry?

Mm-hm.

- Berlin?

Let's see.

We got on about 2:30

and the train's averaging 40.

We should be there

in about three hours.

Better jump off in the yards

when the train slows.

Well, suppose it doesn't slow down?

Heh. Oh, don't worry about me.

- I'll make it.

- He'll be all right.

If we get off soon,

we can detour around the city.

Detour, nothing. We're going right in.

No better place to hide than a big city.

Sure, then the kid can rest up

for a few days.

- Yeah.

- And we could get some food.

And get in a little

constructive destruction.

- Well, if the right chance shows up.

- We'll make the right chance.

- Now, if I can forage some explosives...

- Berlin's full of factories.

- Look at us. We're a five-man invasion.

- That's the way to talk.

We'll be the first invasion

to hit Germany since Napoleon.

Except he missed a few things

that we won't overlook.

- Look who thinks he's Napoleon.

- Oh. Don't be silly.

I didn't say I was Napoleon.

I said...

- He says he's Napoleon, he's Napoleon.

I didn't say I was Napoleon. l...

Come on, you just take a seat.

Just be seated here.

The rest will do you good.

We'll tell Josephine you're tired.

Quiet, the emperor sleeps.

Hey, Napoleon?

Where'd you put the brandy?

Say, has it occurred to you guys...

...what's gonna happen

if we're caught in these uniforms?

Yeah, you're not kidding. Good night.

Hey, drop that curtain.

- Hey, Terry. Rise and shine.

- Hm? What?

Does Goring go for smelly soap.

Eau de violet, so help me.

Hey, what happened to you?

- I'm clean, if that's what you mean.

- I'll say you are. Hey, fellows, look.

He's turned white over night.

You've been holding out on us.

- That thatch of yours is a dye job.

- Why, Grandpa.

I didn't intend for you to discover it,

but I had to touch it up.

Sure. Got a face lift, too, didn't you?

This is serious. They don't take men

in the service over 39.

If we get back, don't tell the CO.

- I told him I was 38.

Thirty-eight?

You're old enough to be my old man.

Terry kept my secret.

Why won't you fellows?

Sure. Lay off him, fellas.

We ought to have him retired

for his own good.

Heh, heh. He's had four years of fighting

in the last war.

Ought to have left this one

to the young men.

That's what he thought,

until he lost his son at Dunkirk.

What are we stopping

in the suburbs for?

I don't know.

Better got your things together, quick.

Listen. Shh. Listen.

With this grease, nobody can do anything.

This is nothing but soap water.

Conductor, you are right.

Well, for 25 years, I have been

with the railroad company now.

But they've never delivered anything

like this to us before.

I wouldn't give this to my dog.

Well, what are you doing in this car?

Will you see that you see

that you get out of there?

Looks like we're gonna get

the royal roust.

- Should we jump him before he jumps us?

- Keep quiet and leave him to me.

- Tell him you're Napoleon.

- What?

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