After receiving the letter of persuasion sent by Shechtmann, Colonel Billing read aloud in front of the political workers under his command: "It was me who captured Marshal Paulus in the basement of the Stalingrad Department Store;
It was me who killed the commander of the Skeleton Division in Balvinkovo ​​and captured the acting commander of Colonel Simon alive;
It was me who annihilated the Imperial Division for the first time in Balvinkovo, and they were annihilated for the second time in Oboyan;
It was me who killed General von Hornadolph, commander of the Sixth Armored Division in the Prokhorovka area...
I am Major General Sokov, the 27th Army of the Soviet Red Army.
Now you have not broken through the encirclement of our army. You are in desperate situations and there is no point in continuing to resist. In this situation where there is no way out for you, in order to avoid bloodshed and sacrifice in vain, we suggest you put down your weapons and surrender to our army.
I promise you with my own honor: as long as you put down your weapons and surrender, I can guarantee the safety of the lives of all officers and soldiers who cease to resist, whether they are the National Wehrmacht or the SS;
I will provide normal diet to all surrendered officers and soldiers and treat all injured officers and soldiers.
Once the war is over, you will return to Germany or the country you want to go to and reunite with your family in the shortest time.”
After listening to Bilin's reading of Sokov's book of persuasion, the political workers in the room asked with confusion: "Political Commissar, do you think this book of persuasion written by the commander can work? You know, the German troops surrounded by us are all SS, and they will not easily put down their weapons and surrender."
"Comrade Commander said that if the enemy does not surrender, we will destroy them." After Bilin said this firmly, he ordered a political worker: "Comrade Captain, you will help me prepare a propaganda car later. I will use the horn on the car to shout to the surrounded German army, hoping that they will put down their weapons and surrender."
"Comrade Political Commissar," the political workers present couldn't help but be worried and quickly dissuaded him: "Our propaganda vehicles are all transformed with trucks, and the safety factor is not high. Not to mention shells, even bullets cannot be blocked, so you should not go."
Billy knew that his subordinates said this for his own safety. After scanning the crowd one by one, he asked with a smile: "If anyone among you has better German than me, I can let him perform this task."
When many political workers heard Billy's question, they immediately became silent. If Colonel Billy said the second place, no one would dare to rank first, and specialized translation would not work.
"Since no one has a higher German level than me," Billing had guessed this result a long time ago. He smiled and said, "Then let me take the propaganda car to call the Germans."
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Just as Colonel Billing was taking a propaganda car to call the surrounded German army, Vatujing learned through his own unique information channel that the enemies near the October Farm were already surrounded by heavy siege after being attacked on both sides.
After receiving this news, he immediately woke Zhukov and Vasilevsky who were sleeping in the next room and reported to the two: "Two comrades of marshals, I'm sorry to wake you up from your sleep, but I have important information to report to you."
Although he woke up from Vatujing's dream, Zhukov was not angry at all. He asked lightly: "Comrade Vatujing, please tell us what happened?"
"It's so. My subordinates reported to me that Sokov's troops unexpectedly launched an attack on the German army near the October Farm. With the cooperation of General Baharov's tank 18th Army, the enemy suffered huge losses." When Vatujing reported the battle, he pushed the map on the table in front of Zhukov: "Now the remaining enemies are surrounded in this narrow area."
"This is simply incredible." After listening to Vatutin's report, Huasilevsky said excitedly: "The 18th Tank Army fought with this German army for two days, but it was unable to expand the occupied area. Unexpectedly, when Sokov's troops attacked, they caused huge losses to the enemy and had to shrink into such a narrow area."
Compared with Huasilevsky's excitement, Zhukov was very calm. He stared at the enemy and us on the map with expressionless expression, and the expression on his face did not change at all. He had an inexplicable trust in Sokov, and in his consciousness, there was no battle that Sokov could not win.
After staring at the map for a long time, he picked up his pencil and tapped it at Simon's division command site, and asked, "Comrade Watujing, where is the division headquarters of the Skeleton Division? Did Sokov send troops to attack?"
"Yes, comrade Marshal." Watujing hurriedly continued to report: "Based on the information I have obtained, Sokov's troops first launched an attack on the division headquarters of the Skeleton Division. After success, they divided into two groups and launched an attack on the Skeleton Division troops on both wings at the same time."
"Since they won the assault on the Skeleton Division, did they catch Simon?" Vasilevsky said: "If Simon is caught again, he will become Sokov's captive for the second time. Even if he can be rescued by his subordinates this time, I think he will not be ashamed to be the commander of the Skeleton Division again."
"I know Misha." Zhukov continued: "If he had caught Simon, he would definitely report to us as soon as possible. Since there is no movement yet, it is proved that they did not catch Simon when they captured the Skeleton Division." After saying this, he looked at Vatujing and asked, "How is his troops going?"
"The troops on the right wing, under the cover of artillery fire, successfully broke through the defense line of the Skeleton Division's Grenadier Regiment and drove the enemy to the defense area of ​​the Flag Guard Division." Watuking pointed to the map and explained to Zhukov: "But their troops on the left wing stopped their attack after completing the encirclement of the remaining German troops."
"Stop the attack?" Zhukov couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Why?"
"It is said," Vatuting glanced at Zhukov, who looked like frost, and said cautiously: "In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, General Sokov planned to send people to persuade the surrounded German troops to surrender."
"Nonsense, this is simply nonsense." Vasilevsky shook his head and said, "The troops surrounded by them are not ordinary national defense forces, but SS, who are loyal to the bearded. How could they surrender?"
Chapter completed!