"Keep an eye on this woman. Trust is appropriate and needs time to be tested. I don't need to say anything more. I believe you know what to do."
Malashenko, who quietly dragged Alsim to him, said such a simple sentence in a voice that only the two of them could hear. Alsim, who was not stupid, quickly understood what he said.
nod.
"Don't worry, Comrade Teacher, I know what to do."
"Well, I believe you, as always."
After giving the instructions, Malashenko looked down at the documents in his hand and handed them back to Alsim. Then he spoke again, but this time his tone was obviously back to normal.
"Give these to comrade political commissar. He should be there soon with someone. Comrade political commissar knows how to deal with it. Just say that I asked you to hand it over."
"Leave the German mayor to me and leave two more people. I'll ask a few questions before taking them down. I'd better let the political commissar handle it. You go and do what you should do first."
"yes."
Leaving the two soldiers in charge of custody and the German mayor behind, Alsim followed Malashenko's orders to do what he was supposed to do, along with the other soldiers who came with him, and
The German woman who didn't speak from the beginning to the end and just stood silently behind Alsim left together.
After witnessing this scene, Malashenko remembered something and couldn't help but think a little.
"Well, I remember Alsim is still a bachelor? It's time to consider marriage for him when he's over thirty..."
When a leader considers life-long matters for his subordinates, that is called care from the leader. For example, Malashenko is doing this to Alsim now.
In the future, I have to consider marrying Alsim when I have the opportunity. It is not good to be single all the time. How can the heroic combat engineer company commander comrade not have a beautiful woman to accompany him and have no heirs? This is not good, nor
It is foreseeable that the Soviet Union will launch the "Hero Mother" population recovery plan in full swing after the war.
In short, Malashenko has taken note of the fact that Alsim is still a bachelor, but it is not dealt with immediately. The "freshly captured" German mayor next to him is obviously more important. Malashenko
Ke had a few questions that needed to be clarified quickly and needed to be asked immediately, so these words that had been organized for a long time came out of his mouth immediately.
"I am the top commander of the Red Army stationed in the town. You can call me Malashenko. Now I have a few questions to clarify. Don't worry too much. Nothing too bad will happen.
, as long as you cooperate honestly, everything will be fine, can you do that?"
Alsim added a few words before leaving just now and told Malashenko, which roughly meant that the German mayor was very timid and fearful of trouble and cherished life. He had already done this when he held him down in his office.
After his identification and explanation, I searched all the key files and documents locked in the cabinet and hidden in the corner. This still did not scare him much, but only slapped them both.
Malashenko's "good words and advice" are relatively civilized. In fact, Comrade Ma, who calls himself a "civilized man", does not like to fight or use violence at will, especially against "unarmed personnel" if possible.
That's why I was polite to the mayor who should be easier to deal with.
However, even if Malashenko behaves very kindly, the German mayor doesn’t think so.
The Russian official in front of him is tall and big. Standing here, he looks like a huge iron tower with a huge back and waist. This big figure of more than 9 meters is rare even among Germans whose average male height is already very good.
, coupled with the status of "enemy officer", it can only be said that the momentum is very scary.
In addition, there are so many heavily armed Russian soldiers around, and there are a large group of Russian steel behemoths parked in the central square of the town next to them. In such an environment, it is useless for anyone to ignore them.
The degree is different.
For the German mayor, who was timid and afraid of getting into trouble, he was almost frightened out of his wits. He should have quickly expressed his stance to the Russian official in front of him, saying that he would cooperate well.
"Mr. Commander, don't worry. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. As long as I know, I will tell you. I will tell you completely and I will never tell lies! If I don't know, I will help you find out. I have many subordinates and
Friends can help, I am familiar with the situation in this town, so don’t worry, I will cooperate well."
"Hey, this old boy is quite wise, so this will be easy to handle!"
Malashenko, who was overjoyed, smiled, and his next words immediately got to the point.
"Okay, first question, tell me about the residents in the town. I want to know how many households there are and what the population is."
.......
Malashenko didn't ask many questions, and the entire interview didn't take long. After basically figuring out some of the necessary information he wanted to know, he had the German mayor taken away.
After finishing his busy work, Malashenko went downstairs to learn about the garrison and defense situation of each unit. Then he quickly found Political Commissar Petrov and arrived at the temporary location of the division headquarters.
It was already getting very late, and there were only the last ten minutes or so before it would completely turn into darkness. However, the snowflakes that were flying in the sky were increasing instead of decreasing.
Although it cannot be compared with the winter blizzards in the motherland, it is still visible to the naked eye that it is turning into a snowfall that is not small. Malashenko wants to quickly finalize the issue of staying overnight before freezing people enough. It depends on Comrade Political Commissar.
How did you solve the problem?
"It's almost done. The German mayor you sent here is very cooperative. The important thing is that the entire administrative system of the town is still very complete. With a little help from us, the mayor's orders can go smoothly.
If we implement it promptly and implement it quickly, the situation will be better than I expected.”
"A considerable number of civilians in the town fled after hearing that the Red Army was coming. The mayor said that those who left all went north, towards Königsberg. That is the core area of the entire East Prussia, and it is said that the defense
It is very strong and heavily garrisoned. Many people think it is the safest place and the farthest from the front line, but this just leaves those empty houses for us."
"With the empty house and the residents of the town who are willing to cooperate, there is not much problem in staying overnight tonight. Except for a small number of security patrol troops who have to go out, the remaining commanders and soldiers can basically stay in the house overnight. Don't worry."