The surrounding soldiers looked at Major General Val with dull expressions. After listening to what he said, no one spoke, but those officers and soldiers who refused to surrender no longer pointed their guns at Major General Val.
Seeing that the row of guns aimed at him were all lowered, Major General Val couldn't help feeling ecstatic. But on the surface, he tried his best to pretend that nothing had happened and said: "It seems that everyone understands this truth and continues to fight.
There is no point in going down. What we can do now is to lay down our weapons and surrender to the Russians, so that you can have hope of survival."
Since the German troops were surrounded in a very small area, what happened there could be seen clearly from the Soviet positions. After Sokov learned that Major General Val was lobbying his remaining troops to lay down their weapons and surrender, he
Merkulov said: "Comrade General, send an interpreter with me. I think it is necessary to add fire to the Germans and let them make the final choice."
"What?" Merkulov was startled by Sokov's words. He asked in a panic: "Comrade Commander, do you plan to personally persuade the Germans to surrender?"
"Yes."
"No, you can't go." Merkulov waved his hands desperately and said to Sokov: "You are the commander of the army group, how can you go to such a dangerous place easily? What if the enemy's sniper
I discovered you and shot you coldly, what should I do?"
Sokov was originally excited about trying to persuade the enemy to surrender. After listening to what Merkulov said, he felt that what the other party said made sense. If he appeared in front of the enemy's position, a German sniper would shoot him.
, after killing themselves, the person who poses the greatest threat to the German army, even if the entire army is destroyed and hundreds of lives are exchanged for one of their own, they will still make a profit.
However, Sokov has always been the one who always prefers to go to the tiger mountain, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains. How could he retreat just because the Germans have snipers? He ordered Merkulov: "Comrade General, place a trap in front of the positions of the two armies."
Big loudspeaker, I shouted to the Germans through the loudspeaker, urging them to lay down their arms and surrender."
Seeing that Sokov was determined to go, Merkulov knew that even if he tried to persuade him, he might not change his mind, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to install a loudspeaker in front of the positions of the two armies, so that Sokov could
I was able to hide in a safe place and shout at the Germans.
Besides, the besieged German troops saw Soviet troops on all sides and knew that they had no hope of breaking out. Many people threw away their weapons without bullets and sat on the dirt waiting for the last moment. At this moment, they suddenly saw
The Soviet army on the opposite side erected a loudspeaker in front of their position, which aroused their curiosity.
Just when the German soldiers were studying what the Soviet army was doing with the loudspeaker, a voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker. The soldiers listened for a moment and found that the people inside were speaking Russian, which they could not understand at all.
They had no interest in listening anymore. But what they didn't expect was that a moment later, another voice came from the loudspeaker, repeating what he just said in German.
This time, the German officers and soldiers finally understood what the other party was saying: "Soldiers, you have now run out of ammunition and food. No matter whether you hold on or break through, what awaits you in the end is death. I order you to put down your weapons and face you.
The Soviet troops surrendered, and I can use my honor to assure you that I will ensure your personal safety so that you can return to Germany after the war and reunite with your long-separated families."
If the first half of the cry to persuade German officers and soldiers to surrender was made so that the ears of the German officers and soldiers could hear the content, the last few sentences allowed them to reunite with their families at home after the war. This made many
The officers and soldiers' hearts were pounding.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers were beguiled by the shouts from the opposite side, Captain Ernst, who was holding Major General Wahl hostage, immediately shouted: "Officers and soldiers, don't believe the Russian false propaganda. As far as I know, they captured all the officers and soldiers of the SS division.
They will be shot on the spot without giving anyone a chance to live, so please don’t be fooled."
The officers and soldiers who were already a little shaken in their minds suddenly changed their minds after hearing Captain Ernst's words, thinking that this might be Russian deceptive propaganda.
But no matter how many people don't believe it, there are still one or two who will believe it. A German corporal took advantage of the other party's shouting and said: "Who are you? Can you fulfill your promise?"
After the German corporal's shouting was heard by the translator hiding at the front, he promptly reported it to Sokov who was hiding in a safe area. When Sokov heard this, he thought it was because he did not think carefully and did not say his own words when shouting.
His identity was such that the enemies who heard the broadcast did not believe what he said at all.
Lunev, who was staying next to Sokov, asked: "Comrade Commander, tell me, if your name is announced to the enemy, will those enemies surrender?"
"Comrade Military Commissar, if the person who persuades you to surrender is an ordinary person, even if he talks nonsense, I will not believe what he says." Sokov said to Lunev: "But if the person who persuades you to surrender is someone everyone is familiar with.
People, the effect of persuading surrender may be much better."
After saying these words, Sokov shouted loudly into the microphone again: "I am Major General Sokov, commander of the Sixth Army. I am now broadcasting to the officers and soldiers of the empire again. You have now ordered to a desperate situation.
There is no point in continuing to resist..."
The translator on the side faithfully recorded every word Sokov said and translated it into German for broadcast.
The German officers and soldiers in the encirclement learned through the loudspeaker that the person who persuaded them was actually Sokov, who had disgraced them. They immediately began to talk about it: "Do you think this person who is making the broadcast will be the one we know?"
Sokov?”
"It's hard to say," someone immediately retorted: "It's also possible that other Russians pretended to be his name to deceive us, and then shot at us as soon as we put down our weapons and walked out."
Seeing his subordinates talking a lot, Major General Val became a little anxious. He shouted loudly: "What you heard is not an imposter, but Sokov himself. I saw it with my own eyes when I went out to talk about fat a few hours ago.
His person."
If ordinary officers and soldiers said that they had met Sokov, I am afraid that the remaining German officers and soldiers would still sneer. But when the division commander, Major General Val, said these words, the weight would naturally be different. The remaining officers and soldiers were quickly divided into two groups.
One group is supporting Major General Val and is preparing to surrender to the Soviet army; while the other group is the soldiers supporting Ernst. They all participated in the operation that just kidnapped Major General Val. They know that even if they lay down their weapons and surrender at this moment, they may not be able to surrender.
There is no good outcome, so I plan to fight to the end.
The German corporal who made the initial call, after hearing the call on the radio, immediately threw down the weapon in his hand, raised his hands high, and ran towards the Soviet position. While running, he waved his hands desperately and said something in his mouth.
He shouted: "Don't shoot, I surrender, I'm here to be a prisoner."
Unexpectedly, he only ran more than 20 steps when gunshots were heard behind him. The running German corporal's body jerked violently, then he stopped in place and turned half a circle before falling to the ground.
Ernst, who was not far away, was holding a submachine gun that was still smoking. After he killed the corporal who tried to surrender, he said to the surrounding soldiers: "If anyone wants to surrender, he is yours."
End."
When the German corporal raised his hands and rushed towards the Soviet position, many German officers and soldiers had hope in their hearts. They just wanted to see the corporal successfully enter the Soviet position, so they followed suit and put down their weapons and surrendered.
Unexpectedly, the corporal was shot dead by Captain Ernst not long after he ran out. The officers and soldiers immediately fell into silence, fearing that the other party would find out that they had the idea of surrender and would take a shot at them.
From his position, Sokov could clearly see what was happening on the opposite side. He saw with his own eyes a German corporal running out with his hands raised, and thought that with such an example, more people would follow.
He ran over. But the corporal didn't run very far when he was shot dead by a German captain.
After Sokov stared at the captain for a while, he called Merkulov who was standing not far away: "Comrade General, are there any snipers in your division? Send two here, I will let them
Kill that damn captain..."
"Comrade Commander," before Sokov finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Please don't order people to shoot. I think I can go over and persuade the captain to put down his arms and surrender."
Sokov looked back and saw that the person speaking was actually Corporal Ernst from the guard platoon. The reason why Samoilov placed this former German soldier who had surrendered in the guard platoon was to allow him to respond when necessary.
Acting as a translator. Although Ernst was a surrender, the other party had followed him as early as the attack on the Istria Reservoir, so Sokov seemed very polite when talking to him: "Comrade Corporal, you are confident to convince the other party
?"
"It's hard to say, but I can try." Ernst said with some embarrassment: "My name is Otto Ernst, and my name is Augusta Ernst, and he is my brother."
"What, that SS officer is your brother?" Sokov was shocked when he heard what Ernst said: "Is this true?"
"Yes."
Now that Ernst gave himself a positive answer, Sokov thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Okay, Corporal Ernst, you can try it. But I remind you that his
His mood is not very stable. Once you find out that he has bad intentions against you, you will run back immediately. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Commander." Ernst said, taking off his weapon and handing it to Sokov, "I'm going to see him now."
After Ernst appeared at the front of the Soviet position, he raised his hands and walked slowly towards the opposite side. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Don't shoot, I am a German." Hearing Ernst
With his special shout, the German guns that were originally aimed at him lowered their guns.
"Stop!" When Ernst was less than 20 meters away from the German position, the sound of pulling the bolt of a gun came from in front: "Stop, if you don't stop, I will shoot."
Ernst stopped and shouted to the place where the sound came from: "I want to find Captain Ernst, he is my brother."
The soldier who stopped Ernst couldn't help but froze when he heard Ernst's voice. He never dreamed that a man wearing a Soviet uniform coming out of the Soviet position opposite would actually call himself Ernst.
Captain Ernst's brother. Fortunately, Ernst's location was not far from here, so he quickly ordered someone to call Captain Ernst over.
The captain stood behind a tree and carefully observed the person who was slowly walking towards him. He discovered that it was indeed his brother Otto Ernst. He quickly walked out from behind the tree, went up to him and gave him a warm hug. He
He patted his brother on the back and said excitedly: "Otto, where have you been for so long? I thought you were killed in action."
"Brother," Otto took a step back and looked at his brother and said, "I was captured during the battle to defend the Istria Reservoir, and I have been staying in General Sokov's army."
"What, you have been staying in Sokov's army for such a long time?" Augusta asked in surprise: "Could it be that the person who just shouted is really the Sokov who scared us?"
"Yes, that's him." After Otto nodded in affirmation, he began to persuade his brother: "Brother, you are at the end of your rope now. If you continue to fight, your entire army will definitely be destroyed. It is better to surrender."
"No, I can't surrender." Unexpectedly, as soon as Otto's words came out, Augusta seemed to be a different person. He said with a straight face: "I can't betray the Führer, I will fight for him until the last moment.
"
"Brother, there is no point in continuing to resist." Otto smiled bitterly and said to his brother: "If General Sokov really wants to eliminate you, he only needs to order the troops to launch rockets, and he can wipe out all of you. If not for
Save more people's lives so that everyone can return to their homes and reunite with their families after the war is over. I'm afraid the bombardment against you has already begun."
Seeing the two brothers reunited, several of Augusta's cronies came over to watch the fun. They were frightened when they heard Otto say that the Soviet army would launch an artillery bombardment soon. Corporal Heinel said to Augusta: "Captain
, the area we control now is so narrow, if the Russians shelled it, I think not many of us would survive."
As soon as Heinel's words came out, the others all echoed: "That's right, that's right, as long as the Russians launch an artillery attack, even if we want to hide, there will be no place to hide. Captain, why not just obey the general's order and attack the Russians?"
People surrender."
Even though Augusta had just killed the corporal who surrendered to the Soviet army, he was more afraid of death than anyone else. Now that he saw the opportunity to live in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. After being silent for a long time, he asked
He said: "Otto, the person who just shouted on the radio is really Major General Sokov?"
"Yes, that's him." After Otto said this, he asked: "Brother, why are you asking him?"
"If it is really him on the opposite side, then our resistance has no meaning." Augusta lowered his head and said, "I can only agree to the general's proposal and order the troops to surrender to the Russians on the opposite side."