With the help of German prisoners, the women's anti-aircraft artillery battalion quickly established more than twenty anti-aircraft firepower points in the granary. After the prisoners completed their work, the soldiers of Grisa Company drove them to the place of detention.
When many prisoners, escorted by soldiers, passed in front of Golia and Lida, suddenly a tall and thin prisoner rushed out of the crowd and threw himself in front of Lida.
Although the incident happened suddenly, Lida was also a veteran of many battles. She quickly pulled out the pistol from her waist, and without even having time to turn on the safety, she pressed it directly against the opponent's chin.
The prisoner felt something hard pressing against his chin. He quickly raised his hands high and said in fluent Russian in a panic: "Don't shoot, I don't mean any harm?"
The soldiers who were escorting the prisoners only came to their senses at this moment. They were all scared to death and rushed over one after another. Countless black guns were fired at the prisoner who was about to rush out from the crowd. They only waited for Golia's sound.
On command, the opponent will be beaten into a sieve.
Golia raised his hand to stop the soldiers from preparing to shoot, and asked the prisoner: "Do you know Russian?"
"Yes, Mr. Major." After the prisoner saw clearly the rank on Golia's shoulder straps, he replied respectfully: "I once spent a year at the School of Architecture in St. Petersburg..."
"We only have one city called Leningrad, and there is no St. Petersburg." After Golya said this in a disdainful tone, he looked at the other party's military rank and asked: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, you suddenly rushed out of the crowd.
, Aren’t you afraid of being shot to death randomly?”
The German second lieutenant nodded and said in a positive tone: "Mr. Major, you are right. If I suddenly rush in front of you like this, I might be shot to death before I can speak. But if I do this, it is also
There is no way."
"Leda, put the gun away first." After Golia asked Lida to put the gun away, he asked curiously: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, what is your name, and what is it worth taking such a risk for you?"
"My name is Otto, and I am a platoon leader of the 168th Infantry Division." The German second lieutenant said: "Several of my men were injured when they were captured. Since there was no medicine, I just used bandages to bandage their wounds.
.Not long ago, I found that their wounds were showing signs of deterioration. I wonder if you could provide them with some medicine to prevent them from dying due to wound infection?"
If this situation were encountered in other troops, the commander would definitely ignore it: He doesn't have enough medicine for his wounded. Where is the extra medicine to treat the enemy's wounded? Letting them die is not the best outcome.
What?
But in Sokov's army, it was a different story. Sokov once told his subordinates that as long as the captured German wounded were not SS soldiers, the captured German wounded must be treated. Therefore,
Golia turned around and called Grisa and ordered him: "Captain Grisa, call the health worker from your company over and ask him to treat Second Lieutenant Otto's men."
As Sokov's old subordinate, Grisa naturally knew that Sokov had given this order. After hearing Goliya's instructions, he immediately answered loudly and turned to find the health worker.
Second Lieutenant Otto originally just took a chance and took a chance to prevent his subordinates from dying of wound infection. He did not expect Golia to agree so readily, and he couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in his heart.
Golia saw Otto's thoughts and said to him: "Mr. Second Lieutenant, do you feel strange that I agree to your request so readily?"
"Yes, Mr. Major." Since Golia got straight to the point and Otto didn't hide anything, he said straight away: "I thought you would let my men fend for themselves."
"Mr. Second Lieutenant," Golia did not avoid the question, but said openly: "If we were in other troops, maybe they would really not care about your wounded. But our situation is different, we are Sokov
General's troops."
"General Sokov's troops?" Otto was a little surprised when he heard what Golia said, "Aren't they all Russian troops? How can they be different?"
Golia shook his head slightly and said: "Our commander, General Sokov, once gave us an order that all captured German officers and soldiers, as long as they are not SS, will be given preferential treatment, and you will be given enough food and
Medicines to ensure your personal safety."
After Otto waited for Goliath to finish speaking, he asked tentatively: "Has General Sokov really given such an order?"
"Yes." Golia replied in a positive tone: "He did give such an order."
"Comrade Major," Lida interrupted and asked Goliath: "The German prisoners helped our camp build an anti-aircraft firepower point. Do you think we should give them some reward?"
"Reward?" Golia asked in surprise, "What reward?"
"Distribute enough food to them." Leda glanced at Otto and continued: "I think they are all hungry."
Golia heard the implication of Lida. After each army captured German prisoners, they would not give each other enough food. They usually gave each other ten pieces of black bread for every one hundred people. There were more than two hundred prisoners here, and every meal
Only more than twenty pieces of black bread are needed. The usual method is for the soldiers who distribute the food to throw the bread into the crowd one by one. Whoever grabs it gets it; those who cannot grab it deserve to starve to death. Whoever lets them
Are they our enemies, the invaders of the motherland?
He did not express his position easily, but asked: "Comrade Lida, how do you plan to distribute food to them?"
Lida had seen imprisoned German prisoners of war, and naturally knew what it was like to distribute food, so she said: "We sent special personnel to distribute food to them to ensure that every prisoner of war can get their own food."
Seeing that Lida was willing to take the initiative to take on the task of distributing food, Golia said smoothly: "Okay, Comrade Lida, then I will leave this matter to you."
Otto listened clearly to the conversation between Goliath and Leda, and couldn't help but be filled with emotion. Although it was his first time as a prisoner, he had never eaten pork and had never seen pigs running. He had been there before
In the prisoner-of-war camp, every day during meals, the guards just threw a few pieces of black bread into the crowd of prisoners. They watched the prisoners fight for the meager food, but they laughed on the sidelines. They thought they had become prisoners.
, would also encounter similar treatment. Unexpectedly, the other party would arrange for someone to distribute food to him, which moved him very much.
Half an hour later, Lida personally led a dozen female soldiers and began to distribute food to the German prisoners.
Although all the weapons were confiscated from the prisoners, their diners were still there. When they saw someone distributing food to them, they quickly formed an orderly queue and stepped forward to receive the food.
Originally, according to Goliath's wishes, each prisoner was given two slices of bread per meal, as long as they were starved to death, so that they would not cause trouble when they were full. However, after Leda's request, Goliath agreed to give each prisoner an additional spoonful.
Thick porridge.
The prisoners who received the food were very surprised when they saw that the female soldier distributing the food not only gave themselves two slices of black bread, but also scooped a spoonful of thick porridge for themselves. Although the food was not much, it was very satisfying for those who were hungry.
For them, it was already a very rich day.
A dozen people distributed food to more than 200 prisoners, and the work went very quickly. In less than five minutes, the food distribution work was coming to an end. However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.
A young woman wearing a headscarf ran out of nowhere. She reached out and knocked the lunch box out of the hands of the German soldier who was about to receive food, pushed him and staggered him, and then yelled at Lida:
"Comrade Commander, how can you provide food for these damn invaders?"
According to Lida's idea, the granary was heavily guarded and there shouldn't be any idlers. But when she took a closer look at the young woman wearing a headscarf in front of her, she was actually wearing casual clothes. She couldn't help but be filled with doubts. She frowned.
Brows asked: "Comrade woman, who are you and why are you here?"
"My name is Kajia, and I am an employee of this grain station." The young woman asked angrily: "I want to ask you, comrade commander, why do you distribute food to these damn invaders and let them starve to death?
Is it better?"
Hearing Kajia say these words in such an angry tone, Lida immediately realized that something unfortunate might have happened to the other party, so her heart was filled with immense anger towards the Germans.
"Kajia," in order to find out what happened to Kajia, Lida put her hands around her shoulders and said to her softly: "There is an office next to her, let's go inside and take a rest?"
Kajia was an employee at the grain station, so she naturally knew where the office that Lida mentioned was, so she nodded slightly and agreed to the other party's proposal. Before leaving, Lida winked at her subordinates who were distributing food, signaling them to continue working.
.
Lida and Kajia came to a nearby office. This was the office of the dispatcher of the grain station. The desks and chairs inside were fully equipped. After Lida asked Kajia to sit down on the bench, she asked: "Kajia,
Are you married?"
"Yes, I got married before the war broke out."
"Where is your husband? Is he in the army?"
"Sacrificed." Kajia replied with a heavy expression: "When the Germans attacked Kharkov in 1941, he died in the battle."
"So do you have children?"
Kajia nodded and replied: "I have a son. He was just one year old when my husband went to war."
Lida calculated in her mind that the child was one year old in 1941 and should be three years old now. Then she asked curiously: "Where is my son now?"
"died."
"died?!"
"Yes, dead." Kajia said through gritted teeth: "Just a month ago, I took my child to work at the grain station. The child took advantage of me not paying attention and ran to play outside the gate of the grain station. As a result, he was killed by a passing German soldier.
Shot and killed."
After hearing this, Lida finally understood why Kajia was full of deep-seated hatred for the Germans. The Germans not only killed her husband, but even killed her son who depended on her for life.
Lida organized the vocabulary in her mind, and then said in a serious tone: "Kajia, you know, in order to fight the German attack, many of our people died. If you want to avenge them, the only thing you can do is
, instead of venting anger on the unarmed prisoners, we should pick up weapons and fight the enemy face to face."
Kajia had just rushed out and knocked away the prisoners' lunch boxes. This was the only thing she could do. Now hearing what Lida said, she suddenly had a new idea in her mind: Yes, I can pick up weapons and go to the battlefield and kill several people with my own hands.
A damn German, to avenge my dead relatives.
However, she asked Lida cautiously: "Comrade commander, in my situation, can the army want me?"
"Don't worry, Comrade Kajia." Lida has suffered a lot of casualties since the last air defense battle. She has been thinking of ways to replace the lost soldiers. Seeing Kajia now, she felt that it was a rare opportunity. Maybe she could
Through Kajia, he recruited more women to join his army: "Not only can you join the army, but other women are welcome as long as they are willing to join the army."
"Is this true?" After learning that not only she could join the army, but other women could also join the army, Kajia asked with some excitement: "There are more than 20 female workers in our grain station, and they can also join your army."
Team?"
"Of course." Lida knew that more than twenty new recruits would be added soon, and her voice was so excited that she changed her tone: "As long as they are willing, I absolutely welcome them to join."
"Okay then." Kajia nodded and said to Lida: "I will go find them later and tell them about this. I believe they will be very happy when they learn the news."
Lida thought that Kharkiv used to be an important industrial town in the Soviet Union. Factories and companies must have organized militia units to assist the army in fighting the German attack. She asked Kajia tentatively: "Kajia, let me ask you about your grain depot."
Are there any Soviet members here?"
"No." Kajia answered simply: "All the Soviet members in the grain station were killed by the German army when they occupied the town."
When Lida heard this, her heart sank suddenly, and then she asked cautiously: "Is there a resistance organization in the town?"
"No." Kajia said, "They were all wiped out by the Germans."
"Is it true?" Lida asked unwillingly, "Is it true that there is no resistance organization in the town?"
"No, really not." Kajia took the initiative and said without waiting for Lida to ask further: "After the fall of Kharkov, our army launched large-scale counterattacks in 1942 and early this year. The resistance in the town
In order to cooperate with the main offensive, the organization attacked the lone enemies in the town and attacked their transportation lines. However, with the strength of our army's offensive, these exposed resistance organizations were annihilated by the Germans."
Kajia's explanation made Lida understand that the reason why Kharkov and nearby towns did not move at all when the Soviet army launched a new attack was because the underground resistance organizations in these places had failed after the first two attacks.