A smile appeared on Agelina's face, and then she gave Sokov a thumbs up: "Yes, Misha, you are so smart. Before I finished speaking, you guessed that the superior was about to give me a warning.
The work I arranged. Yes,
They asked me to go to the translation team under the General Staff Office to engage in translation work."
"There are a lot of people in the translation team. There are currently 47 people in the translation team." Sokov said: "If you are added to it, wouldn't it be too much?" "How could it be too many?" Agelina said.
Xiang Sokov explained: "As far as I know, most of the translators on the editorial team cooperate with the publishing house to translate orders issued by the cluster headquarters in Germany into German. This work
The amount of work is not small. In addition, only a few people can serve as portable translators."
"That is to say, if you join the translation team, you may be asked to serve as a portable translator."
"Yes, that's it." Agelina said with a smile: "When you go to Bavaria, I can go with you as your interpreter."
While the two were talking, the phone suddenly rang. Agelina stood up and wanted to answer the phone, but was held back by Sokov: "I'll answer it!"
Grabbing the microphone and putting it to his ear, Sokov said loudly: "I am Sokov!"
After a brief silence in the receiver, Ernst's voice came: "Hello, Comrade General!" "Oh, it's Ernst." Sokov couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard Ernst's voice.
Why did he call me not long after he came back? Could something have happened? "You call me,
What's matter?"
"Comrade General," Ernst said hesitantly, "I'm calling you to ask you a favor."
"What's the business?" "I have a neighbor, to be precise, my cousin Hossenfeld's neighbor." Ernst said hesitantly: "He hopes to serve in the newly formed garrison headquarters. I take the liberty of saying
I'm calling you just to ask
, can you arrange a position for him?" After hearing this, Sokov couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking that Ernst wanted to put people in the garrison headquarters before it was established. It would be too unwise. He was cold.
He asked coldly: "Ernst, I wonder what that person's name is?"
Name, what did you do during the war?"
"His name is Denaris, and he is a lieutenant in the Romanian army." "A lieutenant in the Romanian army?" Sokov tried hard to recall the history of the Soviet army's combat in Romania, and vaguely remembered the Second Ukrainian Army.
The Front Army liberated all of Romania in September 1944.
The Denaris mentioned by Ernst should not only have served in the Romanian army, but also in other troops: "Besides the Romanian army, where else has he served?"
"No, he only served in the Army in Romania." "Ernst, although the troops I command are not affiliated with the Second Ukrainian Front, I also remember that Romania was liberated by our army in September 1944.
The troops stationed in Romania should have been canceled at that time.
Could it be that Denaris's unit still retains the structure of the Romanian Army?"
"No, Comrade General." Ernst said hesitantly: "Because as early as August 1944, he became a deserter."
"Deserter?" Sokov said in surprise after hearing this: "Ernst, you mean, he became a deserter before Romania was liberated by our army?"
"That's right, Comrade General."
"How did he become a deserter?" Sokov asked with interest: "Was he on the battlefield of the decisive battle with our army?"
"The matter of him being a deserter is very complicated." Ernst organized the vocabulary in his mind and continued: "I couldn't explain it clearly on the phone at the moment. I wonder if you would allow me to take him to see you and let him explain it to you in person.
Clearly." "Yes!" Sokov wanted to know Denaris' experience as a deserter very much, so he readily agreed. He looked at his watch, and then said: "It's a bit late today. At ten o'clock tomorrow morning, you will bring me with you.
He came to the Adlon Hotel
Meet me. When you arrive at the hotel, just tell the front desk that you are looking for me, and they will call me."
"Okay, Comrade General, I will be there on time at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."
When Sokov put down the phone, Adelina asked curiously: "Misha, what's the matter?" "Ernst told me that he had a neighbor who also wanted to become a member of the Security Command." Sokov
Said: "This man once served in the German army stationed in Romania, and later became a deserter. I will ask him to
Come on, bring that man to my place, I want to talk to him."
"Desert?!" Agelina said in surprise: "I heard that as long as the Germans catch deserters, they will not only shoot them directly, but even send their relatives to concentration camps. How did he escape capture?"
"Ernst didn't tell me the specific situation, and I don't know either." Sokov said: "If you want to know the details, you can go to see him with me tomorrow and help me as a translator. I think this Dana
Lieutenant Reese, should
Don’t understand Russian.”
"No problem." Agelina said without hesitation: "This is my responsibility."
The next morning, at just 9:30, Sokov received a call from the front desk: "Comrade General, there are two people looking for you!"
Sokov glanced at the time and found that there was still half an hour before the agreed time. Ernst should have arrived early, so he asked: "Did they identify themselves?" The female soldier at the front desk replied: "
They were two Germans, one named Denaris and the other Ernst. The man named Ernst spoke Russian very well. He said he made an appointment with you last night, so I called specifically to ask.
Check with you to see if this is the case."
"That's right, comrade female soldier." Sokov replied: "Let them sit in the reception area first, and I will go out as soon as possible. By the way, don't forget to prepare tea for them."
"Understood, Comrade General." The receptionist said respectfully, "I will prepare tea for them."
When Sokov put down the phone, Agelina had already been woken up. She asked sleepily: "Misha, who is it?" "It's Ernst and that Lieutenant Denaris." Sokov saw him.
Agelina looked like she hadn't woken up, and said considerately: "Since Ernst is here, the communication between Lieutenant Denarius and I should be nothing."
Question, you should continue to sleep."
"I won't sleep anymore." Agelina lifted the quilt and got out of bed, walking to the bathroom barefoot: "I want to accompany you to see them."
A quarter of an hour later, Sokov and Agelina finished washing and walked out of the room together. When they arrived at the reception area of the hotel, Sokov saw Ernst and a man in a black coat sitting there.
They were talking quietly on the couch. Although the man was neatly dressed and must have shaved before coming, Sokov
But he still looked like a prisoner of war who had been tortured in a prison camp.
When the two people who were talking saw Sokov and Agelina appearing, they quickly stood up from the sofa and greeted respectfully: "Hello, Comrade General! Hello, Agelina!"
"Comrade General, let me introduce you." Ernst pointed to the man next to him and introduced to Sokov: "This is my cousin's neighbor—Lieutenant Denaris!"
Sokov nodded, then stretched out his hand to Denaris and said in a friendly tone: "Hello, Lieutenant Denaris!"
Unexpectedly, Denaris unexpectedly said in Russian: "Hello, Mr. General!" Although the tone was a bit stiff, he was indeed speaking Russian.
Sokov was stunned and asked curiously: "Do you speak Russian?"
"Yes, Mr. General! I know a little bit of Russian!" Sokov glanced at the coffee table in front of the sofa and saw two cups of hot tea and a small plate with sugar cubes on it. He knew that the female soldier at the front desk was faithfully executing the instructions.
He obeyed his order, provided tea and water for the two of them, and then greeted them.
Said: "Stop standing, please sit down. If you have anything to say, we'll talk about it after we sit down."
After sitting down, Sokov first asked: "Lieutenant Denaris, I wonder which unit of the Romanian Army you serve in?"
After hearing Sokov's question, Denaris quickly stood up and replied: "Mr. General, I serve in the 73rd Infantry Division under the 5th Army of the 17th Group Army." Sokov said about the formation of the German army stationed in Romania.
I didn’t understand, so I just asked casually. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Agelina interjected and asked: "I remember there is a 132nd Infantry Division, which is also stationed in
Romanian."
"You are right, girl." Denaris nodded and said to Agelina: "There was indeed the 132nd Infantry Division before, but they were transferred away long ago. In 1944, they were incorporated into the Northern Army Group
"Lieutenant Denaris, I heard Ernst say yesterday that you became a deserter before our army liberated Romania." Sokov waited for Denaris to finish speaking, and then asked: "You
Can you tell me what's going on?
?"
Seeing that Denaris was hesitant, Ernst quickly touched him with his elbow and reminded him in a low voice: "Denaris, tell the truth, don't hide anything from Sokov, otherwise he will
It won't help you."
"Mr. General!" Denaris, who had been reminded by Ernst, said with a serious expression: "If you are interested, I will report to you in detail how I became a deserter."
"Please tell me, Lieutenant Denaris, I'm all ears." "That was in June 1944. I received a mission, which was to escort an oil convoy from the southern Romanian city of Craiova through
Yugoslavia moves oil to armored bases in Austria
"Because this road is often attacked by guerrillas, the commander in charge of this operation took some necessary precautions before departure." I heard that Denaris's mission was actually to escort oil tankers through.
Yugoslavia was sent to Austria. He couldn't help but think of the classic old movie "Walter Defends Sarajevo". Walter and his guerrillas tried every means to blow up the German army's oil train, causing the German armored forces to be paralyzed due to lack of fuel.
.And it may not be that easy for Denaris to escort the oil convoy through the guerrilla activity area smoothly.
.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "Lieutenant Denaris, can you tell me what precautions your commander has taken?"
"Drivers, a very special group of drivers." Denaris replied without hesitation: "With this group of drivers, we can greatly improve our success rate in passing through the guerrilla zone."
Denaris's words aroused Sokov's curiosity: "Oh, a group of drivers who can provide you with the success rate of passing through the guerrilla zones in Yugoslavia. Who are they?"
"They are a group of Russian prisoners of war..." As soon as Denaris finished speaking, Ernst quickly corrected him: "Comrade General, he said it wrong, they are Soviet prisoners of war!" After Ernst's reminder, Denaris
Si realized that he had made a problem with the title. Although they all called the Soviet army Russians in private, it was obviously inappropriate to use such a title in front of Sokov, so he quickly changed his words and said: "
Yes, Ernst was right, they were a group of Soviet prisoners of war. Most of them were captured shortly after Operation Barbarossa began and have been held in prisoner-of-war camps in Romania for hard labor. This time
Sixty drivers with driving experience were selected to serve as tank truck drivers." Sokov raised his own question: "Lieutenant Denaris, I don't understand, your commander used a group of Soviet prisoners of war to serve as drivers.
Is the driver of the tanker truck a little too risky? For example, when passing a cliff, someone
If a driver turns the steering wheel and drives the vehicle straight down, wouldn't it cause a car crash and death?" "We have considered this issue, so each cab is equipped with a soldier to monitor the driver. At the same time, in order to prevent
The driver jumped out of the car and ran away. We even locked their hands on the steering wheel with chains.
." "What your commander did is really cruel." After hearing this, Agelina couldn't help but interrupt again: "If the guerrillas attack the convoy again, they will inevitably kill the Soviet prisoners of war who are driving.
It is equivalent to letting
Our own people are fighting our own people." But Sokov's perspective on the problem was different from Agelina's. He asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Denaris, even if all the drivers are replaced by prisoners of war from our army, but
The guerrillas who attacked the convoy must have been hiding far away and using
If they use landmines to blow up vehicles, how could they know that the driver is a prisoner of war of our army?"
Sokov's words reminded Agelina: "Yes, yes, how do the guerrillas know?" "We have considered this problem, so each cab is equipped with a soldier to monitor the driver.
At the same time, in order to prevent drivers from jumping out of the car and escaping, we even locked their hands on the steering wheel with chains.
." "What your commander did is really cruel." After hearing this, Agelina couldn't help but interrupt again: "If the guerrillas attack the convoy again, they will inevitably kill the Soviet prisoners of war who are driving.
It is equivalent to letting
Our own people are fighting our own people." But Sokov's perspective on the problem was different from Agelina's. He asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Denaris, even if all the drivers are replaced by prisoners of war from our army, but
The guerrillas who attacked the convoy must have been hiding far away and using
Landmines are used to blow up vehicles. How could they know that the driver of the car is a prisoner of war of our army?" Sokov's words reminded Adelina: "Yes, yes, how do the guerrillas know?" "Your commander's.
This is really cruel." After hearing this, Agelina couldn't help but interject again: "If the guerrillas attack the convoy again, they will inevitably kill the Soviet prisoners of war who are driving, which is equivalent to letting our own people