Early the next morning, a worker who got up early to go to work unexpectedly discovered that the soldiers patrolling the streets were actually wearing Soviet uniforms. He thought he was being deceived, so he hurriedly rubbed his eyes and looked again: That's right.
The patrols were indeed wearing Soviet uniforms.
"Could it be that our troops are fighting back?" As soon as this thought came to his mind, he immediately shook his head and denied it. It was very quiet last night. There was no sound of gunfire in the city. How could the Soviet army be silent?
The earth has taken over the city.
Just when he thought he was being dazzled, he suddenly heard someone from the patrol calling his name: "Hey, Harqianke, are you going to go to work when you go out so early?"
The worker known as Harqianke heard his name being called by someone in the patrol. He couldn't help but follow the sound out of curiosity. Sure enough, he saw a familiar voice. He couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What the hell, Yarak?
Am I dreaming? Why are you with the patrol?"
Yarak, who led the troops to the machinery factory yesterday, was currently on patrol. He accidentally saw one of his fellow workers and took the initiative to say hello to him. Seeing the surprised look on his face, he hurriedly walked
He walked over and said loudly: "I took them to the factory yesterday and killed all those Germans."
"They killed all the Germans?" Hearing Yalak say this, Halchenko's jaw almost dropped to the ground, "Are they our team?"
"What's wrong with you, Harchenko?" Yarak asked the other party with a smile: "Is it because you didn't wake up or there is something wrong with your eyes? You didn't realize that they are our own army?"
When he learned that the Soviet troops had returned, Harqianke burst into tears with excitement. He held the patrol leader's hand and said: "Comrades, I hope you are back. You will not leave again when you come back this time."
Alright?"
"No, Comrade Halchenko." The patrol leader held Halchenko's hand and said to him with a smile: "Since we have recaptured Kursk, we will not let the Germans take it again.
In the past, we will use our blood and lives to defend it."
As dawn dawned, Belgin and his political workers began to be active in the residential areas, notifying the residents who were still unaware of the news of the troops' return. Soon, more and more residents walked out of their homes.
, stood in the street with neighbors, talking about this army that seemed to fall from the sky.
When a few brave children saw Belkin and other political workers who were doing propaganda work, they bravely stepped forward to beg: "Mr. Officer, please give me something to eat. I haven't eaten in two days."
Seeing how pitiful the children were, a political worker quickly took out a few pieces of bread from his backpack and distributed them to several children.
Unexpectedly, when the residents on the roadside saw the guards distributing bread to the children, they also rushed up, surrounded Belkin and others, and said in a hurry: "Comrade commander, have mercy on us."
, give me something to eat."
When he saw the residents surrounding him, most of whom were in ragged clothes, with haggard and skinny faces, Belkin quickly raised his hands above his head and said loudly: "Quiet, comrades, please be quiet!" When no one around him spoke,
He went on to say: "I know that under the rule of the Germans, you did not have enough to eat or clothing to keep warm. In order to get closer to everyone's actual difficulties, please line up in front of the warehouse at noon to receive the food distributed to you."
"Long live the Red Army! Long live the Red Army!" As soon as Belkin finished speaking, shouts like a mountain roaring and a tsunami sounded around him: "Long live Stalin! Long live Stalin~!"
I heard that the warehouse would distribute food to the residents of the city at noon, and the whole city was completely boiling. Countless residents who got the news shouted neat slogans and rushed towards the warehouse along the street.
Vasily, who stayed behind at the warehouse, saw the residents of the city pouring into the warehouse from all directions. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He quickly sent a platoon to the door to maintain order. At the same time, he called Sokov and reported that
: "Comrade Battalion Commander, thousands of people suddenly came outside the warehouse. What should we do?"
Although it was not yet noon, Sokov learned that thousands of residents had already flocked to the entrance of the warehouse, and said to Vasily: "Comrade Captain, let the soldiers maintain order outside, then open the warehouse and give
Residents distributed food."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, I would like to ask." Vasily had never done the work of opening a warehouse and distributing grain, so he asked with some confusion: "I wonder what standards are used for distribution?"
"First distribute the food according to the standard of 500 grams per person." Sokov was worried that Vasily would not be able to cope with such a scene, so he said into the microphone: "You start distributing food first, and I will rush over as soon as possible."
Just when Sokov was about to leave the command post, Vanya walked in from the outside. As soon as he saw Sokov's face, he said excitedly: "Comrade Battalion Commander, good news, we have successfully captured the prisoners of war."
camp, eliminated the German guards and rescued nearly a thousand comrades imprisoned inside."
"Nearly a thousand soldiers were rescued from the prisoner of war camp?" Hearing the news, Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly asked: "What is their physical condition?"
Vanya knew that Sokov had a tradition of recruiting soldiers from prisoners of war, and quickly replied: "Most of them were captured in the past two months. Although they have suffered some hardships, they are in good physical condition and can be incorporated into the army immediately.
." After introducing the situation, Vanya paused for a moment and asked, "Comrade Battalion Commander, when do you think they will be incorporated into the army?"
"Immediately, immediately, we must organize them into each company as quickly as possible." Sokov said impatiently: "The Germans will definitely launch an attack on us at any time, and it is still unknown when reinforcements will arrive, so
We can only rely on ourselves for everything.”
After Sokov said this, he immediately walked back to the house and called Andrei and Vasily respectively, asking them to rush to the battalion command post immediately. Vasily was a little embarrassed when he heard Sokov's order.
Said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, we are preparing to distribute food to the residents in the city. If I leave, who will be responsible?"
Sokov knew the capabilities of company and platoon-level commanders well. When Vasily said this, he immediately replied: "Leave this matter to Second Lieutenant Grisa. I believe that with his ability, he will be able to complete it well."
This mission.”
When Vasily arrived in a hurry, he saw that the other two company commanders had arrived first. Seeing that Vanya was talking quietly with Sokov, he could only look at An, who was sitting beside him, with confused eyes.
Andre hoped to get answers from him and understand Sokov's purpose of recruiting him here. But Andre also couldn't figure out why Sokov was eager to find him, so he spread his hands and shrugged.
, in answer to Vasily’s questioning look.
"Captain Vasily, you are here." When Sokov saw Vasily walking in the door, he stopped talking with Vanya and asked Vasily: "How is the situation at the warehouse? Have you started distributing food to the residents?
?”
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Vasily nodded and replied: "Before I left the warehouse, Political Deputy Battalion Commander Comrade Belkin arrived just in time, so he and Second Lieutenant Grisa were responsible for distributing food.
Matter. Although there are tens of thousands of residents gathered around the warehouse, everyone is observing order and there is no crowding. Instead, they queue up actively. Under the guidance of our soldiers, they enter the warehouse one by one to receive food."
Sokov was worried that the residents of the city would gather around the warehouse, and the scene would definitely be chaotic. But when Vasily said this, he immediately realized that Belgin and Grisa could control the situation well, and the words hanging in their throats were
Heart, the steward put it back in his stomach. He coughed, and then said: "Comrades, let me tell you some good news. Captain Vanya rescued nearly a thousand captured comrades from the German prisoner-of-war camp.
What is gratifying is that their physical condition is very good and they can be quickly integrated into our combat troops. I called you here to discuss how to distribute these soldiers."