"Gsant, I don't know what your real name is, so let's call you Gsant for the time being." Sokov sneered and said, "Even if you have not been the deputy battalion commander for a long time, you cannot know everyone in the battalion.
But the company commanders of each company should know each other. Then tell me which company commander he is."
"That's right." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Yakov added: "As long as you tell which company this lieutenant is the commander of, we can believe that what you said is true."
The fake Gesang, who originally wanted to get away with it, saw that he could not hide his identity, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I am indeed not Gesang."
Captain. My real name is Kalugin. I am a second lieutenant platoon leader of the 23rd Infantry Division. I was captured in the first few days of the war. I stayed in a German prisoner-of-war camp for more than a year.
He was recently incorporated into the 31st Eastern Battalion by the Germans."
Sokov thought that the other party could call him by his name when they first met. At first, he thought it was Samoylov who told him. Unexpectedly, Samoylov said that he never thought that the other party mentioned his name.
So Sokov was curious about how the other person got his name. "Kalugin, I'm curious about something. How did you know my name?"
Hearing Sokov's question, Kalugin gave a wry smile and then replied: "Before I performed the mission, the Germans showed me your photo and asked me to find a way to gain your trust and arrange it at the appropriate time."
I’ll kill you when the time comes.”
When Yakov heard this, he poked Sokov twice with his elbow and said jokingly: "Misha, I didn't expect that you are actually the target of the Germans. This is really amazing. If there is a chance,
, I must tell my father about this."
After Yakov's words, Sokov directly filtered it out. Just kidding, the Supreme Commander himself, who has everything to do with everything, would still care about an unknown person like himself, even if he is the son of his old friend and he once saved his son.
Life, it may not be an easy thing to attract his attention.
Sokov waved his hand at Samoylov and ordered: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, take him down first. After I have thought about how to deal with him, I will send someone to call you."
After Samoilov took Kalugin away, Yakov asked Sokov: "Misha, what are you going to do with these prisoners and shoot them all?"
Sokov still had no experience in how to deal with the people in the Eastern Battalion. After Yakov finished speaking, he asked: "Yakov, in your opinion, how should we deal with these people?"
"Needless to say, of course they will all be shot." Yakov replied without hesitation: "These people are traitors to the motherland, and we must not spare them lightly."
Although Stalin has not yet said: "We have no prisoners of war, only traitors to the motherland", Sokov knew very well that the commanders and soldiers captured by the German army, even if they escaped on their own, would not be able to escape scrutiny or be arrested.
The fate of being sent to a punishment camp, let alone such prisoners of war who actively served the Germans. Apart from shooting them, Sokov could not think of a better way.
If it were at another time and place, Sokov would definitely order the execution of this group of officers and soldiers of the Eastern Battalion without hesitation. But at this moment, the war is imminent. If the commanders and soldiers on other positions saw so many "own people"
"Whether being shot will create a bad association, if it affects the morale and morale of the troops, it will be very detrimental to the subsequent breakout operation. Therefore, on how to deal with Kalugin and his accomplices, Sokov had to
Not treated with caution.
"To shoot them, it's just a matter of words." Sokov said to Yakov: "But the commanders and fighters on the nearby position must have had bad feelings when they saw us disarming a troop that had just retreated.
If we see us shooting these people again, it will inevitably shake the morale of the military, which will be very detrimental to our next battle."
As soon as Sokov finished speaking, the phone on the side rang. The call was from Vanya. His location was not far from the place where Kalugin and the others were disarmed. The soldiers in the camp looked at
It turned out that this unit that had just withdrawn from the south was disarmed by Sokov's direct guard platoon, and everyone was tied up, so there was a lot of discussion. Vanya called because he wanted to find out what happened.
Something happened.
"Comrade Captain," Sokov told Vanya truthfully in order to set the record straight: "We have confirmed that the small unit coming from the south are members of the German Eastern Battalion, so I ordered them all to be dispatched.
Disarmed and arrested. If any soldiers ask about this, you might as well answer them truthfully."
Vanya originally thought that the security platoon arrested people because these people had withdrawn from German-controlled areas and needed to be strictly reviewed. After listening to Sokov's explanation, he realized that things were not what he imagined. He asked curiously:
"Comrade Brigadier, what do you plan to do with them?"
"These people are the lackeys of the Germans, scum who serve the enemy wholeheartedly. We must not let them go lightly." Sokov told Vanya about his dilemma: "Logically speaking, for this kind of scum of the motherland,
Traitors, we should not be merciful, we should shoot them directly. But I am worried that the commanders and soldiers who do not know the truth will have bad associations when they see us executing these traitors, which will be very detrimental to our next combat operations.
"
After listening to Sokov's heartfelt words, Vanya was about to say a few words when suddenly a soldier rushed into his command post and shouted at him: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy has been discovered in the south.
"
"What, the enemy was discovered?" After hearing the soldier's report, Vanya didn't even bother to cover the microphone, and asked hurriedly: "What size of enemy is it?"
"There are about two companies of enemies, forming a skirmish formation, and they are coming towards us." The soldier reported to Vanya: "They will arrive in front of our position in about ten minutes.
"
"I understand, you go down first." After Vanya sent away the soldiers who reported the news, he was about to report the situation here to Sokov. But Sokov said first: "Comrade Captain, I heard everything
When we arrive, prepare for battle immediately."
After Sokov put down the phone, he found a suitable observation position, raised his telescope and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw several German skirmisher lines moving towards the hill where he was. Yakov also
Spotting the enemy in the distance, he asked curiously: "Misha, are the enemies planning to attack us? Why did they attack us without even basic artillery preparations?"
"Yakov, if you ask me this question, who should I ask?" Sokov said, somewhat dumbfounded: "What's going on with the Germans? They launched an attack on us without artillery preparations or tanks.
With the cover of armored vehicles, doesn’t this mean that their soldiers are going to die?”
"No matter what the Germans think, I think it's better for the soldiers to prepare for battle." Yakov said seriously: "I feel that a fierce battle is about to happen."
The first battalion, which was mainly responsible for the defense in the south, had already begun to prepare for battle. Sokov called Tenev, who was in charge of the defense in the west, and told him that enemies had appeared in the south, and asked him to be more vigilant and closely monitor the situation in the west.
Enemy movements.
After deploying all this, Sokov raised his telescope again and looked at the enemy infantry getting closer and closer to him. He began to mutter in his heart: before the enemy attacked, they did not prepare artillery fire; during the attack, there were no tanks or armored vehicles.
cover, what is going on? Could it be that the German commander was still hungover and sent his men to die?
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Sokov's mind, and he immediately guessed the reason why the German army behaved so strangely. He smiled, nodded, and said thoughtfully: "So that's it, I understand."
"What do you understand, Misha?" Yakov heard Sokov talking to himself and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Come on, tell me."
Sokov pointed at the prisoners at the foot of the hill and said: "Yakov, the reason why the Germans did not prepare for artillery fire and did not have tanks and armored vehicles to accompany them was because they were worried that the guns had no eyesight and would hurt the soldiers they sent.
I estimate that after these people approach our position, they will use some method to contact the soldiers of the Dongfang Battalion and cooperate inside and outside to achieve the goal of seizing our position."
"It makes sense, it makes sense." Yakov waited for Sokov to finish and said with a smile: "But they never dreamed that these traitors they sent would be discovered by us. In this way, their
The plan fell through."
Another idea came to Sokov's mind. He smiled and said: "Yakov, I have thought of a good way to deal with these traitors."
"Oh, have you thought of a good way?!" Yakov has been racking his brains on how to deal with these traitors. Now that he heard Sokov say so easily that he had thought of a way, he urged the other party to tell him quickly: "
Come and tell me, so I can judge whether your method is suitable."
"Guchakov," Sokov turned and shouted to the corporal Guchakov wearing the rank of lieutenant: "Go and find Samoylov, I have a task to entrust to him."
Samoilov may have been waiting for Sokov's order, so as soon as Guchakov shouted over, he trotted over. He came to Sokov and Yakov, stood at attention on the spot, and stood up
He straightened up and asked, "Comrade Brigadier, what instructions do you have?"
"Second Lieutenant Samoylov, you immediately take Kalugin back to the position under the hill, untie all the prisoners, and return the weapons to them." Sokov emphasized: "Remember, weapons can be returned.
But I can’t give you a single bullet. Do you understand?”
"Comrade Brigadier, I don't understand." Sokov's words confused Samoylov: "Aren't those people our enemies? Why should we return the weapons to them?"
"Yes, Misha." Not to mention Samoilov was confused, even Yakov was confused, "Why did you give the gun back to those traitors?"
"Look, aren't the German infantry coming towards us?" Sokov pointed to the German skirmisher line in the distance and said with a smile on his face: "If they see an army, they will
Our army's position is rushing towards them. Tell me, what will they do?"
"If I were a German and saw a troop rushing toward me, I would definitely stop where I was and fire to destroy all the enemies who had left the trenches." After Yakov finished speaking, he asked in confusion.
Kov: "Misha, we are asking you why you returned the weapons to those prisoners. What are you doing with these useless items?"
"Yakov, it seems you didn't understand what I meant." Sokov coughed heavily, cleared his throat, and continued: "I asked Second Lieutenant Samoilov to return the weapons to the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion.
It is to prepare them to hold guns and rush towards the Germans on the opposite side..."
"No, Comrade Brigadier." When Samoilov heard this, he interrupted Sokov before he finished speaking and said, "What we do is not equivalent to allowing these traitors from the Eastern Battalion to escape again.
Have you gone back to the Germans?"
Yakov's brain was much better than that of Samoilov. Although Sokov hadn't finished speaking, he already understood what was going on. He said excitedly: "Misha, this is really a good idea. Germany
"When people saw a group of soldiers wearing our uniforms jumping out of their positions and rushing toward them, the Germans' first reaction was to stop and shoot to eliminate these daring enemies."
After Yakov said this, Samoylov also understood what was going on. He grinned and then said cheerfully: "Comrade Brigadier, don't worry, I will take Kalugin back to the place below immediately."
position, let him and his comrades 'charge' towards the Germans together, and let the Germans eliminate their own lackeys."
Samoilov acted at his will. He took Kalugin to the position under the hill, ordered his subordinates to untie all the prisoners, and then returned their weapons. Not only was Samoilov's move
The soldiers in the guard platoon were puzzled, and even the prisoners who had just received their weapons were confused.
Seeing that the Germans were still three to four hundred meters away from his position, Samoilov said to the prisoners: "If you want to survive, run towards the Germans on the opposite side. If you are not afraid," he took out his hand.
He pulled out his pistol and said with a ferocious look, "I'll kill him immediately."
After their identities were revealed, the prisoners thought they were certain to die. When they heard Samoilov's words, they saw that they still had a glimmer of hope. Immediately, many people crawled out of the trenches on hands and knees and headed towards the Germans.