Burning Moscow

After the meeting, I called Oleg and Vellore to my command post and planned to discuss with them how to settle our team. After all, even if Basmanov left with a company, the strength of the station would be great. There will be as many as five or six hundred, and there are quite a few commanders who do not have German uniforms.

As soon as I walked into the headquarters, I first walked to Shura's side and leaned down and said to her: "Shula, immediately report to Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov and tell him that Captain Basmanov is leading a The convoy loaded with supplies is returning to our defense zone. In order to pass the German blockade smoothly, Captain Basmanov put on German uniforms. Please pay attention to identification and do not misunderstand yourself."

Shura agreed, and immediately put his finger on the send button, ticking to initiate the report.

After I ordered Shura to send the report, I turned and returned to my position. Looking up, they found Oleg and Vellore, standing beside them honestly, and hurriedly greeted them to sit down.

As soon as Oleg sat down with a displeased face, he thoughtlessly said: "Comrade Commander, I can't figure it out?"

"I can't figure it out, why can't I figure it out?" Oleg's words confused me. I stared at him for a long time before asking tentatively: "Lieutenant Colonel Oleg, you mean, I shouldn't Let the German second lieutenant tell the commanders about the combat experience?"

Unexpectedly, after listening to Oleg, he waved his hands desperately and said repeatedly, "No, it's not this thing?"

If it's not this, what can't you figure out? I didn't speak, but looked at him quietly, waiting for him to take the initiative to tell me the answer.

After a short silence, he finally spoke: "You ordered the release of all the German prisoners. I have no objection. But you still let them and our soldiers on duty, although in the five-person patrol, we have Four people, but I’m not at ease, I don’t think you should trust them like this."

When I heard that this was the case, the rock hanging in my heart fell to the ground. I leaned back, leaned back in my chair and said disapprovingly: "I wondered why, it turned out to be this. Lieutenant Colonel Oleg, you said just now. The German soldiers on duty are with us. The ratio of fighters is 1:4, and there are no bullets in their guns, nothing can happen."

"But why let these German soldiers and our soldiers on duty?" Oleg asked puzzledly, "Do you trust them so much?"

After hearing Oleg’s words, I thought for a moment and replied: “Yes, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg, I believe them. Because these German soldiers who have just been released are not the kind of party brainwashed by the Nazis. Guards. They are ordinary soldiers of the Wehrmacht, as long as they understand that their cooperation with us is not against the Germans, but for the birth of a new Germany. They are fighting against the fascists represented by Hitler, then they Will choose to cooperate with us."

"But, in case..." Oleg wanted to persuade me a few more words, but I did not hesitate to interrupt, I turned around and asked Vellore: "Vellore political commissar, I'm looking for you and Oleg. The school came here to study how to conceal our surplus troops. Do not let the German troops coming tomorrow find out. Do you have any good ideas?"

Vellore frowned and thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "If you want to conceal, you can only let those troops without German uniforms first conceal to the second floor of the station waiting hall. I went up to check it, although the building is in the German army. The damage was severe in the artillery fire, but there are still many places upstairs. The troops can be concealed. In addition, I have another suggestion."

"What's the suggestion? Go ahead, Vellore."

"I think that after arranging the new German troops in the warehouse, a cordon should be drawn on the platform to prevent the Germans from coming. In this way, we can reduce the possibility of us being seen through..."

As soon as Vellore said this, there was a noisy noise outside the door. I vaguely heard a familiar voice, shouting loudly outside: "...Let me in, let me in, I have Important situations should be reported to the teacher."

Hearing the noise outside, I couldn't help frowning. I rushed to Shura, who turned my head and said: "Sura, you go out and see, what is going on outside and why is it so noisy?"

Shura nodded, stood up, opened the door and walked out. After a while, Shura stood at the door, holding the door in his hand and reporting to me: "Comrade Commander, there is a soldier named Boris outside. He said that there is an important situation to report to you, but he was blocked by the sentry at the door... "

"Let him in." Before Shura could finish, I gave the order straightforwardly.

Almost at the same time as my order was finished, Boris, carrying a rifle, rushed in. Without paying attention to saluting me, he said loudly: "Report to the teacher, something has happened!"

"What happened?"

"There are two...two German soldiers, fleeing...fleeing!" Boris reported breathlessly.

"What?! Some German soldiers have escaped!" Upon hearing the shocking news, the three of us all jumped up from our positions. Oleg grabbed Boris by the collar and asked nervously, "Hurry up, what's the matter?"

Perhaps Oleg was trying too hard, and Boris was strangled and coughed violently. After a brief panic, my emotions have calmed down a bit. Seeing that Boris was strangled enough, I hurried over and asked Oleg to release his hand, and then asked Boris, "You tell me, what's the matter? "

After Oleg let go of Boris’s collar, Boris still covered his throat with his hands and gasped for a while. When he felt a little better, he replied, “Master, there are two A German soldier fled with an empty gun."

"How did you escape? In what direction did you run?"

"Just now when I was standing guard, I saw two men in German uniforms walking along the railroad tracks to the south. Because they were a bit far apart, I couldn't see each other’s faces clearly, plus they were still carrying guns. I thought it was a soldier on patrol, so I didn’t care. I didn’t expect the two of them to go farther and farther. They were both seventy or eighty meters away from the station. They hadn’t stopped yet. I noticed something was wrong and called them to stop. It’s okay if you don’t shout. Hearing my shout, the two of them ran away. Because I was afraid of exposing the target, I didn’t dare to shoot. Instead, I followed them. The two ran too fast, and I chased them for a certain distance. Come back and report to you as soon as possible."

After listening to him, my face felt hot. I just thought that Oleg vowed to say that the German prisoners would cooperate with us, but the words were still in my ears, and there was a desertion incident. I bit my molars and asked, "How long have they been running?"

"Less than five minutes." Boris quickly replied, and then added: "The two people may not be familiar with the road, so they fled south along the railway line."

"Master, what should I do?" Oleg asked me for instructions.

I quickly thought about the terrain south of the station in my mind. In my impression, there is a road that is close to the railway. If people are chased by a motorcycle, they should be able to catch up. So I quickly ordered Oleg: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you take Boris and another squad of fighters to chase south along the railway line on a motorcycle. If you want to see people alive, even if you are killed. Bring their bodies back to me."

"Yes, I promise to complete the task." Oleg agreed and turned to Boris next to him and waved his head: "Follow me."

Vellore looked at the backs of the two leaving, and asked in a flustered manner: "Comrade Commander, do you think they can catch these two German soldiers who escaped?"

"That is to say, of course we must catch them. If they escape back to the Germans, then all our disguise will be exposed." That said. I told Vellore: "You go and call Captain Grams, he can give me an explanation for this deserter incident."

After Vellore left, I looked at the map on the table in a daze, and secretly calculated the distance from the station to the nearest German camp to the south. The two places are five kilometers apart, and the two German soldiers are physically capable. It takes almost twenty minutes to reach the destination, and now almost ten minutes have passed, which means that Oleg's motorcycle team must stop the two before they finish the remaining distance. Otherwise everything is over.

Vellore came back quickly, because Captain Grams' residence was in the box office not far from the headquarters. Grams obviously knew that his subordinates were escaping, so he looked serious when he entered the door.

"Captain Grams," I said coldly as I looked at him, "you know the situation. Two soldiers fled with empty guns. I asked you to come over to hear your opinion. Wait for these two. When a deserter is caught back, what are you going to do with them?"

After listening to Mikhayev's translation, Grams replied without hesitation: "Your Excellency, do you need to say, I will shoot all my subordinates to death in front of them."

Grams' statement made me feel better. If he evaded his refusal to deal with the deserter, maybe I would immediately order him and his subordinates to be dealt with. In this kind of extraordinary period, there must be no factors of instability around you. Now that he has clearly stated the way to deal with it, I nodded slightly, and then said: "Since Mr. Captain already has a solution in his heart, then go and gather all your subordinates now. Wait until the two deserters are killed. After Lieutenant Colonel Oleg came back, you should shoot the two deserters in front of your men."

After hearing what I said, Grams nodded with a bitter expression, and said with difficulty: "Well, your commander, I will shoot these two damned deserters myself."

When we left the headquarters, I whispered to Vellore: "Vellore political commissar, you will immediately transfer to the army and strengthen the defense on the south side of the station, so that even if the Germans come over, we will have time to respond. "After saying that I just wanted to leave, I suddenly felt that maybe things would not become as bad as I thought, so he added: "If Lieutenant Colonel Oleg brings back the deserter smoothly, then you only need to add a few more to the south. A sentinel will do."

Vellore hurriedly replied: "Understood, comrade commander, I will make arrangements now."

Grams quickly assembled his troops on the platform. Fearing that something might happen again, Vellore sent a company of troops to guard around the thirty-odd German soldiers and surrounded them. .

Grams turned a blind eye to the commanders with live ammunition around him. After his troops were finished, he came to me, raised his hand and saluted, and reported: "Your Excellency, Captain Grams is reporting to you, the 103rd Regiment of the German Infantry. After the assembly of e-connector, we are waiting for your instructions!"

I glanced at the German queue and said angrily: "Mr. Captain, the only order I can give you now is to stand by!"

After listening to Grams, he quickly turned around and walked to the front of his line, announcing loudly to his subordinates: "Stay on the spot!"

that's all. Dozens of German officers and soldiers carrying empty guns were surrounded by hundreds of Soviet commanders and soldiers with live ammunition. The platform was quiet, and none of them spoke. Even if someone coughs. Also cover his mouth with his hands, so as not to destroy the tranquility of the scene.

After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, Boris suddenly shouted: "Master, Comrade Master, where are you?"

I listened attentively, and Boris’s voice did not appear flustered, proving that their actions were rewarding, so I replied loudly in the direction where the voice sounded: "I am here!"

Soon, I saw Boris squeezed out of the soldiers on the south side of the platform. He came to me and raised his hand with joy and reported: "Comrade commander. We have brought back two deserters."

Hearing Boris's report, two cry of relief sounded around me. There were only two battles because the German officers and soldiers had to hear the interpreter before they knew what Boris was talking about, so their reaction. Half a beat slower than our soldiers.

A rush of footsteps came from a distance, and then I heard someone yelling non-stop: "Let a favor, comrades, let a favor, let comrade lieutenant colonel pass! Comrades, let a favor..."

The warrior who was on guard gave way to a passage, and then Oleg strode over from the middle. There were about a dozen soldiers behind him, and two soldiers whose hands were cut behind him. Needless to say, these two must be deserters who had just been captured.

Oleg walked in front of me, raised his hand in salute and said, "Report to the commander. Two deserters have been captured by us. How should we deal with them?"

I raised my chin in the direction of Captain Grams, and said, "Bring these two people to Captain Grams."

"But, comrade commander..." Oleg looked at Grams, and said with some embarrassment, "Should I just hand over the deserter to Captain Grams?"

"Yes. Lieutenant Colonel Oleg." I said flatly, "Give these two people to Captain Grams. He knows what to do with the deserters."

Hearing my order, Oleg reluctantly agreed: "Yes." Then he ordered the soldiers behind him: "Have you all heard? Execute the order immediately and hand the two deserters to Captain Grams."

The two German soldiers who were tied back and the angry soldiers retreated to the German queue. After the two stumbled to the front of the queue, a German sergeant suddenly opened his mouth and shouted.

I didn't understand the German they said, so I asked Mikhayev: "Second lieutenant, what are they talking about?"

Mikhayev stared fiercely at the two German soldiers, and his mouth translated for me: "Soldiers, compatriots, these Russians are like asking you to take up arms and fight the Germans. Now we are great. The army of the German Empire has already stepped on the threshold of Stalingrad. As long as we take one step forward, we can occupy the city. Soldiers..."

I have to say that this German sergeant was quite eloquent, and the expressions of many soldiers in the queue became confused. After the soldiers around me listened to the translations of their companions, they invariably yelled at the same time, and the scene became chaotic.

I asked Mikhayev in a low voice, "Do you know who this sergeant is?"

Mikhayev said hesitantly: "It seems to be the second squad leader in the platoon of Lieutenant Gretka. I can't remember the exact name."

"Don't think about it if you can't think of it, he will be a dead person anyway. Even if a dead person is a German marshal, he is just an ignorant corpse." Saying this, I took a step forward and raised my hands high. Over his head, he shouted loudly at the same time: "Quiet, please be quiet! Comrades, please be quiet!"

The platform soon became quiet. I walked up to the two deserters, gave them a scornful look, and then shouted to the neatly standing German soldiers: "Soldiers, I am Colonel Oshanina, the commander of the Soviet Independent Division. I have A few words to say."

My words were immediately translated into German by Lieutenant Gretka standing in front of the queue: "I just heard this German sergeant say that one of your feet has entered Stalingrad's gate, just move forward. One step, you can occupy this city. I want to ask you, is it possible? Although the German soldiers are currently under the city, do you think this city will fall? No, I’m here to tell you solemnly, it won’t. , Stalingrad will never fall, and the flags of Lenin and Stalin will always fly high above the city. Apart from anything else, you should be able to feel that in the defense zone of my independent division, even the elite Holt Several divisions of the 4th Tank Army not only failed to move forward, but suffered heavy losses under our continuous offensive."

Facts speak louder than words. My words made the German soldiers whisper. Seeing this situation, I hurriedly struck the iron while it was hot and said: "Soldiers, the sergeant said, I want you to take up arms and fight against your comrades. Here, I want to tell everyone that he is right. No. To say that he is right is because the Germans who will fight with you in the future are indeed Germans; he is not right, because these Germans who are about to fight with you, they are Nazis loyal to Hitler, not only the enemy of our Soviet Union, but also You enemies of the German people. I want to tell those suspicious soldiers, if you stand on the same front with us now, until the day that Germany is defeated, you soldiers who once took up arms and fought with Hitler's fascists bravely We will become the heroes of the new German Empire."

My words, UU reading www.uukanshu.com may be a bit weird. Both the German soldiers and my commanders were stunned to hear. The entire platform was silent, because at the precarious moment of Stalingrad, I It was unexpectedly shocking to announce that we can not only defend Stalingrad, but also defeat the Germans. If I were not a teacher, they would think of me as a neuropathy.

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. I felt I had finished what I could say, so I walked in front of Grams and said to him: "Captain Grams, I will leave these two deserters to you. As for how to deal with it, You decide." After speaking, I turned around and walked back to the middle of my queue.

The color on Grams's face was red and white. After hesitating for a long time, he turned to say something loudly to his subordinates, possibly seeking his subordinates' opinions. The German army's queue was silent at first, and then they shouted neatly, and they shouted a simple word.

I just turned my head and looked at Mikhayev. Before I could speak, he had already smiled and said to me: "Comrade Commander, these soldiers asked Captain Grams to shoot these two deserters. The word they shouted was' Shot to death'."

Grams turned around and nodded to me. Although he didn't speak, I knew he had made the final decision.