Red Moscow

After several Romanian soldiers were released, they did not leave. After all, now is an extraordinary period, and they are also worried about leaving rashly. The Soviet army may shoot behind them. It is not clear how they will die by then, so the best choice is to follow the Soviet army far away.

Grusko noticed the Romanian soldiers following him, so he stopped, called an officer, and told him, "Lieutenant, go and ask those Romanians, what are they doing with us?"

The lieutenant went over to inquire and came back to report to Glushko: "Comrade deputy commander, I have already asked. They are worried that if they leave like this, we will shoot them in the back."

After Grusko figured out the reason why the Romanians followed behind, he really couldn't laugh or cry. He pondered for a moment, and then said to the officer: "Since they want to follow, let them follow, and we won't have any losses anyway."

Not long after, everyone came outside the church.

Gruschke ordered the soldiers carrying the stretcher to put the body on the side of the road, then walked up the steps alone, and said to the star officer at the door: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Gruschko, deputy commander of the 126th Regiment. I need to see the teacher, please inform me."

The officer on duty had seen the corpse carried by the soldiers a long time ago, and when he heard what Grusko said, he immediately realized that the other party had completed the task assigned to them by the division headquarters, so he asked with a smile: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel , have you captured the German agents?"

"Here, look there." Glushko pouted his lips towards the stretcher in the distance, and said in a teasing tone: "I caught it, but it's a pity it's not alive, it's just a corpse."

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please come in." The star officer saw clearly the corpse lying on the stretcher, and offered to open the door for Grusko, "Not only the division commander is inside, but the commander is also there."

The reason why the officer on duty brought up Sokov was not that he had no sense of secrecy, but that Sokov entered the city with the regiment in front of him, and there was no need to keep them secret.

After thanking the officer on duty, Grushiko strode into the headquarters.

"Lieutenant Colonel Glushko," Ponedelin, who was talking to Sokov, suddenly saw Glushko walking in from the outside, and asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

Gruschko raised his hand to salute Pornejelin, and said respectfully: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Gruschko, deputy commander of the 126th Guards Regiment, reports to you that we have successfully captured the German spies who sneaked into the city." , specially came to report to you."

"Oh, the German secret service has already caught it?" Hearing Gruschko's words, Ponegerin couldn't help but smile: "Where is he, bring him in quickly, I want to interrogate him personally. "

"Uh, Comrade Commander." Hearing that Ponegerin said that he would personally interrogate the German spy, Gruschko replied with some embarrassment: "The German spy is indeed outside, but I'm afraid it's impossible for you to interrogate him. "

"Why?" Pornegerin asked in bewilderment.

"Lieutenant Colonel Pornegerin, I think I can explain this to you." Sokov guessed the truth from Glushko's words, "I think they must have captured the German spies, but It's not a living person, but a corpse. Lieutenant Colonel Glushko, am I right?" His last sentence was directed to Glushko.

"That's right, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Sokov guessed the truth of the matter at once, he quickly gave a thumbs up: "You guessed right, the German spies resisted when we captured them, and they have already been captured by our army." The soldier was killed."

"Why did you kill him?" Knowing that the German spy had been killed, Ponegerin couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you should catch him alive so that we can get more useful information from him." information."

"It's useless, Lieutenant Colonel Ponegerin." Seeing Grushko's hesitant expression, Sokov knew that he had scruples, so he took the initiative to say to Ponegerin: "German spy When you find yourself exposed, you will not be caught without a fight, you will definitely resist, and it is completely correct to say that you will be shot dead."

Sokov paused for a moment, then continued: "Germans in this profession generally have a strict mouth. Even if we catch a living one, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get any useful information from him."

"That's right, that's right, Comrade Commander is right." Seeing that Sokov was speaking for himself, Glushko said quickly: "When we were arresting German spies, he also killed and wounded several of our soldiers. , in order to prevent him from causing us more casualties, I could only order decisively to kill him. At that time, I considered that such a stubborn enemy, even if we caught him, would probably not provide us with anything useful information."

"Lieutenant Colonel Pornegerin," Sokov said to Pornegerin, "you can call General Antonetta and tell him that we have captured the German agents who sneaked into the city and that his men can Leave the barracks and move freely."

Upon hearing what Sokov said, Glushko hurriedly said, "Comrade Commander, I still have something to report to you."

"whats the matter?"

"It's like this, I met a few Romanian soldiers when I was leading a patrol..."

"How could this be?" Hearing that Glushko had encountered several Romanian soldiers during his patrol, Ponegerin had an unbelievable expression on his face: "We have asked General Antoneta to send all All the officers and soldiers are temporarily locked up in barracks, how can there be Romanian soldiers on the street? Is there any problem in this?"

"Lieutenant Colonel Ponegerin, I think these soldiers should have sneaked out of the barracks." After explaining to Ponederin, Sokov turned his head and asked Glushko: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, Where are those soldiers now?"

"Just outside the headquarters."

"Outside the headquarters?" Ponegerin asked in surprise after hearing this, "What are they doing here?"

"The situation is like this, Comrade Commander." Seeing Pornegerin's confused look, Gruschko quickly explained to him: "After killing the German spies, I ordered my subordinates to let go of these Romanian soldiers. But After they were released, they were not at ease, worried that our soldiers would shoot them in the back, so they followed us all the time, and came here like this.”

"This is hell, how could we shoot at them?" After saying this, Pornejelin ordered Glushko: "Lieutenant Colonel Glushko, go out and tell those soldiers immediately that their companions are very angry." They will be released from the barracks soon, so that they don't have to worry, they can do what they should do, and don't stay outside."

Just when Glushko agreed and was about to turn around and walk outside, Sukov stopped him. Sokov turned to Ponejielin and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Ponejielin, Comrade Grushko has just said that these Romanian soldiers dare not leave because they are afraid of being shot in the back. Even Grushko If comrades go out to say hello to them again, they will probably have some scruples."

"Then what should we do?" Pornejelin said helplessly, "I can't let them stay outside all the time, can I?"

"If you want to let them leave, there is actually no way." Sokov said to Ponegerin: "Aren't you just about to call General Antonetta to inform him that the camp can be opened. Tell him something, let him send someone to pick up these soldiers."

"This is a good idea." Ponegelin's eyes lit up: "Comrade Commander, what you said is very reasonable. The soldiers outside are worried about us. Even if we let them leave, they will definitely not want to leave. But If their chief comes here to lead people, they will surely be able to let go of their guard."

Pornegelin quickly connected to Antonetta's office, and as soon as he heard the other party's voice, he said straight to the point: "Mr. General, I have some good news for you: we have captured the man disguised as Romanian officer's German agent."

"Ah, I've caught it." Antonetta was very surprised that the Soviet army had caught the German spy in such a short period of time. He tentatively asked, "Did he recruit anything? For example, How many of his accomplices are still in the city, what kind of weapons are they equipped with, and what are their plans for the future?"

"No, Mr. General, nothing." Pornegering told the other party regretfully: "During the process of our arrest, the German spies shot and arrested us, causing us some casualties. After his bullets were exhausted, was killed by our soldiers."

"He was killed?" Knowing that the German spy was killed, Antonetta was full of regrets, because in this way, he would not know whether there were any accomplices of the spy in the city, and where he would continue Sabotage: "That would be a shame."

"By the way, Mr. General, I have one more thing to tell you."

"General Bornegelin," Antonetta asked respectfully, "what is it?"

"It's like this. When our troops were searching for German spies in the city, we accidentally found several soldiers from your army wandering the streets, and even clashed with our patrol team."

"What, your patrol found my soldiers wandering in the street?" Antonetta asked in surprise: "Is it not a mistake? You know, after General Sokov gave the order, I have all the soldiers Stay in the barracks, not allowed to go anywhere. How can there be soldiers hanging out in the streets, are they Germans in disguise again?"

"That's not the case." Ponegelin said: "My subordinates have verified their identities. They are indeed soldiers of your army, and they will definitely not be mistaken."

"General Ponegelin, since you have confirmed that they are my soldiers, can you release them all?"

"After we killed the German agents, my men released them. However, none of them wanted to leave."

Antoneta asked puzzledly: "Since you have released them, why are they unwilling to leave?"

"Mr. General, I have learned about the general situation." Pornegeline also said helplessly: "The reason why they are unwilling to leave is that they are afraid that our army will shoot them from behind. In order to dispel their worries, I plan to Please send officers to fetch them."

"General Ponegelin, which regiment are they from?" Antonetta asked on the phone, "I'll send their commander to fetch them back."

"Lieutenant Colonel Grushiko," Ponejielin covered the microphone with his hand, then turned to ask Grushiko, "Did those soldiers say which regiment they belonged to?"

"I asked. They all belong to the 54th regiment, headed by Colonel Marinescu."

"Mr. General," Ponegelin said to Antonetta, releasing his hand from the microphone, "it's clear that these soldiers are all under Colonel Marinescu of the 54th Regiment."

"Understood, General Ponegelin, I'll send someone to fetch them right away."

"Mr. General, I would like to ask you one thing, can I?"

"Of course, General Bornegeline." Antonetta said carelessly: "What do you need, just tell me?"

"Please don't call me a general in the future," Bornegelin worried that the other party would not understand what he meant, and made a special explanation: "Although I used to be a general before, that is in the past, and now I am just a general." A little lieutenant colonel. If you want to add a military rank to the end when you address me, please call me by my real military rank. Is that okay?"

"Understood, General Ponegelin, no, Lieutenant Colonel Ponegelin." Antoneta said with some embarrassment: "Then I will call you that from now on."

When Ponegelin put down the phone, he said to Grushiko: "Lieutenant Colonel Grushiko, I have already spoken to General Antoneta, and he will send someone over to pick up the soldiers soon. There is no one here. What's the matter with you, you can go back."

Glushko agreed, raised his hand to salute Sokov and Ponedelin, then turned and walked out of the headquarters.

After eliminating the German spies who had infiltrated the city, the next priority was naturally to strengthen the city's defenses. After all, the Germans were able to send spies to sneak in, proving that they already knew the news of the fall of Otatz, and it would be a matter of time before they dispatched troops to carry out a counterattack.

"Comrade Commander," Ponedelin said to Sokov, "Almost half of the soldiers of the 122nd Regiment stationed outside the city have no weapons. If they cannot replenish their weapons and equipment in time, once they are attacked by the German army, I am worried that those positions outside the city will not be defended at all."

Sokov is now also a clever woman who can't live without rice. Because the weapons and ammunition of the front troops are too consumed, the 53rd Army can't get any supplements at all, and the weapons and equipment sent by Yakov are just a drop in the bucket and can't be satisfied at all. All troop needs.

But now the defense outside the city of Otac is the top priority, and Sokov must find a way to solve the weapons for them. Thinking of this, he quickly called the radio operator who was following him, and told him: "Communication operator, send a telegram to Colonel Yakov immediately, and ask when his transport fleet will reach Otac?"

Just a few minutes later, Yakov's telegram came. After reading the above content, Sokov was in a bad mood. I saw it said: Because several hovercraft broke down due to failures, the original arrival time may need to be delayed by one to two days.

Both Bonegerin and Sidolin leaned over to read the contents of the telegram clearly. Ponegerin couldn't help frowning: "The arrival time is also delayed by one to two days, which means that our troops will not be able to obtain the necessary weapons and equipment until three or four days later. But the German attack will not Delay. Comrade Commander, tell me, what should we do?"