Red Moscow

After hearing what the officer said, Lyudnikov nodded with satisfaction, then opened the document bag, took out a stack of paper from it, and began to browse the contents. After watching for a while, he realized that he had left Sokov and Lukin aside, which seemed a little inappropriate. He quickly said apologetically: "I'm so sorry, I forgot that you two are here. Well, you guys are watching too. Take a look." As he said that, he took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Sokov and Lukin.

When Sokov took over the files, he suddenly thought of what the director of the archives of later generations said to reporters after organizing people to sort out the files: "Arranging and studying the bloodiest parts of these files has enabled us to Many experts in the country are suffering from depression and cannot get rid of it... These files record the most painful and painful history of the Chinese nation, and also expose the atrocities of the Japanese invaders." Today I will see these files with my own eyes, I don’t know what the reaction will be.

What Sokov was reading was a "Military Postal Review Weekly", which recorded a letter from a soldier who belonged to Nagata's unit. It recorded two murderous atrocities he committed in December 1937. The detailed description was very horrifying: "...I stabbed the man in the stomach with a bayonet, pulled it out and stabbed him again. Because the man was wearing clothes, the blood quickly stained the clothes at the wound. The man snorted and fell down. I was worried. He was not dead, so he added another bayonet, pierced his chest, and kicked the body into the river." Finally, the sender also stated that killing made him feel "happy."

Judging from the time, Sokov felt that this damn little devil must have participated in the Jinling Massacre. If he appeared in front of him at this moment, he would definitely let him experience what it means to be cut to pieces by a thousand cuts. Unfortunately, there was no explanation of the other party's subsequent whereabouts in his heart. Even if Sokov got angry again, there was nothing he could do about him.

The next content is the "Monthly Review of Communications" in September 1939, which records the content of the Argentine "Barutes" magazine: The mountain town was bombed, killing 24 people, including 9 children.

Seeing this, Sokov couldn't help but sneered. From February 1938 to December 1944, the Japs carried out indiscriminate bombing of the mountain city and its surrounding areas for six years and four months, killing more than 30,000 people. There were direct casualties, more than 6,600 indirect casualties, and property losses of approximately 10 billion yuan. Civilian residential areas, schools, hospitals, and even foreign consulates within the mountain city are all targets for bombing by Japanese planes.

Sokov put the remaining archive documents on the table. He was very dissatisfied with the Soviet translator who copied and translated the archives. In the Kwantung Army archives, there were so many contents that were too numerous to be transcribed, but some irrelevant ones were copied. Serious news. The Japs' bombing of mountain towns caused 30,000 to 40,000 casualties, but it was not mentioned in the book. It only mentioned a small casualty in an understatement. However, there was a serious tendency to mislead in Argentina's reports.

At this moment, Sokov suddenly saw Lu Jin slam the table, and then said angrily: "It's outrageous, it's simply outrageous."

"Comrade Deputy Commander," Sokov wanted to know what Lu Jin saw, so he leaned his head over and asked curiously: "What did you see?"

"Misha, look at the content here." Lujin pointed to the content on the paper and said to Sokov: "In January 1940, the French consul in Harbin sent a letter to French senior officials, mentioning the island country's White Russian children were trained with the aim of using them to invade the Soviet Union in the future.

In May 1940, an American named Putnancy wrote a letter to her friend Remov in Harbin, specifically mentioning that White Russia in the Far East was being oppressed by the Kwantung Army. The Kwantung Army even planned to squeeze out the White Russians and push them away. Drive away from the land in the northeast..."

When Sokov heard what Lu Jin said, he couldn't help but feel moved. The officer who emotionally copied and translated the files focused on those files related to the Soviet Union. No wonder the heinous crimes committed by the Kwantung Army in China were rarely mentioned.

Perhaps to confirm Sokov's conjecture, Lyudnikov also said: "Comrade Lukin, I also saw some angry content here. In June 1939, our army fought with the Kwantung Army at Nomenkan During this period, they dispatched a unit named Ishii as a special secret force to the war zone.”

When he heard about Ishii's troops, Sokov couldn't help but feel shocked. Isn't this the infamous Unit 731? He asked with some urgency: "Ivan, what are you doing by sending this force to the combat areas of both sides? Are you preparing to use bacterial warfare or chemical warfare against our army?"

Lyudnikov, who was about to continue speaking, suddenly widened his eyes in surprise when he heard what Sokov said. He looked at Sokov and asked in surprise: "Misha, how do you know?"

Naturally, Sokov would not tell the other party that he had read it in the history books of later generations. Instead, he coughed heavily and then explained: "Ivan, it's like this. Our army has several comrades from the 88th International Brigade. They have been fighting the Kwantung Army in the Northeast since 1931. I know the situation of the army very well. By chance, I heard them mention that there is a strange unit in the Kwantung Army. The external designation is "Ishii Unit", which is an institution that specializes in developing viruses. Because I just heard this When I read the number of this unit, I instinctively thought that since they were secretly sent to the Nomenkan area where the enemy and we were fighting, they might be using bacterial weapons."

"Misha, the situation you mentioned, I have read the report before, and it is indeed the case." Lu Jin interrupted: "The Kwantung Army put a large number of viruses in the river where our troops draw water, trying to cause huge harm to our army. The loss was huge. But God is not as good as God. Our people did not go to the area where the virus was present to get water, but their people entered that area by mistake, which caused a large-scale infectious disease in the army. Soldiers and officers fell ill in large numbers, greatly weakening their combat effectiveness.”

"This is a self-inflicted crime." Lyudnikov said: "If they had killed more people, they might have completely given up the idea of ​​invading our country. In this way, after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, we could mobilize the troops in the Far East earlier. To reinforce the Western Front. The troops in the Far East have rich combat experience because they have participated in two battles against island countries. Their early entry into the battle is crucial for us to turn the tide of the war."

After the three chatted for a while, Lyudnikov said with a serious expression: "Judging from the files we have seen, the Kwantung Army's atrocities generally include the following aspects: carrying out brutal bombings, plotting to use White Russia to invade the Far East, and enslaving labor. , conduct bacterial warfare, chemical warfare, etc. I think this matter is of great importance and needs to be reported to the front army headquarters immediately."

"I agree." After expressing his attitude without hesitation, Sokov asked Lukin: "What about you, Comrade Deputy Commander?"

"I also agree." Lukin said to Lyudnikov: "Just the island country's attempt to use Belarus to invade the Far East is a challenge to our country's dignity. Such a major incident must be reported immediately so that everyone can be aware of it. . In this way, we can add more guilt to the damn Kwantung Army until the day of trial."

Seeing that both Sokov and Lukin agreed to report, Lyudnikov picked up the microphone on the table, dialed a number to his ear and said: "I am Lyudnikov, please pick up the front troops for me." Headquarters, look for General Zakharov."

The call was quickly connected, and Zaharov on the other end of the phone asked: "General Lyudnikov, are you calling me for anything important?"

"Yes, General Zakharov." Lyudnikov replied truthfully: "We have compiled a small number of files. In these files, we saw the sinister intentions of the island country. They cultivated Belarusian children and gave them to The children are brainwashed and want to use them to invade the Far East..."

"What, using Belarus to invade the Far East?" After listening to Lyudnikov's report, Zakharov realized the seriousness of the problem and asked quickly: "General Lyudnikov, what are you talking about?" Where is the file information?"

"What I have here is just a transcript. The specific files are still in the school." Lyudnikov asked cautiously: "General Zakharov, do you want to see it? If you want to see it, I will arrange someone immediately Go get the original file.”

After listening to Lyudnikov's words, Zakharov was silent for a moment, and then said: "I think this matter is of great importance. You should immediately send someone to the school to find out the relevant archives and send them to my office."

"Do you need a translation?" Lyudnikov was afraid that Zakharov would ask him to translate the files and then send them to the front army headquarters, so he vaccinated him in advance: "The number of files is huge. If we want to organize and translate them, If so, even with today’s manpower, it will take several months.”

"No need for translation." Zaharov didn't know what Lyudnikov was thinking, so he simply replied: "Just send those documents over yourself, and I will find someone to translate them."

"Okay." After confirming that the other party did not need to translate the files, Lyudnikov immediately felt much more relaxed. He ordered the officer who sent the files: "You should return to the school immediately, find out all the files related to Belarus, and conduct After summarizing, they were sent to the front army headquarters and handed over to General Zakharov."

"Comrade Commander," the officer hesitated for a moment after listening to Lyudnikov's order, and then said: "Even if it is a file about Belarus, I am afraid it will take several trolleys to find them all. , it will take at least a day or two.”

Lyudnikov originally thought that the archives that Zakharov wanted to see were piled in fixed locations, and he just had to go and get them. But when I heard what the officer said, I immediately realized that the problem was more serious than I thought. After some thought, he said to the officer: "Then send some of the troops to General Zakharov first, and it won't be too late to send him the rest of the troops after they are sorted out."

"Do you need an interpreter?" the officer asked cautiously.

"There is no need for translation." Lyudnikov shook his head and said: "There are many more translators in the Front Army Headquarters than we do. You can just bring people to send the files to the Front Army Headquarters. As for the rest, it will be up to you. You don’t need to ask any more questions.”

"Understood, Comrade Commander." The officer replied resoundingly: "I will immediately lead someone to deliver the document to Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army."

After the officer left, Sokov flipped through the files on the table and handed them to Lyudnikov: "Ivan, these files are returned to you."

Hearing what Sokov said, Lyudnikov asked in surprise: "Misha, don't you want to read it?"

"Don't read it." When Sokov was crossing over, he discovered that the archives provided by the officer to Lyudnikov focused on talking about the White Russians living in the northeastern region. Instead, they compared this land of black water and white mountains with The soldiers and civilians fighting the Kwantung Army ignored it. Since there were too few issues related to the people of the Northeast in the archives in his hand, there was no need to continue reading, so he chose to return the archives to Lyudnikov.

Seeing Sokov return the file to him, Lyudnikov didn't think it was strange. If he didn't have to submit a report to his superiors, he probably wouldn't have read the contents carefully. Now that the files found to have problems are being sent to the front army headquarters, the remaining files are of no importance to me.

Lyudnikov arranged the files on the table, put them back into the document bag, and then pressed the summoning bell on the table.

The adjutant who heard the bell hurriedly walked in from outside, faced Lyudnikov and asked: "Comrade Commander, what are your instructions?"

Lyudnikov picked up the document bag, handed it to the adjutant, and said: "Comrade adjutant, this is a file I received not long ago. Now that I have read it, you can take it and file it."

"Yes, Comrade Commander." The adjutant agreed loudly, stepped forward to take the document bag from Lyudnikov's hand, turned around and walked out of the office.

"Misha." Lujin turned to look at Sokov and asked: "After reading the file, should we go back to the room?"

"Well, it's getting late, we really should leave." Sokov said, and came to Lukin's side, preparing to push him back to their respective rooms.

But at this moment, Lyudnikov stopped Sokov: "Misha, wait a minute."

Sokov stopped and turned to look at Lyudnikov: "What's the matter?"

"Your chief of staff and military commissioner, have they returned to Fengtian successfully?"

"Yes, they have arrived in Fengtian safely." Sokov knew very well that although Lyudnikov was asking about Yakov and Gorokhov, the real purpose was to know whether Yakov Returned to Fengtian smoothly. You know, Yakov's status is special. If something unexpected happens on the road, I'm afraid many people will not be able to bear the burden of walking around, so they go out of their way to inquire about the other party's situation. It was precisely because Sokov knew this that he specially comforted the other party and said: "Don't worry."