Red Moscow

When Sokov personally went to persuade the German prisoners of war, he did not take Agelina with him. Agelina didn't say anything, but she felt very uncomfortable in her heart: You are not afraid of danger, am I afraid of danger? In your mind, am I just a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death?

Agelina thought that Sokov did not take her there because she was worried that the German prisoners of war would suddenly riot and put herself in danger. But she looked at it from a distance for a while and found that her guess seemed to be wrong. Those German prisoners of war who resolutely disobeyed orders came forward one after another to receive bedding and clothing after Sokov's persuasion. The first batch of prisoners of war who went to the bathroom went in with their clothes still on, and after washing, they came out to change clothes. The prisoners of war who entered later took off their clothes directly at the door, washed them, and then came out to change into new military uniforms.

"So that's it." Agelina immediately understood the reason why Sokov didn't let her go. If she went there, a bunch of big men would be embarrassed to take off their clothes in public, and something unexpected might happen. misfortune.

Seeing that the prisoners of war had lost their guard, Sokov and Poledenko returned to Adelina.

"Comrade Adelina," Poledenko said to Adelina: "If I remember correctly, you seem to have been included in the translation team under the office?"

"Yes, Comrade Major, you are right." Facing her superior, Agelina replied respectfully: "I have indeed been included in the translation team."

"If you encounter any difficulties, just come to me." Poledenko said: "I will try my best to help you."

Adelina knew very well that Poledenko said such words to a newcomer of hers, all for Sokov's sake. If it weren't for Sokov, he probably wouldn't even know who he is. But since the other party conveyed goodwill to her, she responded politely: "Okay, Comrade Major, I will go to you when I need help in the future."

Sokov was just about to say a few words to Poledenko and express his gratitude to him for taking care of Adelina, but he saw a motorcade entering the campus.

Seeing that the person clearing the way was actually an armored vehicle, Poledenko was a little surprised and said: "Comrade General, it is Marshal Zhukov who is here!"

Sure enough, when the convoy stopped, the door of one of the jeeps opened, and Zhukov came out. The security personnel on other vehicles immediately dispersed after getting off the vehicle and set up a warning circle.

Sokov and others quickly stepped forward and raised their hands to salute Zhukov.

After Zhukov returned the salute, he looked back at the prisoners of war in the distance, and then asked Sokov: "Misha, don't you think the number of prisoners of war you selected is a bit too many?"

"Comrade Marshal," Sokov looked at Zhukov's expression carefully and saw that he showed no sign of anger. He seemed to ask casually, and felt much more at ease. He replied respectfully: "Nearly five hundred prisoners of war, it sounds true. It’s a bit much, but the newly established secondary security command has a lot of work to do, and with more manpower, the work efficiency can be higher.”

After hearing this, Zhukov just nodded, and then asked: "Then when can they start normal work?"

Sokov thought for a while and then replied: "Although these German prisoners of war recruited are experienced veterans, it will take some time to adapt to them becoming a force that maintains urban order. If we hurry up, For training, about a week is enough.”

"Okay, I'll give you a week." After Zhukov said this, he said to Poledenko: "Your staff office must fully cooperate with Misha's work so that the 3rd Security Detachment can start work as soon as possible. status. Do you understand?”

"I understand completely, Comrade Marshal." Faced with Zhukov's instructions, Poledenko replied without hesitation: "I will fully cooperate with General Sokov in carrying out his work."

Regarding Poledenko's attitude, Zhukov nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the German prisoners of war holding bedding and military uniforms in the distance, and asked curiously: "What are they doing?"

"Queue up to take a shower." Sokov explained: "They had just come out of the prisoner of war camp, and they were covered in lice on their bodies and heads. So I ordered someone to give them a haircut, then went into the bathroom to take a shower, and then put on the clothes prepared for them. New uniforms.”

"What to do with the old military uniforms that were taken off?" Zhukov asked: "Misha, you just said that their old military uniforms are full of lice. If they are thrown away, I'm afraid..."

Before Zhukov could express his worries, Sokov said: "Comrade Marshal, please don't worry about this. I have given an order to the quartermaster here to prepare a few empty oil barrels and then send someone Collect the old military uniforms taken off by the prisoners of war, throw them into oil drums, pour gasoline on them and burn them all.”

It happened that at this time, Breliska, with a dozen soldiers, rolled several empty oil drums near the gathering place of the prisoners of war. Then, he asked the soldiers to throw all the old military uniforms taken off by the prisoners of war into waste oil barrels, pour gasoline on them and burn them on fire.

Zhukov saw the blazing fire emerging from the abandoned oil drum, smiled and nodded, turned to ask Sokov: "Misha, when you asked these German prisoners of war to take a bath, were they as cooperative as they are now?"

"No, Comrade Marshal." Poledenko interrupted: "At the beginning, General Sokov sent several Germans to persuade, but it was of no use. The prisoners thought it was a trap set by us. , I don’t want to go into the bathroom to take a shower at all.”

Zhukov asked in confusion: "What kind of trap do they think we will set for them?"

"Comrade Marshal, you should still remember the German concentration camps, right?" Sokov personally explained: "Many of these prisoners of war have served as concentration camp guards. They have witnessed with their own eyes the Jews who were sent to the concentration camps. The guards deceived people into being gassed in the name of taking a bath, so when they heard that we arranged for them to take a bath, they naturally connected the two things and became resistant.”

"It makes sense, it makes sense." After hearing this, Zhukov nodded repeatedly and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Then how did you convince them in the end?"

"In fact, it is very simple to let the German prisoners of war eliminate their doubts. You only need someone to take the lead in taking a bath. If the person who takes the lead in taking a bath can come out safely, it means that we did not deceive them, but really let them clean up. "Hygiene." Sokov continued: "Among the people I took to the prisoner of war camp today, there was a German policeman named Bayer. He has two sons in this prisoner of war camp. I asked his son to take the lead. Go into the bathroom and set an example to the other prisoners of war, let them know that we are not lying to them."

"German police?" Zhukov raised his eyebrows slightly: "Are you planning to incorporate a German policeman into the security unit?"

"Yes, Comrade Marshal, I have such a plan." Sokov was worried that Zhukov would oppose his proposal, and specifically explained to him: "This policeman named Bayer has a photographic memory, no matter what He can remember the information he has read and the people he has met, so he is called a 'living file' by the people in the police station. "

"Well, he is indeed an amazing person." Zhukov asked: "What kind of duties did you arrange for him in the security unit?"

"There is no specific position." Sokov said cautiously: "I asked him to serve as an assistant to the translator and liaison officer of the security detachment."

"Misha, your arrangement is very inappropriate." After Zhukov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he shook his head slightly and said, "You don't even give him a formal position for such a capable person. "

In fact, Sokov also had troubles that he couldn't tell. For a capable person like Bayer, letting him stay in the security detachment would be a disservice to his talents. At this moment, when he heard Zhukov blaming himself, he could only explain with a grimace: "Comrade Marshal, there is no other way. I can't find a position that can accommodate him for the time being."

"Since there is no suitable position for him in the security unit, let him lead the security department." Zhukov said decisively: "For such a capable person, we must assign him a suitable position."

Sokov did not ask Zhukov what specific position he planned to assign to Bayer in the security department, but it was definitely more important than the position he had assigned to him. Maybe he would be on the same level as Captain Hosenfeld.

Zhukov was busy with official duties and did not stay at the school for too long before he left by car.

As soon as Zhukov's motorcade left, Breliska ran over and said to Sokov with a smile: "Comrade General, it's getting late. You must be hungry. Why don't you go to the cafeteria with me to eat something first. And you, Major Poledenko, will you go too?"

Faced with Breliska's warm invitation, Sokov could not refuse. However, when he looked at the prisoners of war lining up in the distance, he felt somewhat uneasy.

Breliska saw what Sokov was thinking and said quickly: "Comrade General, don't worry, there are people watching here. I will send someone to them after all the prisoners of war have taken a shower and assigned dormitories. Send food.”

Seeing that Breliska had already considered everything that should be considered, Sokov nodded and said to him: "Comrade Quartermaster, please call my adjutant over and ask him to go to the cafeteria with us for dinner."

Breliska agreed resoundingly, quickly ran to the area where the prisoners of war were, found Vaselgov who was staying there, and conveyed Sokov's order to him.

Under the leadership of Breliska, everyone came to the cafeteria.

Breliska said to Sokov with a smile on his face: "Comrade General, there are many kinds of food in our cafeteria. Would you like to eat German food or Polish food?"

After hearing this, Sokov was stunned and asked: "Why, your cafeteria only cooks dishes from these two countries?"

"Because our chef is a Pole, he can only cook Polish and German dishes." Bryliska explained: "If you don't want to eat these two dishes, I can send someone to find another chef to cook them for you." National cuisine.”

Sokov thought for a while and replied: "I will stay in Berlin for a long time. There are many opportunities to eat German food. Let's try Polish food today."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

When Bryliska went to help Sokov and others arrange Polish dishes, Agelina asked curiously: "Strange, why is there a Polish chef here?"

"Comrade Adelina, I happen to know something about this chef." Poledenko said: "He escaped from Poland in 1941."

"What, he escaped from Poland in 1941?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Germany had occupied Poland for more than a year and nearly two years at that time. If he wanted to escape, how could he delay it for so long? It was even more disturbing. What’s strange is that if he wanted to escape, he could have fled to other countries in Europe, so why would he come to Germany?”

"Comrade General, please sit down first." Poledenko asked Sokov to sit down and said with a smile: "I will explain to you slowly."

After Sokov found a place to sit down, he looked at Poledenko and urged: "Comrade Major, tell me quickly, what is going on?"

"The chef is an authentic Polish. The food company he works for specializes in providing food for the army, and the boss is a Jew." Poledenko said: "After the Germans occupied Poland, they began to persecute the Jews. The food company provided ingredients to the German military camps instead of the Polish army. Since the boss was a Jew, he was not qualified to enter the German military camps due to his status, so he could only entrust the chef to go there. Deliver or collect payment.

For more than a year in the beginning, the chef worked diligently and delivered a large amount of fresh ingredients to the military camp every day. At the end of the month, he brought back the payment settled by the military camp and handed it over to his boss. Until one day, he heard a rumor that the Germans planned to imprison all the Jews in Warsaw in a unified location, and perhaps imprison many of them in concentration camps. After the chef heard the news, he couldn't help but be careful..."

"What are you thinking about?" Vasergov couldn't help but interjected after hearing this.

Poledenko glanced at Vaserigov and continued: "I just said that although he delivers goods to the military camp every day, he will not be able to get the payment back from the military camp until the end of the month. He learned that his boss It is possible that he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. After collecting the money, he deliberately did not give it to the boss and even deceived the other party, saying that the Germans had changed the settlement time from one month to three months.

The Jewish boss was not qualified to enter the military camp, so he didn't know what happened. He really thought that the German military camp had adjusted the settlement time, and he did not have any doubts about the chef. After preparation, we will collect the payment from the military camp according to the three-month deadline.

In the third month, after the chef went to the military camp to collect payment for the goods, he fled Warsaw with the money he had withheld. At first, he went to Hungary, but soon he discovered that because the country had too many conscripts, there were not many young people left. When he opened a restaurant in Budapest, there were no customers at all. After much hesitation, he found a German officer for help, then came to Berlin and opened a restaurant here. "

"Since he opened a restaurant nearby, why would he come to work in the canteen here?" Vaserigov once again raised his question.

"The reason is very simple," Poledenko said: "His hotel was destroyed by the war during the Battle of Berlin. He was unable to reopen the hotel. It happened that chefs were being recruited here, so he took the initiative to apply."