Red Moscow

Chapter 2573

"Misha," Agelina glanced at Backhouse, who was still standing in front of Sokov, and said with some hesitation: "If I go to inquire about Officer Bayer, how will you communicate with this officer? ?”

"It doesn't matter," Sokov said with a relaxed expression: "One of the soldiers who came out with us today understands German, and he can temporarily play the role of translator."

Hearing what Sokov said, Agelina nodded boldly and then walked towards the police sergeant in the distance.

Backhouse was a little surprised when he saw Agelina leaving. He asked Sokov in surprise: "Mr. General, I wonder what that girl is doing over there?"

"We came here today to bring Officer Beyer and his son to look for someone." Sokov explained to Backhouse: "I just saw that the police chief who took them to find the chief has come out. , but there was no trace of the Bayers, so he asked her to go and ask."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Backhouse showed an embarrassed expression on his face: "Mr. General, I think it may not be easy for you to find clues from us."

Sokov was startled and then asked: "Why?"

"You also know that this is an area controlled by the US military." Backhouse had dealt with Sokov twice, and they were barely acquaintances, so he didn't have so many scruples about what he said. He said awkwardly: "The residents here are very hostile to Russia." The military is not very friendly, including the police. If you ask them to help you find someone, I’m afraid no one will really help you.”

 Sokov had already been mentally prepared for Backhouse's statement. After figuring out what was going on, his mood returned to normal and he said lightly: "Mr. Police Officer, you are right. I also found that the residents here in Nuremberg are not very friendly to us. But the person we are looking for this time, They were not our people, but the wife and children of a German captain. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I specially brought a Berlin policeman to assist us in our work, and he came forward to find people who suffered. The resistance should be much smaller.”

Knowing that the people Sokov and the others were looking for were actually the family members of German officers, Backhouse's expression became relaxed: "Mr. General, if the people you are looking for are the family members of the officers, then there won't be much of a problem." ”

 Agelina walked up to the police chief and asked politely: "Mr. Sheriff, I wonder where the father and son who came with us are now?"

"They are in the director's office." The police chief explained to Agelina: "At first, the director heard that they were following a Russian general. The purpose of coming here was to find two people. He was quite reluctant at first. . But I heard that the person I was looking for was a family member of the officer, so I immediately called the police officer in charge of household registration and asked him to report to the office. When I came out, the police officer in charge of household registration had already arrived and was probably helping you at the moment. people looking for household registration information.”

Agelina asked a few more questions, thanked the police chief, and then returned to Sokov and told him in detail what she had learned.

Sokov was thinking that although Nuremberg is a big city, their director is at best a colonel, but here is a branch, and the director is a lieutenant colonel. If it were an area controlled by the Soviet army, and if a general came to his police station, the chief would definitely come out to greet him personally, but this is an area controlled by the US military. Not to mention himself, even Sokolovsky or even Zhukov came. , the other party may not necessarily buy it, and they will still be left on the bench.

Backhouse and Sokov chatted for a few more words and then left.

As soon as he walked away, Vaselgov asked with some urgency: "Comrade General, what should we do, should we just wait here?"

Sokov smiled faintly and said casually: "Comrade Major, I just said that it's too cold outside, so you don't want to go outside to blow the northwest wind, right?"

Vaseligov’s original intention was to ask Sokov if he should send someone to the director’s office to see how long it would take for the Bayers and his son to come out. Hearing what Sokov said at this moment, he immediately realized that he had lost his temper. Sokov did not speak. As a security guard responsible for protecting his safety, he had no qualifications to speak, so he kept his mouth shut.

After waiting for another ten minutes, the Bayers and his son finally walked out. Along with them, there was a childish little policeman.

Bayer came to Sokov and said apologetically: "Comrade General, I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting."

Since Sokov accompanied Bayer here to inquire about the news, he naturally had no complaints. He asked straight to the point: "How is it? Do you have any clues?"

Beyer nodded and replied: "We just checked the relevant household registration information and found that among several families living on Munich Street, there may be the person we are looking for."

Hearing what Bayer said, Sokov immediately stood up and said, "In that case, let's get there quickly."

"Comrade General," Bayer said hesitantly, "it is at least seven or eight kilometers from here to Munich Street. If you walk, it will take at least two hours."

 “Do you have a car?” Sokov asked.

“Yes,” the young policeman said cautiously, “There is a police car for patrolling. We can go there in that car.”

Under the leadership of the young policeman, everyone came to the parking lot behind the police station. Sokov saw an elongated open-top police car that he saw on the streets of Berlin. He pointed at the car and asked, "Is this the car?" ?”

"Of course, Comrade General." Bayer said cautiously: "It's winter now, and it's a bit cold in this car. I hope you don't mind."

"It doesn't matter." Sokov waved his hands to the people behind him and said, "Don't be stunned, everyone get in the car."

The little policeman drove the crowd to a street with relatively complete buildings, parked the car next to a building, turned to Bayer and said: "We're here!"

Sokov said to Bayer: "Officer Bayer, you and your son follow this policeman up to look for someone, and we will stay in the car and wait for you." Sokov knew in his heart that if so many people went upstairs at the same time, something would happen. If there is a lot of noise, the residents might think that they are here to arrest people.

When Bayer heard what Sokov said, he immediately understood that the other party did not want the residents here to be frightened, so he nodded, took his son, and followed the little policeman out of the car and entered the building.

After Bayer and others left, Sokov immediately opened the door and got out of the car, intending to stretch his hands and feet. Although I had only been on the road for a short time, my hands and feet were still cold from the cold when riding in a convertible in the middle of winter.

Seeing Sokov get out of the car, Adelina and Vaserigov also got out of the car, imitating Sokov's example, and flexed their hands and feet next to the police car. Just as a few people were moving their hands and feet, several children ran out from the door of the unit nearby. They came to the police car, looked at these soldiers wearing Soviet uniforms, and began to murmur quietly. After talking for a while, the child walked to the side, but he still kept talking.

Seeing the children talking and looking towards him, Sokov couldn't help but wonder what they said, so he asked Agelina in a low voice: "Agelina, go over and listen to what those children are saying. ?”

Agelina said "Huh", took a few steps towards where the children were, and listened to what they had to say.

 A few minutes later, Agelina returned to Sokov with a strange expression.

Seeing this, Sokov couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Agelina, what are the children talking about? Are they talking bad about us?"

"They didn't say anything bad." Agelina shook her head and said, "They were discussing a problem."

"what is the problem?"

"They were discussing," Agelina said: "If there are one hundred thousand Cossack cavalry from the Napoleonic period and they face a German armored regiment today, who can win the final victory."

"It goes without saying." After hearing this, Vaserigov said without hesitation: "The German armored regiment only has so many people. The 100,000 Cossack cavalry in the Tsarist era could crush them even if they were stepped on." Trampled to death."

 But Sokov shook his head and denied Vaserigov's statement: "That's not necessarily true. I think the final result may be exactly the opposite."

Seeing Vaserigov's look of disbelief, Sokov continued: "A German armored regiment is under the jurisdiction of two tank battalions. Each tank battalion is under the jurisdiction of a company directly under the battalion headquarters, four tank companies and a maintenance company. The total number of various tanks and armored vehicles in the company is more than 200. Using such equipment to deal with the Cossack cavalry using sabers and muskets is simply one-sided. "

"No way, Comrade General." After hearing what Sokov said, Vaserigov still said with luck: "Even if the weapons are backward, there are one hundred thousand Cossack cavalry after all, and they occupy an absolute majority in terms of numbers. Advantage."

"Comrade Major, on the battlefield, you cannot simply look at the comparison of the numbers of both sides." Sokov said carefully that the issues discussed by children were as stupid as those in later generations who said that 200 Guan Gong could kill ten Tiger tanks. He Explained to Vaserigov: "The formation of cavalry charges in the Napoleonic era was quite dense. As long as the German tanks fired, they could cause huge casualties to the attacking side. I think after a few rounds of shelling, the attacking side The cavalry has been defeated. The cavalry without organization has no combat effectiveness at all. Facing modern armored forces, they can only become lambs to be slaughtered. "

Hearing Sokov's analysis, Vaserigov fell silent. Although he was carrying the shoulder straps of a major, he had never been on the battlefield. His knowledge of war was through newspapers, magazines, or film and television works. Therefore, when he heard that it was a hundred thousand Cossack cavalry fighting against a German armored regiment, he instinctively thought The numerically superior Cossack cavalry can achieve the final victory. But after listening to Sokov's story, I realized that I had thought about the problem too simply.

 The topic could not continue, and everyone became silent.

Fortunately, at this moment, the Bayers and his son and the young policeman walked out of the building, and Sokov quickly pulled Agelina to greet them.

“Officer Bayer, how is the situation? Have you found anyone?”

"Comrade General," Bayer said, shaking his head: "We asked the residents in the building. In April this year, there were indeed some people from Berlin living here. But after Nuremberg suffered heavy bombing by the Allies, many people Everyone was evacuated to the countryside. Maybe Captain Hosenfeld’s wife and children were among the evacuees.”

　　What Sokov was most worried about finally happened. He asked Bayer with a straight face and an expressionless expression: "Officer Bayer, what should we do? Go to the countryside to find them?"

"This is impossible, Comrade General." But Bayer shook his head and said: "Due to the critical situation at the time, there was no time to count the evacuation list. Therefore, even if the captain's wife and children were among the evacuees, we could not figure it out. Where did they go?"

"That's such a pity." After listening to Bayer's words, Sokov understood that finding Captain Hosenfeld's wife and children was simply more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. He could only say with a wry smile: "It seems that we are destined to let Captain Hosenfeld is disappointed."

"Yes, Comrade General, but there is nothing we can do about it." Bayer said, "When I return to Berlin, I will explain this matter to Captain Hosenfeld in detail."

 The little policeman waited for Bayer to finish speaking, and then asked something in a low voice.

After hearing this, Bayer said to Sokov: "Comrade General, this little policeman asked us if we still want to use this car. If not, he will drive back to the police station."

Although it is still quite a long distance from here to the hotel where he lives, Sokov does not want to take this car anymore. It was freezing cold, and there was no shelter in the car. If there was another gust of cold wind, he might catch a cold when he got back to the hotel. So he said to Bayer: "Officer Bayer, let him go first." Let’s leave. We can walk back to the hotel. By the way, we still have to thank him for driving us here.”

After Bayer thanked the policeman, the policeman raised his hand to salute Sokov and drove away.

“Comrade General,” Vaselgov asked, “are we going to go back like this?”

"Yes, Major." Sokov nodded and said, "We have nothing to do anyway, so we just take it as a walk."

When the group of people walked back, Agelina asked Sokov worriedly: "Misha, when we came to Nuremberg this time, we failed to help Captain Hosenfeld find his wife and children. After he learned the news , will you be particularly disappointed?”

Sokov thought to himself that even if he had not appeared, Hossenfeld would not have had the opportunity to meet his wife and children after he became a prisoner. In the end, he died miserably in a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp. In the end, even his body was found. Less than. He sighed softly and said: "There is no way, this is the sequelae of the war. It is not just him, there are thousands of people who lost their loved ones in this **** war. If you can survive, It’s just a blessing.”

"Well, what you said makes sense." Agelina nodded slowly: "Although we did not find the captain's wife and children this time, we did not hear any news of their deaths, which means they may still be alive. As long as they are alive, I think they will be reunited as a family sooner or later.”

"Yes, yes, as long as you are alive, there must be hope." Sokov thought to himself that Hossenfeld survived because of himself. As long as his wife and children are still alive, maybe one day in the future, They will return to their home in Berlin, and then they will be reunited.