Red Moscow

  Chapter 72 A Telegram

  Vassily shouted "Hender Hoch!", and rushed into the German headquarters with the soldiers of the machine gun company. A dozen or so unarmed German soldiers in the room raised their hands above their heads in a hurry when they heard the shout. Only the German major stood with his back to the door, his hands behind his back, as if he didn't hear Vasily's shout at all.

  Seeing that a German officer ignored him, Vasily pointed the submachine gun in his hand at him, and said with great majesty: "Hender Hoch!"

When the German major heard that the person shouting had come behind him, he slowly turned around and saw that the Soviet officer who was pointing a gun at him was actually wearing the uniform of a German second lieutenant. After a sneer, he posed The deputy said in a serious manner: "I am Major Jonas, the warehouse manager. I hope that your army will abide by the Hague Convention and give me and my subordinates the treatment they deserve as prisoners of war."

   But what Major Jonas did not expect was that among the Soviet commanders who rushed in, none of them knew German. What he said was nothing more than chicken and duck. Seeing that the German major did not raise his hands to surrender, Vasily pulled the bolt of the gun impatiently, and repeated what he had just said: "Hunder Hoch!"

  Major Jonas saw that the Soviet officer on the opposite side didn't answer his fault at all, so he could only smile wryly, took out a pistol from his pocket, threw it on the table in front of him, and then walked out of the house with his head down.

When Sokov saw Vasily and the others coming out of the house with the prisoners, he called Ernst and said to him, "Ernst, go and help Lieutenant Vasily interrogate the prisoners and see if you can get anything useful." intelligence."

When Ernst walked towards Vasily who was escorting the prisoners, Sokov suddenly found that Adelina didn't seem to be seen since the start of the battle, so he called a soldier and asked, "Did you see Adelina?" Are you there?"

  The soldier hesitated for a moment, then pointed in the direction of the warehouse with his hand, and said, "I seem to see that she is still there."

  Sokov heard that Adelina was still in the warehouse, and suddenly an ominous premonition surged in his heart. He quickly trotted towards the warehouse, wanting to see if Adelina was there.

   When approaching the warehouse, he found that in the direction of the front of several trucks, there were more than a dozen corpses of German soldiers lying in a haphazard manner. It seemed that there had been battles here. Seeing this situation, the uneasiness in his heart became more intense, he hurriedly quickened his pace, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Adelina! Adelina, where are you?"

   After he bypassed the truck parked at the warehouse door, he finally saw Adelina. This beautiful female translator is kneeling and weeping in front of the remains of a soldier in a German uniform. Seeing that Adelina was safe and sound, the boulder hanging in Sokov's heart finally fell to the ground. He quickly came behind Adelina, and said with some breathlessness: "Adelina, so you are here, but It freaked me out, I thought something was wrong with you."

  Adelina heard Sokov's voice, turned her head to look up at him, and said with tears streaming down her face, "He's dead, he was beaten to death!"

"Who was killed?" Adelina's words made Sokov a little puzzled. He squatted down and carefully looked at the body of the soldier on the ground, and quickly recognized that he was sent here. the driver. "How did he die?"

"As soon as the gunshots fired from your side, the captured German soldiers in the warehouse started running around." Adelina wiped away tears and said, "A few soldiers shot and killed those who tried to escape. German soldiers, but unfortunately they alerted the nearby enemies. They launched an attack on us. When a German soldier shot at me, the driver comrades blocked me without hesitation. Until now, I still I don't know his name."

Sokov helped Adelina to stand up, comforted her and said: "Don't worry, Adelina, there should be files in the prisoner-of-war camp. We will find out his name." After finishing speaking, he called Two soldiers, let them carry the driver's body away.

   Sokov helped Adelina to the office of the German major, where several company commanders were already waiting for him. Vanya smiled and said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, there are quite a lot of things in this warehouse. The weapons and equipment alone are enough to arm two regiments."

   "Comrade Battalion Commander," Savyev continued, "Fortunately, there are enough weapons and ammunition in the enemy's warehouse, otherwise my company will have to bayonet the enemy in the next battle."

   "Lieutenant Savyev," Sokov looked at Savyev in puzzlement and asked, "Why is your company's ammunition consumed so quickly?"

  Saviyev had a troubled expression on his face when he heard Sokov say this. Fortunately, the instructor Stepan concluded for him in time: "Comrade battalion commander, let me explain to you. You also know that the soldiers of our company were guerrillas not long ago. In order to eliminate fear in battle, they used to hold their guns Hold it against the abdomen and shoot non-stop, in this way, the consumption of ammunition will be very alarming."

"I understand." Sokov nodded after listening, and said to Saviyev and Stepan: "You must remind the soldiers to save ammunition in battle, because once the bullets run out, If you don't get supplements, the submachine gun will become inferior to the poker stick. Do you understand?"

   "Understood, Comrade Battalion Commander." Savyev and Stepan replied in unison: "We will remind the soldiers to save ammunition in battle."

In today's battle, Vasily, who captured the German commander alive and made his first contribution, said to Sokov in high spirits: "Comrade battalion commander, judging from the few battles we have fought recently, the combat effectiveness of the Germans is no more than that." I suggest that the whole battalion immediately move towards Volokramsk and cooperate with the main force of the army to liberate the city."

Sokov, who was still smiling, immediately suppressed the smile on his face when he heard Vasily say this, and said solemnly: "Lieutenant Vasily, I want to remind you that whether it is liberating a prisoner-of-war camp or seizing a warehouse area The reason why we were able to win so easily was not because the enemy's combat power was weak, but because we had the entire 16th Army behind us as a backer. If the enemy in Volokramsk hadn't been defeated Constrained by our main force, do you think we can really defeat the enemy in this way? Among other things, what we are fighting with today is only the logistics force of the German army, and they still gave us the same after being caught off guard by our army. There were more than seventy casualties."

  Vassily, who was criticized by Sokov, blushed and said with some embarrassment: "Comrade Commander, I was wrong. I was too impulsive and was dazzled by the recent victory. You are right,..."

At this moment, Adelina, who entered the room with Sokov, suddenly exclaimed, and then, under the surprised eyes of everyone, ran from the side of the communication squad leader Maxim to the front of Sokov, and put a piece of paper in her hand. Passed the piece of paper to Sokov, and said anxiously: "Captain Sokov, I found this from the seized telegram, please take a look at the content on it."

Sokov took a look at the telegram, smiled wryly and said to Adelina: "Adelina, it's in German, I can't understand it, can you read it for me?" The telegram was returned to Adelina.

"I think Major Jonas should have asked for reinforcements from the outside world. This is the call back from the other party." Adelina took the telegram from Sukov, lowered her head and read: "...Our department has sent a company, Hurry up to your place for support, and I can arrive in an hour at the latest..."

   "What, the enemy's reinforcements are here?" After hearing the news, the commanders present looked at each other, and then all turned their eyes to Sokov, waiting for him to make a final decision.

  (end of this chapter)