Chapter 2324:

When Brigadier Zhou of the International Brigade was assigning tasks to Captain Feng, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from outside.

Both the staff and communications personnel in the headquarters were experienced in the battlefield. When they heard the gunshots coming from outside, those who had weapons picked up their weapons, and those who did not have weapons picked up nearby stools or sticks and prepared for battle.

 But Sokov did not take any action because he had just considered this issue. Deep in the rear of the Soviet army here, there was little chance of being attacked by the Kwantung Army. Coupled with the gunshots outside, they rang out a few times and then stopped, proving that there was no fighting going on outside. On the contrary, it may be that the hidden sentries deployed near the camp had a misunderstanding with the newly arrived troops.

"Don't panic, Yasha." Sokov saw Yakov pull out his pistol and quickly raised his hand to stop him: "It was not a sneak attack by the enemy, it should be the sentry responsible for guarding, and there was an incident with the newly arrived troops. Misunderstanding. Brigadier Zhou!" What he said next was to Brigadier Zhou, "Please call the observation post and ask what happened."

 Brigadier Zhou winked at the chief of staff, indicating that he would make the call. The understanding chief of staff nodded and picked up the phone on the table: "Observation post? I'm the chief of staff. What's going on with the gunshots outside just now? ... Oh, that's it. I'll report it to the brigade commander right away."

The chief of staff covered the microphone with his hand and reported to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, the observation post reported that a Ministry of Internal Affairs force of more than fifty people approached our camp from the southeast and clashed with the hidden post."

Hearing that an internal affairs force had come and had a conflict with his sentry, Brigadier Zhou couldn't help but frowned. He asked the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, are there any casualties?"

The chief of staff quickly released his hand covering the microphone: "Are there any casualties?"

Soon, he reported to Brigadier Zhou again: "After the conflict, it was the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who fired the shots. One of our sentries was injured in the arm. His life is not in danger."

Brigadier Zhou asked: "Where are the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? I want to go and see for myself."

 “In area five.”

Seeing Brigadier Zhou raise his hand to straighten his military cap and prepare to walk outside, Sokov said quickly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I will go with you."

 Brigadier Zhou stared at Sokov for a while, nodded slowly, and said: "Okay, Comrade General, please follow me!"

Since Sokov was going to the scene of the conflict, Yakov and Lukin naturally could not stay at the headquarters and followed Brigadier Zhou out of the brigade headquarters.

On the way, Sokov asked Brigadier Zhou: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, have any personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs visited your camp before?"

"No, Comrade General." Brigadier Zhou shook his head and said, "I have never been here before. Today is the first time."

“That’s strange.” Sokov muttered, “The war is about to begin. What are you doing suddenly with a group of Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel coming to your camp?”

 Brigadier Zhou didn’t know how to answer Sokov. He could only say with a wry smile: “Comrade General, you will naturally know what happened when you get to the place.”

Soon, under the leadership of Brigadier Zhou, they arrived at Area 5 where the conflict occurred. Captain Feng, who came with Brigadier Zhou, stepped forward to negotiate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel who were armed with live ammunition and facing off against the sentries: "I am Captain Feng, the intelligence section chief of the 88th International Brigade. Who among you is in charge?"

A lieutenant walked out of the crowd at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He glanced at Brigadier Zhou, Sokov and others behind Captain Feng, and said coldly: "I am Lieutenant Chilep from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I am here to search for people." A murderer’s.”

Brigadier Zhou, who was walking towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel, was shocked when he heard Lieutenant Chilep's words. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, who are you talking about as a murderer?"

"Two hours ago, one of our medical camps five kilometers away from here was attacked by a group of enemies." Chilep said with a straight face: "17 medical staff and 49 sick and wounded were all killed. Killing. When we noticed the black smoke rising in the distance and hurried over, we found that the tents in the camp had been burned down and the bodies of our wounded soldiers and medical staff were strewn all over the ground. After some inspection, I found that one person had not died. The wounded who had expired, he told me, that before the attack, a truck with a red cross spray-painted on the tarpaulin entered the camp. The nurses thought that the wounded were coming, but when they came to greet them, they were met by people from the carriage. The firepower inside was strafing, and they all immediately fell under the enemy's gunfire.

After slaughtering our medical staff, the enemy broke into the tent and shot at the wounded lying inside. When they found that there was no one alive in the camp, they set fire to the camp. The wounded man told me with his last breath that the enemies wearing our uniforms all had Asian faces. After they massacred everyone in the camp, they headed northwest. "

"Comrade Lieutenant," Brigadier Zhou waited for Lieutenant Qilepu to finish speaking and immediately defended him: "I think you must have made a mistake. Even if the enemies who attacked the medical camp all have Asian faces, it does not mean they are the same as us. Do it. You know, we are your friendly forces, and we will definitely not do such unscrupulous things."

Although Brigadier Zhou had given a concise and concise explanation, Lieutenant Qilepu said reluctantly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you said that the murderer is not in your camp, is he not in your camp? I want to lead people. Go in and search to see if there are any suspicious persons."

When Sokov heard this, he roughly understood that the attack on the medical camp must be a good thing done by the Kwantung Army. This bunch of **** wore Soviet uniforms, allowing the medical staff and wounded in the camp to see their Asian faces clearly, and they retreated towards the International Brigade's station, hoping to divert trouble eastward and cause internal strife between the Soviet Army and the International Brigade.

“Comrade Major,” Sokov turned to Bezikov who was pushing the wheelchair and said, “I want to hear your opinion?”

Bezikov laughed and said: "Comrade General, this is not very obvious. The people who attacked the medical camp must be the Kwantung Army. They were wearing the uniforms of our army and moved in the direction of the International Brigade. Just guess. I’m afraid there are still people who have survived in the camp, deliberately diverting the attention of the search force.”

Seeing that Bezikov's statement was consistent with what he thought, Sokov nodded, and then told the other party: "Comrade Major, since you have analyzed the truth of the matter, it is up to you to come forward and bring these people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to justice." Send away."

“Yes, Comrade General, leave this matter to me.”

After Bezikov finished speaking, he took a few steps forward and walked up to Lieutenant Chirep. He waited for the other party to raise his hand to salute him, then took out his ID and handed it to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, I am Major Bezikov. This is my Certificate!"

Chilep saw Bezikov's ID clearly and trembled all over. He raised his hand again and saluted: "Hello, Major Bezikov." After saying that, he held the ID in both hands and handed it back to Bezikov respectfully. husband. Bezikov did not bully others, but took Lieutenant Chirep aside and muttered for a while. While listening, Chilep kept nodding his head to express his approval of Bezikov's statement. After finally waiting for Bezikov to finish speaking, Chirep straightened his body and said to Bezikov: "I understand, Comrade Major, I will leave immediately with my men."

After Lieutenant Qilepu left with the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Brigadier Zhou came to the injured sentry and asked with concern: "Xiao Sun, is your injury okay?"

"It's okay, brigade commander." The sentry, known as Xiao Sun, shook his head and said, "It's just a scratch on the skin, it's okay."

Although Xiao Sun said there was nothing wrong, Brigadier Zhou still called a soldier over and asked him to accompany Xiao Sun to the health worker to bandage the wound.

“Comrade Lieutenant Colonel,” Sokov said to Brigadier Zhou with a smile as the soldiers helped Xiao Sun leave, “It seems you are quite familiar with the soldiers in the brigade. You even remember their names.”

“Comrade General!” Captain Feng, who was standing aside, couldn’t help but interrupt after hearing what Sokov said: “Our brigade commander can remember the name, place of origin, and living habits of every soldier in the brigade...”

“Captain Feng,” Brigadier Zhou interrupted Captain Feng and ordered him: “Hurry up and call your most capable subordinates here to meet with Comrade General.”

 Captain Feng agreed, turned around and left.

Taking advantage of Captain Feng's departure, Sokov said to Brigadier Zhou: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I think the incident that happened in the medical camp was probably done by the Kwantung Army. You know, they are just like you, they all have the same appearance. Their faces, if they don’t speak, it’s really hard to tell them apart.”

"Comrade General, I haven't thanked you yet. Thank you for relieving us." Brigadier Zhou said with emotion: "Without your help, even if this matter can be explained clearly, I am afraid it will take a lot of time. "

"I will report this matter to my superiors when I return to the city," Sokov said: "Let the superiors arrange appropriate personnel to investigate this attack and clear up the injustice you have suffered."

 A few minutes later, Captain Feng appeared in front of everyone with ten soldiers.

After Captain Feng saluted Sokov, he reported: "Comrade General, all the soldiers cooperating with your unit have been assembled. Please review!"

Those soldiers who followed Captain Feng were filled with doubts when they saw that Captain Feng did not salute the lieutenant general in the wheelchair and the major general standing next to him, but instead reported to a commander wearing the rank of major.

But their questions were quickly answered. After obtaining Sokov's permission, Captain Feng officially disclosed his identity: "Comrades, according to the order of the brigade headquarters, we are about to go to the 53rd Army of the Transbaikal Front. For coordinated operations, this is General Sokov, the commander of the army group.”

After Captain Feng’s explanation, these soldiers understood that this officer wearing the uniform of a major was the commander with the highest military rank and position here.

Sokov came to the front of the queue and glanced at the faces of these resistance fighters one by one. Seeing that all of them were in high spirits and high spirits, he couldn't help but nodded slightly. But when he looked at the weapons in their hands, he couldn't help but frown. They were not equipped with Soviet-style weapons, but all Chinese-style weapons, and a Czech-style machine gun.

He took the machine gun from the soldier carrying the machine gun and looked at it carefully. A scene from the film and television works appeared in his mind: a soldier jumped out of the trench, holding a Czech light machine gun, and charged at the enemy. He shouted loudly: Little devils, your grandfather and I will fight with you!

After returning the machine gun to the soldiers, Sokov turned and asked Brigadier Zhou who was following him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what is going on? Why are you not equipped with our army's standard weapons?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Brigadier Zhou smiled bitterly and said: "Comrade General, you should know that the real battlefield is on the Western Front, so the main weapons and equipment are given priority to the troops fighting the German army on the Western Front. The troops in the Far East are second-line troops, and their equipment is naturally inferior."

Although Brigadier Zhou's words stopped here, Sokov knew very well that because the Soviet troops in the Far East were second-line troops, their equipment was naturally not comparable to those of the troops fighting the Germans on the Western Front, and the International Brigade enjoyed Their treatment is definitely lower than that of the Soviet troops in the Far East, and naturally they will not have good equipment.

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please rest assured." Sokov said to Brigadier Zhou: "Since this small unit is assigned to me, I will treat it equally with my troops in terms of equipment and treatment. When they get to my unit, I will change their uniforms."

Sokov's promise made Brigadier Zhou's eyes shine. He held Sokov's hand tightly and said excitedly: "Comrade General, thank you so much. With good equipment, in battle, , the combat effectiveness of our officers and soldiers can be greatly improved."

Captain Feng and the soldiers also heard clearly what Sokov said, and their faces were full of joy. You must know that the weapons in hand are not only old, but also have insufficient ammunition. After all, whether they are medium-sized or Czech-style light machine guns, they all use 7.92 mm bullets, which are not compatible with the Soviet 7.62 mm bullets. Once they are used up, , there is no place to add anything. After being equipped with the standard weapons of the Soviet army, it means that there is sufficient ammunition and can be used on the battlefield, allowing the little devils to taste the feeling of being covered by firepower.

Sokov finally said to Brigadier Zhou: "We will leave Khabarovsk tomorrow morning. Why not let Captain Feng take his people back to the city with me, lest I have to send someone to pick him up when I arrive?" them."

"No problem, no problem." Brigadier Zhou said excitedly: "I will arrange vehicles to send them into the city."

“Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, there’s no need to go to so much trouble.” Unexpectedly, Bezikov interrupted at this time and said: “We still have enough space in the car, so let’s let the soldiers of the squad go back in our car.”

Just when the team was about to board the vehicle, Sokov stopped them, and then said to Brigadier Zhou: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I think your brigade's weapons and equipment are estimated to be insufficient. It is better to let these soldiers leave their weapons. How about giving it to other soldiers to use?"

"Great, this is great." Although the equipment of the dozen or so people was not much, it was extremely precious to the International Brigade, which lacked weapons and equipment. He quickly expressed his gratitude to Sokov: "Comrade General , on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the International Brigade, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you!"

“Comrade Lieutenant Colonel,” Sokov extended his hand to Brigadier Zhou after Captain Feng’s team put down all their weapons and ammunition: “Let’s say goodbye. I hope that one day in the future, we will have the opportunity to meet again.”