Chapter 595: fight fire with fire

  Chapter 595 Fighting poison with fire

"Gesant, I don't know your real name, so let's call you Gesant for now." Sokov sneered and said, "Even if you haven't been the deputy battalion commander for a long time, you can't know everyone in the battalion. But the company commanders should know each other. Then tell me, which company commander is he?"

   "That's right." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Yakov added: "You just need to tell which company commander this lieutenant is, and we can believe what you said, it is true."

The fake Gesant, who originally wanted to get away with it, saw that he could not conceal his identity, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, gritted his teeth, and said, "That's right, Lieutenant Colonel Sukov, I am indeed not Gesang. Captain Te. My real name is Kalugin. I was a second lieutenant platoon leader in the 23rd Infantry Division. I was captured in the first days of the war. Spent over a year in a German POW camp, yes It was assigned to the 31st Eastern Battalion by the Germans not long ago."

Sokov thought that the other party could call out his name when they met for the first time. At first, he thought it was Samoilov who told the other party, but Samoilov said that he never thought that the other party mentioned his name. So Sokov was very curious about how the other party got his name. "Kalugin, I'm curious about one thing, how did you know my name?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Kalugin gave a wry smile, and then replied: "Before I performed the mission, the Germans once showed me your photo, and asked me to find a way to gain your trust, and when I was suitable time to kill you."

Hearing this, Yakov stabbed Sokov twice with his elbow, and said jokingly: "Misha, I really didn't expect that you are the target that the Germans want to kill. This is really amazing. If you have the opportunity , I must tell my father about it."

Sokov directly filtered out Yakov’s last sentence. Just kidding, the Supreme Commander himself, who is always busy with everything, still cares about an unknown junior like himself, even if he is the son of his old friend and has saved his son. It might not be an easy task to get his attention.

   Sokov waved at Samoilov and ordered: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, take him down first, and send someone to call you after I have considered how to deal with him."

  After Samoilov took Kalugin away, Yakov asked Sokov: "Misha, what do you plan to do with these prisoners, and shoot them all?"

   As for how to deal with the people in the Eastern Camp, Sokov still has no experience. After Yakov finished speaking, he asked back: "Yakov, in your opinion, how should we deal with these people?"

   "It goes without saying, of course they are all shot." Yakov replied without hesitation, "These people are all traitors to the motherland, and we must not spare them lightly."

Although Stalin has not said at this moment: "We have no prisoners of war, only traitors of the motherland", but Sukov is very clear in his heart that even if the commanders and fighters captured by the German army escape by themselves, they will not be able to escape being censored or arrested. The fate of being sent to a punishment camp, not to mention this kind of prisoner of war who took the initiative to serve the Germans. Apart from shooting them, Sokov really couldn't think of a better way.

  If it was at another time and place, Sukov would definitely order the execution of this group of officers and soldiers of the Eastern Battalion without hesitation. But now that the war is imminent, if the commanders and fighters in other positions see so many "insiders" being shot, will they have bad associations? If it affects the morale and morale of the troops, it will be very detrimental to the subsequent breakout operations of. Therefore, Sokov had to be cautious about how to deal with Kalugin and his accomplices.

"It's not just a matter of shooting them." Sokov said to Yakov: "But the commanders and fighters in the nearby positions saw that we disarmed a unit that had just retreated, and there must have been bad news. If you see us shooting these people again, it will inevitably shake the morale of the army, and it will be very detrimental to our next battle."

  As soon as Sokov finished speaking, the phone that was placed aside rang. The call came from Vanya, who was located not far from the place where Kalugin and the others were disarmed. The soldiers in the battalion saw that the troops that had just withdrawn from the south were actually disarmed by Sokov's guard platoon, and everyone was tied up, so they couldn't help talking. Vanya called to find out what was going on.

"Comrade Captain," Sokov said truthfully to Vanya in order to set the record straight: "We have confirmed that the small army from the south is all members of the German Eastern Battalion, so I ordered them all Disarm and seize. If soldiers ask about this, you might as well answer them truthfully."

  Vanya originally thought that the guard platoon arrested people because these people were withdrawn from the German-controlled area and required strict review. Now after listening to Sokov's explanation, he realized that things were not as he imagined. He asked curiously, "Comrade Brigadier, how do you plan to deal with them?"

"These people are lackeys of the Germans, scum who are dedicated to serving the enemy. We must not spare them lightly." Sokov told Vanya his embarrassment: "It stands to reason that for this kind of motherland The traitors, we shouldn’t be merciful, we should just shoot them. But I am worried that the commanders who don’t know the truth will have bad associations when they see us execute these traitors, which will be very detrimental to our next combat operations. "

After listening to Sokov's heartfelt words, Vanya was about to say a few words when suddenly a soldier rushed into his command post and shouted loudly at him: "Comrade battalion commander, the enemy, the enemy has been spotted in the south. "

   "What, you found the enemy?" Vanya hurriedly asked after hearing the soldier's report, "What kind of enemy is it?"

"About two companies of the enemy, in skirmish formation, are coming towards us." The soldier reported to Vanya, "They will come to our position in about ten minutes. "

   "I see, you go down first." Vanya was about to report the situation here to Sokov after sending away the soldiers who reported the news. But Sokov said first: "Comrade Captain, I heard everything, you should prepare for battle immediately."

  After putting down the phone, Sokov found a suitable observation position, raised his binoculars and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw several lines of skirmishers of the German army moving towards the hill where he was. Yakov also spotted the enemy in the distance, and he asked curiously: "Misha, are the enemies planning to attack us? Why did they attack us without even basic artillery preparations?"

"Yakov, you ask me this question, who am I going to ask?" Sokov said a little bit dumbfounded: "What's going on with the Germans, they attacked us without artillery preparations, tanks, The cover of armored vehicles, isn't this letting their soldiers come to die?"

   "No matter what the Germans think, I think it's better to let the soldiers prepare for battle." Yakov said with a serious face: "I feel that a fierce battle is about to happen."

The first battalion, which is mainly responsible for the defense of the south, has already started to prepare for battle. Sokov called Tenev, who was in charge of the defense of the west, and told him that there were enemies in the south, and asked him to be vigilant and closely monitor the troops in the west. Enemy movement.

After deploying all this, Sokov raised his binoculars and looked at the enemy infantry who were getting closer and closer to him. He began to mutter in his heart: before the enemy attacked, they did not prepare for artillery fire; when they attacked, there were no tanks or armored vehicles. What the **** is going on here? Could it be that the German commander was hungover and sent his men to die?

  Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in Sokov's mind, and he immediately guessed the reason why the German army behaved so strangely. He nodded with a smile, and said thoughtfully, "So that's the case, I understand."

   "What do you understand, Misha?" Yakov heard Sokov talking to himself, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Quickly tell me."

Sokov pointed at the captives down the hill with his hand, and said, "Yakov, the reason why the Germans didn't prepare for artillery fire, and didn't have tanks and armored vehicles accompanying them, was because they were worried that the guns would be blind and hurt the soldiers they sent. These people. I estimate that after they approach our position, they will use some method to contact the soldiers of the Dongfang Battalion and cooperate with each other to achieve the goal of seizing our army's position."

"It makes sense, it makes sense." Yakov waited for Sokov to finish, and said with a smile: "But they never dreamed that these traitors they sent would be spotted by us. In this way, their The plan fell through."

   Another thought came to Sokov's mind. He smiled and said, "Yakov, I have thought of a good way to deal with these traitors."

"Oh, have you thought of a good way?!" Yakov has been racking his brains on how to deal with these traitors. Now that he heard Sokov say that he thought of a way so easily, he urged the other party to speak out quickly: " Come and listen, so I can judge whether your method is applicable."

   "Guchakov," Sokov turned around and shouted at the corporal Guchakov wearing the rank of lieutenant: "Go and find Samoilov, I have a task for him."

  Samoilov may have been waiting for Sokov's order, so when Guchakov shouted in the past, he trotted over. He came to Sokov and Yakov, stood at attention, straightened his body and asked, "Comrade Brigadier, do you have any instructions?"

"Second Lieutenant Samoilov, you immediately take Kalukin back to the position under the hill, untie all the captives, and return the weapons to them." Sokov emphasized: "Remember, weapons can be returned. But not even a bullet. Understand?"

   "Comrade Brigadier, I don't understand." Sokov's words made Samoilov confused: "Aren't those people our enemies, why should we return the weapons to them?"

   "Yes, Misha." Don't say that Samoilov was confused, even Yakov was puzzled, "Why did you return the gun to those traitors?"

"Look, aren't the German infantry coming towards us?" Sukov pointed to the German skirmish line in the distance, and said with a smile on his face: "If they see a troop, they will come from here." Our army's position is rushing towards them. Tell me, what will they do?"

"If I were a German, and I saw a troop rushing towards me, I would definitely stop where I was and fire, and wipe out all the enemies who left the trenches." After Yakov finished speaking, he asked Suo Cove: "Misha, we're asking why you returned the weapons to the captives, what are you talking about useless?"

"Yakov, it seems that you don't understand what I mean." Sokov coughed heavily, cleared his throat, and continued: "I asked Second Lieutenant Samoilov to return the weapons to the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion. It is to prepare them to hold guns and rush towards the Germans on the opposite side..."

"No, Comrade Brigadier." Samoilov heard this, and regardless of Sokov's finish, he interrupted him and said, "If we do this, it doesn't mean that these traitors from the Eastern Battalion will flee again." Go back to the Germans?"

  Yakov's brain is much better than Samoilov's. Although Sokov hasn't finished speaking, he already understands what's going on. He said excitedly: "Misha, this is really a good way. The Germans saw a group of soldiers wearing our uniforms jumping out of their positions and rushing towards them. The first reaction of the Germans was to stop and shoot to eliminate these daring enemy."

After Yakov said this, Samoilov also understood what was going on, he grinned, and then said briskly: "Comrade Brigadier, don't worry, I will immediately take Kalukin back to the position, let him take his accomplices to 'charge' towards the Germans, and let the Germans destroy their own lackeys."

  Samoilov moved as soon as he said it. He took Kalugin to the position under the hill, ordered his subordinates to untie all the prisoners, and then returned their weapons. For Samoilov's move, not only the soldiers in the guard platoon were puzzled, but even the prisoners who had just got their weapons were also confused.

Seeing that the Germans were still three or four hundred meters away from his position, Samoilov said to the prisoners: "If you want to survive, run towards the Germans on the opposite side. If you are not afraid," he drew He took out his pistol, pretended to be fierce and said, "I'll kill him immediately."

After the captives were identified, they thought they were going to die. When they heard Samoilov's words and saw that they still had a chance to survive, many of them immediately climbed out of the trenches on hands and feet and came towards the Germans. direction to run.

  (end of this chapter)