Red Moscow

  Chapter 1157 Prestige spreads far and wide

  The surrounding soldiers looked at Major General Val with a blank expression. After listening to what he said, no one spoke, but those officers and soldiers who refused to surrender no longer aimed their guns at Major General Val.

   Seeing the row of muzzles aimed at him hang down, Major General Val couldn't help feeling ecstatic. But on the surface, he tried to pretend that nothing had happened and said: "It seems that everyone understands this truth. It is meaningless to continue fighting. What we can do now is to lay down our weapons and surrender to the Russians, so that you There is hope of surviving."

  Because the German army was surrounded in a very narrow area, what happened there can be seen clearly on the Soviet army's position. After Sokov learned that Major General Val was lobbying his remaining troops to lay down their arms and surrender, he said to Merkulov: "Comrade General, send an interpreter with me. I think it is necessary to add fire to the Germans and let them They make the final call."

   "What?" Merkulov was taken aback by Sokov's words, and he asked in a panic, "Comrade Commander, are you going to persuade the Germans to surrender yourself?"

"yes."

"No, you can't go." Merkulov waved his hands desperately, and said to Sokov: "You are the commander of the army group, how can you go to such a dangerous place easily? If the enemy's snipers I found you and shot you coldly, what should I do?"

Sokov was excited to think about the enemy's surrender before the enemy's position. Hearing what Merkulov said, he felt that what the other party said made sense. If he appeared in front of the two armies, the German sniper would shoot him. After killing themselves, the person who is the greatest threat to the German army, even if the entire army is wiped out next, and hundreds of lives are exchanged for one of their own, they will still make money.

  But Sokov has always been the master who knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the mountains. How could it be possible that the Germans backed down because of the existence of snipers? He told Merkulov: "Comrade General, install a loudspeaker in front of the positions of the two armies. I will shout to the Germans through the loudspeaker and urge them to lay down their weapons and surrender."

Seeing that Sokov was determined to go, Merkulov knew that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, he might not change his mind, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to install a tweeter in front of the positions of the two armies, so that Sokov could I was able to hide in a safe place and shouted at the Germans.

  Besides, the besieged German army, seeing Soviet troops in all directions, knew that they had no hope of breaking through. Many people threw away their weapons without bullets and sat on the muddy ground waiting for the last moment. At this moment, they suddenly saw the Soviet army on the opposite side, erecting a tweeter in front of the position, which aroused their curiosity.

   While the German soldiers were studying what the Soviet army was doing with the tweeter, a voice suddenly came out of the speaker. The soldiers listened for a while, and found that the people inside were speaking Russian, which they couldn't understand at all, so they were not interested in listening. But what they didn't expect was that after a while, another voice came from the speaker, repeating what they had just said in German.

This time, the German officers and soldiers finally figured out what the other party was saying: "Soldiers, you are now out of ammunition and food. Whether you hold on or break through, the end waiting for you is a dead end. I order you to put down your weapons and face the enemy opposite you." I can assure you with my honor that I will ensure your personal safety so that you can return to Germany after the war and reunite with your long-lost family."

If it is said that the first half of the call to persuade the German soldiers to hear the content of the cocoon, but the last few sentences allow them to reunite with their families in China after the war is over. The officers and soldiers were shocked.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were bewitched by the shouting on the opposite side, Captain Ernst, who was holding Major General Wahl hostage, immediately shouted: "Officers and soldiers, don't believe the false propaganda of the Russians. As far as I know, they captured the officers and soldiers of the SS division. It is to be shot on the spot, and there is no chance for everyone to survive, so please don't be fooled."

  The officers and soldiers who had already been shaken in their minds suddenly changed their minds when they heard Captain Ernst's words, thinking that this might be a deceptive propaganda by the Russians.

  But no matter how many people don't believe it, there are still one or two who will believe it. A German corporal took advantage of the gap between the other party's shouting and said: "Who are you, can you fulfill your promise?"

   After the German corporal's shout was heard by the interpreter hiding in the front, he promptly reported to Sokov who was hiding in a safe area. When Sokov heard it, it was due to his lack of consideration. When he shouted, he didn't reveal his identity, so that the enemies who heard the broadcast didn't believe what he said at all.

   Lunev, who was staying beside Sokov, asked: "Comrade commander, tell me, if you report your name to the enemy, will the enemy surrender?"

"Comrade Military Commissar, if the person who persuaded him to surrender is an ordinary person, I will not believe what he said even if he said it in a flashy way." Sukov said to Lunev: "But if the person who persuaded him to surrender is a person that everyone is familiar with. People, the effect of persuading surrender may be much better.”

After Sokov finished speaking, he shouted loudly into the microphone again: "I am Major General Sokov, the commander of the Sixth Army, and I am broadcasting again to the officers and soldiers of the empire. You are now at the point where orders are desperate, There is no point in continuing to resist..."

  The translator on the side faithfully recorded every word Sokov said and translated it into German for broadcast.

The German officers and soldiers in the encirclement learned through the loudspeaker that the person who persuaded them was actually Sokov, who discredited them, and immediately began to discuss: "Do you think the person who is broadcasting will be the one we know?" Sokov?"

   "It's hard to say," someone immediately retorted: "It is also possible that other Russians pretended to be his name to deceive us, and shot at us as soon as we put down our weapons and walked out."

Seeing his subordinates talking a lot, Major General Val became a little anxious. He shouted loudly: "What you heard is not an imposter, but Sokov himself. When I went out to talk about fat a few hours ago, I saw it with my own eyes. himself."

  If it is an ordinary officer and soldier who says he has seen Sokov, I am afraid that the remaining German officers and soldiers will sneer. But the words were spoken by the teacher, Major General Val, so the weight was naturally different. The remaining officers and soldiers quickly divided into two groups. One group supported Major General Val and was about to surrender to the Soviet army; the other group supported Ernst. Even if he puts down his weapon and surrenders, I'm afraid it won't end well, so he plans to fight to the end.

  The German corporal who called out at the beginning, after listening to the call on the radio, immediately threw away the weapon in his hand, raised his hands, and ran towards the Soviet army's position. While running, he waved his hands desperately and shouted: "Don't shoot, I surrender, I came here to be a prisoner."

   Unexpectedly, he only ran more than 20 steps, and there was a gunshot behind him. The German corporal who was running suddenly jerked his body, then stopped on the spot and turned half a circle before falling to the ground.

   Ernst was not far away, holding a submachine gun that was still smoking. After killing the corporal who tried to surrender, he said to the surrounding soldiers: "If anyone wants to surrender, he will be your fate."

  When the German corporal raised his hands and rushed towards the Soviet position, many German officers and soldiers were filled with hope. They just wanted to see the corporal successfully enter the Soviet position, so they followed suit and surrendered. Unexpectedly, the corporal was shot dead by Captain Ernst not long after he ran out. The officers and soldiers fell silent for a while, fearing that the other party would find out that he also had the idea of ​​surrendering, so he gave himself a shot.

  Sokov was in a position where he could clearly see what was happening on the opposite side. He saw with his own eyes a German corporal running out with his hands raised high, thinking that with such an example, more people would come running over. But the corporal didn't run very far, and was shot and killed by a German captain.

After staring at the captain for a while, Sokov called Merkulov who was standing not far away: "Comrade General, do you have any snipers in your division? Send two of them here, and I will let them Get rid of that damned captain..."

   "Comrade Commander," Sokov hadn't finished speaking when a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Please don't order people to shoot. I think I can go over and persuade the captain to put down his weapon and surrender."

  Sokov looked back, and it was Corporal Ernst from the guard platoon who was speaking. The reason why Samoilov placed the defected former German soldier in the guard platoon was to allow him to act as an interpreter when necessary. Although Ernst was a defector, he had followed him when he attacked the Istria Reservoir, so when Sokov spoke to him, he was very polite: "Comrade Corporal, do you have the confidence to persuade the other party?"

   "It's hard to say, but I can try." Ernst said with some embarrassment: "My name is Otto Ernst, and my name is Augusta Ernst. He is my brother."

   "What, that SS officer is your brother?" Sokov couldn't help being surprised when he heard Ernst say this: "Is this true?"

"yes."

Now that Ernst gave himself an affirmative answer, Sokov nodded in agreement after thinking for a moment: "Okay, Corporal Ernst, you can try it. But let me remind you, his The mood is not stable, once you find out that he has an attempt against you, run back immediately. Do you understand?"

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." Ernst said, took off his weapon and handed it to Sokov, "I'll go see him now."

Ernst appeared at the front and back of the Soviet position, raised his hands, and walked slowly towards the opposite side, while shouting loudly: "Don't shoot, I'm a German." Hearing Erns With special shouts, the muzzles of the German guns that were originally aimed at him were lowered one after another.

   "Stop!" When Ernst was less than 20 meters away from the German position, there was a sound of pulling the bolt in front: "Stop, if you don't stop, I will shoot."

   Ernst stopped in his tracks and shouted to the source of the sound: "I want to find Captain Ernst, he is my brother."

The soldier who stopped Ernst couldn't help being stunned when he heard Ernst's voice. He never dreamed that a man in a Soviet uniform who came out from the opposite Soviet camp would call himself Ernst. Captain Te's brother. Fortunately, Ernst's location was not far from here, so he quickly ordered someone to call Captain Ernst over.

  The captain stood behind a tree, carefully observed the person who was walking slowly, and found that it was indeed his younger brother Otto Ernst, who hurried out from behind the tree, went up to him and gave him a warm hug. He patted his brother on the back and said excitedly: "Otto, where have you been for so long, I thought you were killed in battle."

   "Brother," Otto took a step back, looking at his brother and said, "I was captured in the battle to defend the Istria reservoir, and I have been staying in General Sokov's army."

   "What, you have been in Sokov's army for so long?" Augusta asked in surprise: "Could it be that the person who just shouted is really the Sokov that scares us?"

   "That's right, it's him." After Otto nodded in affirmation, he began to persuade his brother: "Brother, you are now desperate. If you continue to fight, your entire army will definitely be wiped out. You might as well surrender."

"No, I can't surrender." Unexpectedly, as soon as Otto said that, Augusta seemed to be a different person, and he said with a straight face: "I can't betray the Führer, I will fight for him to the last moment. "

"Brother, there is no point in continuing to resist." Otto said to his brother with a wry smile: "If General Sokov really wants to destroy you, he only needs to order the troops to fire rockets, and you can be wiped out. If it is not for To save more lives, so that everyone can return to their homes and reunite with their families after the war is over, I am afraid that the shelling of you has already begun."

Seeing the reunion of the two brothers, several of Augusta's cronies also came over to watch the excitement. When they heard Otto say that the Soviet army would soon start shelling, they couldn't help being frightened. Corporal Heinel said to Augusta: "Captain , the territory we now control is so narrow that if the Russians shelled it, I think few of us would survive."

As soon as Hainel's words came out, the rest of the people echoed: "That's right, as long as the Russians bombard us, even if we want to hide, there will be no place to hide. Captain, why don't you follow the general's order and go to the Russians?" surrender."

  Although Augusta just killed the corporal who surrendered to the Soviet army, he is more afraid of death than anyone else. Seeing that there was a chance of survival in front of him now, he couldn't help but feel a little bit excited. After a long silence, he asked, "Otto, is the person who just shouted on the radio really Major General Sokov?"

   "That's right, it's him." After Otto finished speaking, he asked back, "Brother, what did you ask him for?"

   "If he is really on the opposite side, then our resistance is meaningless." Augusta lowered his head and said: "I can only agree with the general's proposal and order the troops to surrender to the Russians on the opposite side."

  (end of this chapter)