Red Moscow

Chapter 2541

When something more surprising to them was yet to come, the two officers selected together with Major Peterson looked at each other, took two steps forward at the same time, stood at attention, and raised their hands to salute Sokov.

Captain: "General Sokov, my name is Bruch, originally from the 295th Infantry Division; he is Lieutenant Das, from the 297th Infantry Division. We both fought in Stalingrad, with your troops at Mamaye Fu Gang fought against each other."

Sokov was a little stunned after hearing this. He asked in confusion: "Captain Bruch, as far as I know, the 295th and 297th Divisions were completely wiped out by our army during the Battle of Stalingrad. What about you?" How did you escape?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Bruch showed a bitter expression on his face: "Mr. General, like Major Peterson, we all left the battlefield early because we were wounded, otherwise we might become your prisoners. "

"Captain Bruch, compared with your comrades, you are so lucky." Sokov smiled and said to Bruch: "You were injured and left Stalingrad early to avoid starving in the cold weather later. Starved, and even after being captured, sent to freezing Siberia.”

Regarding Sokov's statement, Bruch smiled bitterly and nodded: "You are right, Mr. General, compared with my comrades who died or were captured in Stalingrad, I am very lucky. "

At this time, Major Vaserigov asked inappropriately: "Are you used to staying in a prisoner of war camp now?"

"Major! Don't ask such a question." After Sokov stopped Vaselgov with a reproachful tone, he said to Adelina: "Adelina, there is no need to translate these words."

Agelina had long seen that everything she saw in the prisoner-of-war camp was specially arranged by the US military. Bruch and others must have had a difficult time in the prisoner-of-war camp. Vaserigov's problem was tantamount to Adding insult to injury for them.

Although Bruch heard what Vaselgov said, he did not understand what the other party meant because he did not understand Russian. Seeing that Agelina had not translated for a long time, he felt a little puzzled. Just when he was about to ask a few questions, the German prisoners of war who were watching a football match not far away came over one after another and asked the guards he was familiar with about their visit today. Who were the people who inspected the prison camps?

　　When the familiar guards introduced to them that the French general who came was Tarsini, they couldn't help but sneered. In their minds, the French were a group of cowards. It has what is known as the strongest army in Europe and can crush any country's attack on France. When Germany went to war with France, it thought it would be a protracted war. Unexpectedly, the war lasted only more than forty days, and France actually surrendered. No wonder some people joke: No country can capture Paris before France surrenders.

When they heard that the representative of the US military was the famous General Patton, the German prisoners of war looked at him with reverence in their eyes. You know, this is a person who makes the German high command fearful. It is precisely because of this that before the start of the Normandy landing operation, the Allied high command placed Patton in the direction of Calais, which caused the German high command to make a misjudgment, thinking that the Allies The army carried out the landing operation in Calais, thus weakening the defense force of Normandy, the real main direction of attack. As a result, the Allied landing operation achieved unprecedented success.

The German prisoners of war finally turned their attention to Sokov. Looking at this unseemly young general, their hearts were filled with contempt. A man of his age was probably just a college student before the war. What achievements he could accomplish? It's because of his background that he can achieve his current military rank.

With such suspicion, a German prisoner of war wearing the rank of second lieutenant touched the guard next to him with his shoulder and asked: "Hey, who is that Russian guy? Why did I see Major Peterson and the three of them asking him? Where’s the salute?”

"My surname seems to be Sokov." The guard shrugged his shoulders and said in a contemptuous tone: "Major Peterson and the others probably saluted him because he had a higher military rank. It would have been me instead. , I will never salute such a dandy."

"Dandy?" The German second lieutenant asked in surprise: "How did you know that he was a playboy?"

“Here, look at the young woman next to him.” The American guard said jealously: “If such a beautiful woman didn’t have a special relationship with him, I would take off my clothes and run around the camp three times.”

Just when the German second lieutenant was about to joke with the guard, he suddenly thought of the last name he had just heard, and quickly asked cautiously: "By the way, you just mentioned this Russian general, what is his last name? Can you repeat it?"

"Sokov!" the guard said firmly, "hell, this is the first time I've heard of this surname. It's strange that I can remember it."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he felt his clothes tighten, and then he saw the German second lieutenant approaching him and asked sternly: "Is it General Sokov who once served as the commander of the Russian 48th Group Army?" ?”

When the guard was first grabbed by his clothes, he thought the German lieutenant wanted to rebel, and was about to fire a warning shot. However, when he realized that the other man just wanted to know the identity of the Russian general, he gave up the idea of ​​shooting, and replied with a wry smile: "I don't Know."

“Brothers,” the German second lieutenant let go of the collar of the American guard, turned around and shouted to the German prisoners of war around him: “That Russian general is Sokov, who once served as the commander of the 48th Group Army.”

Hearing what the German second lieutenant said, the prisoners of war who were watching the excitement suddenly became confused and rushed towards Sokov's position with a roar. The guards who maintained order hurriedly stepped forward to stop them and prevent them from attacking the members of the inspection team. cause some damages.

 But the number of guards was far less than the number of prisoners of war, and they could not stop them at all, and the scene seemed extremely chaotic. Fortunately, Patton saw that the situation was not going well, so he pulled out his ivory-handled pistol and fired several shots in the air, and the chaotic crowd calmed down.

After Jones ordered people to summon more guards to maintain order, his face turned red and he shouted angrily at the prisoners of war: "What are you going to do? Do you want to rebel?"

"Colonel Jones," a German officer in the crowd who was familiar with Jones said loudly: "We are either trying to cause trouble, or we just want to have a few words with the Russian general behind you."

　　When Sokov saw that the scene was in chaos, he was worried that Agelina would be injured, so he quietly retreated to the back. At this moment, when I heard that the German prisoners of war wanted to talk to me, I couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. I secretly thought that I was so famous in Germany. Even the German prisoners of war detained in the prisoner of war camps had heard of my name.

“General Sokov,” Patton put down his pistol and said to Sokov: “Since these Germans want to talk to you, just say a few words to them.”

Sokov nodded and then took a few steps forward. When I was about to speak, I suddenly realized that I didn't understand German, and even if I spoke, the other party wouldn't understand. He was about to call Agelina over to help him translate, but when he turned around, he found that Agelina was already standing beside him.

Facing a group of German prisoners of war in the dark ahead, although there were US military guards with live ammunition pointing their guns around them, Agelina's legs were still a little weak. She asked Sokov in a low voice: "Misha, no "I don't think so." Sokov comforted Agelina and said, "I guess they just want to know something. You can help me translate. If something goes wrong, I will protect you." Get out of here safely.”

After saying this, Sokov took two steps forward: "I am Sokov. What do you want to see me for?"

When Agelina translated Sokov's words into German, the German second lieutenant who once grabbed the guard's lapel asked: "Mr. General, we would like to know, have you served as the commander of the 48th Group Army before? "

As soon as the German second lieutenant finished speaking, the surrounding German prisoners of war started asking: "Besides the 48th Group Army, have you ever served as the commander of other units?"

“Have you ever served as the commander of the 53rd Army…”

Sokov could only hear a buzzing sound and could not hear what the other party was saying. He quickly raised his hands and pressed down twice to signal the German prisoners of war to be quiet. The German prisoners of war who were still talking immediately fell silent when they saw Sokov's gesture.

Sokov felt much more at ease when he saw that the German prisoners of war were extremely cooperative. He came to Major Peterson's side and said to him: "Mr. Major, ask these officers and soldiers, what do they want to know?"

Peterson quickly explained to Sokov: "Mr. General, they asked you what unit commander you have served." Perhaps worried that Sokov would not understand, he also specifically explained, "Where is the person I want to question? The troops must have been defeated by your troops before. They just want to confirm whether you are the commander who defeated us."

After figuring out what was going on, Sokov nodded slightly, then coughed heavily, and after attracting everyone's attention, he said loudly: "German officers and soldiers, my surname is Sokov, and I have served in the 27th Army, Commanders of the 53rd Army and the 48th Army, I wonder if this is the answer you want to know!"

After hearing Agelina's reaction, the German prisoners of war made a move that surprised the members of the inspection team and the surrounding guards. They collectively stood at attention and raised their hands to salute Sokov.

"What happened?" Tasini asked Patton in surprise: "Why did the German prisoners of war salute this Russian general?"

Barton was also shocked. As a soldier, it is a great thing to be respected by the enemy. And this young Russian general should have achieved this. He won the respect of his enemies through his outstanding performance on the battlefield.

When they just met at the Brandenburg Gate, Sokov said that he admired him, and he couldn't help but feel proud of himself. It was such an achievement to have a general from another country with the same military rank as himself become his little fanboy. . But now it seems that I am overthinking it, and the other person saying that to me at that time was nothing more than a diplomatic politeness. Thinking of this, he did not immediately answer Tasini's question, but called his adjutant and whispered to him: "I don't care what method you use, but before we leave the prisoner of war camp, I need to know this Russian All the things the general has done.”

The adjutant had a troubled expression on his face. He was about to say something, but when he saw Barton glaring at him, he could only nod his head and left.

After his adjutant left, Patton lowered his voice and said to Tasini: "Sang Jean, this Russian general named Sokov is not simple. We all took it wrong."

"Yes." Tassini agreed with Patton's statement: "I have been to prison camps more than once, but I have never encountered a prisoner of war taking the initiative to salute me."

　　Hearing what Tassini said, Patton couldn't help but sneer in his heart, secretly saying that France surrendered more than forty days after the war began. Later, it was with the help of the British and American Allied Forces that they set foot on French soil again. Even if the Germans have surrendered now, how can they respect you when they face their former defeated generals? However, in order to save face for the other party, he still said euphemistically: "Maybe these Germans have never heard of you, so they behave so indifferently."

At this time, the guards sent by Jones for reinforcements arrived. Seeing that the situation had returned to normal, the officer leading the team seemed a little embarrassed. He ordered his subordinates to stand still and not to act rashly, then came to Jones' side and asked in a low voice: "Sir, what should we do next?"

"It's okay here." After Jones figured out what was going on, he couldn't help but sigh. It was so unexpected that these prisoners of war were so respectful to a Russian general. He waved to the officer leading the team: "Take these people back. "

The officer was stunned, and then asked: "Should we take the prisoners of war back to the barracks, or should we let our people go back to rest?"

Hearing what the officer said, Jones realized that there was a grammatical error in his words, and said quickly: "I asked you to take our people back. The situation here is under control. Don't make any more trouble."

"Yes, sir." The officer agreed, then returned to the guarding troops and led them away.

　　Sokov noticed that not only the football match had stopped, but also the prisoners of war in the band had stopped playing, standing on tiptoes with their instruments and looking this way. Coupled with the fact that Colonel Jones had transferred troops again, Sokov was worried about causing a **** conflict, so he shouted to the prisoners of war: "German officers and soldiers, I am just an ordinary soldier. Since you have seen it, then... Just spread out. Go back to playing football, watching football games and playing music, and stop hanging around here.”

Following Agelina's translation, the prisoners of war dispersed one after another, but as they left, they kept looking back, looking at Sokov who was still standing in the middle of the inspection group, as if they were worried that he would suddenly disappear.

"Comrade General, I really didn't expect that you have such a high status in the hearts of the Germans." When Vaserigov said this, he secretly muttered: I am afraid that even if Marshal Zhukov comes here in person, it will not cause such a situation. Make a big splash.

After hearing this, Sokov just smiled faintly, and then asked Peterson, who was still standing in front of him: "Major Peterson, if there is nothing else, you can go back and rest."

Unexpectedly, Peterson grabbed Sokov's arm and whispered: "Mr. General, please help me."

"What should I do?" Sokov said, somewhat dumbfounded: "Major Peterson, you are now in a US military prisoner of war camp. What can I, a Soviet general, do for you?"

 (End of this chapter)