Red Moscow

Chapter 2574

Sokov and others returned to the hotel and were about to go to the restaurant for lunch when they were stopped by Sokolovsky's new adjutant: "General Sokov, you are finally back!"

"What's matter?"

"Comrade Deputy Commander said that when he sees you coming back, he will ask you to see him immediately." The adjutant said, "He has important things to discuss with you."

“Where is Comrade Deputy Commander?”

"In his room, you can go find him." After the adjutant said this, he turned his eyes to Agelina and continued: "Comrade Agelina, please come with us."

"What, let Agelina go too?" Sokov was a little surprised when he heard what the adjutant said, and asked curiously: "Do you know what it is?"

The adjutant shook his head and replied: "General Sokov, I am just conveying the order of Comrade Deputy Commander. As for why he asked Comrade Agelina to go with him, I am not sure. It is getting late, we are now Just go over there and don’t keep the general waiting.”

Sokov turned to Vaserigov and said: "Major, I want to go to the deputy commander. You can take everyone to the restaurant for dinner first." After the explanation, he turned to the adjutant and said politely, "Let's go see Comrade Deputy Commander now."

 Led by the adjutant, Sokov and Agelina came to the room where Sokolovsky lived.

Seeing Sokov enter the door, Sokolovsky put down the documents in his hand, stood up and came over to shake hands with Sokov: "Misha, you have been out and about all morning. What do you think of this city?"

"It's a pretty good ancient city." Sokov said: "It's a pity that it was turned into ruins during the war. If it is to be restored to the way it was before the war, I don't know how many years it will take."

"Yes, it is indeed a regrettable thing for a city with an ancient history to be turned into ruins during the war." Sokolovsky said: "Therefore, we chose to punish the war criminals who started the war here. Conduct a trial."

Thinking of the prisoners of war who were tried at the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, Sokov couldn't help but regretfully said: "It's a pity that the biggest culprits, such as Mustache and Goebbels, have committed suicide, otherwise they would also be on the trial bench."

"They are just worried about being judged by history, so they all choose to commit suicide." After Sokolovsky said this, he changed the topic to business: "I called you here today because I have something to discuss with you. ”

Sokov couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He thought, "If you have something to do, just give me your order. Do you still need to discuss it with me?" "Comrade Deputy Commander," he said politely: "If you have anything to do, please just give it to me directly. There is no need to discuss it with me."

Sokolovsky's eyes turned to Agelina, who was standing behind Sokov: "I called you two here because we are short of translators, and the translator sent by Berlin is still there. We need to wait for two days, so before they come, I hope Comrade Agelina can temporarily work in the translation team. What do you think?"

Although Sokolovsky said such words in a consultative tone, both Sokovsky and Agelina knew in their hearts that they were giving themselves an order. How could they not agree to the other party? Agelina quickly stepped forward and said, "Comrade Deputy Commander, I will resolutely obey your orders."

In this way, with Agelina being transferred to the translation team, it became impossible for Sokov to go shopping as he pleased. Although some of the guards he brought with him could speak German, bringing a female translator and a male translator when going out were two completely different concepts. Therefore, Sokov decisively chose to stay in the hotel and not go out.

However, he was not worried about being bored while staying in the hotel, because he asked Sokolovsky for enough pen and paper to continue writing his unfinished "Ordinary Soldier" before returning to Moscow. , to complete the creation of this novel.

Seeing that Sokov was not going out, Vaserigov was worried that he was bored, so he came over to see him.

 After entering the door, I saw Sokov writing at his desk. I was quite puzzled. I secretly said that Comrade Deputy Commander did not seem to have arranged any work for the general. What on earth was he writing at the table all day long? With this question in mind, he quietly came to Sokov and asked cautiously: "Comrade General, what are you writing?"

“Major, it’s you.” Sokov looked up and saw that it was Vasergov who entered the door. He put down the pen in his hand and explained to him with a smile: “I am writing a novel.”

"Write a novel?" Vaserigov showed a surprised expression on his face after hearing this: "Comrade General, I really didn't expect that you can actually write a novel?"

"That's right." Sokov nodded and continued: "Some time ago, the first novel I wrote, "The Dawns Here Are Quiet," was published, and the sales in the country were pretty good."

Vaserigov has been staying in Berlin since the end of the war. There are no novels published in Moscow here, so he was somewhat surprised when he heard Sokov say this title. He asked in surprise: "Comrade General, I really didn't expect that the novel you wrote has been published. I wonder how the sales are?"

“Judging from the current sales momentum, the overall performance is pretty good.” Sokov said confidently: “In the future, it will not only be adapted into plays and operas, but will even be put on the screen.”

"You are really amazing." If at the beginning, Vaseligov's words were a little perfunctory, now they have become sincere. As for whether Sokov would lie to himself, that is simply impossible. When friends come from Moscow, you will know the truth or falsehood by asking them.

“Major, why did you come to see me?”

"It's nothing. I was worried that you might be a little bored staying in your room if you don't go out all day." Vaserigov said: "Now it seems that I was worrying too much. By the way, I want to ask you, Once the book is written, where do you plan to publish it?”

"After this book is written, I will send it back to Moscow." Sokov said: "Before I came to Berlin, I wrote part of it, and the manuscript of the first half is in Moscow. I will finish the rest of the story and send it back After Moscow, manpower will be arranged there for publication.”

“Comrade General, I wonder if I would have the honor to read your book first after it is finished?”

"Yes." Sokov readily agreed to Vasergov's request. After all, when he wrote "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" in Vladimir, many people had read his manuscript: " When I finish writing, I will let you be one of the first readers.”

Sokov stayed in his room to create every day, and the time outside flew by quickly. Before he knew it, it was time for a new court hearing to begin.

The person who came to inform Sokov was none other than Agelina, who was temporarily transferred to the translation team some time ago.

Seeing Agelina entering the door, Sokov immediately stepped forward, grabbed her hands, and said softly: "Agelina, you are back!" "Yes, I am back." Agelina Na looked at Sokov with a half-smile and asked, "Have you missed me?"

“I do, of course I do.” Sokov said with a smile, “I can’t even dream of it.”

Agelina saw the pen and paper on the table and asked curiously: "Misha, why are there so many pens and papers on the table? What are you writing?"

“What else could it be? Of course it’s a novel.” Sokov shrugged his shoulders and continued: “It’s better to spend the boring days every day.”

“Misha, I came to see you because I want you to attend today’s court hearing.”

 When he learned that he could attend the court hearing today, Sokov asked emotionally, "I wonder who is on trial today?"

“According to the original plan, the war criminal on trial today was German Air Marshal Göring.”

"Then let's set off quickly." Sokov was eager to see how Goering was tried in court, so he urged Agelina: "Don't keep Comrade Deputy Commander waiting."

After meeting Sokolovsky at the door, Sokov, Adelina, and Vaselgov took a jeep, followed the convoy, and headed towards the location of the trial.

Since Sokov and others were here to observe, after entering the court, they were placed in a corner, but from here, they could also see the war criminals sitting on the trial bench.

Sokov’s eyes swept over the more than 20 war criminals, and finally locked onto a man in a white military uniform. According to the information he knew, Goering was a fat man, but now it seems that he is a bit unworthy of his reputation. The military uniform looked a little empty on me and looked very ill-fitting.

 Soon, the judges trying war criminals entered the court one after another.

 At the trial bench, four judges from different victorious countries were sitting there. Judges in the Soviet Union wore brown military uniforms, while judges in the United States, Britain and France all wore black robes. Inside the courtroom, thick gray velvet curtains hung down, blocking the Nuremberg early winter sky. The entire courtroom displayed a melancholic solemnity.

 After the trial began, the chief prosecutor and U.S. Judge Jackson first read out the general indictment.

Jackson’s courtroom statement was one of the most important in history: “The crimes we seek to bring to trial were so carefully planned, so vicious, so destructive that human civilization cannot tolerate them being ignored. If we don’t accept the trial, we can’t tolerate them coming back again.”

Jackson read out evidence and testimony that 3,000 Jews were massacred because they were suspected of carrying "Bolshevik leaflets"; he also quoted a chilling report that countless people were killed when the Gestapo bloodbathed a Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. The Jews rushed into simple huts and sewers and carried out explosions.

Immediately afterwards, the Soviet prosecutor Roman Rudenko began to speak. The facts listed in the indictment were unheard of by the Germans sitting in the gallery, and everyone who listened was shocked.

But soon, the German lawyers who defended the war criminals began to take issue.

When Rom Rudenko declared Göring guilty of aggression, his lawyer defended him with a sophistry: "I think my client is innocent."

Everyone in the court couldn't help but be startled when they heard what the lawyer said. Are they planning to plead not guilty for Goering?

"Yes, I think the respected Marshal Goering is innocent." The German lawyer said proudly: "I can present evidence to show everyone that the war we are fighting with Russia is a war to protect German security. war of self-defense.”

　　Sokov was stunned when he heard this. He never dreamed that someone would defend war criminals so frantically and try to clear their names. If he were not worried about causing diplomatic disputes, he would definitely take off his boots and smash them at the German lawyer without hesitation. past.

After obtaining the court's permission, the German lawyer picked up a brown paper document bag and said solemnly: "The document in my hand can prove that the Russians planned to launch an attack on the German Empire on June 29, 1941." A comprehensive offensive, codenamed Operation Thunder."

“Misha.” When Agelina heard this, she couldn’t help but have a doubt in her heart: “Is what this lawyer said true?”

"False, it must be false." Sokov replied without hesitation: "If our army really planned to launch an attack on Germany, how could it be possible that it was completely defeated in the early stages of the war and even almost allowed the Germans to occupy Moscow. This lawyer just wanted to exonerate war criminals and deliberately fabricated false evidence.”

Just watch the lawyer take out a piece of paper from the document bag and say to several judges: "This is a top-secret document that our army seized from the command center of the Russian army at the beginning of the war. It records their detailed attack orders." ." After that, he took a few steps forward and handed the piece of paper to the judge's assistant.

The assistant took the paper handed over by the lawyer, turned around and placed it in front of the judge.

When Sokov saw the piece of paper, he suddenly remembered the movie "The Defense of Moscow" he had watched. A few hours after the war broke out, Rokossovsky risked losing his head while losing contact with his superiors. risk, opening a top-secret document beneath the National Defense Council. The order issued inside was for his troops to launch an assault on the Lublin area in Poland and crush the enemies who broke into the national border.

The evidence presented by the lawyer was probably seized by the Germans from a safe at a certain military headquarters, and it did contain content about launching an attack on the German army. If the lawyer makes a fuss about this matter, it means that today's trial of Goering will come to nothing.

The judge picked up the document handed over by the assistant, glanced at the content quickly, and then said to the lawyer: "Why are they all in Russian, why are they not translated into English and French?"

"Yes, your honor." The lawyer took out two more pieces of paper from the document bag and handed them to the chief judge's assistant again: "Here is the content that our organization has translated manually. There are two versions, English and French. It must be correct. is what you need.”

After the chief judge took the translation and read it for a while, he did not express any opinion. Instead, he handed it to the Soviet judge and said politely: "Please take a look. The content of this translation is different from the content of the original. Whether the content is completely consistent.”

When the Soviet judge was checking the original document and the translated document, Agelina said worriedly: "Misha, it seems that this lawyer is very well prepared. It will probably take a lot of time to refute the evidence he provided. It seems that today’s trial of Goering will end in this way.”

Just like Agelina's analysis, after the Soviet judge confirmed that the contents of the original document and the translated document were consistent, the chief judge announced that Göring's trial was temporarily suspended until the Soviet prosecutors collected more favorable evidence. Göring's trial re-opened.