Red Moscow

  Chapter 63 Hands up

The first-class soldier led Lin Hua and the others to the gate of the camp. He shouted to the two soldiers inside through the door: "Open the door quickly, and let Mr. Captain and the others go in." The two soldiers inside did not dare to neglect, hurriedly The barracks door was wide open, and the first-class soldier turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation to Ernst, "Please come in, Mr. Captain. I will report to the lieutenant first and let him come out to meet you."

  The fighters of Istria Company entered the camp through the open gate in a neat column. Sergeant Andrei, who was walking in the middle, winked at Griza and Gelia who were beside him, signaling them to occupy the two machine gun positions at the entrance. The two nodded in understanding, each took a few subordinates, entered the sandbag fortifications on the left and right, and stood beside the German machine gunner.

  The German lieutenant, who was staying in the wooden house for lunch, saw through the window glass next to him that a troop had entered his prisoner-of-war camp. He quickly stood up and wanted to go out to ask what was going on. At this time, the private first class rushed in and reported to him: "Mr. Captain, there is a troop outside..."

   "I know a troop has come," the lieutenant said angrily, "Which part are they from, and what are they doing here?"

   "They belong to the 106th Infantry Division," the private first class replied hastily: "The captain who led the team said they were ordered to take over the prisoner-of-war camp."

"Damn, ordered to take over the prisoner-of-war camp?" Hearing the private first class say this, the lieutenant couldn't help saying with a look of surprise: "Why didn't I get notified?" He said, he grabbed the phone on the table and wanted to call his superiors Asked about it, who knew that when he picked up the microphone, there was no sound in it, and he slammed the microphone down on the table, "Damn guerrillas, cut off the phone line again."

  The lieutenant went to the wall, took off the military overcoat on the hook, and said to the private first class while putting it on: "Gather the troops immediately!"

Lin Hua and others came to the open space in front of the wooden house. While the first-class soldiers were reporting to the officer, he looked towards the place where the commanders and fighters were detained, and saw hundreds of ragged men in the open space. The commanders and fighters sat there. Since there was no shelter from the wind and rain, they could only huddle together and use each other's body heat to keep warm.

"Do you want to do it?" Seeing this scene, Vanya's eyes were about to burst into flames. He walked to Lin Hua's side and asked in a low voice: "The Germans are not prepared, and we can kill them in the shortest possible time. They're all done."

"Wait a little longer, Comrade Second Lieutenant." Lin Hua looked at the surrounding terrain. Although the sentries and machine gun positions at the door were all under his control, the machine guns on the surrounding wooden watchtowers could still be used by him. troops inflicted heavy casualties. Therefore, he planned to capture the thief first and capture the king first, and after capturing the supreme commander of the prisoner-of-war camp alive, let him order the German soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender. "When the German commander comes out, we will play by ear."

While the two were talking, the door of the wooden house opened, and a private first class ran out from inside. After he said a few words to Ernst, he ran to the row of wooden houses next to him, and at the same time shouted loudly: " Assemble, assemble urgently!"

   Then several German officers walked out of the wooden house, with a lieutenant walking in the front. Seeing Ernst standing beside the queue with his hands behind his back, he quickly walked over. After raising his hands in salute, he asked politely and vigilantly, "Mr. Captain, which part are you from? What's the matter here?"

   "Lieutenant," Ernst said with an arrogant expression, "We were ordered to take over the prisoner-of-war camp. Gather all your people immediately."

Seeing that Ernst ignored him, and seeing that the troops coming were almost all submachine guns, and there were a few machine guns in the middle, the lieutenant couldn't help asking a little guilty: "Mr. Captain, can you Show me your documents and the order to take over the prisoner-of-war camp? You know, our communication lines have been destroyed by guerrillas, and we can’t get in touch with the outside world for the time being.”

"When your people are all assembled, I will announce the order in public." Ernst no longer felt the slightest nervousness at this moment, but instead ordered the surrounding soldiers in a serious manner: "You guys go and take over those guys." Watchtowers!" After speaking, he pointed to the four watchtowers with his hand. Don't see that the commanders and fighters couldn't understand what Ernst said, but seeing him pointing his finger at the watchtower, Andre, who was standing next to him, guessed what was going on, and hurriedly led a group of soldiers to take over the watchtower.

  Seeing that the new captain regarded himself as a transparent person and dispatched his subordinates to take over his defense as if no one else was there, the lieutenant became a little anxious: "Mr. Captain, you have no right to send anyone to take over the defense of the prisoner-of-war camp."

Lin Hua couldn't understand what Ernst and the lieutenant were talking about, so he shifted his gaze to the other German officers standing in front of the wooden door, and unexpectedly found a figure in casual clothes and a turban standing at the door A tall and slender young girl is waiting for a pair of round eyes to look at her side. When she found that Lin Hua was staring at her intently, she couldn't help showing a disgusted expression on her face. She turned her face aside to avoid any contact with Lin Hua's eyes.

  At this time, the German soldiers had already come out of the wooden houses not far away. Because the assembly was too hasty, many of them did not put on their uniforms and were getting dressed while walking. "Is it all here?" Ernst looked at the assembled German troops and asked the German lieutenant without looking back.

  The German lieutenant glanced over there quickly, and then replied: "Yes, Mr. Captain, my people are all here. You see, can you give me the order to take over the prisoner-of-war camp?"

   "Yes, I'll give it to you right away. But I need to ask for instructions first." After Ernst finished speaking, he turned to look at Lin Hua, waiting for him to make a final decision. Lin Hua saw that Andre and his men had already occupied four watchtowers, and knew that the German guards had no chance to make a comeback, so he roared at Vanya: "Second lieutenant, come on!"

   "First row, follow me!" Vanya yelled loudly, and led the soldiers towards the group of chaotic German guards like tigers on the mountain.

  The German lieutenant heard the officer wearing the uniform of the second lieutenant in front of him giving orders in a language he was familiar with but could not understand. He couldn't help asking in a panic: "Who are you?"

Although Lin Hua couldn't understand what the German lieutenant was saying, he saw the terrified expression on his face, so he raised his submachine gun, pointed it at him, and said sharply, "We are the Soviet Red Army. You have been captured. Get up!"

  Seeing that the German lieutenant was trying to draw his gun, Pavel rushed forward and pressed the hard muzzle of the gun against the lieutenant's lower back. While the other party was afraid to move, he took out the pistol from the holster and stuck it in his waist with his backhand. Several other German officers, seeing countless black holes pointing at themselves, where there is no courage to resist, obediently raised their hands.

"Take them all away!" Just as Lin Hua gave the order to Pavel, the tall girl rushed to Lin Hua, reached out and grabbed his arm, and asked excitedly, "You guys, are you the Red Army? "

   "That's right, we are the Red Army." Lin Hua gently broke free from the girl's hands, and asked vigilantly, "Girl, who are you? Why are you here?"

  (end of this chapter)