Fear spread among the citizens, as if they had come not only to see the execution of the partisans by the Germans, but even to the unarmed citizens.

The huge city square was very lively, and the "prisoners" who were waiting to be executed were also brought to the gallows.

In the face of death, these brave anti-fascist fighters showed a look of fearlessness. This cannot be described as their righteousness with a simple high level of ideological consciousness, but because they know that they are certain to die this time. Looking at the bustling crowd under the gallows, none of them looked expectant, and no one was full of joy at their deaths.

Most of these citizens were victims of the Nazis, and they could all be developed into members of the resistance. It's just that not everyone is so brave, there is only one life, and who doesn't want to live? Cowards can sometimes puff their chests out!

A guerrilla, who was about to be executed, suddenly tore his throat: "People! It's cruel for the Germans to oppress us! Russians, Ukrainians, aren't you all enslaved by them? Are you willing to be cowards or heroes! Take up arms! Go be a hero! As long as we share the same hatred, we will definitely be able to destroy the fascists! ”

However, the partisan's words did not make any waves.

As Yevlov argued, the real brave men of Chernihiv were all killed, and only a handful of warriors were still fighting. The rest of the people, their hearts are numb, everyone is just trying to survive!

There was only a slight commotion in the crowd, and then it was quickly frightened by the guns of the heavily loaded German officers and soldiers. Perhaps some of the townspeople have decided to take the anti-fascist path, at least here they need to show absolute deference so as not to be suspected of being anti-German. Otherwise, tomorrow on this gallows will be their corpses!

In the audience, some "rats" who were not caught mixed in. They were dressed in such a way that even the comrades on the stage couldn't tell the difference. But the tortured know that their comrades who escaped by chance are below, and they know even more that they seem to be certain to die, and that Chernihiv will be vigorous today!

After all, the spies of the rebel groups received telegrams from the organic republic, and no matter what attack they would take, the attack on Chernihiv was bound to happen.

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It wasn't until half past nine in the morning that Hendryson finished his sleep.

He was surprised to find that it was all this time, and he was inevitably a little angry. He hurriedly changed into his military uniform, especially hanging his precious Iron Cross on the collar in front of the mirror, and then hanging the large-brimmed military hat with the eagle emblem on it, and the golden ribbon on his chest was also smoothed.

After this turmoil, Hendryson is not heroic, he is more like participating in some holiday activities than "supervising and beheading".

With a hint of anger, he went to the chief of staff, who had been waiting for a long time, and asked, "Schmidt, the prisoner has not been executed." ”

"Of course! They're all alive! Only if you give the order, they will hang like salted fish. ”

"Excellent! These damn guerrillas have finally been greatly weakened by us, they have no important strongholds, and the rest of the guys are nothing more than dirt chickens and dogs! ”

"That's natural, but I'm still a little worried." Schmidt said worriedly: "I am still very suspicious of the curses of the prisoners and the telegrams found in the early hours of the morning, I wonder if the Russians will really have sabotage today!" ”

"Sabotage?" Hendryson said dismissively: "The army has entered the city, and every intersection is guarded!" A large number of citizens were also driven to the city square! I'll admit that there will be some rats that don't get caught, what can they do to attack? At most, they will make an explosion or two, and they may succeed, and then they will be captured by the army on the road! What's more, if there is a suspicious person, I have authorized the army to shoot when it is discovered! ”

"But I'm still worried."

"Don't worry about it!" Hendryson waved his hand: "If these guerrillas could have caused massive destruction, they would have done it a long time ago!" Today we will wipe out all its key personnel, and the city will be peaceful in the future! Now come with me, and after the prisoners are eliminated, it's time for lunch! In order to celebrate our successful operation, today, all the battalion commanders came to report to me, and we had lunch together! ”

The bad premonition in Chief of Staff Schmidt's heart could not be dissipated at all, and he did not know what he was afraid of. Seeing that the division commander and his guards had left the gate of the division headquarters and got into jeeps one after another, he had no choice but to follow.

The layout of the city of Chernihiv is also inherited from the time of Tsarist Russia, and in the twenty years of the Soviet Union, the urban population developed. The Soviets did not build many buildings with more than seven floors in the city, the outside of the city was a large number of wilderness and forests, the urban area was quite extensive, and the majority of residents still lived in reinforced concrete with only two or three floors. And on the outskirts of the city, there are a lot of wooden buildings!

There was a certain amount of heavy industry in the city, and after the Germans occupied the steel mills here, because a large number of skilled workers ran to death, they only had to move some workers from other regions to continue steel production, so as to achieve the purpose of supporting the war with war. The city's timber processing was very good, and it was only natural for the Germans to take advantage of the abundant timber resources of this generation.

However, there is a lack of coal, let alone oil. The Germans could not be adequately supplied here, and even the iron ore used in the steel mills needed to be transported from Zaporizhzhia in the south and the Donbas basin in the east.

Therefore, the strategic value of the city of Chernihiv itself is not so important.

The jeep drove to the city square in more than ten minutes, and then the German soldiers drove the crowd and made a long corridor for their division commander, and the jeep drove directly to the gallows.

The city's puppet mayors had been waiting here for a long time, and these puppet officials had always been guarding the constraints of the German garrison, and Hendryson stood in front of them, as if he were the supreme person in charge of everything in the city.

After a few pleasantries, Hendryson glanced contemptuously at the ragged prisoners on the gallows.

"These guerrillas have finally been eliminated, these people are disgusting. Let's get it done, I have other things to do. ”

The puppet mayor immediately gestured to the executioners on the stage, and then, amid the sighs of the thousands of people, the cells were roped around their necks.

The execution is about to begin, and only one executioner needs to pull the rope, and the load-bearing planks under the prisoner's feet can be dropped.

Hendryson has no special penchant for killing, and when it comes to killing, he calls himself a Junker nobleman, hoping to kill a prisoner quickly. Therefore, he had no intention of saying anything to the prisoner, and he did not even want to look at it a few more times.

Today, no one came to save these anti-fascist fighters, and under Hendryson's orders, the death sentence was carried out immediately.

The crowd erupted in a violent buzz, and the prisoners on the stage were in their final struggles.

The prisoners would be hung until the bodies were collected at night, and then the trucks would be pulled to the mass graves in the field and buried, and the gallows would be empty as if nothing had happened.

Hendryson glanced at the prisoner one last time, and his mood did not fluctuate. He said to his chief of staff: "Now go and carry out the order, inform the officers of the battalions and regiments, as well as the officers of the police regiment." After all the prisoners are dead, go to the division headquarters! ”

After the order was issued, he turned around and returned to the jeep, and today's appearance seemed to be just a formality, and his military uniform seemed to be completely prepared for the noon celebration banquet.

The high-ranking officer came and went in a hurry, while the general public was ordered to stay in the city square and continue to watch the execution.

At this moment, Hendryson has long regarded the "curse of justice from heaven" as a joke, and Chief of Staff Schmidt also feels that the content of the telegram they seized is purely inexplicable, and since nothing has happened, then leave it alone.

These German officers knew nothing about the danger that was coming! The execution began after 10 a.m., and just as the execution was being carried out, up to ten rockets, in total, were dragging huge white tails towards Chernihiv.

This is the so-called heavenly justice on the telegram!