Kathea thought for a moment and replied: "There is a railway station in Kuruf, southeast of Pławi, where the prisoners sent back by the German train get off and walk three kilometers west to Koskovola. As for how many people there are, I don't know exactly, anyway, it's a large area of black press. ”

"So the POW camp is in Kongskovola?!" As soon as Rokossovsky finished speaking, he couldn't wait to ask: "What kind of prisoner of war camp is it, and how many guards are there in the Germans?" ”

After hearing his question, Cassia shook her head and said, "The Germans look at it very strictly, and we are not allowed to approach it at all. As soon as they crossed the cordon they had drawn, without even warning, they opened fire. At this point, the muscles on her face twitched violently, and her eyes began to moisten with sorrow, and tears swirled and swirled in her red sockets, and finally burst out of her eyes, running down her cheeks, and falling on the placket of her clothes: "My brother and his friend were passing by there when they accidentally entered the police cordon and were shot and killed by them. When my mother heard the news, she fainted on the spot, and when she woke up, she was in a state of unconsciousness, so I risked running back to Lublin overnight to get her medicine. ”

After listening to her story, the few remaining warinesss in their hearts vanished. Kochetov even felt guilty that he had misunderstood her and mistaken her for a spy of the Germans.

Rokossovsky reached out and took her in his arms, gently patted her on the back with one hand, and comforted her: "Don't be sad, Kathea, we will avenge your brother's revenge sooner or later." ”

With tears on her face, Cassia asked Rokossovsky: "Comrade officer, are you really going to fight the Germans?" ”

Rokossovsky looked down at her, nodded, and said with certainty: "That's right, as long as there are Germans nearby, we will destroy them all." ”

Hearing Rokossovsky say this, Cassia suddenly broke free from his embrace, took a step back, shook her head desperately, and said in horror: "No, no, they have too many people, you can't beat them at all." ”

"Too many of them?" Rokossovsky, after repeating this sentence of Kathia, asked: "And how many?" ”

Cassia shook her head at first, and then said in an uncertain tone: "Originally, there were only a few dozen Germans in Kongskovora, but in the afternoon, suddenly quite a few Germans, at least one or two thousand, including quite a few SS. ”

"SS?" Hearing this, Kochetov next to him couldn't help but interject and ask: "What are the SS going to Koskovola for?" ”

"I don't know." Kathea replied simply, and then she added: "There are no checkpoints on the road from Pouvy to Lublin. As a result, when I came here tonight, I found that there was a checkpoint every two or three kilometers, but fortunately I was familiar with the road and quietly detoured from other places without being noticed by them. ”

Rokossovsky, after asking Katsia a few more questions of his interest, instructed Kochetov: "Ensign, send Miss Cassia to rest." If there's anything else I want to ask her, I'll go to her myself. ”

After Kochetov left with Kesya, Rokossovsky could not wait to call the three division commanders and ordered them to immediately come to the army headquarters for a meeting, which had an important combat mission.

Hearing that there was an important combat mission, the three division commanders hurried to the headquarters after explaining a few words to their deputies. Novikov was familiar with Rokossovsky, and as soon as he entered the door, he couldn't wait to ask: "Comrade commander, what is the important combat mission to come to us so late?" ”

"I know where the main forces of the German army, which were originally stationed in Lublin, went." As soon as Rokossovsky spoke, the three division commanders were taken aback.

After a long time, Scherstyuk asked curiously: "Comrade General, where have they gone?" ”

"Come and see." Rokossovsky called the three of them to the table, pointed to the map above and said to them: "According to the latest information we have, the Germans have established a prisoner of war camp in Kongskovola, which houses thousands of our prisoners of war, and the German troops who disappeared from Lublin should have been temporarily transferred to serve as guards in the prisoner of war camp. ”

"Thousands of prisoners of war?!" After hearing this, Chernyaev said in surprise: "How can so many people be captured? ”

When Rokossovsky heard him say this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and secretly said that only a few thousand people were captured, and you were so surprised; If you know that millions of Soviet troops were captured by the end of the war, I wonder how you would feel in your heart? He did not take a stand, but turned his gaze to Novikov and Scherstyuk to hear what the two of them would say.

After carefully looking at the map for a while, Novikov looked up and asked Rokossovsky: "Comrade commander, do you want to send troops to rescue them?" ”

Seeing that Novikov guessed his intentions, Rokossovsky did not hide it, nodded, and then said with certainty: "That's right, I plan to send troops disguised as German troops and rush to Koskovola in tanks to rescue our commanders and fighters." ”

Compared with Novikov's impulsiveness, Scherstyuk is much more steady. He cautiously asked: "Comrade General, don't you know that your intelligence sources are reliable?" ”

In response to Scherstyuk's questioning, Rokossovsky hesitated for a moment and replied: "The information was obtained from a Polish civilian, and she was brought back by Ensign Kochetov when he went out on a reconnaissance mission. ”

"Polish civilians?!" Hearing Rokossovsky say this, Scherstyuk couldn't help but sneer, and then asked in a suspicious tone: "Didn't Second Lieutenant Kochetov report to us that the Germans had moved all the Poles away long before the invasion began, in order to prevent leaks?" Don't you think it's suspicious that a Polish civilian suddenly appeared at this time? Maybe she's a spy sent by the Germans to lure us into a trap. ”

"Comrade General," Rokossovsky was full of suspicion about this sudden appearance of Cassya when he saw that Scherstyuk was just like himself. However, judging from all the indications, what Cassia said should be true, especially when she said that her brother was killed by the Germans, the painful expression she showed was definitely not a fake. If she really pretends to be so like, she can go to be a movie queen. Therefore, he affirmed: "I trust my own judgment, and I believe that the intelligence that this Polish civilian has given us is completely true." ”