"Second Lieutenant Kochetov, let her go first." In order to find out the identity of the other party, Rokossovsky said to Kochetov in a commanding tone.

Hearing this stern order, Kochetov let go of the girl and straightened up and stood where she was, waiting for Rokossovsky's questioning. The girl rubbed her hand, which had just been scratched by Kochetov, approached Rokossovsky, and then began to hold her hands in another language.

Not understanding what the girl was saying, Rokossovsky frowned and asked Kochetov: "Comrade Ensign, what is she talking about?" ”

Kochetov shrugged his shoulders and explained: "Comrade General, she is telling you in German that she is not a spy or a guerrilla spy, please do not kill her, let her go, her appearance here is completely accidental." ”

"Why did she use German?" Rokossovsky listened to the girl's barrage of stiff but fluent German, and asked Kochetov in wonder, after all, he knew better.

"It's simple, Comrade General." Kochetov replied: "After all, it has been almost two years since it became a German occupation zone, and it should be a very common thing to know German." ”

The girl waited for Rokossovsky to finish speaking, and suddenly said in broken Russian: "It turns out that you are Russians, but why are you wearing German military uniforms?" ”

Rokossovsky glanced at the slender, handsome young woman with curly black hair that reached her ears, and asked Kochetov to himself: "Ensign, how did you get her back?" ”

"That's right, Comrade General." Kochetov continued to report to Rokossovsky in an upright position: "I was leading the soldiers on the way to Płavi, and by the light of the headlights, I saw a man riding on the road suddenly disappear from my sight, and I ordered the soldiers to drive over. After some searching, I grabbed her out of the grass. I think she might be a spy for the Germans, otherwise ...... her"

Before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by Rokossovsky raising his hand. He didn't think like Kochetov in his heart, after all, he didn't know about the occupation of Lublin, how could the Germans send spies to reconnoiter so quickly. And not to send a smarter, but to send such a weak young girl.

When Rokossovsky glanced at the girl again, he found that the other man was patiently looking at her expectantly, without receiving an answer from him. Seeing that his gaze swept back to herself, she immediately said excitedly: "Mr. Officer, if I am not mistaken, you must be Russians pretending to be Germans, right?" ”

"What's your name, girl?" Rokossovsky did not answer the other party's question, but asked rhetorically: "And why did you come here?" ”

"My name is Kathea, and I live in this city. Two months ago, the Germans suddenly evicted everyone from their homes and forcibly moved them to other cities. The girl looked up at Rokossovsky and said pitifully: "My mother is sick, and there is medicine at home that can cure her disease, so I can only take the risk of riding back to help her get medicine." But I met your people on the way, and they arrested me here. ”

"Where does your family live?" Rokossovsky asked with a blank face.

Cassia stepped forward, grabbed Rokossovsky's arm with her slender fingers, and asked softly: "Comrade officer, my home is only one street from here, can you send someone to accompany me to get medicine?" ”

It has to be said that young and beautiful women are especially easy to gain the favor of the opposite sex, and after ruling out that the other party is a German spy, Rokossovsky nodded very reasonably, raised his hand to remove Cassia's hand from his arm, and instructed Kochetov: "Comrade Ensign, you take two people and accompany Cassia to her house to get medicine." ”

Although Kochetov looked reluctant, when he heard Rokossovsky's order, he had to reluctantly agree, took two fighters, and escorted Kesya out of the command.

Rokossovsky secretly thought in his heart, whether what this Polish girl named Kecia said was true or not, when Kochetov brought her back, he must learn from her about the situation of the Germans nearby, after all, Poland is a strange land for him, and instead of wandering aimlessly, it is better to learn something from the mouths of the locals about what he wants to know.

Less than ten minutes later, Kochetov was back at command with Kaesia. As she poured the contents of the small bag she was holding on the table, Rokossovsky saw that in addition to the two vials of medicine, there were several tightly wrapped Salou. Salou is a Ukrainian specialty, it is a large fat meat marinated in salt, Rokossovsky has never been interested in this thing, and he loses his appetite when he looks at it. So, when he was done, he asked Cassia to put everything away.

He looked at Cassia and asked, "What are you going to do next?" Do you want to go back overnight? He thought to himself that if the other party insisted on rushing back overnight, he would have to take extraordinary measures against her out of secrecy.

Unexpectedly, Cassia shook her head and said, "Comrade officer, I think when I can go back depends on when you plan to let me go." Until then, I'll stay here and wait for you to deal with it. ”

Kasya's answer made Rokossovsky's killing intent immediately retract, and he smiled and said to her: "That's right, Miss Cassia, in order to prevent the Germans from knowing that we secretly occupied Lublin, we can't let you go home for the time being." I hope you understand this. ”

Kathia looked at Rokossovsky and asked curiously: "Comrade officer, didn't you lose the battle?" Why did they secretly occupy Lublin again? ”

Kathea's words aroused Rokossovsky's alarm, and he turned his face blank and asked expressionlessly: "Miss Cassia, I don't know who told you that we were defeated by the Germans?" ”

"Does that need to be said?" "During the day," said Cassia, with some surprise, "trains and automobiles brought many Russian prisoners to Pouví, and the Germans spread the word that they had won a great victory and had taken thousands of prisoners. I've seen the captives with my own eyes, so I know you've lost the battle. ”

Prisoner, when Rokossovsky heard this word, he couldn't help but grab Cassia's arm and asked excitedly: "How many prisoners did the Germans take, and where did they keep them?" ”