An hour later, our small detachment, disguised as the wounded Germans, set off in captured German trucks.

We had two trucks, each with a driver of 10 people, and in order to look more like, we carried all captured German equipment.

I disguised myself as a German hygienist and sat in the first truck compartment. Before getting into the car, Basmanov, who was disguised as a German second lieutenant, wanted me to sit in the cab, and I waved my hand and replied: "Captain Basmanov, please pay attention to the fact that you are now pretending to be a German second lieutenant, and I am just an ordinary hygienist." How can there be a reason for the hygienist to sit in the cab and the second lieutenant officer to sit in the carriage, if this is the case, our camouflage will be seen through by the Germans. Hearing me say this, Basmanov did not insist and obediently sat in the co-pilot's seat.

Due to the difficulty of the trip, this time I went to the station not with Second Lieutenant Razumayeva, but with one of her subordinates, Shura. Like me, Shura disguised herself as a hygienist and carried her walkie-talkie in a wooden box marked with the Red Cross logo.

As we passed through a mass of Sederikov's line of defense and entered the area where German troops were active, it was getting lighter.

Seeing the improvement in visibility, a soldier sitting next to me with a bandage on his head could not help but nervously ask: "Comrade division commander, you see, the sky is dawning, so that the Germans can find us from afar." ”

I glanced at the somewhat panicked soldier with dissatisfaction, and then said lightly: "Comrade soldier, don't you see that we are all disguised as wounded soldiers of the German army? Even if they met the Germans, they would never have dreamed that we would pretend to be wounded soldiers at such a time. Dig deep into their rear. ”

"But if they see through it. And what to do? The warrior asked worriedly.

"What else can I do?" I was afraid of the submachine gun that was placed in the compartment. Disapprovingly, he said: "Then take up arms and fight them, either they will be destroyed by us, or we will all die." Seeing me say this, the mouthy and timid warrior obediently shut his mouth.

I saw that the soldier in front of me looked quite familiar, so I couldn't help but ask curiously: "Comrade soldier, you look quite familiar, have we met somewhere?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." The soldier tried to stand up and answer my question, but I raised my hand to stop him, so he continued to sit in the carriage and reported to me, "Have you forgotten that you asked me to split a tree in the forest some time ago?" ”

When he said this, I remembered that during the special training before the attack on the settlement, I had a soldier cut down the birch tree that had been the guard of the Gulag concentration camp, and the soldier cut down the tree with an axe in three strokes and five by two.

Thinking of this, I said with some surprise: "It turned out to be you, comrade soldier. "Finished. I looked him up and down and asked, "That's right." I don't know your name yet. ”

"Comrade division commander, his name is Boris. You haven't seen him fight, that's what he really calls tough. Before the soldier could reply, a wounded man lying next to him had already answered me for him, "In the assault on the settlements, he alone cut down eleven Germans with an axe. During this period of fighting, he alone killed at least thirty Germans. ”

Hearing that he had killed more than forty German soldiers by himself made me look at him with admiration, and I couldn't imagine that this soldier, who seemed a little timid, could be so brave on the battlefield. I couldn't help but think about transferring him to the guard battalion, after all, a brave soldier like him was in high demand no matter where he was.

Having made up my mind, I said to the soldiers: "Comrade Boris, I would like to ask, would you like to come to my guard barracks?" ”

As soon as I spoke, several warriors, including Boris, fell silent, and no one spoke, just looked at me with strange eyes.

I was a little disappointed that I didn't get a reply from Boris, and it seemed that he would rather stay in the front-line combat unit than come to my guard barracks, and thinking of this, I asked with a little dissatisfaction: "Boris, don't you want to go to the guard barracks?" ”

After a moment of silence, the soldier who had helped Boris reply looked left and right for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "Comrade division commander, don't you know? ”

"Know what?" I asked in confusion.

"It's not that Boris is reluctant to go to the guard battalion, but because we are all fighters of the guard battalion."

After the warrior's words were finished, several fighters around him also nodded, indicating that what he said was true.

Only then did I realize that I had made a joke, and when I asked Basmanov to find eighteen men to accompany us on the mission, I should have thought that he was looking for soldiers from the guard battalion.

Just wanted to say a few words casually to relieve the awkward atmosphere, Boris suddenly roared: "Everyone be quiet!" When all the people in the carriage did not speak and turned their eyes to him, he continued: "Listen, the sound of the motor of the car is heard in the distance." ”

I listened intently, and sure enough, the sound of a car's motor could be heard from a distance. At this point, Boris stood up, rushed to the front of the car, and slapped the roof of the bridge with his hand. Basmanov poked his head out of the car window, saw an ordinary soldier, and asked with an unhappy face: "Comrade soldier, what the hell are you doing?" ”

Boris pointed forward and said loudly: "Comrade battalion commander, didn't you hear the sound of the motor coming from ahead?" Although Basmanov was sitting on the bridge, he did not see the German car at all, because the dirt slopes on both sides of the road blocked his view. Hearing Boris say this, he also quickly listened attentively.

After a while, the alert Basmanov asked me for instructions: "Comrade division commander, what should we do?" ”

"Don't panic, keep the driver calm and keep driving forward, even the Germans won't find out that we are impersonating."

Basmanov, who received the order, replied softly but firmly: "Yes!" Then he locked back the half of his body that had leaned out of the window.

I said to the soldiers sitting in the car: "Everyone be ready for battle, and when you see that the situation is not right, you will shoot decisively." ”

"Yes!" The fighters in the carriage answered neatly. They grabbed the weapons they had placed beside them. Hold it tightly in your hand.

I saw trucks twenty or thirty meters behind us. Turning his head and asking the soldiers around him: "Which of you can speak the flag and signal to the trucks behind them, so that they can stay calm and at the same time be ready for battle." ”

"Comrade division commander, leave this trivial matter to me." Boris said, getting up from the car, pulling out the small red and green flags stuck in his waist, and waving them at the truck behind.

Soon. There was also a fighter in the truck behind who stood up, waving two small flags like Boris. Boris crouched down and reported to me: "Division commander, the rear car responds, they are ready for battle, as soon as you give the order, we will immediately open fire on the Germans." ”

"Good!" Although I was ready for a firefight, I actually hoped that it would be better not to fight. As soon as I had said this, I stared nervously at the road ahead, waiting for the German troops to emerge from the corner of the hill.

The first thing you see is three large trucks full of soldiers, each with a machine gun on top of the bridge. Seeing this group of German troops that suddenly appeared. My heart beat faster, and the Germans were numerous. At least twice as many as us, and if we do fight, we will definitely be the ones who will be annihilated.

Seeing the truck getting closer and closer to us, I couldn't help but cough because I was nervous. The soldiers in the carriage were misunderstood, they thought I was raising the battle alarm, so they pulled the bolt of the gun, raised the muzzle of the gun and pointed it at the German soldier on the opposite truck, waiting for me to give the order to shoot.

I saw the soldiers holding up their guns and looking ready to fight at any time, and hurriedly lowered their voices to stop them: "Whatever you want to do, put your guns down for me." Even a blind man can see that there is something wrong with you. Remember, you're all pretending to be seriously wounded, and you're all lying down for me. ”

The soldiers, who I reprimanded, glanced indignantly at the German soldiers who were getting closer and closer, unwillingly lowered their guns and obediently lay down on the stretchers in the carriages.

As the German trucks passed us, I struggled to squeeze a smile on my face, raised my right hand, and waved at the vigilant German soldiers who were staring at us.

The German soldiers on the other side saw a hygienist waving to them, and they all raised their right hands and waved at me, and even two brave soldiers whistled at me a few times.

When the three German trucks drove out a few dozen meters, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then I felt that the back of my military uniform was wet with cold sweat.

Seeing the departure of the German truck, Boris sat up from the stretcher, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said happily: "It's so dangerous, my finger has been on the trigger just now, and I plan to see that if the Germans let us stop, I will decisively shoot at them." Unexpectedly, the division commander was still capable, and when he saw so many enemies passing in front of him, he could wave at them with a smile, and all the suspicions of the Germans were dispelled at once. ”

"Yes, the division commander is amazing!" "The division commander is amazing!" Several other warriors in the carriage echoed him.

I didn't speak, just smiled at a few people. At that moment, I felt so nervous that my heart was about to jump out of my chest, and if I had encountered it twice, I would probably have a heart attack sooner or later.

Not long after we were relaxed, Basmanov leaned out of the window and said to me nervously: "Comrade division commander, there is a German checkpoint ahead, what should we do?" ”

"Don't panic, just drive over. If the Germans asked, you would say that we were the 371st Infantry Division meditians, and we were being ordered to evacuate the seriously wounded. ”

"Understood." Basmanov agreed, and shrank back again.

When I saw the makeshift checkpoint in the middle of the road, I wondered why the convoy of Vellor and his convoy had not been questioned by the Germans when they passed through the road last night.

As we approached the checkpoint, a tall and lanky German lieutenant raised his hand to stop our car. Seeing our car come to a steady stop on the side of the road, the lieutenant came over with two soldiers.

Seeing the German lieutenant walking by, I couldn't make out which unit he belonged to, and if he was also from the 371st Division, then weren't we goofs? Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a tightening in my heart.

The German lieutenant walked up to our truck, grabbed the side baffle with his hand, put his foot on the tire, and with a lot of force, stood parallel to me. Squinted a pair of deep-set eyes. Looking at the soldiers lying on stretchers in the carriage.

"Hygienist. What is your name? The lieutenant asked me sharply.

Before leaving, I found a soldier who knew German and asked him to teach me a few simple words of German in case of possible emergencies. Although I had been silently reciting these words in my heart all the way, I was still a little dazed and at a loss for a moment when I suddenly heard the real Germans talking to me about the German army.

Seeing that I didn't answer, the lieutenant frowned, and repeated the question just now with dissatisfaction: "Female soldier." I asked you what your name was, and why didn't you answer me? ”

I barely understood what my name was. Hurriedly replied in a slurred voice: "I am Corporal Karla, a health officer of the 371st Infantry Division. ”

After listening to my words, the German lieutenant seemed to nod reluctantly, but did not get out of the car immediately, but pointed to Boris, who was lying on the stretcher next to me: "Sergeant, what is your name?" ”

Hearing the lieutenant ask this, my heart went to my throat, as if I was in class. When the teacher is standing next to you and asks a question to your tablemate, there is no way to prompt it. My hand had already quietly touched the submachine gun I had placed next to me. I plan to shoot decisively as soon as the stuffing is revealed. As I have just observed, there are only 10 officers and soldiers at the checkpoint, and the weapons they carry are one pistol, three submachine guns, and six rifles, and with our strength, it will not be a problem to destroy them in a short time.

At this moment, Boris, who was lying on a magazine stretcher, actually replied in fluent German: "Mr. Lieutenant, I am Sergeant Winkel of the 4th Heavy Machine Gun Platoon of the 371st Infantry Division, and during the battle, my machine gun position was hit by a mortar shell from the Russians, and my co-shooter and ammunition driver were killed on the spot, and I was seriously wounded. Now the health camp is sending us back to the rear. Speaking of which, I don't know if it was for the effect or for some other reason, he coughed heavily.

The lieutenant nodded, let go and jumped out of the tire, shook his head at the two German soldiers standing nearby, and walked towards the truck behind.

I didn't bother to ask Boris why he spoke German so fluently, but stared nervously at the German lieutenant who was walking towards the truck behind, hesitating to open fire and kill the damn lieutenant.

At this time, someone in the carriage became impatient and said impatiently: "Division commander, these damn Germans are less numerous than us, let's kill them." I assure you, end the battle in a minute. ”

"Don't worry," I whispered to the anxious soldier and to all the soldiers in the carriage, "everyone stay calm, although the Germans are small in number, but once the guns go off, we will be exposed." If we recruit all the Germans in the neighborhood, we won't be able to get out. ”

"The division commander is right, everyone should wait patiently," I could hear that it was Boris's voice even if I didn't look back, "and the soldiers who knew German in the back car were no less than in our car." ”

As he spoke, a violent explosion suddenly sounded in the distance. The movement was so loud that even those of us who stayed in the car could feel the tremor of the ground. The soldiers were dazed when they heard the explosion, but I was overjoyed, needless to say, Yegonovich's artillery opened fire and destroyed the train that was only half a car of munitions.

The sound of explosions rang out one after another, and it seemed that there were really a lot of weapons and equipment on the arms train, even if half of them had already been unloaded, but at the time of the explosion, there was still such a terrifying explosion power, so it can be seen how many arms were on the original train. If so many arms were replenished to the German troops at the front, they would be able to intensify their offensive against our positions in a short time.

The German lieutenant, who was originally walking towards the rear car, heard the explosion, stopped in a hurry and looked around in a panic. Then he turned and ran briskly towards the checkpoint, followed by the two soldiers.

The grizzled lieutenant ran to the checkpoint, yelled at the stunned soldiers, and led them over the hill in the direction of the explosion.

Seeing the empty checkpoint, Basmanov leaned out of the window and asked me: "Commander, what should we do next?" ”

Hearing him ask this, I really want to rush over and give him a slap in the face, the Germans are gone, don't you know what to do? I cursed angrily: "You are blind, you don't see that the Germans at the checkpoint are gone, don't hurry up and move the obstacles, let's continue on our way." ”

Basmanov was scolded by me like this, and hurriedly agreed to push the car door and jumped out of the car, shouting at the car: "Two people down." Go and remove the obstacles in the road. ”

In fact, it was completely superfluous for him to shout like this. In the carriage, Boris had already stood up. Almost as soon as he shouted, he had already jumped from the side of the truck.

After removing the obstacle in the middle of the road, we drove on. At this time, I remembered to ask Boris: "Comrade Boris, you speak German well, where did you learn it?" ”

Hearing my question, Boris actually shuddered and looked around vigilantly. I could see that he had concerns. Hurriedly comforted him and said: "Don't be afraid, you tell me the truth, no one will tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs." ”

After hearing this, Boris smiled embarrassedly, and then replied: "Report to the teacher, I used to be a teacher in the school, and I was responsible for teaching German. As soon as the Great Patriotic War began, I was arrested as a German spy and sent to the Gulag. ”

"What about you? Comrades soldiers, "I have seen the sad past of Boris. In order not to upset him, distract him. He deliberately asked the other fighters, "What did you do before?" ”

"I'm a fitter!"

"I'm an electrician!"

"I'm a sailor!"

The fighters replied in a rambling manner.

Hearing the answer of his comrades-in-arms, Boris said to me with a wry smile: "Commander, they are all from the Gulag concentration camp just like me. ”

When I heard that these fighters were from the Gulag concentration camp, I didn't continue to ask any questions, because I knew in my heart that nine times out of ten these people were wronged, and the reason why they were sent to the concentration camp was nothing more than saying the wrong thing at the wrong time and place, or even having no fault of their own, but because of the crimes committed by their relatives and friends, and they were implicated.

At this moment, Boris suddenly said in surprise: "You see, there is another German checkpoint in front. After the checkpoint, a few hundred meters further on is the Abuganerovo station. ”

When I heard the name of Abuganerovo Station, I knew I was coming to the end. Looking up at the checkpoint on the road, I couldn't help but mutter, are the soldiers at this checkpoint Germans or our fighters?

Seeing that the checkpoint was issuing flags to our vehicles and telling us to stop for inspection, I stood next to the bridge, leaned down and whispered to Basmanov, who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Comrade Captain, pay attention to see if the people at the checkpoint in front are Germans or our soldiers, but make no mistake. ”

"Understand, comrade division commander, you will find out."

When the car stopped about ten meters away from the checkpoint, I couldn't help but smile when I saw the German captain who was swaggering over with two soldiers, and I stood up, held the top of the bridge with my hand, and shouted at him: "Hey, Second Lieutenant Mihayev, is that you?" ”

The false captain was walking forward when he suddenly heard his name called, and he couldn't help but panic, and instinctively put his hand on the holster at his waist. But when he looked up and saw that the person who shouted at him was me, he hurriedly stood upright, raised his hand to salute me, and said: "Report to the division commander, the commander of the engineer company, Second Lieutenant Mihayev, report to you and listen to your orders." ”

Since the checkpoint was full of their own people, the soldiers on the car no longer continued to pretend to be German wounded soldiers, picked up their weapons, jumped out of the truck, and helped me get out of the car and walked towards the station in a huddle.

Before I could reach the station, Oleg and Vylor had already come out with a large crowd of people. Velore saluted me and asked in surprise, "Comrade Division, how did you come here?" You must know that this is behind enemy lines, and as the commander of a division, you can't take risks! ”

I waved my hand and said, "Come on, do you think that I have a unit of mine in the rear of the German army, and I can rest at ease by staying in the headquarters?" As I spoke, I noticed a tall German officer standing behind Vellore, and while the other commanders and fighters saluted me, he remained unmoved, but looked at me with curiosity.

I turned my mouth to Nunu behind Velore and asked curiously, "Comrade Velore, who is this officer behind you?" "When I asked this, I was muttering to myself, don't be the Inspector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then our future actions will be constrained.

When Velore heard my question, he hurriedly turned to the side, let the officer behind him out, and introduced me with a smile: "Comrade division commander, let me introduce you." This was the commander of the station's original garrison, Captain Grams. ”

It turned out to be a German, and my hand was originally touching the holster on my waist, but it was empty, and I remembered that I was dressed up as a hygienist, how could I carry a pistol with me. I took my hand back and asked, "Why is he here?" "The implication is that why don't you lock him up and let him walk around, so that you are not afraid that he will take advantage of the chaos to escape?

Vellore saw what I was thinking, and quickly explained: "Captain Grams has surrendered to our army, and he, he, he is a Social Democrat. (To be continued......)

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