"Don't be in a daze! Run! "Seeing me standing there in a daze, Leviakin and Ramis came up and ran out with me left and right.

Reaching the ground floor, it was dark and I couldn't see anything clearly because there was no light. The flash of fire from the exploding cannonballs not far away illuminated me for an instant, and I noticed that the place was already in chaos, and people were running around like headless flies.

Leviagin let go of my right hand and whispered in my ear: "Comrade division commander, you and Ramis leave here first, and I will organize the troops to break through." Then he told Ramis: "Comrade lieutenant, you must protect the safety of the division commander." ”

"Comrade General, please rest assured!" Ramis replied with confidence: "This matter will be left to me, as long as I do not die, I will definitely ensure the safety of the division commander." ”

"Report!" An officer who had just run down rushed in front of us and asked loudly, "We are about to break out, what will happen to the prisoners held in the building?" ”

I didn't think about it, so I waved my hand and said loudly: "I can't take care of it, let them stay here, and whether they can survive depends on their own luck." ”

"But......" said the officer hesitantly, "it would cause us great trouble if they were allowed to escape and join up with the rest of the German army." Do you want......? ”

"Do you want anything?" I asked impatiently, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't play dumb riddles with me!" ”

Seeing that I was so stern, the officer hurriedly added: "I mean to kill them all so that there will be no trouble!" ”

"Just do it!" Leviakin, who had not yet had time to walk away, gave him an order directly and explained to me: "If these prisoners take up arms again, they will immediately become a force to be reckoned with, and then there will be endless troubles, and extraordinary measures will be required in extraordinary times." ”

"I see, just do as you say." Although I understand that it is immoral to kill prisoners on a large scale, I really can't find a more appropriate way to deal with them in this situation. Rather than let them take up arms again to fight us, it is better to strike first, and get rid of them and avoid the consequences. Seeing that our opinions were unanimous, the officer stood up and saluted, then turned and ran away.

As soon as the officer left, Leviagin urged me: "Comrade division commander, you go quickly, I will take care of the matter here." ”

Hearing him say this, my nose was a little sore, and after a while, I stabilized my emotions, stretched out my right hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, saying, "Stay safe, I hope to see you alive." ”

"I will." After saying this, he said to Ramis again: "Comrade lieutenant, quickly take the division commander out of here, and you must protect her safety." ”

Ramis said yes, pulled me and ran out, and at the same time, there was a sound of footsteps crackling behind me, and without looking back, I knew that I was followed by the warriors who kept me safe.

It was pitch black outside, and the flying shells fell around us from time to time, and the fire from the explosion illuminated the way forward. The occasional scream from behind meant that a soldier had fallen wounded, but in this case, I couldn't care about that much, and I just moved forward mechanically.

A group of us ran like lost dogs for an unknown amount of time, and Ramis, who was pulling me to run, finally stopped and said loudly: "Comrade division commander, let's take a rest, the German artillery can't hit here." ”

At this time, I felt my breath short, my heart pounding like a drum, and I gasped for breath while looking around, and after making sure that there was no danger for the time being, I collapsed on the broken wall by the side of the road. Actually, it wasn't just me, Ramis and the fighters who followed him were all out of breath and tired enough.

There were burning buildings not far away, and the flames were blazing, so I could see my surroundings clearly. I counted to myself, and there were only twelve people, including Ramis. I waited for a moment to catch my breath, then turned my head and asked Ramis, who was sitting next to me, "Comrade Lieutenant, how many of us were there when we came out?" ”

"Thirty-six of us." He looked around, probably to see that there were too few people, and explained to me, "Maybe the others ran away because it was too dark!" ”

After saying this, he looked around a little embarrassed, trying to avoid this embarrassment. Suddenly, he stood up suddenly, waved to the side, and whispered, "There seems to be someone over there, come over there, two people, come with me to have a look." ”

I watched him and two other fighters cautiously walking towards a nearby building with their guns in hand, worried that they would encounter a German ambush here, and hurriedly beckoned the rest of the soldiers to take cover.

Just as we were nervous, Ramis and the warrior approached with a captive. I quickly got up from my hidden position and greeted him. When I got closer, I couldn't help but gasp, they were not holding anyone else, it was actually Major Tolman. However, the major is very different from before, not only is the big brimmed hat lost, but his body is also covered with mud, and he looks as embarrassed as he is.

His face was pleasantly surprised to see me in front of him, but his expression soon darkened, and his face was full of frustration. I stopped in front of him and said coldly, "Mr. Major, what a coincidence, we meet again. "Although he was cold on the outside, I felt a sigh of relief to see him standing in front of me alive. Although he is my enemy, he is also a long-time acquaintance, and I still feel sorry if Leviakin and them were easily killed.

He smiled awkwardly and replied in a low voice, "I didn't expect to be captured by you again." ”

"yes." I took over the topic with a smile: "Counting this time, this is the third time that you have been my captive." ”

"I won't be your captive next time!" He muttered unconvinced.

Ramis said unceremoniously behind him: "Next time!" It's all dying, and you still want to have a next time! Then he looked at me and said, "Comrade division commander, we have to break through, and it is a burden to take him with us, so let's shoot him here!" ”

Tolman's face was pained and desperate at Ramis's words, but he stared at me in anticipation of my final verdict.

"If it's good, just do as you say." Ramis has a point, we are already on the run for our lives, and bringing a prisoner with us will inevitably affect our actions, so let's kill us.

With my approval, Ramis commanded two fighters to erect Tolman and drag him to the wall, where they let go of Tolman and returned to where we were. Ramis picked up his submachine gun, pulled the bolt, and aimed it at Tolman to shoot. Tolman's back against the broken wall, his eyes closed, his body trembling slightly, it seemed that anyone who was afraid of death.

Just as Ramis was about to pull the trigger, I stopped him and said, "Wait a minute. ”

Ramis looked at me in surprise and didn't speak. I said to myself, "I'll do it myself." With that, he pulled out his pistol and walked towards Tolman.

Tolman didn't hear the gunshot for a long time, but slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw me standing in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "I have been captured by you so many times, and it is only fair that you will shoot me yourself." ”

I didn't answer him, but turned to Ramis who was standing behind me and said, "You just wait here, I'll take him on his way." Then he put a pistol against Tolman's chest and said sternly: "Go!" Tolman sighed, his shoulders collapsed, and he walked dejectedly into the ruins of the building.

Walking into the building, I turned my head to see that there was no sign of Ramis and the others, so I shouted, "Stop!" Tolman stopped, turned around and said, "Is it right here?" Then he looked around, nodded, and said, "It's good here, at least after you die, the body won't be left out in the sun and rain." ”

"Let's go." Hearing my words, he was completely stunned. I lowered my gun, snorted into the distance, and said, "Your people are over there, let's go!" ”

"You...... You," he asked, somewhat incredulous, "are you going to let me go?" ”

"Let's go! I hope you won't be my captive next time. "I was carrying a pistol and standing two or three meters away from him, which was a safe distance, and even if he pounced on me, I could dodge and shoot in time. Although in the current situation, the possibility of him attacking me is slim, I can't let my guard down either.

Sure I was telling the truth, he took a few cautious steps back, saw that I didn't react, and then turned and strode away.

I raised my pistol above my head and fired a shot into the sky.

When he heard the gunshot, he couldn't help but shake his whole body and immediately stopped and looked back at me.

I smiled at him, didn't put down my pistol, and pulled the trigger again.

Knowing that I would not be behind his back, he turned and stood upright, saluted me with a standard military salute, and then turned to leave again.

I walked out of the building and said to Ramis, who was waiting outside, "It's settled." Let's go back and rest. ”

Because he was afraid of getting lost in the dark night, he broke into the middle of the German army in a daze, so he did not leave until dawn. We cautiously followed the road to avoid accidentally stumbling into the German ambush circle.

As he walked, suddenly one of the fighters who was opening the road in front of him whispered: "Be careful, there are Germans ahead." "We quickly dispersed to both sides of the road, lying on the rubble, and pointed our guns in unison.

I looked at the terrain carefully, and it turned out that the station in front of me was the station where I had been stationed, and the original buildings were almost all razed to the ground, and I really couldn't recognize this place if I didn't know it and look closely.

"Comrade Division Commander!" Ramis climbed up to me, pointed ahead and whispered, "Look at the flagpole in the middle of the square, it looks like something is hanging!" ”

I looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, there was an object hanging from the high flagpole, and the flagpole was bent into a large arc because it was pressed into metal. I looked closely, and the object turned out to be a person, swaying slightly in the cold wind. Under the flagpole stood four German soldiers, smoking and chatting together.

I turned around and told Ramis: "Quietly move over and kill all the Germans." ”

We quietly moved to a broken wall thirty meters away from the flagpole, and I half-crouched, looked at the fighters on the left and right, and whispered, "Listen to my command, and shoot together." After the fight, I immediately rushed out, and when I saw ...... alive, I looked around again, and found that there was no sign of any other Germans except for these four German soldiers, so I shouted: "Shoot!" ”

Before I could finish speaking, three or four submachine guns were fired against my cheeks! It was as if I had been struck in the head with a big stick, and I lost my hearing and sat down on the ground in fright. Above me, several fighters pulled the trigger and ran out of bullets in their magazines like a race. Then I watched in amazement as Ramis rushed forward with the warriors.

I couldn't help it, everyone rushed forward, and I couldn't sit still on the ground all the time, so I had to endure dizziness and tinnitus, and I brandished a pistol and rushed forward. Three of the four German soldiers were killed on the spot, and the remaining one obediently raised his hand as a prisoner.

The corpse hanging from the flagpole was lowered, and I didn't want to see it, but I couldn't help but take a curious look. As a result, I couldn't take my eyes off it, although the deceased was covered with bandages on his head, but I still recognized at a glance that this was my former subordinate Feltstov, but I didn't expect that after his death, the Germans would insult him so much that they actually hung his body on the flagpole.

Seeing this, I pulled out my pistol in anger and pulled the trigger on the German prisoner standing nearby. The captive was shot in the abdomen, covered his wounds, took two steps back, and sat down on the ground. I stepped forward and shot him in the head, and a bright line rushed through his forehead, dragging blood foam diagonally through the back of his head, and he threw his head back and fell to the ground. Anger overwhelmed me, and I raised my gun and continued to shoot at him until I ran out of bullets, still pulling the trigger in vain.

"Enough, Comrade Division Commander." Ramis jumped up and hugged me, trying to push me back, shouting, "We must move immediately, the gunfire will soon draw all the Germans in the vicinity, and we will not be able to leave any later." ”