When the truck was more than 100 meters away from the entrance of the airport, I saw a lot of fallen soldiers lying on the road in front of me, and if the vehicle drove any further, it would run over their bodies, so I raised my hand and motioned for the driver to stop the car.

I wanted to walk into the airport, but as soon as I got off the bus, I found that my legs were weak, and at the same time, I was shivering, let alone walking, and I couldn't even stand on my feet, so I sat on the pedal of the door. I knew in my heart that I was too nervous, not to mention me, even if Zhukov, Rokossovsky, or Chuikov were here, and when they saw that Hitler himself was about to become his prisoner, I guess they couldn't grab much more than I did.

"Comrade Commander, what's wrong with you?" I was taking deep breaths, trying to calm myself down, when I heard a familiar voice asking me. When I looked up, it turned out to be Sergeant Songjike, who had just come out of the carriage, standing in front of me, leaning down and looking at me nervously, probably afraid that something would happen to me.

I reached out and grabbed Songjik by the collar, pulled him closer to me, pointed with my other hand in the direction of the airport, where the gunshots and explosions were ringing, and commanded him in a loud voice: "Comrade sergeant, hurry up and go to Captain Yushchenko inside the airport and tell him: Don't beat Hitler to death, you must catch him alive!" Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" Song Jik said yes loudly, and when I let go of his collar, I turned and ran briskly towards the airport.

Watching Song Jike run away, I took two deep breaths, felt my emotions calm down a little, and stood up with the body. But tentatively took two steps. I still feel a little weak in my legs. He stopped. Look around and see if I can find someone familiar to help me up.

Near the truck stood more than a dozen fighters from the Special Guard Company, all of who, like Song Gilk, had just gotten out of the truck. When I saw Ensign Gretka standing in the middle of them, I beckoned to him and motioned for him to come to me. When the second lieutenant came to me, I whispered to him, "Second lieutenant, my leg is weak. Give me a hand. ”

After hearing this, he quickly stretched out his hands and grabbed my right arm, and helped me towards the gate of the airport. When I took the first few steps, my legs were still shivering, and after walking a dozen steps, my feelings were a little more stable, and the feeling of stepping on cotton under my feet disappeared. After politely thanking Gretka, I gently broke free of his grip on my arm, and walked with a steady step towards the airport with a group of soldiers.

As the gunfire became more and more thin, the battle at the airport was drawing to a close. Most of the recalcitrant SS officers and soldiers were eliminated. The rest were lying around the big plane, desperately firing their guns at the fighters who rushed towards us. The fighters who rushed to the front fell a group later. The commander of the first line adjusted his tactics in time, allowing the armored vehicles to rush to the front, and the fighters followed closely.

Under the strafing of the large-caliber machine guns on the armored vehicles, the number of German soldiers still fighting near the plane was rapidly decreasing, and when I was only fifty or sixty meters away from the plane, the German resistance had completely stopped. Occasionally, a gunshot or two rang out, and it was our soldiers who were replenishing the wounded German soldiers.

I looked ahead and saw hundreds of soldiers and a few armored vehicles, forming a large circle around the plane, all with weapons in their hands, aiming at the center of the circle, but no one fired a shot. Seeing this, I immediately understood in my heart that the one surrounded by our fighters in the middle must be Hitler, who had not yet been killed. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but speed up my pace.

When I walked outside the circle, the soldiers who had come with me hurriedly passed me and squeezed into the crowd, shouting at the same time, "The commander is here, everyone give way." ”

With the shouts of the fighters, the commanders and fighters made way for me. I walked briskly into the circle, first smelling the choking smell of blood, and then seeing the corpses of German officers and soldiers everywhere. There was a short man with a mustache, wielding a pistol, and roaring loudly in place.

The person in front of me, although it is the first time I have seen him, I have seen his appearance in countless film and television works in later generations, he is the German Führer Hitler. He kept making circles in place while roaring loudly, occasionally raising his pistol and pulling the trigger in all directions. But the pistol ran out of bullets at some point, and at the moment it was a piece of scrap metal in his hand.

Yushchenko saw my arrival, walked up to me, and whispered to me: "Comrade Commander, except for Hitler, the rest of the German officers and soldiers have been killed by us. ”

I nodded, then turned to look at Ensign Gretka beside me and instructed him: "Comrade Ensign, you go over and tell Hitler to lay down his arms and raise his hands!" ”

Gretka whispered in agreement and took a few steps forward. I was surprised to find that his body was trembling, and it seemed that although Hitler was a fish on our cutting board, for an officer like Gretka, he was still a god-like existence, and nervousness and fear were inevitable.

Grettka came to a halt less than ten paces from Hitler, and then shouted tremblingly: "Hey...... Hope...... Hitler, Henderhoch! (Hands up!) ）”

Seeing Gretka's gaffe, my heart suddenly became unhappy, and I said that Hitler was a lamb to the slaughter, are you still afraid of a fart?! So, too, I took a few steps forward, stood side by side with Gretka, and shouted at Hitler, who was still spinning in circles: "Hitler, Henderhöch! ”

Hitler stopped, holding the pistol without bullets and staring at me in a daze. I thought he didn't hear clearly, so I raised my voice and shouted: "Hitler, Henderhoch!" ”

"Hitler, Henderhoch!" Captain Yushchenko, who was standing behind me, waited for me to finish shouting, and then shouted along.

"Hitler, Henderhoch!!" The same shouts rang out all around us, first two or three people, then all in unison.

Hitler trembled with fright, and after a moment of panic, he slowly raised his hands and surrendered to us.

Just when I thought the dust had settled, from the pile of corpses at Hitler's feet. An officer in a black SS uniform struggled to get up. A pistol was pointed at Hitler. At the same time, he was shouting German that I didn't understand. Seeing that the situation was not good, I immediately drew my pistol, and although I did not understand why the officer pointed the muzzle of the gun at Hitler, I decisively fired several shots at him. One of the bullets hit the officer's right shoulder, and his body flicked backwards, and the pistol fell to the ground with a clatter.

When Yushchenko personally led people up to arrest Hitler, I put my pistol back in the holster and turned my head to ask Gretka next to me: "Comrade Second Lieutenant." What was that SS officer yelling about? ”

"Report to Comrade Commander," replied Gretka, as he watched Hitler be bound up by our fighters, "he said that there were only Führers who died for Germany, and not Führers who were captured by the enemy." Speaking of this, he involuntarily shrugged his shoulders, "Perhaps, he didn't want the Führer to be our prisoner, so he wanted to beat the Führer to death." ”

Listening to what Gretka said, I understood the officer's actions very well. A dead Führer and a living Hitler, those are really two very different effects. I nodded. Then he asked Gretka: "Comrade second lieutenant, do you know who that SS officer is?" ”

Gretka glanced at where the SS officer was lying. He cautiously said: "Comrade Commander, if I am not mistaken, that person should be Theodore, the founder and commander of the SS 'Skeleton Division'. General Ick, a thug known for his viciousness among the Nazis. ”

Hearing that the officer I had just shot was actually a general, I hurriedly shouted at Yushchenko in front: "Hey, Comrade Captain, look at the German who just shot me, is still alive?" ”

Yushchenko heard my shout, walked to the place where Ike was crouching, crouched down and looked at me for a moment, then turned to me and shouted: "Comrade division commander, he is still alive!" ”

When I heard that Ike was still alive, I began to think in my heart that today I had captured not only Hitler, but also an SS general, which was not a small achievement, and perhaps our army would be directly promoted to the Guards or the Army Group. Thinking of this, I hurriedly shouted at Yushchenko again: "Comrade Captain, find him a hygienist to treat him, don't let him die, this is a big man." ”

After Hitler and Ike were taken into custody, Yushchenko came to me with several company commanders and waited for me to deploy the next mission. When I saw that the company commanders were here, I began to issue a series of orders: "Captain Yushchenko, deploy a tank company and a guard company in the direction of Zaporosh to prevent the enemy from the city." ……”

When the task was almost arranged, I called the accompanying telegraph operator over and instructed him: "Comrade telegraph operator, ask Division Commander Pantai Leev where his unit is at present?" ”

After listening to my instructions, the operator immediately asked: "Is it a telegram, Comrade Commander?" ”

"No, just use wireless communication and talk in plain language." Although I knew that my phone call with Bandereev would be monitored by the Germans, Hitler was in our hands at the moment, and if the Germans themselves spread the news, it would be a fatal blow to their morale.

When I heard Bantai Leyev's voice coming out of the earphones, I didn't say anything polite to him, and asked bluntly: "Comrade division commander, where is your unit now?" ”

"Report to Comrade Commander," it could be heard from the voice of Bantai Leev, who was in a good mood. He loudly reported: "We have succeeded in seizing the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery positions and clearing out all the remnants of the enemy." At present, we are taking the 4th regiment as the lead and are moving in the direction of the airport. ”

"Very well, General Pandereev." After complimenting him, I said lightly: "We have captured Hitler, and you must move quickly, for the Germans will send troops to rescue their Führer in a moment." ”

"What, what?" The startled voice of Pantai Leyev came from the headphones: "Comrade Commander, what did you just say?" You have captured Hitler? Make no mistake, right? ”

"You can't make a mistake, General Bandereev." I confidently and a little proudly said: "In addition to capturing Hitler, we also captured Theodore, the commander of the 'Skeleton Division'. General Ike. ”

"Comrade commander, please rest assured, I will immediately order the troops to speed up the march." After listening to my answer, Pantai Laiev's voice became stern again: "In half an hour at most, the vanguard of the fourth regiment can rush to the airfield and strengthen your defenses there." ”

Half an hour later, along with the vanguard of the 4th regiment, there was also a jeep carrying Kirillov. As soon as the car stopped not far from me, Kirillov immediately jumped out of the car, trotted up to me, and couldn't wait to ask: "Comrade Oshanina, did you really capture Hitler?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Commissar." Looking at my partner standing in front of me, I replied with a smile: "We not only captured Hitler, but also captured alive Theodore, the commander of the 'Skeleton Division'. Ike. ”

"What, in addition to catching Hitler, you also captured Theodore . Ike? When Kirillov confirmed the news, he said to me in surprise: "You must know that the 'Skeleton Division' is the most elite unit of the German army, and you have captured their division commander, which means that this unit will not pose much of a threat to us until the new commander arrives." ”

"Let's go, Comrade Commissar, I'll take you to see Hitler." With that, I pulled him towards the jeep on the side of the road.

Ten minutes later, Kirillov, who had seen Hitler and General Ick, sat silent in a makeshift command post. After a long while, he raised his head and asked me, "Comrade commander, do you plan to report this matter to your superiors?" ”

"Comrade Commissar, what's wrong with you?" Kirillov asked so inexplicably, which made me feel strange, so I asked rhetorically: "Such a big matter must be reported to the superiors." I believe that they would be more than happy to hear the good news first to the commander of the army group, General Kharitonov, and then to the commander of the front, General Vatutin. ”

After I finished speaking, Kirillov actually shook his head and raised an objection: "Comrade Oshanina, I think that for the sake of safety, this matter should not be reported to the front or group army for the time being. ”

"Why?" Kirillov's statement confused me, and I asked in confusion: "Why can't such good news be reported to the front or army group?" ”

"Comrade Oshanina," said Kirillov, who had checked Hitler and Ick, and after a brief moment of agitation, returned to normal, and he offered me a particularly secure proposal: "As soon as the news of Hitler's capture of our army spreads, our army will inevitably be attacked by German troops from all sides. In order to recapture their Führer, I believe that the German officers and soldiers will definitely fight hard, then, with only our existing forces and weapons and equipment, we are no match for the German army at all, so I don't think it is appropriate to announce this matter to the outside world for the time being. ”

After listening to his analysis, I thought for a moment, and then said: "Comrade Political Commissar, if such a big matter as the capture of Hitler alive is concealed and not reported, the consequences will be very severe. Well, since you said that you can't report to the front or the army group, then we will skip these two levels of command and report directly to Marshal Zhukov, do you think this will work? ”

Kirillov immediately expressed his extreme support for my suggestion. After he had finished writing the battle report, he called the accompanying telegraph operator Razumeyeva and instructed: "Comrade lieutenant, please send a telegram to Marshal Zhukov saying that we have succeeded in capturing the airfield in Zaporosh, and at the same time have captured Hitler and the division commander of the 'Skeleton Division', Theodor. Ike. ”

Ten minutes after the telegram to Zhukov was sent, we received a call back. There was nothing on the telegram, only a big "? No.

I saw the "? I couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and said in my heart that it seemed that no one would believe the brilliant results of capturing Hitler. Even Zhukov, who trusted me the most, expressed his doubts, not to mention Vatutin and Kharytonov, who I was not familiar with. (To be continued......)

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