With the shouts one after another, the commanders and fighters living in the houses opened the doors of their houses and ran out one after another, running along the street towards the entrance of the village, and several officers shouted as they ran: "Battle alert, everyone immediately enter the position." ”

I saw hordes of officers and soldiers running past me and rushing to the fortifications at the entrance of the village. I couldn't help but stop, thinking to myself: they don't look like they're going to surrender, could it be that I misunderstood General Vlasov? Maybe I should stay, pick up my gun, and fight with them.

Just as I was undecided, a few more people ran past me. There were five people, one officer and four soldiers, all with their bare hands and no weapons, and the officers waved their hands as they ran, shouting loudly: "Stop, don't shoot!" Stop, don't shoot! ”

Hearing the officer shout like this, my heart suddenly sank, why is it not allowed to shoot, should the commanders and fighters stand there obediently, waiting for the Germans to come and take prisoners? It seems that I did not misunderstand Vlasov, he was indeed going to surrender to the Germans.

I was only about 30 meters away from the entrance of the village, and I could clearly see that the commanders and fighters who had originally entered the fortifications and aimed their guns outside the village were all at a loss when they heard this inexplicable order. But since it was an order from above, they could only carry it out honestly, and they put down their guns, stood up from the trenches, and looked at the few people who ran towards them.

The Germans outside the village were slowly approaching under the cover of tanks, perhaps because of a prior agreement between the two sides, so they only advanced towards the village without firing.

Seeing that the Germans were getting closer and closer, some anxious soldiers in the trenches shouted loudly: "The Germans are coming, why can't we shoot?" Wait any longer, and we'll be taken prisoner." ”

"No shooting! Again, no one is allowed to shoot! The commander who had gone to give the order was loudly conveying the order. Then one of the fighters who passed with him took out a white cloth from his body, hung it on a rifle with a bayonet, raised it high, and waved it desperately at the Germans.

The German tanks stopped more than a hundred meters from the entrance of the village and pointed the muzzles of the black holes at us. The German infantrymen probably understood that the defenders of the village had given up their resistance and were waiting for their surrender, so they all seemed relaxed, and walked unhurriedly with guns in their hands or on their shoulders.

I knew that if I waited any longer in the village, I would not be able to escape the fate of being captured again. It's a shame to be captured once, and if I are captured again, I might as well die. But now that I'm holding Lida's son Alex, I can't die easily, so my mind is spinning and thinking about how to get out of here.

I think of the fact that in the movies, I saw that the commanders who had lost the battle usually changed into the clothes of small soldiers or ordinary people, and finally managed to escape. I looked down at my tattered military uniform, and decided to take the plunge. I lifted my hand to untie the bun on my head, draped it loose, tore off the rank of my collar badge, and carefully put it in my pocket, along with the medals that were wrapped in steps.

I hugged Alik and walked towards the entrance of the village with my head down. The attention of the commanders and fighters gathered at the entrance of the village was all focused on the Germans who were approaching, and no one noticed me at all. It wasn't until I walked out of the village and walked towards the Germans that I heard someone behind me exclaiming, "Hey, it's dangerous ahead, come back!" Come back soon!! ”

Now that I've left the village, I have no intention of looking back. I was gambling, betting that the Germans would treat me like an ordinary person, and Alik, who was in his arms, undoubtedly increased the odds of winning this gamble.

I walked towards the Germans, and they were coming towards me, and in a short time I was face to face with them. The young German soldier in front of me just looked at me strangely, and leaned slightly and let me pass him. Then the soldiers behind me also made way for me, and perhaps in their eyes, I was a Russian woman who was desperate to escape.

As I was about to walk to the tank, a tank commander suddenly peeking out of the turret pointed at me and shouted a few words, and then several soldiers surrounded me. My heart beat faster and faster, and I secretly finished talking in my heart, and it seemed that today was doomed.

Alik, who was in his arms, suddenly began to cry without warning, crying so sadly that my heart was broken. I gently patted him on the back and whispered to him as I raised my hand to wipe the tears from my cheeks.

Perhaps it was Alik's cry that made the tank commander change his mind, but he waved his hand again, said a few words, and the German soldiers who surrounded me dispersed.

Alik only cried for a moment when I was stopped by the Germans, and as soon as the Germans left, he stopped crying and winked mischievously at me. Only then did I realize that Alik was crying so sadly just now, just a strategy to save me, and he was really a big elf.

Although no one stopped me, I broke out in a cold sweat when I passed through the German attack line, and the sweat soaked the clothes on my back. Judging from the strength of the German army, the troops in the village could not hold it at all, and it seems that Vlasov had a certain reason in saying that he wanted to save the lives of the soldiers.

I didn't dare to walk on the road, for fear of encountering other German units, for fear that they would be indiscriminate, but whether I was a soldier or a civilian, I would shoot when I met. I don't dare to walk in the forest, because if I get lost, I may starve to death in the forest. In the end, I took a compromise approach and walked forward in the woods more than 20 meters away from the road, which had the advantage of not being afraid of getting lost, and even if I found a German on the road, I could avoid it in time.

I walked south for four or five hours, about ten kilometers, and my physical strength was severely overdrawn, my steps became slower and slower, and my vision gradually became blurred. Alik sensed my discomfort and offered, "Mom, let's find a place to rest, I'm hungry and want to eat." ”

I nodded, found a spacious place, put him down, lifted my sleeve to wipe the sweat, and then took out the paper from my pocket and wrapped it in rusks and handed it to Alik. He opened the paper packet, took a piece of rusk from it, handed the rest back to me, and said, "Mom, I can eat one piece enough, and you can eat the rest." ”

I took the paper bag and only took a piece of rusk, and then wrapped the rest again and put it in my pocket, because I didn't know how long it would take to get out of danger, and I had to keep what I had to eat just in case.

While he was eating, he suddenly heard the roar of a tank motor in the distance. I hurriedly shoved the bread into my mouth, pulled Alik to lie behind a bush, and stared at him in a low voice: "Alik, don't speak, or they will find out." ”

Alik replied in a low voice, "I know, Mom." ”

The tanks drove from south to north, and soon appeared in my field of vision. As the tank got closer and closer, I saw that it was the T-34 of the Soviet army, the tank was moving very slowly, and a commander wearing a steel helmet and a raincoat stood on it, holding the handle of the turret in one hand, and the telescope in the other hand to look around, followed by two three-wheeled motorcycles, which were occupied by soldiers in Soviet uniforms.

Because of the experience of being captured by Rai, a traitor who pretended to be a Soviet soldier, last time, even though I saw that these people in front of me were dressed as Soviet soldiers, I still didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of repeating the mistakes of the past. At this moment, Alik excitedly said to me, "Mom, it's our own army. After saying that, he stood up, waved his hands desperately, and shouted loudly: "Uncle soldier, we are here, come and save us!" ”

With his shout, the soldier on the tank turned his binoculars and looked over to where we were. The two motorcycles in the back also stopped, and the fighters in the cars jumped out of the cars, lay on the ground and pointed their guns at us.

I was so frightened by Alex's move that I was afraid that those people would shoot, so I had to honestly stand up and pick him up. Seeing that I did not speak, Alik knew that he was in trouble, and put his head on my shoulder without saying a word.

I saw that the commander knocked the turret several times hard, causing the tank to stop. He raised his binoculars and looked at us for a moment, then jumped out of the tank and ran towards me without hesitation.

I finished saying in my heart, this time I was really doomed, and I was going to be a prisoner of the Germans again.

The commander ran to a distance of five or six meters from me, stopped, and asked loudly: "Hey, comrade female soldier, are you Major Oshanina?" ”

Can call my name, it seems that these Soviet commanders and fighters are not impersonating. I walked over with Alik in my arms, looked at the unfamiliar commander in front of me, and asked curiously: "Comrade commander, do you know me?" ”

The commander gave me a military salute and said, "Hello! Major Oshanina, I am Commander Meretskov's adjutant, Captain Boroda, and I was ordered to look for the headquarters of the 2nd Shock Army, do you know where Commander Vlasov is? ”