I stepped out of the shelter of the headquarters and looked around, and saw that there were no commanders in the street except for patrols and patrols, and I guess they had already gone back to their own units. I did not stop in front of the headquarters, pulled the hem of my uniform, and strode towards the place where I had stopped, knowing that Vaskov and the soldiers of the guard company were waiting for me.

A motorcycle, two trucks, and a jeep were quietly parked on the side of the road, and when they saw me returning, the soldiers who were standing on the side of the road chatting immediately stopped talking and straightened up to salute me.

Vaskov, who was in the jeep, probably saw me coming back through the window, hurriedly opened the door and came out of the co-pilot's seat, ran over to salute me, and reported in a proper manner: "Report to Comrade Division Commander, the guard platoon is on standby, waiting for your instructions." ”

I waved my hand and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, let's go back to the division headquarters." With that, he opened the back door of the jeep and sat inside.

As soon as he closed the car door, he heard Vaskov shouting loudly outside: "All get on board!" Ready to go. ”

When Vaskov sat down in the co-pilot's seat, I immediately ordered the driver: "Comrade driver, let's drive." ”

The driver agreed, twisted the key and ignited, and was about to step on the accelerator when he suddenly clutched his stomach and cried out in pain. Vaskov frowned and asked: "Comrade driver, what's wrong with you?" ”

The driver turned his head and said to me with a bitter face: "I'm sorry, Comrade Division Commander, I suddenly have a stomachache and want to go to the toilet." ”

I waved my hand at him and said, "Go!" Go and go back. ”

The driver agreed, pulled the door open, jumped out of the car, and ran into the forest with his stomach in his hands.

Watch the driver run into the forest. Vaskov leaned sideways. Asked me with concern, "Leda." I see that the commanders of the other units have long since left. Why did you come out so late, did something happen? ”

I nodded and replied: "Yes, after the meeting, the commander of the front army left me behind and specially assigned me a secret mission. ”

"Secret mission?!" Vaskov repeated the word with a blank face.

"Yes, secret mission." Vaskov in front of me is a person I can trust, so I won't hide a lot of things from him," the commander asked our division to send troops to the Podubia area to search. Looking for the commander of the 2nd Shock Army, General Vlasov. General Meretskov gave the order to die, to see people alive and corpses to die. ”

Vaskov frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "Lida, why would the commander of the front give you such an order?" ”

I replied with a wry smile: "There are two reasons why the commander gave such an order: first, I saw General Vlasov before he disappeared; The second is the station of our division, which is closest to the place where Vlasov disappeared. ”

"General Vlasov is missing?" Vaskov looked at me in disbelief and asked, "Where did he disappear?" When did you meet him? ”

"The last time I saw General Vlasov was in the village of Pyatnitsa." Because he was afraid that he wouldn't know where the village was, he specially reminded him: "Do you remember? The village of Pyatnicsa, after the last time we crossed the swamp. The village I've been to. We were separated from the village, and I entered the village. And you went to the guerrillas. ”

Vaskov nodded and said, "I know about that village, but how can you be sure that Vlasov was captured and not transferred with his troops?" ”

Hearing him ask this, I patiently told him what had happened, and since he knew what I had experienced before entering the village, it was much more comprehensive than what I had just told Meretskov and Vasilevsky.

After listening to this, Vaskov pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Leda, I understand. According to you, General Vlasov must have been captured, and our search and rescue operation was nothing more than a formality. So we only need to send troops to search the Bodubia area for a few days, and then report to the commander of the front that there is no trace of General Vlasov, and he will be able to report to the High Command with our report. ”

I nodded approvingly and said approvingly, "That's what I thought about too." ”

"Sending troops out to search is a trivial matter, but what we have to face at the moment is another more important matter." Vaskov's face sank, and he asked with a worried face: "Lida, there are just two of you and me here, you tell me honestly, how many people know about your capture?" ”

I thought about it for a moment and replied, "There should be only you and I who know the Tao." ”

"Just you and me?!" Vaskov asked with some disbelief: "Didn't the Germans keep you with the rest of the prisoners of war after you were captured?" ”

I frowned and thought for a moment, then replied in the affirmative: "After the Germans captured us, they separated the soldiers from the commanders. I have been held with the commanders, and there should be no fighters who have found that there are women among the captured officers. Early the next morning, the Germans took the captured fighters away and executed all the remaining officers. At this point, I was afraid that he would have misunderstood, and I went out of my way to explain to him: "Fortunately, I was saved by a German officer with whom I had several dealings, otherwise I would have been executed like those officers." After the German officers rescued me, they had several traitors from the Eastern Battalion take me to the prisoner of war camp. I didn't expect these people to try to insult me on the way, but fortunately I was saved by you. ”

After listening to my explanation, Vaskov said with a serious expression: "Lida, the People's Commissar of Defense issued Order No. 270 on August 16, 1941, stipulating that all Red officers and soldiers must fight to the rear, but all captured by the enemy, regardless of whether they had resisted beforehand, would be punished as traitors afterwards and sent to labor camps along with their dependents. Therefore, I am very worried about you, once anyone knows about your capture, you will be disgraced and sent to a punishment camp, or you may be killed. ”

Hearing Vaskov say this, I suddenly panicked, I grabbed his hand, shook it and said, "Fija, what should I do?" You must know that although there are not necessarily people on our army's side who know about my capture, many scum on the German side, especially those scum in the Dongfang Battalion, know about my capture. If any of these people confess to my captivity in order to survive after being captured by our army, I will be finished. ”

Vaskov gently hammered his forehead with his fist and muttered: "yes, what to do?" These traitors to the Eastern Battalion are really a big problem. ”

Seeing that Vaskov also looked helpless, I couldn't help but say to myself: "If only I could kill all these people who know." ”

Hearing this, Vaskov slammed his fist on the back of the seat and shouted: "Lida, what you say makes sense." Although there are many scum in the Eastern Battalion who are insiders, we can kill people and kill people. As long as these people die, no one will know about your capture. ”

Vaskov's words made my eyes light up, and I hurriedly asked him: "Fija, what are you going to do?" ”

He replied, "Do you remember the last time I saved you?" Seeing that I nodded in agreement, he continued: "A kilometer or two away from there, there is a camp of the Eastern Battalion, in which about a platoon of troops is stationed, and the soldiers who captured you are already there. I'm going to take people into their camp at night and kill them. ”

"Good idea, when you return to the division headquarters later, I will send you people to do this."

Vaskov waved his hand and said: "No, I have a platoon of troops in my hand now, and when I return to the village later, you go directly back to the division headquarters, and I will take these people directly to the village of Pyatnitsa, through the swamp to sneak attack the station of the Eastern Battalion." ”

"There are too few men in a platoon," I dismissed his plan to take only one platoon and attack the enemy camp, adding: "After you have crossed the swamp with the soldiers of the guard platoon, you will send two soldiers from the Clever Point back to the village of Pyatnica to meet my newly sent troops." ”

Vaskov was sometimes stubborn, and he was really not ordinary stubborn, and said resolutely: "Lida, you don't need to send any more people, it's enough for me to take this platoon." ”

"No, Fija." I also said to him resolutely: "The more people there are, the more strength there is, and the more people who go, the more I will be more sure." Seeing that he wanted to refute me again, I immediately offered my killer idea: "Have you forgotten that you took five of us female soldiers to pursue the Germans?" It was thought that there were only two German soldiers, but after intercepting them, they found that there were not two, but sixteen. As a result, except for you and me, the rest of the sisters were sacrificed. ”

When Vaskov heard me say this, he immediately fell silent, and the sacrifice of several female soldiers was an eternal pain in his heart. Judging by his expression, it was clear that he was convinced by this reason from me. After a long time, he nodded and said, "Lida, maybe you're right." Just do what you planned, and when I have led the soldiers of the guard platoon through the swamp, I will send two soldiers back to the village to meet you. ”

I nodded with satisfaction at his answer, and out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of the driver coming out of the forest, wearing a belt as he walked, and hurriedly said to Vaskov: "Fija, the driver is back." Be careful, don't show any flaws in front of him. ”

Vaskov nodded, turned around, and looked out the window with the submachine gun in his arms, pretending to be nonchalant. As soon as the driver got into the car, he immediately urged: "I said, comrade driver, you are here, we will wait for you for half a day, let's drive quickly." ”

The driver agreed, twisted the key again and lit the fire, and as soon as he stepped on the accelerator, the jeep drove forward. (To be continued......)

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