I held my binoculars and held my breath as I stared intently at the tent where Vaskov had entered, praying to himself that he would succeed in his mission.

After a short effort, the tent curtain was opened, and three warriors came out of it. Looking at the curtain that was still swinging slightly, my heart went to my throat: hell, the fighters are all out, why hasn't Vaskov come out yet? Did something happen to him?

While he was worried, the curtain was lifted to the side, and Vaskov's familiar figure emerged from the tent. Seeing that he was safe and sound, I breathed a long sigh of relief.

Then the curtains of the nearby tents were lifted, and the soldiers came out of it. Seeing their elation, I knew that they had cleared the tent of the enemy.

I was about to get up from behind the bushes where I was hiding, and I was about to lift myself up when someone next to me excitedly said, "Brothers, company commanders, they have done their work, and they have done a beautiful job!" ”

I turned my head and saw that it was a second lieutenant who was also the platoon commander of the platoon. Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but be happy, but no, Burda and Vaskov's actions were really swift, and in just a few minutes, they killed a company of the Eastern Battalion.

I reached out and patted the second lieutenant on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, comrade second lieutenant, don't be emotional, call your people, and come with me to the captain." ”

The second lieutenant, who I tapped on the shoulder, blushed and smiled embarrassedly, then stood up, leaned sideways and whispered back, "Brothers. Don't lie on your stomach. All stand up. Advance! ”

When I and the fighters of the guard platoon came to the tent, we immediately smelled the strong smell of blood in the air. Bulda had just finished arranging for the warriors to act as guards in several directions, and when he saw my arrival, he immediately came to my side. With uncontrollable joy on his face, he raised his hand to salute me and reported: "Comrade division commander, all the enemies in the camp have been eliminated, a total of 110 people, and none of them have escaped the net. ”

I saluted him. Smiled and praised him: "Good job, Comrade Captain, good job!" ”

Then I turned my eyes to Vaskov, who was standing behind him, and looking at the blood stains all over his face, I asked with concern: "Lieutenant Vaskov, are you wounded?" ”

Vaskov raised his arm, wiped his face with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "No, I have the blood of the enemy all over me." With that, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket. He picked up the kettle hanging from his waist, unscrewed the lid and poured it on the handkerchief. Wipe the blood from your face with a soaked handkerchief.

Captain Burda asked me: "Comrade division commander, what are we going to do next?" ”

I looked up at the starry sky, and felt that it was not interesting to stay here, so it was better to return to our army's garrison as soon as possible to stabilize, so I ordered him: "Let the soldiers bring the enemy's weapons and ammunition, and we will withdraw!" ”

"Yes!" Burda agreed, and immediately conveyed my orders to the warriors. While they were nervously carrying the ammunition, we suddenly heard a rush of footsteps from a distance, and we followed the sound to see that a soldier was running towards us. "It's the scout I sent out." Vaskov whispered something in my ear, and then greeted him.

The soldier ran to Vaskov's side and stopped, whispered a few words to him, and I noticed that Vaskov listened to the soldier's words, and at first he was stunned, then his face changed greatly, and then he led the soldier towards me.

Captain Burda saw them approaching and preemptively asked, "What's the matter?" Comrade Lieutenant. ”

"Comrade Captain, the scout has an important situation and should report to the division commander."

"What's the matter? Lieutenant Vaskov. "I was afraid that Burda would delay time by asking questions again, so I asked Vaskov straight to the point.

Vaskov walked up to me and whispered: "Scouts report that there are four or five hundred prisoners of war of our army in the woods a kilometer north of here. ”

Prisoners of war of our army ?! When I heard the news, I was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked the scout: "Comrade soldier, are you sure that you can see clearly, and the prisoners of war of our army are indeed staying there?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." The scout replied with great certainty: "I quietly approached a place only fifty or sixty meters away from them, and after careful observation, I am definitely a prisoner of war of our army, and I will not be mistaken." ”

"Comrade Division Commander, what should we do?" As soon as Burda heard that there were hundreds of prisoners of war of our army nearby, he immediately became a little anxious, and asked repeatedly: "Go and rescue them?" ”

I did not immediately answer Burda's words, but continued to ask the scouts: "How many soldiers are there guarding the prisoners of war?" ”

"Twelve people, exactly one class." The scout said in the affirmative: "The guards are not Germans, they are all soldiers of the Eastern Battalion. ”

"What should we do, Comrade Division Commander." Seeing that I didn't respond to him, Bulda couldn't help but repeat the question again.

"What else can I do? To rescue them, of course! I immediately instructed him: "Comrade Captain, immediately assemble your troops and set off immediately." ”

"Yes!" Bulda replied loudly, and then began to give orders to the warriors and arrange the order of departure of the group.

As the team was gathering in a chaotic manner, Vaskov called two fighters and went with him into a nearby tent. His behavior made me stunned, the weapons and ammunition in the tent had been moved out just now, what was he doing in there?

The answer was soon revealed, and Vaskov and the two fighters came out of the tent with a set of German uniforms in their hands.

Seeing Vaskov take out the German military uniform from the tent, Burda's face showed a displeased expression, and he reprimanded: "I said Comrade Lieutenant, we are preparing to set off to rescue our comrades, and what did you do?" What is the use of not gathering their own fighters, but running to the tent to get a few sets of German uniforms, can you exchange it for rusks? ”

As soon as Burda's words fell, a burst of laughter erupted in the team that had just been assembled.

I saw that Vaskov's face was flushed, and I hurriedly relieved him: "Okay, Comrade Captain." As soon as the troops were assembled, they set off. As for what Lieutenant Vaskov went to get something. There must be a reason for him. You don't have to worry about it. ”

Bulda saw me speak for Vaskov. I didn't want to continue to say anything, so I had to wave my hand to the troops and say loudly: "All of them, listen to my command, turn right to Lu, and run away!" ”

Behind the crowd were Vaskov and me, as well as two dejected soldiers with German uniforms in their hands.

The team was still 500 meters from where the prisoners of war were being held. They spread out, with one platoon on the left, three on the right, and the second platoon in the center, quietly approaching the target from three directions.

But I stopped within a hundred meters to take a closer look at the whole picture of the place where the prisoners of war were being held. In this forest where prisoners of war were held, there were no walls or barbed wire, only a few guards with guns on guard, but hundreds of ragged Soviet soldiers sat honestly on the ground. No one dared to get up and walk around, and no one should talk to each other. Even when coughing, he covered his mouth with his hands and tried to keep his voice low, so as not to alarm the guards and invite unwarranted disasters.

I hid behind the low bushes and looked closely, and there were only two mobile guards on each side of the north, west, and east, while we were now on the south side, there were six guards, and they were huddled together, and there was a machine gun, and it seemed a little difficult to kill them all without firing a shot, as we had just done.

Burda quietly came to my side and whispered: "Comrade division commander, you see that so many enemies are gathered together, it is impossible to kill them all without firing. Let's shoot, just a few enemies, as soon as the gun goes off, they will be finished immediately. ”

"No, you can't shoot." I replied categorically: "Comrade Captain, this must not be far from the German station, otherwise their guards would not have been so lax. As soon as the guns rang out, the Germans in the vicinity would be lured over, so as not to make the prisoners of war not rescued, and we were also taken prisoners. ”

"But if you don't shoot, what will happen to these few enemies huddled together? You know, they still have a machine gun in their hands, and if they spot us and shoot us, it will inevitably cause us heavy casualties. ”

"Comrade Company Commander," before I could reply, Vaskov had already whispered to Burda: "These enemies are handed over to our platoon to solve." All you need to do is have one and three rows of fighters sneak around the other three sides, and when we have dealt with the enemy here, it's not too late for them to do so. ”

"Comrade Lieutenant, do you have a way?" Bulda looked at Vaskov with distrust.

"Comrade Captain," I have unconditional trust in Vaskov, and since he said that if he can solve the enemy in front of him, he will be able to succeed, so I instructed Bulda: "As Comrade Vaskov said, let the first and third platoons go around the other three sides first." He is an experienced veteran, and he said that if we can solve the enemy in front of us, we will definitely be able to solve it. I have complete trust in him. "When I said the last sentence, I took a special look at Vaskov and cast a trusting look at him.

But Vaskov didn't even look at me, and took off his military uniform with the other two soldiers. But when I saw the three of them put German uniforms on their bodies, not only me, but even Bulda understood that they were planning to impersonate the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Battalion to approach the guards. By this time, without my further orders, Burda had sent men to the two platoons to convey his orders.

After a few more minutes, after Vaskov and his men had changed their clothes, the soldiers of the first and third platoons also moved into place and sent us a signal of readiness, and Vaskov stood up and walked towards the guards with two soldiers.

Forty or fifty meters from the sentry, they were spotted by the sentry, who shouted at them, "Stop!" Who are you? "It's in Russian, and it seems that it's really the puppet army of the Eastern Battalion.

"Are you blind and can't see clearly?" Vaskov, dressed in the uniform of a German lieutenant, assumed the style of an officer and loudly reprimanded the other party: "We are here to convey the orders of the regimental headquarters." ”

Originally, when the sentry shouted, he turned the machine gun to the machine gunner of Vaskov, and when he saw that it was his companion in German uniform, he relaxed his guard and removed his hand from the trigger.

Vaskov stopped five or six meters away from the sentries, pointed at them and said loudly: "You, you, you, and you, come here." The sentries were quite obedient, and came out of the bunker in an orderly manner and lined up in front of Vaskov.

Seeing that the sentinels in the south were distracted, the warriors who were lying in ambush in the other three directions immediately moved to kill all the lone sentinels with daggers.

Seeing that the other three sentries were killed, Vaskov hurriedly took a step back, raised the submachine gun in his hand, pointed at the sentries, and shouted: "Don't move, raise your hands, you have been captured!" ”

Faced with the muzzles of the three submachine guns with black holes, the six soldiers were dumbfounded, and after being stunned for a moment, one turned around and wanted to run to the machine gun. As soon as Vaskov raised his hand, a throwing knife pierced the soldier's vest, and the soldier leaned back, swayed, and fell to the ground. The remaining five soldiers obediently raised their hands when they saw that their companions had died.

Seeing that the situation was under control, I hurriedly rushed forward with Burda and the fighters of the second platoon.

When we appeared in front of the captured Soviet troops from four directions at the same time, they had not yet figured out what was going on, and they sat on the ground stupidly without looking, looking at us with blank eyes.

I watched as the warriors stood still, and suddenly became angry, went up and grabbed one of the warriors by the clothes, tried to pull him up, and shouted to the rest of the men: "Comrades, we have come to save you. From now on, you are free. ”

"What are you doing in a daze, stand up and come with us, you're free." The rest of the people shouted after me.

Hearing our shouts, the captured fighters realized that they had been rescued, and immediately got up from the ground in excitement, threw themselves at the soldiers of the guard company, and hugged them and wept bitterly.

Seeing that the situation was in danger of getting out of control, I immediately ordered Burda: "Comrade Captain, let the soldiers of the guard company take them away at once, and don't stay here any longer, if they are discovered by the Germans, it will be troublesome." "As soon as Burda agreed, he faithfully conveyed my order to the troops.

Soon, the prisoners of war, with the help of the fighters of the guard company, began to be transferred.

As soon as the prisoners of war moved, I realized why there were only a dozen soldiers guarding them, and these soldiers had been starving for an unknown amount of time, and they could not walk far if they were not supervised.

I estimated that at the speed of the prisoners' march, if nothing else, in three hours we would be able to reach the village of Pyatnica through the swamp, and then we would be able to get them into trucks and speed up the overall march.

I didn't expect that Ji Lu couldn't catch up with the changes, seeing that the prisoners of war had almost left, but I didn't expect that a soldier who fell behind the most Lu actually picked up the light machine gun on the ground and pulled the trigger on the puppet army prisoners, and the sudden gunfire sounded like a thunderbolt in the silent night. (To be continued......)

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