Chapter 18

The morning meeting was held under my leadership in the headquarters of the battalion in the highland, where I reported to the captain when I first arrived at the highland. I remember when I came in last time, I felt that the room was very narrow. I didn't expect that now about ten people are sitting here for a meeting, but it doesn't seem crowded at all.

Among the people who attended the meeting, except that pastuhov was a captain, the rest of the company and platoon officers, including me, were in the rank of lieutenant or second lieutenant. If an uninformed outsider came in at this time, he would be regarded as the top commander here.

The topic of the meeting was to discuss the construction of fortifications in the highlands. Before the meeting, a lieutenant of the Navy company tentatively asked me if I could smoke, and without thinking, I nodded and agreed. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took the lead, other participants were unwilling to lag behind and took out their cigarettes one after another. Within five minutes, the small shelter was shrouded in smoke, which made me cough. In this case, I had to be dumb to eat Coptis chinensis, because smoking was allowed by me at the beginning, so I tried to overcome it by myself.

The captain and several experienced officers calculated how many steel plates, T-beams, pipes, cement and labor would be needed to build new Fortifications on the high ground. The result is frustrating. In the current situation, many factories have stopped production, and even one third of the materials needed cannot be guaranteed. Moreover, at least four or five hundred experienced people are needed to build fortifications. At present, the total number of people in our highland is less than three hundred.

I couldn't get into the topic they said, so I chose to be silent. I'm the supreme commander. The only thing I can do is to wait for them to work out the final result and exercise my decision-making power.

In the middle of the meeting, suddenly the telephone rang, and the whole shelter was quiet. The captain picked up the phone and said in a loud voice, "Hello, this is captain pastuhov."

I was so close to the phone that I could clearly hear the voice coming from the receiver: "Comrade captain, Sergeant Luzhkov of the frontier observation post has reported to you that a German army is coming to our position with a white flag."

"What?" The captain was obviously shocked by the news. He suddenly got up from his seat and yelled at the microphone: "do you know what you're talking about, Sergeant? It's impossible

With these words, he sat down in his seat again. After a moment of silence, he immediately said in an irrefutable tone: "nonsense! Either you are dazzled, or the spies have slipped the news to you. "

I was surprised and puzzled when I heard what the other side said: what is the German army going to do at the foot of the mountain? Although we beat back their attacks many times, at this stage, compared with us, they still have an absolute advantage in terms of technical equipment and the number of soldiers. No one will take the initiative to surrender to a weaker opponent. This is too illogical. If you want to persuade us to surrender, just send two people. There's no need to open a team. That's too much publicity. Even those who want to surrender will be scared back.

I interrupted the captain's next words, took the phone from him and said to him gently, "I'm lieutenant o'shanina. Please report what you see again." The chairman has taught us that there is no right to speak without investigation. I will not give orders casually if I don't know the details of the matter.

"Comrade lieutenant," the other party, perhaps frightened by the captain just now, replied in a flustered tone, "a German army is coming to our position with a white flag."

"How many people are there, what kind of equipment, and where are they now?" I still asked in a steady tone.

"There are 40 people who have not carried any weapons. When they come 50 meters away from the front position, they stop. Now they don't move on."

"All right," I heard him say, and I was sure that the German army was not here to surrender, or to persuade, but with other purposes“ Chief, keep your guard. I'll be right there. "

I put down the phone, stood up and said to the officers in the room with a tone of ridicule: "comrades, there is a special situation in the front line. There are a group of German devils with white flags coming to our position. Now they are stopping 50 meters away from the front line, waiting for us to review. Let's go and see immediately. What do they want to do? "

After hearing the news, the people in the room were all stunned, and then burst out laughing. I put on my helmet and said, "let's go." This sentence is like the order of attack to all people. In an instant, people, whether they are crowded in the room or sitting on the bench, rush to the door.

In a short time, we reached the front position. I immediately saw a group of German soldiers standing not far ahead, neatly arranged in four lines, with ten men in each line. Someone nearby whispered: "the German devils standing there are really the best targets. Needless to say, the sharpshooters, even the ordinary soldiers who shoot at them, can kill several of them."

I frowned and looked at the people who were talking next to me, thinking: Why are you so ignorant? Although the other side said it was the enemy, others came over with white flags. It's morally indefensible to shoot at them casually. The man closed his mouth when he saw that I was staring at him seriously.

Because the distance is very close, you can see it without a telescope. These German soldiers are all stabbing hands and empty fists, and they don't carry any weapons. As I was about to climb out of the chest high trench, the captain next to me held me and kindly reminded me, "Comrade lieutenant, be careful of the enemy's plot." schemes and intrigues?! I looked at the German soldiers standing on the opposite side and couldn't see anything wrong. Even if they want to cheat our commanders out, and then kill them with long-range firepower, it's a bit illogical to use so many people as bait. Finally, I climbed out of the trench, walked over to meet the German army, and stopped 20 meters away from them. Behind him came a rapid sound of footsteps. Looking back, it was the captain with the officers who had just held the meeting. Holding the white flag opposite was a German officer. When he saw us coming out, he also came up with the white flag high, followed by a soldier in a boat cap. They stopped two or three meters away from us. The soldier stepped forward, saluted pastuhov, and then stammered in broken Russian, "I salute you, captain."“ I'm not a gentleman, "the captain replied coldly, then pointed to me." this is our commander. " The officer was at a loss when he heard the captain's words, but the soldier was surprised. However, he saluted me again and said respectfully, "I salute you, Lieutenant girl." I could not help but frown. Is there no one in the German army who is good at Russian? How to find such a person? What you say sounds like a standard translation. How can you hear it? How can you feel uncomfortable“ What can I do for you I asked without expression“ We have come to contact you at the order of Marshal von Leib, commander of the northern army group. " Although the Russian he speaks is still not standard, it sounds more used to than just now“ We want to restrain the bodies of the dead soldiers. I don't know if you will allow it Oh, I wanted to restrain the bodies of the dead soldiers. I thought they wanted to surrender to me. In yesterday's battle, at least more than 500 German soldiers were killed by us in front of the position. Although it's autumn now, if it doesn't converge, it's easy for corpses to rot and cause diseases. The bodies of our dead soldiers have been converged. I'm having a headache about what to do with the German bodies. Since they want to converge, let them“ OK, "I agreed without hesitation," you can hold back the body in front of the position, but your people can't cross our present position. As for the bodies of soldiers on the ground of our army, I will arrange for people to come here, and then you can take them all away. "“ Thank you The German interpreter gave me a thank you, turned around and muttered a lot to the officer who held the white flag. After saluting me again, they turned and walked to the opposite team“ Comrade lieutenant, "the captain next to me pulled my sleeve and asked in a low voice," should I ask my superiors for instructions and get their permission before answering them? "“ No, "I know too much about laomaozi's procrastination habit. According to their efficiency, by the time the feedback information of various requests and reports comes back, it is estimated that the German bodies have rotted. I am the supreme commander of the nameless highlands has the final say. Although the German army is here to restrain the corpses, the possibility of another outbreak of fighting is very small, but it can not be taken lightly, the necessary preventive measures should be arranged, I then said to the captain: "you immediately send a platoon of sailors to come here, pull a cordon here, if there are German devils crossing the line, you can shoot directly without waiting for orders."“ Good. I'll arrange it right away. "The captain listened to me, agreed excitedly, turned around and ran back. When the two Germans returned to the army, the officer held the white flag high and swayed from side to side. In a short time, I saw a long line of trucks coming out slowly from the German position.