Chapter 371

I walked out of the shelter of the headquarters and looked around. Except for one patrol after another, I couldn't see the commanders I had just had a meeting with. I guess they would have gone back to their own troops. Instead of staying in front of the headquarters, I pulled the hem of my uniform and strode toward the parking place, knowing that vaskov and the soldiers of the guard company were waiting for me.

A motorcycle, two trucks and a jeep quietly stopped by the side of the road. When I came back, the soldiers who were standing on the side of the road chatting stopped talking and bowed to me.

Vaskov, who was staying in the jeep, might have seen me coming back through the window. He quickly opened the door and came out from the co pilot's position. He ran to salute me and reported politely: "report to Mr. division, the guard platoon is waiting for your instructions."

I waved my hand and said, "Comrade lieutenant, let's go back to the division headquarters." Then he opened the back door of the jeep and sat in.

As soon as he closed the door, he heard vaskov shouting out: "all aboard! Get ready to go. "

When vaskov was seated in the co pilot's seat, I immediately told the driver, "Comrade driver, drive."

The driver promised, turned the key and started the fire. Just as he was about to step on the accelerator, he suddenly covered his stomach and cried out for pain. Vaskov frowned and asked, "Comrade driver, what's the matter with you?"

The driver turned his head and said to me with a bitter face: "sorry, sir, I have a stomachache and want to go to the toilet."

I waved to him and said, "go! Go and come back

The driver agreed, opened the door, jumped out of the car, covered his stomach and ran to the forest.

As he watched the driver run into the forest, vaskov leaned over and asked me with concern, "Rita, I think the commanders of the other troops have already left. Why did you come out so late? Did something happen to you? "

I nodded and said, "yes, after the meeting, the commander of the front army left me and specially assigned me a secret task."

"Secret mission?" Vaskov repeated the word blankly.

"Yes, secret mission." Vaskov in front of me is a person I can trust, so I won't hide a lot from him. "The commander asked our division to send troops to the region of podubia to search for general Vlasov, commander of the second shock group army. General meletzkov gave a death order. He wanted to see people alive and corpses dead. "

Vaskov frowned and thought, and asked, "Rita, why did the commander of the front army give you such an order?"

I replied with a wry smile: "the reason why the commander gave such an order is for two reasons: first, I met general Vlasov before he disappeared; The second is our division's residence, which is the closest to the place where Vlasov disappeared. "

"General Vlasov is missing?" Vaskov looked at me in disbelief and asked, "where did he go missing? When did you see him? "

"The last time I saw general Vlasov was in the village of piatnica." Because he was afraid that he didn't know where the village was, he reminded him: "do you remember? Piatnica is the village we went to the last time we went through the swamp. We split our hands outside the village. I went into the village, but you went to the guerrillas. "

Vaskov nodded and said, "I know the village, but how can you be sure that Vlasov was captured instead of being transferred with his troops?"

After listening to his question, I patiently told him the whole story. Because he knew my experience before entering the village, the content I told him was much more comprehensive than what I just told meletskov and vasilevsky.

Vaskov listened, thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I see, Rita. According to you, general Vlasov must have been captured. Our search and rescue operation was just a passing. So as long as we send troops to the potubia area to search for a few days, and then report to the commander of the front army that there is no trace of general Vlasov, he can report to the supreme command with our report. "

I nodded approvingly and said approvingly, "that's how I think about it."

"It's a small matter to send troops out to search. At present, we have to face another and more important thing." Vaskov's face sank and he asked with a worried face, "Rita, it's just you and me. Tell me honestly, how many people know about your capture?"

I thought about it for a moment and replied, "it should be just you and me."

"Just you and me?" Vaskov asked incredulously, "didn't the Germans lock you up with the rest of the prisoners after you were captured?"

I frowned and thought for a moment, then answered in a positive tone: "after the Germans captured us, they separated the soldiers from the commanders. I've been in custody with the commander. No soldier should have found any women among the captured officers. Early the next morning, the Germans took away the captured soldiers and executed all the remaining officers. " At this point, I was afraid that he might misunderstand me, so I specially explained to him: "fortunately, I met a German officer who had dealt with me several times and saved me, otherwise I would be executed like those officers. After the German officers rescued me, they asked several traitors from the eastern camp to take me to the POW camp. I didn't expect that these people tried to insult me on the way. Fortunately, you saved them. "

After listening to my explanation, vaskov said solemnly: "Rita, the national defense people's Committee issued Order No. 270 on August 16, 1941, stipulating that all red army officers and soldiers must fight to the end. If they are captured by the enemy, no matter whether they have resisted in advance or not, they will be punished as traitors afterwards and sent to the reform through labor camp together with their families. So I'm very worried for you. Once anyone knows about your capture, you may lose your official position and be sent to the punishment camp, or you may die. " When vaskov said this, I was in a panic. I grabbed his hand, shook it and said, "Feijia, what should I do? You know, although no one in our army knows about my capture, many scum in the German army, especially in the East camp, know about my capture. If one of these people, after being captured by our army, confesses that I have been captured in order to survive, I am doomed. " Vaskov gently hammered his forehead with his fist and murmured, "yes, what should I do? These traitors from the eastern camp are a real problem. " Seeing vaskov's helplessness, I couldn't help saying to myself, "if only I could wipe out all these people who know the truth." When he heard this, vaskov smashed his fist on the back of the seat and exclaimed, "Rita, you have a point. Although many scum of Dongfang camp are insiders, we can kill them. As long as these people die, no one will know about your capture. " Vaskov's words brightened my eyes, and I immediately asked him, "Feijia, what are you going to do?" He replied, "do you remember where I saved you last time?" Seeing that I nodded and agreed, he continued: "one or two kilometers away, there is a camp of Dongfang battalion, in which there is probably a platoon of troops. The soldiers who captured you are already there. I'm going to take people to their camp at night and kill them. "“ Good idea. When I get back to the division headquarters, I'll send someone to do it for you. " Vaskov waved his hand and said, "no, I have a platoon in my hand now. When I get back to the village later, you can go straight back to the division headquarters. I will take these people directly to the village of piatnica and sneak through the swamp to attack the East camp."“ There are too few people in one platoon, "I denied his plan to attack the enemy camp with only one platoon. I added," after you take the soldiers in the guard platoon over the swamp, send two smart soldiers back to piatnica village to meet my new unit. " Sometimes vaskov was stubborn, but he was really stubborn. He said firmly, "Rita, you don't have to send any more people. I'll just take this platoon."“ No, Feijia I also firmly said to him: "more people will have more strength, more people will go, and I will be more confident." Seeing that he wanted to refute me again, I immediately sacrificed my mace: "have you forgotten that you took our five female soldiers to pursue the Germans? I thought there were only two German soldiers, but after intercepting them, I found that there were not two, but sixteen. As a result, except for you and me, all the other sisters died. " When vaskov heard me say this, he was silent. The sacrifice of several female soldiers was the eternal pain in his heart. From his expression, it was obvious that he was convinced by my reason. After a long time, he nodded and said, "maybe you're right, Rita. Just follow your plan. When I take the soldiers of the guard platoon through the swamp, I will send two soldiers back to the village to meet you. " To his answer, I nodded with satisfaction. From the corner of my eye, I saw the driver coming out of the forest, wearing his belt as he walked. I said to vaskov, "Feijia, the driver is back. Be careful. Don't show any flaws in front of him. " Vaskov nodded, turned around, looked out of the window with his submachine gun in his arms, and pretended nothing had happened. As soon as the driver got on the bus, he immediately urged: "I said, comrade driver, you're here. We've been waiting for you for a long time. Let's drive." The driver promised, turned the key again, started the fire, stepped on the gas, and the jeep drove forward.