Chapter 767

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Nikolay's story silenced everyone who heard it. We have heard some stories about the prison camps. We only know that most of the prisoners were placed in the open air, even in the autumn, without any protection. They lived and died in starvation day and night in the prison camp surrounded by barbed wire. However, we never thought that the German army would slaughter our commanders and fighters so recklessly.

"And then?" Asked chejerikov, in an impassioned voice“ What happened to the bodies of those killed prisoners of war? "

"What else can I do?" Nikolay shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "the Germans asked us to dig two big pits, throw all the bodies in, pour gasoline on them and set them on fire. When the body is half burnt, let's fill the pit with earth. "

But what I heard was another story. It is said that the Germans strictly registered and managed the prisoners of war in our army, and made special accounting. They had a clear and specific concept of how many prisoners of war there were in which concentration camp, and how much food needed to be prepared and allocated. Every prisoner of war in the concentration camp has a so-called "identity card". On the front is the number and name, and on the back is all personal information, such as nationality, occupation, rank, troops at the time of being captured, place of being captured, health status, injuries and injuries when being captured or transported to the concentration camp, etc. it is often written with the home address. There were fingerprints and photos at the time of registration. The burial site will be added to the card after death. "

"Comrade commander, I don't know where you heard that from." Nikolay's face suddenly became serious. He unconsciously raised his voice and retorted, "I've never had enough in my three months in the prison camp. Every day at noon or evening, a few German soldiers would carry a bucket of bread and throw it across the barbed wire towards the prisoners of war. After they finished throwing them, they stood outside the barbed wire fence with cigarettes in their mouths, watching our comrades in arms fighting for a few pieces of bread.

Most of the prisoners suffered from edema, scurvy, endless diarrhea and tuberculosis caused by hunger. Everyone was so hungry that they were looking for anything to eat all day: grass, roots, insects, leftovers from the canteen and so on. Every day, people die of disease and starvation. Bodies are everywhere, all skinny. You eat everything you can find, including grass and poisonous mushrooms

When he said this, Nikolay's voice became choked. He sobbed and said, "if we don't join the German army and wait for our fate, we will either be shot or starved to death."

When I heard this, I sighed and stopped. When Nikolay came near, I patted him on the shoulder and said, "don't be sad, comrade captain. It's all over. You and your comrades in arms have suffered all the sufferings. In the future, we will let the Krauts pay back ten times and a hundred times. "

Nikolay touched a tear with his sleeve, raised his head, and asked in a suspicious voice, "do you think there will be such a day, sir? Or do you think we can defeat the Germans who have rushed into Stalingrad? "

"That's for sure, Captain Nicholas." If anyone has unswerving confidence in the victory of the Soviet army over the German army, it must be me. Although I can not disclose the date of the counterattack in the battle of Stalingrad, it does not prevent me from telling the final results to the commanders and fighters around me, so as to increase their confidence and morale in fighting against the enemy“ The enemy's current offensive is fierce, but their troops are very tired and the intensity of the attack is getting weaker and weaker. It won't be long before we can launch a counterattack and wipe them out completely. "

"You said to wipe it out completely," Nikolay looked at me suspiciously, and asked cautiously, "not to defeat the enemy who will make mistakes in the future?"

I know the reason why Nikolay asked this question. Seeing that the 62nd army had been beaten to death by Paulus, I was here to say that our army could wipe out the enemy completely, which was just like a fool's dream. If it wasn't for my highest rank, someone would have pointed at my nose. In order to reassure you, I deliberately turned the topic aside: "this time last year, when goodrian's troops stormed Moscow, how many people thought we could hold Moscow and defeat the enemy? But in the end, we not only succeeded in smashing the enemy's attack, but also took the opportunity to recover many areas.

Don't see that the Germans have temporarily gained the upper hand in Stalingrad, but you can see how many troops they have invested in our mamayev post and how many attacks they have launched, but they still have not been able to seize the position from us. " When I said this, it seemed that sjerikov and Nikolay were convinced by me. Both of them kept nodding their heads and agreed with what I said.

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Then I said to sergeant chejerikov, "from today on, Captain Nikolay and his troops will be incorporated into your regiment. Let's use the name of one battalion." Seeing that sjerykov nodded in agreement, I turned to Nikolay and asked, "Comrade captain, do you have any problem?"

After shaking his head hard, Nikolay replied decisively, "Mr. reporter, I will obey your orders."

As we walked and talked, we unconsciously entered the defense area of the third regiment. Godunov and several of his men seemed to have been waiting for a long time. Seeing us in his sight, they took the lead in trotting all the way.

After standing at attention and saluting me, he respectfully reported to me, "Mr. reporter, the commanders you asked me to call have gathered, a total of 39 people." He pointed to a building not far away and said, "they are all staying in the conference room of that building, waiting for you."

After shaking hands with Godunov, I shook hands with several commanders he had brought with me. When I got to the last person, I was surprised to find that the commander standing in front of me was not wearing the uniform of the army, but the uniform of the tank soldiers. Looking at the man who looked familiar, but could not remember his name when he was in a hurry, I had to apologize and say: "Comrade tank commander, I look familiar to you, but I can't remember your name."

Before the tank commander could answer my question, Godunov, who heard me, came over and said, "Comrade division, have you forgotten? This is wajim, the political commissar of the tank battalion. At the beginning, he was brought by you from the headquarters of the group army with political commissar Xia Ping. "

When Godunov said this, I immediately remembered that I had asked political commissar Xia Ping and a lot of soldiers from the retreating tank brigade to come back and strengthen the tank battalion of the division, and this wajim was the political commissar of the tank battalion after he came. Thinking of who the other party was, I shook his hand hard and apologized to him, saying, "I'm sorry, comrade wajim. It was too dark when you came here. I didn't see your face clearly. Please forgive me."

Wajim showed a brilliant smile on his face, shaking hands with me and saying: "Comrade division, you don't have much time to come to the tank battalion. It's normal not to know me. By the way, when will the commander of the battalion, major perskin, be able to return to the army? "

Wajim's words remind me of pelsjian whose life and death are uncertain. I had heard that he and Pugachev were sent to the hospital, but I was still at ease. Yesterday, when I saw the wounded lying on the ground groaning and no one cared, I began to worry about their fate.

I was worried about how to answer wajim when I saw captain Nikolay standing beside me, and I had a major feeling in my heart. So instead of talking about perskin, I asked vajim, "Comrade vajim, how many tanks are there in the tank battalion?"

When he heard my question, wajim did not care to inquire about perskin's whereabouts any more. He quickly reported to me: "report to division commander, there are five tanks in the tank battalion, with sufficient ammunition but no fuel. All of them can only be used as fixed fire points here. As for the tankers, since we have recruited some more during this period, there are more than 80 at present. "

As soon as he finished his report, I immediately pulled captain Nikolay in front of him and introduced him to him, saying, "Comrade wajim, let me introduce you. This is captain Nikolay. He has a tank company and three tanks." Then I told Nikolay, "Captain, in order to strengthen the tank battalion, I have decided to add your tank company to Comrade wajim. Do you have any objection?"

"No, I obey orders."

I followed Godunov into the building he was talking about, carefully up the dilapidated stairs to the second floor, and down the gravel corridor to the conference room. Four or five meters away from the door opening, Godunov suddenly raised his voice and called out in a friendly voice: "comrades, our teachers come to see you. Come out!"

With his shouts, a group of people burst out of the conference room, and the corridor, which was not spacious, was full. Basmanov quickly called out, took several guards over me, and stopped those who wanted to rush.

I look at these ragged and dirty commanders. They are crazy with joy when they hear me coming. I can't help feeling flattered. I quickly went to basmanov's back, across the guard raised his hand to say hello to the commanders inside: "commander comrades, Hello!"

"Good commander!"

"Good teacher!"

Yelled the commanders, who were blocked on the other side by the guards.

When it was a little quieter, Godunov came up to me and yelled at those people, "OK, everyone, go in. Don't block the door, or we won't be able to get in."

I didn't enter the conference room until all the people had retreated into the conference city, under their protection. On entering the room, there was a long table in the middle, but it couldn't be used any more. It was full of stones falling from the ceiling. Not to mention, one leg of the table was broken. And the commanders were standing on both sides of the broken table, saluting me.

With a smile on my face, I swept over every commander in the room and saw that although their uniforms were worn and rotten, and their hair and beard had not been trimmed for a long time, they all looked energetic at the moment.

I coughed and then said aloud, "comrades, you have suffered. I declare to you that you are all free. I'm major general o'shanina, the division commander of the independent division. Our people instigated the officers and soldiers of Dongfang battalion to guard you. Anyway, they liberated you all. From today on, you are a member of the glorious independent division. On behalf of the commanders and fighters of the whole division, I welcome you to join us. " With that, I put my feet together and raised my hand to salute the commanders.

A commander came out of the crowd not far from me and asked me solemnly, "Comrade General, when we were in the prison camp, we heard that all the captured people, no matter whether they resisted in advance or how they got out of danger later, had to be examined by the Ministry of internal affairs and sent to Siberia. Is that true?" I looked at the sallow faced middle-aged man in front of me, and glanced at his badge. The rank mark on it had already disappeared, but from the faint trace, I judged that he was a captain. So I seriously answered him and said, "Comrade captain, I don't deny what you are worried about. There must be something in other units. But I can tell you responsibly that in my independent division, I will not aggrieve any of our own comrades at all. "（ The novel burning Moscow will have more fresh content on the official wechat platform. At the same time, there will be a 100% lucky draw for you! Now open WeChat, click the "+" number on the top right, add friends, search the official account "qdread" and pay attention to it.