Chapter 855

Among the former German officers and men who came to the headquarters were Capt. gramus, Capt. Beckman, and Lt. gretka, who spoke Russian almost as well as his native language, as well as Lt. Braun, who covered our sneak attack troops into konnai last time they went north.

When I saw the former German lieutenant, I was stunned and said, "who told him to come?"? Thinking of this, I turned my head and looked at akhromeyev next to me, trying to find out if he had taken the initiative to call the officer who had not yet been officially loyal to us. Who knows that after akhromeyev's eyes met me, he spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders and made a "I don't know" expression.

But now that Braun is here, it doesn't seem appropriate to throw him out. After a cough, akhromeyev told us that we were going to let them fight against the German army on the battlefield. Because Braun, a German officer who didn't know the details, was there, he didn't say the specific attack time, but only said that our army would launch an attack on the German army in the near future. After that, he habitually asked, "do you have any ideas?"

As soon as the words came to an end, Lieutenant Braun took the lead in speaking. The more Braun spoke, the more ugly their faces were. Because I couldn't understand Braun's German, I asked gretka in a loud voice, "Comrade lieutenant, what's lieutenant Braun talking about?"

Gretka takes a look at Braun next to her, with a look of embarrassment on her face. From his reaction, I knew that Braun's estimation was something I didn't want to hear, so I was at a loss.

"Comrade lieutenant," kirilov, who was sitting next to me, said sternly with a straight face, "didn't you hear the order of the division commander? Immediately translate what the lieutenant said to the division commander. "

Although kirilov used a very severe tone, Lieutenant gretka hesitated and did not translate for me. In order to find out what Braun said, I said to gretka with a smile: "Comrade lieutenant, no matter what the former German Lieutenant said, I hope you can translate it for me truthfully. You just need to be in charge of the translation. I won't blame you for Braun's excessive remarks. "

With my encouragement, gretka boldly translated to me: "Comrade division, Lieutenant Braun said: we are not the opponents of Manstein. Marshal will break through the encirclement of the Soviet army and rescue the encircled Paulus troops."

Braun may have heard Manstein's name from gretka's mouth, and suddenly blood gushed into his face and yelled: "Marshal Manstein! The conqueror of Sevastopol, the German God of war, is invincible

Kirilov can understand German. For Braun, he is so angry that he orders Yushchenko standing aside: "Captain Yushchenko, what are you still doing? Why don't you drag this bullshit out of here?"

Yushchenko promised that the soldiers outside the door would come in and catch Braun. I quickly raised my hand to stop him, looked at Braun in an excited state, and asked calmly, "Lieutenant Braun, tell me your reason. I want to hear why Manstein is invincible?"

After listening to gretka's translation, Braun's mood stabilized a lot, but when it comes to Manstein, he said with reverence: "after the Polish war, marshal Manstein personally formulated the" Manstein plan ", which eliminated France, the first military power in Europe, within two months; After the outbreak of the battle between the Soviet Union and Germany, he led his troops to the foot of St. Petersburg; And a few months ago, he captured Sevastopol, who is known as "invincible", and captured hundreds of thousands of defenders surrounded by us in just two months

I heard him smile instead of anger when he finished. Then, in front of the public, I commented on Manstein: "from the heart, Manstein is an excellent commander. He is good at coordinating the overall situation, especially at tackling difficult problems and large-scale roundabout. It is precisely because of these characteristics that he has made a series of outstanding achievements. He has defeated us before, and even has a chance to defeat us in the future. But what I want to tell you is that he is defeated by us now. In today's battle, our troops outside the encirclement not only blocked his attack, but also drove his troops back for dozens of kilometers. "

Seeing that not only Braun, but also gramus, there were incredible expressions of surprise on their faces, I said while the iron was hot: "we intercepted a telegram from count lightning to Paulus, which said: don't give up, I will come to save you, Manstein. It was this telegram that gave Paulus illusory hope that the German army in the city could continue to resist tenaciously. However, I can now tell you very responsibly that marshal Manstein will never be able to rescue Paulus' troops from our encirclement. The end of the 6th group army, which is running out of ammunition and food and full of wounded soldiers, is coming. If you can take the initiative to cooperate with us in persuading those German officers and men in desperate situation, you can save them from the brink of destruction. I have finished what I should say. I respect the choice of all of you if you are willing to help us persuade the encircled German army to surrender

After I finished, I quietly looked at a few people to see what kind of reaction they had. In any case, Manstein was a God in the eyes of the German soldiers, just like Zhukov in the eyes of the Soviet army. It was very difficult to persuade them with a few words.

After a long time, they didn't speak. Just as I was about to lose patience, Grimes took a step forward and said aloud in broken Russian, "Sir, I'll follow your instructions!"

Seeing that Grimes took the lead to set an example, gretka and Beckman also stepped forward one after another and said to me, "Comrade General, we are determined to obey your orders."

Seeing that the three people cooperated so well, I nodded with satisfaction and said to them, "I believe you will be proud of your choice today. Not only the officers and soldiers saved by you will thank you, but also their relatives and friends in China. When you return to your homeland, I believe people will welcome you like heroes

I turned my eyes to lieutenant Braun, who was standing still. I was about to tell captain Yushchenko to take him down and lock him up. Unexpectedly, he also stepped forward. However, gramus stood side by side, raised his hand and saluted me solemnly. Then he began to murmur. Gretka translated for me in time: "general, German Lieutenant Braun is at your service

A few days passed in a flash. On Christmas afternoon, Captain gurov sent us more than ten apples and a batch of chocolates in stock, as well as several bottles of vodka, which he said were Christmas gifts for the defectors.

When Grimes, Beckman and their former officers and men were gathered by me to distribute gifts, they were stunned at first and then cheered in unison. Some were shouting "hooray" in German, while others were shouting "Wula" in Russian!

In the face of this unexpected holiday gift, not to mention the ordinary soldiers were overjoyed, even gramus was very happy. Beckman, who has always deliberately kept a distance from me, also expressed his thanks to me on behalf of his subordinates for the first time.

In the evening, I took Yushchenko, gramus, gretka and others along the crisscross traffic moat to a building at the forefront of the regiment. As soon as we entered the building, the soldiers on duty at the entrance of the corridor led us to the observation post on the second floor.

As soon as we entered the observation post, Bantai leyev and shejerikov, who were watching the enemy's movements in the distance by the window, heard the news. They left the window, walked up to me and raised their hands to salute me. After I returned a gift, I walked to the window and asked casually, "what's the enemy doing?"

"No!" "These Germans have been staying in their fortifications and never attacked us since the Manstein troops outside the attack pack were repulsed," he said clearly. Now, they can hardly see more people in their positions than sporadic sentries. "

Although I have to listen to the contents of the report by Xie jierikov several times a day, when I listen to his report again, I don't show any impatience. I went to the window, raised my telescope and looked into the distance. I didn't hide my body at all, because I believe that at this time, the German army would never find any more powerful snipers.

Because of the bright moonlight at night, from the telescope, I can see clearly that there is a long collapsed wall 200 meters away, which should be the wall wreckage of the "Red October" factory. In front of the wall, there was a new German trench. In the trench, except for a few swaying figures, no other German soldiers could be seen. Within the fence, about 70 or 80 meters away, there are dozens of German tanks, armored vehicles and trucks. However, from the fact that they have not launched any more attacks, it is estimated that the ammunition and fuel of these vehicles have been consumed.

Bantai leiev came up to me and asked in a low voice, "Comrade teacher, what are you doing here with these Germans?" The words are full of distrust of gramus and them.

"If we can persuade some of the German officers and men to surrender, our resistance to attack will be much weaker." After I finished this sentence, I turned to ask sergeant sharjkov, "Comrade commander, have you done all the things that the chief of staff told you?"

"All ready, sir." When shejerikov heard my question, he quickly came forward and said, "the loudspeakers and the letter of persuasion are in the next room."

I pointed at them with my hand, and said to shejerikov, "now that they are all ready, then, comrade commander, you will take captain Grimes and them to the next room, and immediately persuade them to surrender to the German army through the loudspeakers."

Not long after shejerikov led grams and they left, I suddenly heard a huge voice not far from the window. Bandeleev, who knew a little German, translated it for me and said, "officers and men of the sixth group army of the German defense forces, are you still waiting for Manstein's rescue? What's more, I will come to rescue you, ’He was inspired by his words. I regret to tell you that you have all been cheated. Manstein's troops suffered defeat again in yesterday's battle. Under the heavy attack of the Red Army, they retreated 200 kilometers and got further and further away from you. "

With the sound of the broadcast, a lot of helmets appeared in the trench in the distance. It should be the German officers and soldiers who were hidden in the trench. When they heard the broadcast, they all went out to listen to it.

Seeing more and more German officers and men coming forward, bantaileiev stopped translating and said with emotion, "the Germans are coming out of their hiding places. If we have a shelling at this time, we will be able to destroy most of their troops." I raised my hand, looked at my watch and said to Bantai leiev, "don't worry, comrade deputy division commander. In another hour, our shelling will begin. If these German officers and men are ignorant of the current situation and surrender to us, let the artillery on the east coast send them to hell later. "“ With this broadcast, will they surrender? " Bantelayev asked in a suspicious tone. I shook my head and answered with a bitter smile, "no, they will never surrender until they are bombarded with devastating artillery." Our persuasion broadcast not only attracted the attention of German soldiers, but also attracted the attention of German commanders. I saw several officers in eaves hats in the trenches. They were wearing black leather gloves, holding pistols, holding them high above their heads, waving desperately, and running back and forth in the trenches, as if they were appeasing the soldiers who were shaken. The time of the shelling was 8 p.m. when it arrived. A series of sighing and groaning sounds came from the air, and then the arrows of fire cut through the sky, passed over our heads and disappeared into the German position. Then there was a terrible roar. With the explosion coming, Bantai leiev and I stepped back from the window to avoid the strong wind. Through the window, the light of the explosion lightened our dim observation place. In the sound of explosion on the ceiling and walls, dust fell from time to time, falling all over me. My eardrum was so buzzing by the huge explosion that I couldn't hear anything. I didn't expect that the rockets on the east bank would be so powerful when they happened together. I couldn't help but scold them in a low voice. I strode to the window and raised my telescope to have a look. The place where I could see the trench just now had turned into a sea of fire. The flames rose up and formed an insurmountable wall of fire.