Chapter 1410

I waited for chisgakov to finish, then I turned to ask bzikov, "chief of staff, how many German officers and men are there in the units directly under the headquarters?"

On hearing my question, bzikov was silent for a moment, and then replied, "Lieutenant gretka and major travkin are investigating the whereabouts of the amber room in Lutsk. The rest are either transferred by other troops or killed in the battle. Now only captain Grimes is left."

When I heard that gramus, who I knew best, was still here, I asked, "where's the captain?"

"In the Guard Corps." After answering my question, bezikov tentatively asked, "do you need to call him here?"

"Yes, let him report to me immediately."

When chisjakov saw bezikov pick up the phone and call the guard regiment, he couldn't help asking me curiously: "Comrade commander, I don't understand why you asked the captain to come here? Can he help us in our next battle? "

"Yes, comrade deputy commander, you guessed right." I nodded and said, "at this point in the battle, it is estimated that the German army in the city has begun to fall into chaos. In order to get rid of the enemy in the city as soon as possible, we should adopt political offensive as well as military offensive. "

"Yes, Rita is right." As soon as I finished, kirilov, who was next to me, echoed in time: "we will ask captain Grimes to take people to shout to the enemies who are still fighting tenaciously, urge them to stop resisting, lay down their arms and surrender to us."

"Is that effective?" Seeing that kirilov was in agreement with me, chisjakov asked suspiciously, "will the enemy really stop resisting and surrender after hearing captain gramus's voice?"

Before I could speak, kirilov took the lead and said, "when we were defending Stalingrad, we made a lot of enemies lay down their arms and surrender to us by shouting to the German army. If our propaganda to the German army can be effective, we can greatly reduce the casualties of the troops. "

When kirilov finished, I added, "even if captain gramus' persuasion doesn't work, we should try. Even if only one company, one platoon, or even one class lay down their arms and surrendered to us, it would be a great victory. "

Seeing that kirilov and I were in harmony, chisjakov could not raise any more objections. He nodded and said, "well, since you have the same opinion, I agree to do so. Later, when Captain gramus arrives, let him take a guard platoon to the city to shout, hoping to play a role in disintegrating the enemy's will to resist. "

After a while, Captain Grimes, who received the order, came to the headquarters. I hesitated for a moment to see gramus appear in front of me in a new army coat, a cornice hat, and a captain's rank on his shoulder. In retrospect, since I became the commander of the group army, I have hardly ever met Grimes, except for spending more time with gretka. If it wasn't for the sudden thought of using shouting to break the morale of the German army, I would not have thought of him.

Grimes came up to me, raised his hand to salute, and then reported in good order: "Comrade commander, Captain Grimes has been ordered to come. I'm at your command. Please give me instructions!"

After he reported it to me according to the regulations, I was surprised to find that he actually said it in standard Russian, and it was no longer the ugly emphasis he used to have. I asked in surprise, "Captain, I didn't expect that you speak Russian so well now! When was it written? "

"Report to Comrade commander." "Since I broke through Kiev, I have been working hard to learn Russian because I have no task all the time," said Grimes with a smile

Seeing that his Russian level was quite good, I didn't have to bother to find a German speaking commander to translate the conversation between us, and asked frankly, "do you know the purpose of my calling you?"

Grimes shook his head and said respectfully, "Comrade commander, please give me your instructions. I promise to complete the task you assigned me successfully. "

"Well, Captain Grimes." When I called him captain, I hesitated for a moment. I used to call him captain, but now I'm not used to calling him comrade. So I added a military rank after his name: "we'll launch a general attack on kalinkovic, and we can take down the whole city at noon at the latest. In order to reduce unnecessary casualties on both sides, I hope you can go to the front line and shout, so that those Germans who are still struggling can stop resisting and lay down their arms to surrender to us. I assure them with my honor as a soldier that I will give them the treatment they deserve as a prisoner of war. "

On hearing this command, gramus was silent for a long time. Then he looked up at me and said, "Comrade commander, I'm willing to complete the task you gave me. I don't know when to start?"

"You go back and get ready." I raised my hand and looked at the watch on my wrist. Then I said, "start in half an hour."

"Comrade commander," I didn't expect that gramus would step forward and say to me, "every minute on the battlefield is precious. If I arrived one minute earlier, I would have sacrificed a few or even a dozen lives. I don't have anything to clean up. I can start any time. "

Seeing this reaction, I nodded with satisfaction. Then I called ahlomeyev over and said to him, "major, take captain Grimes back to the Guard Corps and tell major Yushchenko to send a platoon to escort the captain to the city of kalinkovich."“ Yes Akhromeyev agreed, then walked two steps to gramus and made a gesture of "please, Captain gramus, I'll accompany you to the guard." After akhromeyev and gramus left, it suddenly occurred to me that I had forgotten to ask him about the fighting situation of the Lukin division. I called bzikov and asked, "chief of staff, do you have the fighting situation of the Lukin division?"“ A few minutes ago, I just received a telegram from Colonel Lukin There was no telegram in bzikov's hand, but he still reported to me eloquently, "Master Lu Jin's" guard division, red flag medal? " Bezikov, with wide eyes, repeated the two words I said. Then he nodded his head and said, "don't worry, comrade commander, I will convey your meaning to him immediately." In the twilight, the sound of gunfire in the middle of the night finally became sparse. In my experience, this is a precursor to the end of the battle. I went to the phone where I could get in touch with the divisions in the east of the city, picked up the phone, and first called my common people, Xie jerikov. After hearing each other's voice, I asked in a relaxed tone, "Comrade Colonel, what's the situation there? Are there any Germans in front of your troops?"“ Except for the dead German bodies, the rest are prisoners. " Shejerikov said excitedly, "Comrade commander, the grammes you sent is really wonderful. There used to be a building. Our troops launched four charges before and after, but they all failed because the enemy's fortifications were solid and the firepower was fierce. It was captain gramus who, with some German speaking soldiers, cried for half an hour, but the enemy in the building stopped shooting, laid down their weapons and surrendered to us. Our division captured more than seventy prisoners in one go. " When I heard that gramus had really achieved good results, I was surprised and asked, "really, comrade Colonel? Through captain gramus's call, is it true that the enemy has taken the initiative to lay down his arms and surrender? "“ Yes, yes, comrade commander. " "I can't believe my eyes when I see the enemy coming out of the building with a white flag. I haven't seen such a situation for a long time," he replied“ Where is captain Grimes? " I continued“ After the enemy surrendered, he went to general baksov with several German speaking soldiers and guard platoons“ I know After I hung up the phone, I immediately dialed the guard "medal thing is very simple, I can make the decision." After kirilov finished this sentence, he hesitated to say to me, "as for the promotion of military rank, I'd like to ask the headquarters of the front army for instructions. After all, there was no such precedent before."