Chapter 1569

Captain botabov was holding two furs in his hand. I picked up the one and shook it away. I found it was a yellowish brown Rex jacket with a belt cap. I put the jacket on the back of the chair, and took the second dress from the captain's hand. It was a gray beaver suit over the knee, with a black fox collar of the same color.

I held the beaver coat in my arms and said to Potapov standing in front of me with a smile, "Comrade captain, can you tell me where your booty came from?"

Potapov grinned and then replied, "this is the booty I found in a room after leading soldiers to seize a house occupied by the German army. The reason why I got the title of Soviet hero is due to you. To show my sincere thanks, I'd like to give you two clothes as gifts. I hope you can accept them. "

After he finished, I skillfully rolled the fur of the beaver in and the lining out into a ball and put it back into the backpack of botabovti. Then I said firmly, "thank you for your kindness, comrade captain, but I can't take this dress."

Seeing that I put two furs one by one into my knapsack, Potapov was a little silly. He asked, "why is that, Comrade General?"

"Comrade captain, no merit, no salary." I replied with a gift, "I can't accept such a valuable gift."

"To thank you, I found these two furs for you." Potapov's cheeks were red, and he tried to explain to me: "it's to thank you for your support and respect for me, as well as the title of" Soviet hero "to be awarded to me."

"Captain Potapov," I said solemnly, looking at Potapov standing in front of me, "the reason why you have won the title of" Soviet hero "is that your superiors have decided to award you for your bravery and heroism in the battle of liberating Lvov and taking the lead in planting the red flag on the top floor of the municipal building, It's none of my business, so I can't accept your gift. "

After listening to what I said, Potapov only hesitated for a short time, but also resolutely handed his backpack to me and said seriously: "Comrade General, it's not only my personal opinion but also the thoughts of all our commanders and fighters to send you a gift. I hope you don't refuse our kindness."

"It's the heart of the soldiers, Rita." After listening to botabov's words, lelushenko also advised me with a smile: "in order to live up to their good intentions, I think you'd better accept it."

"Yes, comrade deputy commander of the front army." "Don't let the soldiers down," he said with a smile

Although I know that it is very impolite to refuse other people's gifts in Russia, I still choose to refuse without hesitation. But in order not to hurt Potapov's self-esteem, I said politely: "Comrade captain, I thank you again for your kindness. You know, even if you give me these two furs, it's useless, because I usually wear military uniform. "

Listen to me, lelushenko and belov are not easy to persuade, they can only cast sympathetic eyes on Potapov. Botabov, however, blushed with shame because of my refusal again, and stood in the same place a little at a loss.

I couldn't bear to see Potapov's appearance, so I reached for his backpack, put it on his shoulder, and continued: "Comrade captain, these are your booty. You'd better send someone to take them home and give them to your sisters. I'm sure they will be very happy when they receive your gift. "

After I finished, botabov nodded his head vigorously, raised his hand to salute the three of us, turned around and walked out of the headquarters.

Seeing that Potapov left the headquarters, lelushenko turned and asked belov, "Comrade commander, I want to ask you a question. How do we deal with the booty seized by our commanders and fighters in the battle?"

"According to the regulations, all weapons, ammunition and technical equipment seized must be handed over unconditionally. And commodities like this, "belov said, shrugging his shoulders," are generally owned by captured soldiers because there are no written regulations. "

"Two general comrades," from the beginning of the defense war of Stalingrad, I found that individual soldiers robbed property. As the war situation became more and more favorable to the Soviet army, this situation became more and more common. So as soon as belov finished, I asked curiously, "don't you find that our soldiers have a lot of booty in their hands, Not from the hands of the Germans at all, but from the homes of civilians... " I originally wanted to use the word "looting", but to my lips, I changed it to a relatively mild word.

After looking at each other, lelushenko and belov shrugged their shoulders and said with disapproval, "Rita, our soldiers liberated these cities enslaved by the Communist Party after a bloody battle. I think they should get some rewards."

After listening to lelushenko's explanation, I suddenly understood why the Soviet Army robbed so many local residents' property after occupying Berlin. Even the officer who took part in the red flag at the top of the parliament building wore two stolen watches on his wrist. It turned out that all this had something to do with the connivance of his superiors. However, I did not comment on the appropriateness of the conduct of the commanders and fighters, but asked absently, "do you know how they deal with these booty?"

As for the handling of the spoils, whether it is lelushenko or belov, they clearly know better than I do. "Under normal circumstances, they will go home by military mail. According to the regulations, each soldier can send a five kilogram package to his home every month. Officers can send such a package to his home twice a month, while the number of times for generals is unlimited," lelushenko said. As for those soldiers who have no family, they usually sell their spoils on the spot for drinks, or give them to girls they know. " At this time, several group army commanders who attended the meeting entered the church one after another. Lelushenko quickly welcomed them and said hello to them. When he left, belov whispered to me, "Comrade deputy commander of the front army, those two furs are very good. You can completely stay by yourself." With a faint smile, I said in my heart that one of the two furs was a jacket made of jiangrex leather, the lowest grade, and the other was a beaver long coat. The quality and workmanship were also very poor. There was no bottom down, and the needles on the surface were long and firm. If it's a high-grade mink, I'll probably accept it. I'm not sensitive to such a low-grade fur“ Hello, Rita The chubby rebalco came up to me, raised his hand, extended his hand to me, and said politely, "nice to meet you here."“ Hello, general rebalko! Nice to meet you here, too. " I shook his hand and said with approval, "because of your careful deployment, the German attempt to break through from the west of the city was completely smashed, thousands of enemies were killed, and the same number of enemies were captured by our army." On hearing my praise, rebalko laughed with embarrassment and said modestly, "it's because marshal konev's command is proper that we can win Lvov. By the way, Rita, when can he get here? "“ Soon, comrade marshal is on his way. I believe he will be here soon. " At this point, I pointed to the empty seat beside me and said friendly, "general rebalko, please take a seat first."