Chapter 566

In the dark woods, a Soviet Red Army soldier with a rifle aims at an armored train rumbling past the railway. His eyes were firm and he seemed determined to die with his opponent.

"Don't shoot! If you shoot, we're all done! " Around him, a middle-aged Soviet Red Army soldier with a gun quietly advised: "there are at least 3000 people here. If the Germans fight, we will die."

The young Soviet soldier was still carrying a gun. His muzzle trembled slightly. He had already seen the German soldier standing on the wagon, looking at the same young face under the helmet standing on the lookout position specially set on the armored train.

His inner struggle, mission told him to pull the trigger, destroy an enemy. But in the woods behind him, there was a large group of Soviet soldiers. They have been trapped here for more than ten days. They can't get in touch with the original division headquarters, and they don't know where the war is going.

These Soviet soldiers did not dare to attack the passing German soldiers, nor did they dare to attack the continuous German transport lines. These soldiers did not dare to surrender easily because of the orders from the families of the surrenders who were shot in the rear. They just hide here and wait for their own worse and worse ending.

"We've tried our best. They told us to hold our ground. We held on until the last moment. We didn't leave for a few days. But they left us here and retreated without saying a word The middle-aged Soviet veteran said helplessly: "Comrade Stalin won't let us surrender, but now we don't even have many bullets. What can we do if we don't surrender?"

They had been ordered to hold fast to a nearby highland to cover the retreat of the main forces, but in the end, the Soviet troops in the whole area were in a mess. They fled to the forest in the chaos. A few days later, they gathered about 3000 people, but most of them were wounded and some of them were deserters.

Most of the soldiers have no guns, many are auto soldiers, artillery soldiers and even civilian and political workers. They just didn't dare to surrender to the German army, and they couldn't run the German armored forces, so they got together and hoped to survive as much as possible in this situation. Unfortunately, just yesterday, the food loaded on the carriages brought by the rear service soldiers ran out, and now they have to go to the edge of the forest to find a way to get something to eat.

The speed of German advance is too fast and there are too many encirclement circles, so many areas are not cleaned up. Most of the scattered Soviet troops are scattered in the rear. However, recently, the German army is dealing with these problems. They use their troops to find large-scale residual Soviet troops, and then persuade them to surrender or eliminate them.

In the end, the young Soviet soldiers put down their rifles and gave up the plan to attack the armored train on German patrol. Several Soviet soldiers around him were obviously relieved, and they were all glad that they had recovered one of their lives. After all, an armored train was not something they could deal with.

"We can't go on like this all the time. We have to do something to let those comrades from afar know that we didn't surrender." As he put down his gun, the young Soviet Red Army soldier frowned and said.

It's not that he doesn't want to surrender, but because he has three younger sisters and a younger brother who is still in the plains of Ukraine. If he lays down his arms here, his family and those lovely younger brothers and sisters will be sent to Siberia, where the weather is freezing, to work as coolies until they die.

So he always wanted to find a chance to fight and die, or to have a chance to escape back to the Soviet controlled area, but he failed several times. People with the same ideas died on the road, and he was the only one who fled back to the forest.

The front line of Sood is too far from here to escape on foot. He knew that the Soviet Union was defeated, but he did not think that the Soviet Union would be so miserable.

"What else can we do? All the people we came out to patrol had ammunition. Most of the people in the camp there didn't even have weapons. Even if the attack on the German army could be successful, they would be surrounded and killed. " A Soviet soldier lamented.

Another soldier was irritable and kicked a stone on the ground. He said angrily, "at that time, everyone was retreating. They were in a mess. The division headquarters could not be found. Who can prove that we were killed or surrendered?"

When they heard this, everyone was silent. Yes, at that time, the retreat was in a mess, and everyone was too busy. Who can prove that these people who had been surrounded and had lost contact were killed or surrendered? Since it can't be proved or counted, how is the saying in the order that the whole family is allocated to Siberia carried out?

"Goo Doo." The young soldier who just wanted to shoot swallowed a mouthful of saliva. What will happen to his family? That's what he's most concerned about right now. If we count him among those who surrendered, doesn't it mean that all his insistence has been in vain?

He took his rifle and walked back step by step, biting his teeth as he walked, muttering: "it's said that those bastards put the responsibility of defeat on us Ukrainians, and now they are going to send our families to Siberia, when we Ukrainian soldiers are idiots?"

Several people followed him and walked back through the grass. They had to walk several kilometers before they could find the camouflaged camp in the core of the forest. There are more old, weak, sick and disabled people over there. There are even several trucks, seven 122 mm howitzers and four T-26 tanks. Of course, most of these weapons have no ammunition or fuel. However, when they were about to return to the camp, they saw three German helicopters passing near the camp and throwing several black packages. They were surprised and ran to the camp. It seemed that their camp had been found by the German army. Their instinct made them rush back to save some poor companions. Unfortunately, when they ran back to their camp out of breath, they found that many Soviet soldiers were cheering around the things left by the German army. When they approached, they found that they were photos and letters of persuasion“ Kiev has been occupied by Germany? Are you kidding? " A soldier frowned at a photo from Kiev, where a statue of Lenin had been knocked down on the street and German soldiers cheered with rifles. On the one hand, they are glad that the Russian villains can finally go away. On the other hand, they are afraid and worried about the strength of Germany. Who knows if the jackals will be driven away and the more ferocious tigers and leopards will come“ They're lying! We should launch guerrilla fighting behind the enemy lines and defeat those German aggressors! " A political officer snatched the photo from the soldier's hand, tore it up and threw it on the ground: "we should fight to the last moment for our motherland, the Soviet Union!"“ Kiev has been occupied by the Germans. Our hometown has been occupied by the Germans. We have no guns, no ammunition, and even no food. What else can we fight with the Germans? " An elderly veteran said angrily to the political officer who incited people to continue to resist“ No more fighting! Let's go out and surrender Most of them are Ukrainian soldiers. They have not been very friendly with the Russians. In the past, they could barely get along with each other under the pressure of high-pressure policies. Now that they know that their hometown has been occupied by the Germans, they don't want to give a good face to the Russians who supervise them“ yes! Anyone who loves to fight will continue to fight. Let's go out and surrender! " Having seen the photos, many people have seen the letter of persuasion from the Germans. At least most people believe what the German said in the letter. After all, what people left behind was a package of persuasion, not a fatal air bomb“ Wow The political workers drew out their pistols, stared at those who agreed to surrender, and said coldly: "I warn you that if you dare to surrender, your family will definitely suffer the bloodiest revenge! Comrade Stalin will "bang" them With his rifle in hand and without any nonsense, the young Ukrainian soldier shot the vicious political worker in the head: "don't threaten us with our family! At least when I'm alive, you don't have that right anymore! "“ Well said A soldier raised his arm and cheered loudly. Then many people cheered. Several Russian officers were so scared that they were so pale that they could not even let out the atmosphere“ Let's go! Go home! Go home! No more fighting! Let's go home! " Almost all of them started to clamor, one by one, going out. They walked through the clear stream, through the thick bush, through the forest path, and finally came to the edge of the forest. They saw the German patrol team. In front of more than a dozen stunned German patrol soldiers, they put down their rifles one by one. Dozens and hundreds of moshinagan rifles were piled up like hills. In the invisible place in the forest, the Soviet team seemed to have no end. After learning that the German army peacefully liberated Kiev and released the Ukrainian and Belarusian prisoners of war, thousands of the Soviet Red Army went out of the mountains and surrendered to the nearby German troops. The Soviet soldier walked out of the forest and put down his rifle. He walked down the road to his home in the suburb of Kiev, where he saw his family. At this moment, he raised his head and looked at the dazzling sunshine in the sky. Suddenly, he heard the cheerful calls of birds and felt the wind blowing. At this moment, he seemed to find his own life.