Victor is in his forties and has worked in the warehouse area for nearly twenty years. After the Germans occupied Pavlish, he and a group of colleagues worked for the Germans in the warehouse. Because of his seniority, he worked
With rich experience and proficiency in German, he was appointed by the Germans as the supervisor of the warehouse, responsible for managing all workers in the warehouse.
Today, as usual, he went out at seven o'clock and walked towards the warehouse district.
When he arrived at the door of the warehouse area, he noticed something was wrong. In the past, there were only two soldiers standing guard, and the sandbag fortifications on both sides of the door were just a decoration. He had never seen any soldiers inside.
Today, not only did the number of soldiers standing guard at the door increase to eight, but there was also a machine gun set up in the sandbag fortifications on the left and right sides. There were three people standing behind each machine gun. It seemed that there were not only shooters, but also company officers.
The shooters and ammunition handlers are also equipped.
Victor took off the hat on his head, put his hands on his abdomen, walked quickly to the sentry at the door, lowered his head to salute them, and then raised his arms, preparing to be searched.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, he unexpectedly heard the other party asking him: "Are you a worker in the warehouse?"
"Yes," Victor replied respectfully: "I am the supervisor of the warehouse area, and all the workers working here are under my management."
"Oh, you are the Russian supervisor in the warehouse area?"
Victor quickly glanced at the rank of the German soldier in question and replied respectfully: "Yes, Mr. Corporal. I am the Russian supervisor of this warehouse area."
"Since you are the Russian supervisor, come with me. My commander wants to talk to you." After the corporal finished speaking, he shook his head at Victor: "Come on, follow me to the warehouse office.
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Victor hurriedly agreed, put the peaked cap in his hand back on his head, followed the corporal with a bow, and walked towards the warehouse.
But before entering the door, he quickly glanced at the soldiers standing guard from the corner of his eye. You must know that as the supervisor of the warehouse, he has to deal with the German soldiers guarding the warehouse every day. He knows all of them. But now the man standing at the door
There were more than a dozen soldiers, all with unfamiliar faces, but he didn't recognize any of them.
After discovering this situation, Victor instinctively frowned. He thought to himself: "Did the defenders in the warehouse area change their defenses after get off work last night?" When he thought of this, he couldn't help but start to worry. The garrison battalion commander valued himself more and made himself the supervisor of the warehouse. When the troops were transferred, the battalion commander specifically told the remaining platoon commander to take more care of him. If he really changed to a new unit, his position would still be there. Can it be saved?
In this way, Victor followed the corporal to the outside of the warehouse office building with an uneasy mood.
The situation outside the office building also surprised Victor. Not only were sentries added at the door, sandbags were piled on the roof, and two machine guns were added, making it look like a battle was about to begin.
Seeing this situation, Victor thought to himself: Could it be that our troops are coming? With this conjecture, he tentatively asked the corporal leading the way: "Mr. Corporal, are you the newly transferred troops?"
?I see that the defense in the warehouse seems to be much tighter than yesterday."
The corporal turned to look at him and said with a straight face: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. There are some things you shouldn't know."
The two came to the room where the garrison platoon leader worked every day. Victor saw several unfamiliar officers sitting inside. Each of them had a higher rank than the original garrison platoon leader. Seeing this, Victor became even more convinced. , after get off work last night, the defenders in the warehouse area changed their defenses. The Germans I knew were all transferred away. Now all the defenders in the warehouse are new. I was called here to do something. Understand the situation in the warehouse area.
After the corporal brought Victor into the room, he walked quickly to the major, leaned over and whispered a few words into his ear, then turned and left.
Victor, standing in the center of the room, quickly took off his hat again and bowed to the officers one by one.
"What's your name?" a captain suddenly asked.
Victor quickly faced the other party and replied humbly: "Mr. Captain, my name is Victor, and I am the supervisor of the warehouse area."
"Since you are the supervisor of the warehouse area, you must be very familiar with the situation in the warehouse." The captain who asked Victor the question was Narva, and he continued: "Then tell us about the situation in the warehouse.
Bar."
"What should I introduce?" Victor asked in confusion.
"For example, how many workers are there in the warehouse? How many warehouses are there, and what materials are stored in them?" Mikhailev interjected: "Also, how many vehicles are in and out of the warehouse every day?"
Regarding the question asked by Mikhailev, Victor answered skillfully: "Mr. Major, our warehouse area now has a total of 129 workers. Their job is to move the goods transported by the convoy into the warehouse every day;
Or move the goods in the warehouse to the trucks that come to transport the goods.
There are 37 warehouses in the entire warehouse area, 11 of which store military supplies such as military uniforms and bedding; 1 medicine warehouse stores medicines for several divisions; 13 food warehouses store food for four
The division needs food for a month; the remaining 12 warehouses are filled with weapons and ammunition..."
Having said this, Victor raised his head and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, and continued: "Usually at half past eight, there will be a fleet of vehicles transporting supplies from other places entering the city. They will enter from the south gate of the warehouse area, and they will
The materials are transported to the corresponding warehouse door, and the workers waiting there will move all the materials on the car into the warehouse.
By noon, the convoys sent by each division to pull supplies will enter the warehouse area from the north gate, which is the main entrance, and go to various warehouses to pick up the supplies they need."
After listening to Victor's story, Mikhailov raised his hand to look at the time and said, "So, in half an hour, there will be a convoy transporting supplies from other places and they will enter the reservoir area?"
"Yes, Mr. Major." Victor looked at Mikhailev with some surprise, thinking that since the major had taken over the defense of the reservoir area, didn't the garrison platoon leader introduce him to the situation in the warehouse? But he
After taking a look at the clock on the wall, he answered truthfully: "In half an hour, a transport convoy will enter the reservoir area."
"Do you know what materials the convoy is transporting?" Narva interjected and asked.
After Victor calculated in his mind for a while, he replied: "I think it should be weapons and ammunition."
"Why?" Narva continued to ask.
"Since last week, the warehouse has been filled with vehicles transporting ammunition every day. It is said that the troops need to be mobilized..." When Victor said this, he paused for a moment to observe the reaction of Mikhailev and others.
, after seeing that their expressions were as normal, he continued: "Of the 12 warehouses originally filled with weapons and ammunition, only two still have certain stocks..."
While waiting for the workers to go to work, Mikhailev and others organized a manpower inspection of the warehouse in the reservoir area and found that there were many military supplies, but the number of weapons and ammunition was limited. After listening to this,
It was only after Victor's explanation that we figured out what was going on.
Once the German army learns that the transfer warehouse is lost, they will definitely concentrate their superior forces to attack. Although it is still unclear what kind of troops the German army will invest, Mikhailev knows in his heart that if there are not enough weapons and ammunition, he may not be able to hold on to the main force.
When he arrived, his army of several hundred people was in danger of being wiped out. Therefore, getting enough weapons and ammunition in the warehouse was the top priority at the moment.
Mikhailev looked at Victor standing in front of him and wondered to himself: Is this person forced to work for the Germans due to the pressure of life? Or is he a weakling who is dedicated to serving the Germans? If he wants to
To gain a foothold in the reservoir area, it is indispensable to cooperate with such people.
When Victor saw Mikhailov staring at him all the time, he not only felt terrified in his heart, he was worried that the German major would dislike him and remove him from his position as warehouse supervisor. If this was really the case, his whole family would suffer.
Your life will be without a solution.
Just when he was panicking, he suddenly heard the stern-faced German major asking himself: "Victor, do you think the Russians will invade the city?"
Hearing this question, Victor suddenly broke into a cold sweat. This was a question. If his answer did not satisfy the other party, his life might be in danger.
"Why don't you speak?" Seeing that Victor remained silent, Narva couldn't help but interjected and asked.
Victor trembled all over, knowing that if he did not answer this question, he would not be able to leave the room. He raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and said vaguely: "Mr. Major, since you occupied this city,
, there have been no more battles nearby, I think this is why your superiors used this place as a transshipment warehouse."
"There has been no fighting before, but it does not mean that there will be no fighting in the future." Mikhailev saw that the other party had no leaks, and continued to test: "Now the Russian position is no more than ten kilometers away from the city. Once they launch an attack, I believe it will take half a day.
It takes time to rush into the city."
"No... that's not the case." Knowing that the Soviet army was now no more than ten kilometers away from the city, Victor was secretly happy but also full of fear. He had been working in a German warehouse for the past two years, and
He still holds the position of supervisor. If the Soviet army really invades the city, will they bypass him? "I...I believe you...you will definitely be able to block them and prevent them from entering the city."
After saying these words tremblingly, Victor looked up at Mikhailev who was sitting behind the table, trying to see what the other person's reaction was. Not only did he not have any joy on his face, but on the contrary, he even frowned.
I couldn't help but feel panic in my heart: Did I say something wrong somewhere?
Just as the atmosphere in the room fell into embarrassment, a soldier walked in from the outside. He came to the table, put a telegram in his hand on the table, and then turned and left.
Mikhailev picked up the telegram and read it carefully. Half an hour ago, he ordered the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the brigade headquarters to report everything that happened here. Now it is the brigade headquarters that sends a telegram back to him to explain what should be done.
Deal with things here.
The content of the telegram was very simple, it was to order them to rely on workers in the reservoir area to find out the various inventory conditions in the warehouse and to prepare for the German attack.
After reading the contents of the telegram, Mikhailov handed the telegram to several subordinates around him for circulation. When he handed the telegram to Narva, he did not pay attention to the side of the telegram, which happened to be facing Victor.
Victor, who was standing not far away, inadvertently saw clearly that the text on the telegram was not in German but in Russian. He was stunned for a moment, and then he understood in his heart that the people sitting in front of him, although wrapped in German uniforms, were
They spoke fluent German, but they were not the Germans they usually dealt with, but rather Soviet troops in disguise.
After understanding this truth, Victor suppressed the joy in his heart and pretended to be serious and said to Mikhailev: "Mr. Major, do you want to hear my true thoughts?"
Mikhailov did not expect that Victor would suddenly say this. He was stunned for a moment, and then made a gesture of invitation, indicating that the other party could continue talking.
Victor coughed heavily and said sternly: "Mr. Major, please forgive my bluntness. The reason why no Chinese army has approached this city before is because your strength is too strong. But now, after passing
After the battles in Kursk and Kharkov, you suffered a series of defeats and your strength was much lower than before.
As far as I know, the unit now less than ten kilometers away from the city is the 27th Army, the most elite in our army. Their commander, General Sokov, has never suffered any defeat in his battles with you.
If his troops are really close to the city, I think you will definitely not be able to defend it."
Mikhailev did not expect that Victor would suddenly become so confident and dare to express his opinions boldly, with a look of astonishment on his face. Before he could speak, Narva beside him snorted coldly and said
: "Victor, when you say that, aren't you afraid of death?"
"Afraid, of course I am afraid." Now that he has come to this step, Victor decided to take a bold gamble. If the other party is really the Soviet army in disguise, then his righteous words will definitely make him in the future
The situation has become better. Even if the other party is really German, at best I will be beaten up and put in jail without any fear of life. "But I just said what I really thought. If
After you hear this, if you want to shoot me, you can do whatever you want."
Narva was about to say a few more words, but Mikhailov raised his hand to stop him: "Captain Narva, stop talking." From what Victor just said, he felt that the other party should be a reliable person.
The people felt that if they wanted to defend the Kurdish area, they really couldn't do without the other party's assistance, so they stopped Narva.
When Victor heard Mikhailev suddenly speaking fluent Russian, he suddenly had mixed feelings. It seemed that his risk was worth it. The other party was really the Soviet Army in disguise. But on the surface, he pretended
With a surprised expression, he asked knowingly: "Mr. Major, why are you speaking Russian?"
Mikhailov took off the big-brimmed hat on his head and threw it on the table. Then he stood up and said to Victor with a solemn expression: "Comrade Victor, to be honest, we are the troops of the 27th Army, and we were ordered to put on makeup."
The German army went deep behind enemy lines to seize Pavlish's material transfer warehouse."
"Oh my God!" Victor got up and deliberately pretended to be surprised: "It turns out you are our own troops." After saying that, he took two steps forward, stretched out his hands and shook them tightly.
He held Mikhailev's hand and said excitedly, "Thank God, I have finally waited for you for so many years."
This chapter has been completed!