After several Romanian soldiers were released, they did not leave. After all, these are extraordinary times, and they were worried that if they left rashly, the Soviet army might shoot behind them. It was unclear how they died, so it was the best choice.
, that is, following the Soviet army from a distance.
When Glushko noticed the Romanian soldiers following him, he stopped, called an officer, and told the other person: "Lieutenant, go and ask those Romanians what they have been following us for."
The lieutenant went over to make inquiries and came back and reported to Glushko: "Comrade deputy commander, I have already asked. They are worried that if they leave like this, we will shoot them from behind."
After Glushko figured out the reason why the Romanians were following behind, he was really dumbfounded. He thought for a moment, and then said to the officer: "Since they want to follow, let them follow. Anyway, we won't have any losses.
"
Not long after, everyone came outside the church.
Glushiko ordered the soldiers carrying the stretcher to put the body on the roadside, then walked up the steps alone and said to the officer on duty at the door: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Glushiko, deputy commander of the 126th Regiment, and I have something important.
I need to see the teacher about the matter, please inform me."
The officer on duty had long seen the corpse carried by the soldiers. Now when he heard Glushiko say this, he immediately realized that the other party had completed the task assigned to them by the division headquarters, and asked with a smile: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel
, did you catch the German spy?"
"Here, look there." Glushko pouted towards the stretcher in the distance and said in a joking tone: "I've caught him, but it's a pity that he's not alive, just a corpse."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please come in." The officer on duty saw clearly the body lying on the stretcher and took the initiative to open the door for Glushko. "Not only the division commander is inside, but also the commander."
The reason why the officer on duty took the initiative to mention Sokov was not that he had no awareness of confidentiality, but that Sokov entered the city with the regiment in front of him, and there was no need to keep it secret from them.
After thanking the officer on duty, Glushko strode into the headquarters.
"Lieutenant Colonel Glushko," Ponedelin, who was talking to Sokov, suddenly saw Glushko walking in from the outside, and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What are you doing here?"
Glushko raised his hand to salute Ponedelin and said respectfully: "Comrade division commander, Lieutenant Colonel Glushko, deputy commander of the 126th Guards Regiment, would like to report to you that we have successfully captured the German spy who sneaked into the city.
, specially come to report to you."
"Oh, the German spy has been caught?" Hearing Glushko say this, Ponedelin couldn't help but feel happy: "Where is he? Bring him in quickly, I want to interrogate him personally.
"
"Um, Comrade Commander." Hearing that Ponedelin said that he wanted to interrogate the German spy in person, Glushko replied with some embarrassment: "The German spy is indeed outside, but if you want to interrogate him, I'm afraid it's impossible.
"
"Why?" Ponejelin asked puzzledly.
"Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin, I think I can explain this to you." Sokov guessed the truth of the matter from Glushko's words. "I think they must have caught the German spy, but
Not a living person, but a corpse. Lieutenant Colonel Glushko, am I right?" His last words were directly asked to Glushko.
"That's right, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Sokov guessed the truth of the matter at once, he quickly gave a thumbs up: "You are right, the German agents resisted when we arrested them and have been captured by our troops.
The soldier killed him."
"Why do you want to beat him to death?" After learning that the German spy had been killed, Ponedelin couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you should capture him alive, so that we can get more useful information from him.
information."
"It's useless, Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin." Seeing Glushko's hesitant expression, Sokov knew that he was worried, so he took the initiative and said to Ponedelin: "German spy
When you find yourself exposed, you will not be captured without mercy, you will definitely resist, and it is completely correct to shoot him to death."
Sokov paused for a moment, then continued: "Germans who engage in this profession generally have very strict mouths. Even if we catch him alive, it will be difficult to get any useful information from his mouth."
"Yes, yes, Comrade Commander is right." Seeing Sokov speaking for himself, Glushko said quickly: "When we arrested the German spy, he also killed and wounded several of our soldiers.
, in order to prevent him from causing us more casualties, I could only decisively give the order to kill him. At that time, I considered that such a stubborn enemy might not be able to provide us with anything useful even if we caught him.
information."
"Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin," Sokov said to Ponedelin: "You can call General Antonetta and tell him that the German spy who sneaked into the city has been captured by us and his people can
Leave the military camp and move around freely."
Upon hearing what Sokov said, Glushko quickly said: "Comrade Commander, I have something else to report to you."
"whats the matter?"
"That's right, I met several Romanian soldiers when I was leading a patrol..."
"How could this happen?" Hearing that Glushko met several Romanian soldiers during his patrol, Ponejelin had an expression of disbelief on his face: "We have asked General Antonetta to bring all the soldiers together."
All the officers and soldiers are temporarily locked up in the barracks. How can there be Romanian soldiers on the street? Is there any problem in this? "
"Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin, I think these soldiers should have sneaked out of the barracks." After Sokov finished explaining to Ponedelin, he turned to ask Glushko: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel,
Where are those soldiers now?"
"Just outside the headquarters."
"Outside the headquarters?" After hearing this, Ponejelin asked in surprise: "What are they doing here?"
"The situation is like this, Comrade Division Commander." Seeing Ponejelin's confused look, Glushko quickly explained to him: "After killing the German agents, I ordered my men to release these Romanian soldiers. But
After they were released, they felt uneasy and worried that our soldiers would shoot them in the back, so they followed us and came here."
"This is really hell, how could we shoot at them?" After Ponedelin said this, he ordered Glushko: "Lieutenant Colonel Glushko, go out immediately and tell those soldiers that their companions are very dangerous.
They will be released from the military camp soon, so they don't have to worry and can just do whatever they need to do and stop staying outside."
Just when Glushko agreed and was about to turn around and walk outside, he was stopped by Sokov. Sokov turned to Ponedelin and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin, just now Glushko
Comrade has already said that these Romanian soldiers dare not leave because they are worried about being shot in the back. Even if Comrade Glusko goes out to say hello to them at this moment, they will probably have some scruples."
"Then what should we do?" Ponejelin said helplessly: "I can't let them stay outside, can I?"
"If we want them to leave, there is actually no way out." Sokov said to Ponedelin: "Aren't you just about to call General Antonetta to inform him that the camp can be opened? It's just a matter of time.
Tell him to send someone to pick up these soldiers."
"This is a good idea." Ponejelin's eyes lit up: "Comrade Commander, what you said makes sense. The soldiers outside are not at ease with us. Even if we let them leave, they will definitely not be willing to leave. But
If their superiors come here to lead people, they will surely be able to let down their guard."
Ponejelin quickly got through to Antonetta's office. As soon as he heard the other party's voice, he said straight to the point: "Mr. General, I have good news to tell you: we have caught the man disguised as
The Romanian officer was a German agent."
"Ah, I've caught it." Antonetta was very surprised that the Soviet army had caught the German spy in such a short period of time. He asked tentatively: "Did he recruit anything? For example,
How many of his accomplices are there in the city, what kind of weapons are they equipped with, and what are their plans next?”
"No, Mr. General, there is nothing." Ponejelin told the other party regretfully: "During the process of our arrest, the German agent opened fire and arrested us, causing us some casualties. After his bullets were exhausted,
He was killed by our soldiers."
"Been beaten to death?" Antonetta felt full of regret when he learned that the German agent was killed, because in this way, he would not know whether there were any accomplices of the agent in the city, and where he would continue next.
Sabotage: "That's such a shame."
"By the way, Mr. General, I have one more thing to say to you."
"General Ponedelin," Antonetta asked respectfully, "I wonder what is going on?"
"It's like this. When our troops were searching for German spies in the city, they accidentally discovered several soldiers from your army wandering on the streets and even clashed with our patrol team."
"What, your patrol found my soldiers wandering on the street?" Antonetta asked in surprise: "Isn't it wrong? You know, after General Sokov gave the order, I had all the soldiers
Stay in the barracks and you are not allowed to go anywhere. How can there be soldiers wandering on the streets? Are they Germans in disguise again?"
"That's not the case." Ponejelin said: "My subordinates have verified their identities. They are indeed soldiers of your army. There is absolutely no mistake."
"General Ponejelin, since you have confirmed that you are my soldiers, can you put them all back?"
"After we killed the German agents, my men released them. However, they were unwilling to leave."
Antonetta asked in confusion: "Since you have released them, why are they unwilling to leave?"
"Mr. General, I have learned about the general situation." Ponejelin also said helplessly: "The reason why they are unwilling to leave is that they are afraid that our army will shoot them from behind. In order to dispel their concerns, I plan to
Please send an officer to pick them up."
"General Ponejelin, I wonder which regiment they are from?" Antonetta asked on the phone: "I can send their commander to pick them up."
"Lieutenant Colonel Glushko," Ponedelin covered the microphone with his hand and turned to ask Glushko: "Did those soldiers say which regiment they were from?"
"I asked, they are all from the 54th Regiment, and the leader is Colonel Marinescu."
"Mr. General," Ponejelin let go of his hand covering the microphone and said to Antonetta: "It is already clear that these soldiers are subordinates of Colonel Marinescu of the 54th Regiment."
"Understood, General Ponejelin, I will send someone to pick them up right away."
"Mr. General, I would like to ask you something, is it okay?"
"Of course, General Ponedelin." Antonetta said carelessly: "If you have anything to do, please feel free to ask me."
"Please don't call me general again in the future," Ponejelin was worried that the other party would not understand what he meant, so he specifically explained: "Although I have been a general before, that is in the past, and now I am just a general."
A little lieutenant colonel. If you want to add a military rank after you call me, please call me by my real military rank. Is that okay?"
"I understand, General Ponedelin, no, it's Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin." Antonetta said with some embarrassment: "Then I will call you that from now on."
When Ponedelin put down the phone, he said to Glushko: "Lieutenant Colonel Glushko, I have made an agreement with General Antonetta, and he will send someone to pick up those soldiers soon. There is no
What happened to you? You can go back."
Grushko agreed, raised his hand to salute Sokov and Ponedelin, then turned and walked out of the headquarters.
After getting rid of the German spies who sneaked into the city, the next focus of the work is naturally to strengthen the city's defense. After all, the Germans can send spies to infiltrate, proving that they already know the news of the fall of Otac, and it is only a matter of time before they send out troops to carry out a counterattack.
.
"Comrade Commander," Ponejelin said to Sokov: "Almost half of the soldiers of the 122nd Regiment stationed outside the city have no weapons. If they cannot be replenished with weapons and equipment in time, they will be attacked by the German army.
I'm worried that the positions outside the city cannot be defended at all."
Nowadays, Sokov is also a clever woman who cannot make a living without straw. Because the weapons and ammunition of the front troops are so consumed, the 53rd Army cannot get any supplement at all, and the weapons and equipment sent by Yakov are a drop in the bucket and cannot be satisfied at all.
Requirements for all troops.
But now the defense outside the city of Otac is the top priority, and Sokov must find a way to solve the problem of weapons for them. Thinking of this, he quickly called the operator who was following him and ordered him: "Operator, call Yaya immediately.
Colonel Koff sent a telegram asking when his transport fleet would arrive at Otats?"
Just a few minutes later, Yakov's telegram came. Sokov felt bad after reading the above content. He saw that it read: Several hovercrafts broke down due to malfunctions. The originally scheduled arrival
The time may need to be postponed by one to two days.
Both Ponedelin and Sidorin came over to read the contents of the telegram clearly. Ponedelin could not help but frown: "The arrival time has also been delayed by one to two days, which means that our troops
It will take three or four days to obtain the necessary weapons and equipment. But the German attack will not be delayed. Comrade Commander, tell me, what should we do?"