When Brigadier Zhou of the International Brigade was assigning tasks to Captain Feng, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from outside.
Both the staff and communications personnel in the headquarters were experienced in the battlefield. When they heard the gunshots coming from outside, those who had weapons picked up their weapons, and those who did not have weapons picked up nearby stools or sticks and prepared for battle.
But Sokov did not make any move, because he had just considered this issue. Deep in the rear of the Soviet army here, it was unlikely that the Kwantung Army would be attacked by the Kwantung Army. In addition, there were gunshots outside, which stopped after a few shots.
It turned out that there was no fighting going on outside. On the contrary, there might have been a misunderstanding between the secret posts deployed near the camp and the newly arrived troops.
"Don't panic, Yasha." Sokov saw Yakov pull out his pistol and quickly raised his hand to stop him: "It was not a sneak attack by the enemy, it should be the sentry responsible for guarding. There was an incident with the newly arrived troops.
Misunderstanding. Brigadier Zhou!" What he said next was to Brigadier Zhou, "Please call the observation post and ask what happened."
Brigadier Zhou winked at the Chief of Staff, indicating that he would make the call. The Chief of Staff nodded with understanding and picked up the phone on the table: "Observation post? I am the Chief of Staff. What was the sound of gunfire outside just now?
What happened?...Oh, so that’s what happened, I’ll report it to the brigade commander immediately.”
The chief of staff covered the microphone with his hand and reported to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, the observation post reported that a Ministry of Internal Affairs force of more than fifty people approached our camp from the southeast and clashed with the hidden post."
When he learned that an internal affairs force was coming and had a conflict with his sentry, Brigadier Zhou couldn't help but frowned. He asked the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, are there any casualties?"
The chief of staff quickly released his hand covering the microphone: "Are there any casualties?"
Soon, he reported to Brigadier Zhou again: "After the conflict, it was the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who fired the shots. One of our sentries was injured in the arm. His life is not in danger."
Brigadier Zhou asked: "Where are the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? I want to go and see for myself."
"In area five."
Seeing Brigadier Zhou raising his hand to straighten his military cap and preparing to walk outside, Sokov quickly said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I'll go with you."
Brigadier Zhou stared at Sokov for a while, nodded slowly and said, "Okay, Comrade General, please follow me!"
Since Sokov was going to the scene of the conflict, Yakov and Lukin naturally could not stay at the headquarters and followed Brigadier Zhou out of the brigade headquarters.
On the way, Sokov asked Brigadier Zhou: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, have any personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs visited your camp before?"
"No, Comrade General." Brigadier Zhou shook his head and said, "I have never been here before. Today is the first time."
"That's strange." Sokov muttered, "The war is about to begin. What are you doing suddenly with a group of Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel coming to your camp?"
Brigadier Zhou didn't know how to answer Sokov. He could only say with a wry smile: "Comrade General, you will naturally know what happened when you get to the place."
Soon, under the leadership of Brigadier Zhou, they arrived at Area 5 where the conflict occurred. Captain Feng, who came with Brigadier Zhou, stepped forward to negotiate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel who were armed with live ammunition and confronting the sentries: "I am the 88th International
Captain Feng, the intelligence section chief of the brigade, who among you is in charge?"
A lieutenant walked out of the crowd at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He glanced at Brigadier Zhou behind Captain Feng, as well as Sokov and others, and said coldly: "I am Lieutenant Chilep from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I am here to search for people."
A murderer."
Brigadier Zhou, who was walking towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel, was shocked when he heard what Lieutenant Chilep said. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, who are you talking about as a murderer?"
"Two hours ago, one of our medical camps five kilometers away from here was attacked by a group of enemies." Chilep said with a straight face: "17 medical staff and 49 sick and wounded were all killed.
Killing. When we noticed the black smoke rising in the distance and hurried over, we found that all the tents in the camp had been burned down and the bodies of our wounded soldiers and medical staff were strewn all over the ground. After some inspection, I found that not one person had died.
The wounded who had expired told me that before the attack, a truck with a red cross logo spray-painted on the tarpaulin entered the camp. The nurses thought that the wounded were coming, but when they came to greet them, they were met by people from the carriage.
The firepower inside was strafing, and they all immediately fell under the enemy's gunfire.
After the enemy slaughtered our medical staff, they broke into the tent and shot at the wounded lying inside. When they found that there was no living person in the camp, they burned the camp. The wounded man told me with his last breath
, those enemies wearing our military uniforms all had Asian faces, and after they massacred everyone in the camp, they headed northwest."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Brigadier Zhou waited for Lieutenant Chilep to finish his words and immediately defended him: "I think you must have made a mistake. Even if the enemies who attacked the medical camp all have Asian faces, that does not mean they are the same as us.
You must know that we are your friendly forces, and we will definitely not do such unscrupulous things."
Although Brigadier Zhou had given a concise and concise explanation, Lieutenant Qilepu said reluctantly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you said that the murderer is not in your camp, is he not in your camp? I want to lead people.
Go in and search to see if there are any suspicious persons."
When Sokov heard this, he roughly understood that the attack on the medical camp must be a good thing done by the Kwantung Army. These bastards were wearing Soviet uniforms, allowing the medical staff and wounded in the camp to see their Asian faces clearly, and they turned toward them.
The purpose of retreating in the direction of the International Brigade's station was to divert trouble eastward and cause internal strife between the Soviet army and the International Brigade.
"Comrade Major," Sokov turned to Bezikov who was pushing the wheelchair and said, "I want to hear your opinion?"
Bezikov laughed and said: "Comrade General, this is not very obvious. The people who attacked the medical camp must be the Kwantung Army. They were wearing the uniforms of our army and moved towards the direction of the International Brigade. Just guess.
I'm afraid there are still people who have survived in the camp, and they are deliberately diverting the attention of the search team."
Seeing that Bezikov's statement was the same as what he thought, Sokov nodded, and then told the other party: "Comrade Major, since you have analyzed the truth of the matter, it is up to you to come forward and bring these people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to justice."
Send away."
"Yes, Comrade General, leave this matter to me."
After Bezikov finished speaking, he took a few steps forward and walked up to Lieutenant Chirep. He waited for the other person to raise his hand to salute him, then took out his ID and handed it to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, I am Major Bezikov, and this is my
Certificate!”
Chirep saw Bezikov's ID card clearly and suddenly trembled all over. He raised his hand and saluted again: "Hello, Major Bezikov." After saying that, he held the ID card in both hands and handed it back to Bezikov respectfully.
husband.
Bezikov did not bully others, but took Lieutenant Chirep aside and muttered for a while. While listening, Chirep kept nodding his head to express his approval of Bezikov's statement. Finally, Bezikov waited for Bezikov
After Cov finished speaking, Chirep straightened his body and said to Bezikov: "Understood, Comrade Major, I will leave immediately with my men."
After Lieutenant Qilepu left with the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Brigadier Zhou came to the injured sentry and asked with concern: "Xiao Sun, is your injury okay?"
"It's okay, Brigadier." The sentry, known as Xiao Sun, shook his head and said, "It's just a scratch on my skin, it's okay."
Although Xiao Sun said there was nothing wrong, Brigadier Zhou still called a soldier over and asked him to accompany Xiao Sun to the hygienist to bandage the wound.
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," when the soldiers helped Xiao Sun leave, Sokov said to Brigadier Zhou with a smile: "It seems that you are quite familiar with the soldiers in the brigade. You even remember their names."
"Comrade General!" Captain Feng, who was standing aside, couldn't help but interrupt after hearing what Sokov said: "Our brigade commander can remember the name, place of origin, and living habits of every soldier in the brigade...
"
"Captain Feng," Brigadier Zhou interrupted Captain Feng and ordered him: "Hurry up and call your most capable subordinates here to meet with Comrade General."
Captain Feng agreed, turned and left.
Taking advantage of Captain Feng's departure, Sokov said to Brigadier Zhou: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I think the incident that happened in the medical camp was probably done by the Kwantung Army. You know, they are just like you, they all have the same appearance.
Their faces, if they don’t speak, it’s really hard to tell them apart.”
"Comrade General, I haven't thanked you yet. Thank you for relieving us." Brigadier Zhou said with emotion: "Without your help, even if this matter can be explained clearly, I am afraid it will take a lot of time.
"
"I will report this matter to my superiors after I return to the city," Sokov said: "Let the superiors arrange appropriate personnel to investigate this attack and clear up the grievances you have suffered."
A few minutes later, Captain Feng appeared in front of everyone with ten soldiers.
After Captain Feng saluted Sokov, he reported: "Comrade General, all the soldiers cooperating with your unit have been assembled. Please review!"
The soldiers who came with Captain Feng were full of doubts when they saw that Captain Feng did not salute the lieutenant general in the wheelchair and the major general standing next to him, but instead reported to a commander wearing the rank of major.
But their questions were quickly answered. After obtaining Sokov's permission, Captain Feng officially disclosed his identity: "Comrades, according to the order of the brigade headquarters, we are about to go to the 53rd Army of the Transbaikal Front.
For coordinated operations, this is General Sokov, the commander of the group army."
After Captain Feng's explanation, these soldiers understood that this officer wearing the uniform of a major was the commander with the highest military rank and position here.
Sokov came to the queue and glanced at the faces of these resistance fighters one by one. Seeing that they were all in high spirits and high spirits, he couldn't help but nodded slightly. But when he looked at the weapons in their hands, he
I couldn't help but frown. They were not equipped with Soviet-style weapons, but all Chinese-style weapons, as well as a Czech-style machine gun.
He took the machine gun from the soldier carrying the machine gun and looked at it carefully. A scene from the film and television works appeared in his mind: a soldier jumped out of the trench, holding a Czech light machine gun, and charged at the enemy.
He shouted loudly: Little devils, your grandfather and I will fight with you!
After returning the machine gun to the soldier, Sokov turned and asked Brigadier Zhou who was following him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what is going on? Why are you not equipped with our army's standard weapons?"
Hearing Sokov's question, Brigadier Zhou smiled bitterly and said: "Comrade General, you should know that the real battlefield is on the Western Front, so the main weapons and equipment are given priority to the troops fighting the Germans on the Western Front.
The troops in the Far East are second-line troops, so their equipment is naturally inferior."
Although Brigadier Zhou's words stopped here, Sokov knew very well that because the Soviet troops in the Far East were second-line troops, their equipment was naturally not comparable to those of the troops fighting the Germans on the Western Front, and the International Brigade enjoyed
Their treatment is definitely lower than that of the Soviet troops in the Far East, so they naturally won't have good equipment.
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please rest assured." Sokov said facing Brigadier Zhou: "Since this small unit is assigned to me, I will treat it equally with my troops in terms of equipment and treatment.
When they arrive at my unit, I will change their uniforms."
Sokov's promise made Brigadier Zhou's eyes shine. He held Sokov's hand tightly and said excitedly: "Comrade General, thank you so much. With good equipment, in battle,
, the combat effectiveness of our officers and soldiers will be greatly improved."
Captain Feng and the soldiers also heard clearly what Sokov said, and their faces were full of joy. You must know that the weapons in their hands are not only old, but also lack ammunition. After all, whether they are Chinese or Czech light machine guns,
The bullets used are all 7.92mm bullets, which do not match the Soviet 7.62mm bullets. Once they are all used up, there is no place to replenish them. The replacement of Soviet standard weapons means that there is enough ammunition to be used on the battlefield.
You can build it with all your strength, so that even the little devils can taste the feeling of being covered by firepower.
Sokov finally said to Brigadier Zhou: "We will leave Khabarovsk tomorrow morning. Why not let Captain Feng take his people back to the city with me, lest I have to send someone to pick him up when I arrive?"
them."
"No problem, no problem." Brigadier Zhou said excitedly: "I will arrange vehicles to take them into the city."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, there is no need to go to so much trouble." Unexpectedly, Bezikov interrupted at this time and said: "We still have enough space in the car, so let's let the soldiers of the small team ride back in our car."
Just when the team was about to board the vehicle, Sokov stopped them, and then said to Brigadier Zhou: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I think your brigade's weapons and equipment are estimated to be insufficient. It is better to let these soldiers leave their weapons.
How about giving it to other soldiers to use?"
"Great, this is really great." Although the equipment of the dozen or so people was not much, it was extremely precious to the International Brigade, which lacked weapons and equipment. He quickly expressed his gratitude to Sokov: "Comrade General
, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the International Brigade, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you!"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," after Captain Feng's team put down all their weapons and ammunition, Sokov extended his hand to Brigadier Zhou: "Let's say goodbye. I hope that one day in the future, we will have the opportunity to meet again."
This chapter has been completed!