Ernst and Lin Hua sat across the table, with Pavel standing behind him holding a submachine gun. Asya, who served as the translator, originally wanted to stand on the other side of the table so that both parties could hear her translation clearly.
However, for safety reasons, Lin Hua still asked Asiya to stand behind him, lest Ernst suddenly rise up and take Asiya as a hostage.
After the interrogation began, Lin Hua did not ask the other party's name, military rank and position as usual. He felt that these were unnecessary, but asked directly: "How long have you been here?"
When Ernst heard Lin Hua ask this question, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the other party would ask this question, and immediately answered directly: "We settled here on November 29, and it has been ten days now." Seeing Ernst's cooperation, Lin Hua asked again: "Where are the explosives you are going to blow up the dam buried in?" Who knows that after saying this for a long time, Asiya did not translate for him.
He turned to look at Asiya and asked strangely, "Asiya, why don't you translate?"
"Misha," Asiya replied with some embarrassment: "You know, the German I learned is all related to medicine. I can't speak the words 'dam' and 'dynamite'." "Mr. Officer," Ernst, who was sitting opposite Lin Hua, suddenly said in Russian unexpectedly: "Of course I know where the explosives are, but this is a military secret of our army and I can't tell you."
Hearing Ernst suddenly speak Russian, Lin Hua was stunned for a long time, and then said in an unbelievable tone: "Corporal Ernst, you can actually speak Russian?"
"I studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow for two years," Ernst shrugged and said disapprovingly: "It is not uncommon to be able to speak Russian."
Seeing that Ernst could speak Russian, and his level seemed to be quite good, Lin Hua did not ask Asiya to be the translator. Instead, he talked directly with Ernst: "Corporal Ernst, your outpost is far away from the big city."
The dam is not too far away. Once the dam is blown up, the torrential floods rushing down will wash you away without a trace. If you are willing to tell us the location of the explosives, it will be equivalent to saving your own lives.
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Unexpectedly, when Ernst heard what Lin Hua said, he sneered twice, and then said disdainfully: "Since we have fallen into your hands, can we still survive?" He turned and glanced at Ba standing behind him.
Weir, "Maybe as soon as the interrogation is over, you will order your men to take us out and shoot us."
"Corporal," Lin Hua waited for Ernst to finish and asked, somewhat dumbfounded, "Who told you that we were going to shoot you?"
"Aren't we going to be shot?" Ernst asked in surprise.
"That's right, we won't shoot you." Lin Hua nodded and comforted the other party: "Our army treats prisoners preferentially. As long as you put down your weapons, you will get the treatment that a prisoner of war deserves. For you, the reality of war is
The war is over." At this point, he couldn't help but smile and added, "Corporal, I believe that as long as the war is over, you will still have a chance to fulfill your dream of becoming a musician."
Perhaps it was Lin Hua's last words that moved Ernst, and he fell silent. After a long time, he asked with some difficulty: "Can you give me a cigarette?"
When Lin Hua heard what Ernst said, he guessed that he was a little shaken and needed to smoke to calm down. In order to extract the information he wanted to know from Ernst's mouth, he turned to Asiya and said:
"Asia, go outside and ask who wants to smoke. Ask him for a cigarette."
"Comrade hygienist," seeing Asiya turning to leave, Pavel stopped her and said, "I have cigarettes here." Then he took out a pack of cigarettes from his coat pocket, took one out and handed it to Ernst.
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After the cigarette was lit, Ernst took a few puffs, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it a few times with his toes, and said: "I saw two trucks of explosives brought in by engineers yesterday, maybe four or five tons, so I placed them
On the west side of the dam."
Lin Hua couldn't help but gasped when he learned that the explosives arranged by the German army on the dam actually amounted to four or five tons. Once the explosives were detonated, the Istria Reservoir would cease to exist, and it would take at least several years.
During this period, important military industrial enterprises in Moscow will be in a state of severe insufficient production capacity due to insufficient power.
Lin Hua took a few deep breaths to stabilize his mood, and then asked: "Do you know where the engineers will detonate?"
There were several teacups on the table. Before Pavel rushed in, the captured German soldiers were drinking tea. Ernst put his finger into a teacup, dipped some cold tea, and drew a sketch on the wooden table.
: "The position where the engineers are responsible for detonating is on the west bank of the Istria River, walking about five hundred meters northwest, there is a bunker built by you, and the engineers detonated it at this location."
Lin Hua saw that the position of the German engineers was too far away from him, so he considered approaching the area where explosives were piled from the dam, destroying the control wires, and defeating the German blasting plot. Therefore, after a pause, he asked: "On the dam
How is the defense situation?"
"There is a company of troops." Ernst seemed to be a roundworm in Lin Hua's stomach. He immediately guessed his intention from his question: "Mr. Lieutenant, there are machine gun fire points at the entrances on both sides of the dam.
If you attack forcefully, you will definitely pay a heavy price."
Lin Hua asked how many defenders were on the dam. He really wanted to seize the dam and cut off the line for German engineers to detonate. When he heard Ernst say this, he immediately realized that the situation was more serious than he thought. He quickly realized that the situation was more serious than he thought.
Instructed Asiya: "Call the two platoon leaders in, I want to discuss it with them."
Not long after Asiya left, the two platoon leaders followed her into the room. Lin Hua saw the two people coming in and quickly greeted them: "You are here, please sit down. Let's discuss the next battle.
How to proceed."
Vanya stared at Ernst with vigilant eyes, and then asked: "Comrade company commander, why is this German guy sitting here?"
"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Lin Hua looked up at Vanya and said, "This is Corporal Ernst. He knows the situation of the dam very well. If we want to stop the German army's plot to blow up the dam, we need his help.
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After Lin Hua waited for the two people to sit down, he introduced the situation he knew to them, and finally asked: "Comrade platoon leaders, please share your opinions. What should we do to destroy the German bombings?"
The conspiracy of the dam to ensure that the main force of our army can successfully cross the Istria River?"
