Regarding the orders issued by Sokov, the Belkin regiment was the most resolute in executing them. In any case, these were Sokov's former direct troops, and the commanders and fighters always carried out his orders unconditionally.
After Sokov returned from the Paulus headquarters, he felt that it was of little use for Guchakov to stay at the division headquarters, so he let him return to the third battalion and continue to be his company commander.
Ulbricht, who was responsible for shouting to the German army, came to Guchakov's company and shouted towards the opposite position: "German brothers, you are desperate. Stop working for Hitler. Hurry up, put down your weapons and come over."
Surrender, we need you to work together to build a new Germany."
Then Ulbricht shouted towards the opposite position for more than half an hour, until his voice became hoarse. As a result, there was no movement from the German side. Guchakov handed Ulbricht a kettle and smiled at him.
He said: "Comrade Ulbricht, your voice must be hoarse from shouting. Come on, drink some to moisten your throat."
After Ulbricht thanked Guchakov, he opened the lid of the kettle and took a big sip. But then, he began to cough violently. While coughing, he asked: "Comrade Captain, why is there wine in this?"
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"It's too cold, please drink something to warm yourself up." Guchakov did not explain why the jug was filled with wine, but changed the topic and said: "You know, it is not easy to find such good wine in the city.
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Knowing that the kettle contained wine, when Ulbricht drank this time, he did not drink as much as before, but took a few sips gently, smiled and said to Guchakov: "Sure enough,
It’s a good wine.”
"Comrade Ulbricht," Guchakov looked at the silent position on the opposite side and asked Ulbricht curiously: "I see you have been shouting for so long, but why doesn't the enemy on the opposite side react at all?"
"I guess they still have the illusion that Manstein's troops will come to rescue them." Ulbricht said with a sneer: "They can't receive information from other channels and can only listen to their commander's deceptive propaganda.
So after hearing our call, there was no reaction, which is perfectly normal."
"Comrade Company Commander," a sergeant walked quickly along the traffic trench to Guchakov and reported to him: "The cooking squad carried a basket of bread and two barrels of beetroot soup. What do you think?
Disposal?"
When he heard that the cooking team had brought bread and beetroot soup, Ulbricht thought it was everyone's supper, and couldn't help but said with envy: "I didn't expect that you guys would have supper at night."
"You are mistaken, Comrade Ulbricht." Guchakov replied with a smile: "These bread and vegetable soup are not for our soldiers."
"What, it's not for your soldiers?" Ulbricht asked with a surprised look on his face: "Is it prepared for the enemy on the opposite side?"
"You guessed it right." Guchakov nodded with a smile and said, "It is indeed prepared for the enemy on the opposite side."
Ulbricht didn't know the order given by Sokov at all, so when he heard that Guchakov prepared food for the German soldiers on the opposite side, he couldn't help but frowned: "Comrade Captain, if you do this, does your superior know?"
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"Of course I know." Guchakov said affirmatively: "I was ordered by my superiors to prepare bread and vegetable soup for the German soldiers on the opposite side." After saying that, he turned around and ordered a soldier standing next to him, "To
The German troops on the other side shouted."
Before Ulbricht could figure out what was going on, he heard the soldier shouting in fluent German: "German brothers, our division commander knows that you have been without food for a long time and have no food to fill your stomachs, so he ordered us to give you food."
You have prepared bread and hot beetroot soup. As long as you come without weapons, you can eat with open stomach. Don't worry, we will never shoot you."
Hearing the soldier's shouting, Ulbricht smiled bitterly and shook his head. He did not believe that just with these few words, the German soldiers on the opposite side would put down their weapons and crawl over. Sure enough, after shouting for a while, there was no movement on the other side.
Just when Ulbricht wanted to persuade Guchakov not to do such a useless thing, he heard Guchakov say to the soldier: "Tell them that this order is from Colonel Sokov, commander of the 41st Guards Division.
We personally ordered that as long as they put down their weapons and come to eat, we will never shoot at them."
"Comrade Captain," Ulbricht couldn't help but said to Guchakov when he heard the soldiers continuing to shout to the German positions: "I know the German soldiers. Even if they starve to death, they will not leave their positions easily.
Come this way..." Before he could finish his words, he suddenly noticed that everyone's attention was looking towards the German position opposite, so he asked in confusion, "What's going on? What happened?"
Under the bright moonlight, everyone could clearly see two black figures crawling out from the German position, crawling towards this side on hands and knees. "Comrade Company Commander," the soldier who shouted to the Germans said excitedly
"Two Germans are crawling towards us," Guchakov said.
"Everyone, pay attention." Guchakov saw two German soldiers crawling towards his position. He was worried that if any soldier was nervous and shot at them without authorization, Sokov's efforts would be in vain, so he quickly
Shouted loudly: "No one is allowed to shoot! I repeat, no one is allowed to shoot without my order."
A few minutes later, two German soldiers crawled to the front of the position. Several soldiers immediately reached out and pulled the two into the trench. When the two entered the trench, soldiers searched them and found that they did not have any weapons.
He nodded towards Guchakov and indicated that he was not carrying weapons.
Guchakov walked to the bamboo basket, bent down and picked up two pieces of black bread. He walked over and handed them to two German soldiers respectively. He then turned around and told the soldiers in the cooking squad: "Give them some red cabbage soup."
The cold and hungry German soldier devoured the black bread in his hand and drank the hot red cabbage soup. A German sergeant timidly asked Guchakov: "Mr. Captain, can you give me more?"
A vegetable soup?"
"Okay." Guchakov took the lunch box from the opponent's hand, handed it to the cook behind him, and ordered: "Bring him another red cabbage soup."
Soon, a portion of red cabbage soup was handed over to Guchakov. When Guchakov handed the soup to the German sergeant, he felt that the other man looked familiar, so he asked tentatively: "I think you look familiar.
I seem to have seen it somewhere?"
After listening to the translation of the soldier next to him, the German sergeant grinned and said: "Mr. Captain, have you forgotten that we once met at the door of a basement. At that time, you blocked my way to prevent me from entering the basement.
In front of me, and later I found out that there were civilians in the basement."
The German sergeant's words were very tactful, but Guchakov immediately remembered the German corporal who had captured him and quickly released him. He quickly looked at the man carefully and found that it was indeed the German soldier who released him.
, but now he is a sergeant.
"So it's you." After recognizing the other person, Guchakov's favorable impression of him increased a bit, and he picked up a piece of black bread and handed it to him, saying: "I really didn't expect to meet you here.
You must be starving, come on, eat more, there’s still not enough.”
The German sergeant took the black bread and did not put it in his mouth, but put it in his pocket. Seeing Guchakov cast a doubtful look at him, he quickly explained: "I have another friend,
He was seriously injured and hasn't eaten for several days, so I plan to take this piece of bread back to him."
Guchakov looked in the direction of the German position, and seeing that there was still no movement there, he tentatively asked the German sergeant: "Sergeant, can I ask you a favor?"
The German sergeant who had just finished a lunch box raised his hand and wiped his mouth, looked at Guchakov and said: "Mr. Captain, if you have anything to do, just tell me."
"Can you give a message to the German brothers across the way?" Guchakov said to him: "You tell them that as long as they don't carry weapons, they can come over to eat. After eating, should they stay with us as prisoners or go back?
Please do as you please."
"Mr. Captain, what did you just say?" The German sergeant was stunned by Guchakov's words and quickly verified: "After filling our stomachs, can we really choose to stay or go freely?"
"Yes, sergeant." Guchakov replied with a serious expression: "This is an order issued by our division commander, Colonel Sokov, and we will strictly implement it."
"Okay, Mr. Captain, since it is Colonel Sokov's guarantee, I can immediately shout to our people." The German sergeant replied readily: "Please give me the trumpet."
After getting Guchakov's permission, the soldier acting as translator handed the microphone in his hand to the German sergeant. The German sergeant took the microphone and shouted to the opposite position: "Brothers, I am Doppler Lieutenant Colonel
Sergeant, a soldier and I risked our lives to come to the Russian position. It is really as they said, there is food here, and there is hot beetroot soup. We are full now, you
Come over quickly too."
After Sergeant Doppler finished shouting, there was still no movement in the opposite position. He felt that what he said might not be clear enough, so he specifically added: "The Russians said that as long as we don't carry weapons, we can come here to eat.
As for whether to stay as prisoners after eating, or return to the original position, it is up to us. This is Colonel Sokov's assurance to us, and his men will resolutely obey this order.
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There was no movement in the German position. After hearing Sokov's promise that they would be fed and that they could freely choose to stay or come back, the soldiers who had been hungry for a long time could not hold back. They put down their weapons and hands and feet.
He climbed out of the position and crawled towards the Soviet position on the opposite side.
At first Ulbricht saw only two or three German soldiers crawling out of the position, and then seven or eight more. After a while, he found a group of dark people on the snow between the two army positions heading towards this side.
The enemy came over. His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he quickly said to Guchakov: "Comrade Captain, so many enemies have come, can your people cope with them?"
Guchakov did not expect that Sergeant Doppler's shouting could actually attract so many people. He turned around and glanced at the bamboo basket and the bucket of red cabbage soup on the ground. He felt that it must not be enough to eat, so he quickly ordered the cooking team to
The man said: "Go and bring another basket of bread and two buckets of beetroot soup."
After the German soldiers entered the trenches one after another, Guchakov found that there were not only ordinary soldiers, but even two lieutenant-level officers. After the German officers met Guchakov's gaze towards him, he hurriedly lowered his head.
Head, they are deeply afraid of being humiliated by the other party.
But what the German officers imagined did not happen. Guchakov walked up to them and handed them the bread in his hands. Without even saying a word, he went to the ordinary soldiers next to him and distributed bread to them.
Due to supply difficulties, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even lieutenant-level officers had a hard time getting enough to eat. Now that they suddenly had bread and hot vegetable soup in their hands, everyone ate it hungrily without being polite.
At that time, Ulbricht was worried that they would choke if they ate too fast, so he kindly comforted them: "Brothers, there is plenty of bread and vegetable soup. Don't be anxious, eat slowly, don't choke."
"Are you German?" As soon as Ulbricht opened his mouth, Sergeant Doppler quickly judged his identity from his accent. After receiving a positive answer from the other party, he asked curiously: "Are you a German?"
Did he join the Russian army because he was captured?"
"No, Sergeant Doppler, I am not a soldier." Ulbricht replied righteously: "I am the head of the German Anti-Faxi Temple Alliance. The anti-war broadcast you heard recently was between me and
My comrades broadcast it.”
After Sergeant Doppler said oh, he looked around and saw that other officers and soldiers were busy eating and no one noticed him. He lowered his voice and asked Ulbricht: "I want to ask, Manstein?"
Was the Marshal's army really repelled by the Russians?"
"Yes." Ulbricht replied affirmatively: "Not only were Marshal Manstein's troops repelled, but even the attack of General Hoth's armored forces was crushed."
"It turns out that this is all true." Sergeant Doppler said with some surprise: "So, our commander has been lying to us, saying that in a week at most, Marshal Manstein's troops will be able to arrive and fight with us.
Let’s meet up.”
"Marshal Manstein's troops have completely lost the ability to attack after suffering a heavy blow from the Soviet army." Ulbricht shook his head and said, "So I still advise you to give up this unrealistic plan as soon as possible.
Just fantasize.”
After the German soldiers had eaten and drank enough, some people climbed out of the Soviet trenches one after another and crawled towards their own positions. At the beginning, the German soldiers still had some scruples, fearing that if they left the Soviet positions, they would be attacked by Soviet troops.
But when they saw that their comrades had successfully climbed to their positions and the Soviet army had not yet opened fire, they realized that the words allowing them to leave freely were not made up to deceive them.
Sergeant Doppler, who was the first to arrive, reluctantly came to the edge of the trench after everyone left. Before leaving, he specifically explained to Guchakov: "Mr. Captain, although
I really want to stay, but I still have a few injured friends across the street, and I want to bring them something back. When their injuries get better, I will bring them over to surrender to you. Goodbye, see you later."
Looking at Sergeant Doppler's leaving figure, Ulbricht said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that Colonel Sokov's method was so effective that it could actually make those soldiers who wanted to fill their stomachs obediently give up.
Weapons are coming to our positions. If this is the case elsewhere, I estimate that it will not be long before the German officers and soldiers will completely lose the courage to continue fighting."
This chapter has been completed!