Sokov used the firelight in the German fortification next to him to see clearly the person talking to him. He was a man in a vertical prison uniform and medium-sized figure. Although his hair was messy and his bearded all over his face, he could still tell that he was a handsome handsome man. Sokov thought to himself: Who is this? Why can he call out my real name and father's name?
He felt that this person seemed very familiar, and he wondered in his heart whether he had seen this person before. Seeing Sokov stopped talking, the man continued to say: "My God, you are really Misha, who looks exactly the same as Uncle Misha. Do you don't know me anymore? I am Yakov!"
It would be ridiculous to hear the Russian language that this person spoke, mixed with a strong Georgian accent, Sokov could no longer guess the other party's identity. He was about to speak, but Selyosha had already run over, looked at Yakov with a slanted eyes and said to him: "Major Sokov, the prisoner-of-war camp has been checked, and all the prisoners of war have been rescued."
Sokov did not want Selyosha to know Yakov's identity, so he ordered him: "Since our mission has been completed, then transfer it. Remember to transport all the wounded and the sacrificed soldiers back. I will leave this matter to you and you will do it yourself."
After sending Selyosha away, Sokov avoided all the soldiers and pulled Yakov to the side and asked tentatively: "Yakov, how do you know my real name and father's name? Have we ever seen it before?"
"Misha, what's wrong with you?" Yakov asked strangely at Sokov. In terms of his name, he did not use the polite and alienated "you" but the closer "you": "Did you really forget me? You know, when I first came to Moscow from Georgia, I didn't know a word of Russian, and no one accompanied me, and stayed in my luxurious apartment every day in a daze. Later, one day, Uncle Misha brought you to visit my father. We met at that time and soon became good friends. Don't forget that you taught me my Russian..."
"What, Stalin's son and I are good friends?! I have taught him to speak Russian?!... What is this and what?!" Yakov's understatement made Sokov feel nervous. He even felt like he was dreaming and having an absurd dream. All this was really beyond the scope of normal people's understanding.
The most regrettable thing about Sokov was that he did not inherit the original owner's memory when he took over this body. He could only learn about his past experience through his old neighbor Seryosha. Seeing Yakov looking at him with a surprised look, he hurriedly concealed: "Yakov, you don't know. I was seriously injured in the bombing of the German army a few months ago, causing all my memories to become blank."
In order to increase his persuasion, he pointed to Selyosha's back in the distance and said to Yakov: "The second lieutenant who just left was my old neighbor. He studied, worked, and even joined the army together. But after I was injured, I couldn't even recognize who he was, let alone others."
Sokov successfully convinced Yakov with this far-fetched explanation, and then continued: "Yakov, I learned that you were imprisoned in Duminic's prisoner-of-war camp, so I specially brought people to rescue you."
Yakov didn't believe Sokov's statement. He said in his heart, if it weren't for me to remind you, you didn't even know who I am, and now you are here to rescue me, who would believe this? But no matter what, after all, others saved themselves and left the tiger's mouth, so this friendship must be remembered. Thinking of this, he asked lightly: "Major Sokov, I wonder how did you know that I was locked in this prisoner of war camp?"
When Sokov heard Yakov's name changed, he guessed that the other party would not believe what he said, so he explained to him: "It was Lieutenant Valerian who was captured with you. After being rescued not long ago, he was incorporated into my army. He told me."
When he heard Sokov mention Valerian, Yakov let go of his guard. He looked around and asked, "Where is he?"
"In the battle just now," Sokov said with a serious expression: "He died in a confrontation with the enemy."
After a brief silence, Yakov asked, "Misha, do he know about this rescue operation?"
Sokov knew that Yakov said "he" refers to Stalin, and quickly shook his head and said, "I decided on this rescue operation without authorization and did not report it to anyone. There were only three people who knew the inside story of the operation, including Valerian, who had already died."
Yakov nodded and then asked, "Misha, tell me, will he be angry about me being captured by the German army?"
"Yakov, he will definitely be angry about your capture." Sokov thought that he had seen in a document that Stalin had a stroke shortly after Yakov died in a prisoner-of-war camp, and perhaps there was an inseparable connection between the two. He decided to do his best to resolve the conflict between the father and son. So he looked at Yakov and said, "But he was more worried about your safety. As far as I know, he sent several special operation teams to rescue you, but for various reasons, they all ended in failure."
"Really?" Yakov grabbed Sokov's hand and asked excitedly: "Have he really sent someone to rescue me?"
"That's right, it's true." Sokov suddenly remembered Yakov's capture, which made Stalin lose face. Although he sent someone to rescue him privately, he never admitted it in public. This time he acted without authorization and successfully rescued Yakov. If he sent it back to Moscow with great fanfare, Stalin would not be able to get rid of the stage in public. Not only would he have no credit, he might also lose his life. Thinking of this, he carefully reminded Yakov: "Yakov, the matter of your capture has been used by the Germans to make a fuss, so he did not publicly admit it so as not to affect the morale and morale of the army. Therefore, you cannot make a big splash about your rescue, do you understand?"
After hearing this, Yakov nodded and agreed reluctantly: "I understand."
"Does anyone in this prison camp know you?"
Upon hearing this question, Yakov frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. I just sent here two days ago. I was locked in a separate room and had not spoken to anyone in these prisoners of war camps."
When he learned that no one knew Yakov in the prisoner-of-war camp, Yakov couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that it would be good that no one knew him, so that the news would not be leaked. He took out his first aid kit he carried with him and said to Yakov: "Yakov, I want to wrap a bandage on your face so that I won't be recognized by those who know you. Is it OK?"
"Yes." Yakov agreed to Sokov's proposal very readily.
Since there were hundreds of rescued prisoners of war, the six sleds carried by the squad could not sit down, so everyone had to marches in the snow in the forest. After walking on the road for two days, they finally returned to the nameless highland.
After Sokov ordered Selyosha to take the prisoners of war to rest, he returned to the battalion command post with Yakov, whose face was covered with bandages. As soon as he walked into the command post, Belkin came up and said anxiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, something happened!"
Chapter completed!