When Henrik led his parents through the Soviet defense lines, he was in a state of high mental tension. He was deeply afraid that some patrols would appear from somewhere, and his family might be shot dead on the spot.
Nothing he worried about happened, but he successfully passed through the Soviet defense line and arrived near the German defense line.
Although there are still dangers ahead, Henrik has a pass issued by the German Army Command and can freely enter and exit the German defense area. Therefore, after entering this area, he immediately felt much more relaxed.
"Stop!" At this moment, a shout came from the front: "If you go further, I will shoot!" Then there was the sound of pulling the bolt of the gun.
Hearing that the other party was speaking German, Henrik felt very cordial in his heart, and he quickly shouted to the other party: "Don't shoot, I am an intelligence agent sent to the Russian defense area, and I have a special pass issued by the headquarters."
"
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier wearing a steel helmet and white camouflage uniform emerged from the snowdrift next to him. He came to Henrik with a submachine gun and stretched out a hand to him: "Your
Pass!”
Henrik did not dare to neglect, and quickly handed over the pass he had prepared. He knew that these German soldiers were unreasonable to the Poles, and they would beat or scold them if they did not like them. Now in a sensitive area like the frontier, the other side directly
It's possible to shoot yourself and kill yourself.
The soldier used the flashlight to carefully check Henrik's ID, and then used the flashlight to shine on the radio on his back: "What is that?"
"The radio station." Henrik replied: "It's the radio station I use to communicate with the intelligence service."
The soldier nodded and flashed the flashlight at Mr. and Mrs. Germon: "Who are they?"
"They are my parents. They followed me to escape from the Russians this time."
Seeing that Henrik's answer was impeccable, the soldier returned the document to him, then waved his hand and said impatiently: "Hurry over and don't stay here, otherwise you have to bear the consequences yourself."
For Henrik, this place was almost like the gate of hell, and of course he wanted to leave quickly. He took the certificate handed to him by the soldier, nodded and bowed his thanks, and took his parents into the German defense zone and headed for the nearest city.
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At dawn, they arrived at the entrance of a city. After being inspected again, they entered the city.
After a night of running around, Jiemeng and his wife were tired and sleepy. Jiemeng asked: "How long do we have to go?"
"Come on, come on," Henrik replied: "At the end of this street is where my sister lives. You can stay at her house first."
"What about you?"
"I have to send the information to the Germans first." Henrik said, "Otherwise we won't get the remaining eight thousand pounds."
When it came to the eight thousand pounds, Germon said with some regret: "It's a pity that the Russian took away the two thousand pounds. I feel uncomfortable thinking about it. If we had said that we would give him the money in two days, maybe we could still
That’s an extra two thousand pounds.”
Compared with Germon's money-grubbing father, Henrik is obviously much more sober: "If we don't give the other party two thousand pounds, how can he easily give us the city defense map? Although we gave the other party two thousand pounds, but
The other eight thousand is a windfall for us."
Soon, the three of them came to a stop at the door of a house.
Henrik stepped forward and rang the doorbell. After waiting for a while, the door opened and a young woman appeared at the door. When she saw Henrik outside the door, her eyes could not help but shine: "Henrik, when will you be back?"
of?"
"Dear sister." The young woman was Henrik's sister. Henrik said with a smile: "I just came back, look who I brought!" After saying that, he turned to one side and got out of the bed.
The parents he blocked.
Seeing her parents clearly appearing in front of her, Henrik's sister had a look of surprise on her face. She stepped forward to hug her mother and said excitedly: "Why are you here?"
"Henrik brought us here." Germon said from the side: "In the next few days, we will stay at your place."
Hearing what Germon said, Henrik's sister had a panic expression on her face. She looked nervously to both sides, as if she was looking for something. Henrik knew his sister and what she was looking for, so he quickly said
: "You don't have to look for him, he's already dead."
"Dead?!" Henrik's sister asked in shock: "How did he die?"
"Let your parents come in first. They will tell you the specific situation." Henrik said to his sister, "I have important things to do, so I won't accompany you."
Henrik left his sister's house and walked directly towards the German intelligence office. He planned to send the information he obtained directly there to obtain the remaining rewards. As for how his parents explained the cause of Dobzharsky's death to his sister,
It's not something he should be concerned about anymore.
After arriving at the German intelligence office and showing his pass again, he successfully entered the building and found the German intelligence officer responsible for collecting intelligence.
When the intelligence officer saw Henrik's appearance, he was stunned for a moment, then stood up and pointed at him and said, "Aren't you the intelligence agent sent to the Russians two days ago?"
"Yes, sir. It's me." Henrik nodded and said, "I have obtained information about the Russians and am back to report to you."
The intelligence officer said "Oh" and asked casually: "Why are you alone, where is Dobzharsky? Why didn't I come back with you?"
"Sir, he can't come back." Henrik tried his best to pretend to be distressed: "While we were scouting the Russian defensive positions, he unfortunately stepped on a mine and was killed on the spot."
The intelligence officer still had a good impression of Dobzharsky. After all, this man had successfully completed the tasks assigned by him many times. Now that he heard that he was killed by a Russian mine, he still felt a little disappointed.
"Where is the intelligence?" After the intelligence officer sat down again, he looked at Henrik and asked, "Did you bring it back?"
"Yes, sir, the information has been brought back." Henrik quickly took out the map in his arms, unfolded it and carefully placed it in front of the intelligence officer: "This is the defense map we purchased from the Russians, please
You take a look."
The intelligence officer glanced down at the defense map, then raised his head again and asked, "Is this defense map real?"
"Yes, sir, this map should be real." Henrik explained to the other party: "You see, this part is the defense area of a certain Russian regiment. A few days ago, we got a copy of this map.
We carefully verified the regiment's defense map and confirmed that it was authentic. After we got the map, we compared it specifically for this location and found that the details were completely consistent, which shows that what we obtained was a
A true defense plan.”
Hearing what Henrik said, the intelligence officer nodded slightly and said, "Okay, Henrik, the defense map will be left here for now, and I will report it to the commander as soon as possible."
When Henrik saw that the intelligence officer was about to send him away, but did not mention any money, he cautiously reminded the other person: "Sir, I still have eight thousand pounds, I don't know when can I cash it out?"
Seeing that Henrik actually asked him for money, a look of anger flashed on the intelligence officer's face: "You go back first, I will give the defense plan to the commander, and if he is satisfied, I will give you the remaining money.
.Understand?"
The intelligence officer's words, which were obviously prevaricating, made Henrik's heart freeze. He was worried that after the intelligence officer took away the defense map, the remaining eight thousand pounds would be wasted, so he quickly grabbed the defense map and treated it.
The intelligence officer said: "Sir, we agreed at the time that it would cost 10,000 pounds to buy this information. Now we have only given the other party 2,000 pounds, leaving 8,000 pounds left. If you don't give it to me, I can't help it.
Explain to the other party.”
"Explain to the other party?" The intelligence officer heard what Henrik said and sneered: "You have returned to our defense area, what else do you need to explain to the Russians staying on the Russian defense lines?"
Henrik saw that the intelligence officer obviously wanted to default on the bill, and he wanted to argue with the other party, but the intelligence officer had already waved his hand at him and said in an unhappy tone: "Okay, you have nothing to do here, go out quickly."
From the reaction of the intelligence officer, Henrik realized that the other party was planning to burn the bridge. He couldn't help but began to regret. If he had known that this person would default on his debt, he should have stayed in the village with the intelligence. In order to obtain this intelligence, the Germans must have
He will send someone to see him with the remaining 8,000 pounds. In this way, he can wait for the money to be obtained before taking his parents to escape to the German-occupied area. With the 8,000 pounds, if he cannot stay here any longer, he can find a way to escape.
For other places, wait until the war is over before going to England.
When Henrik returned to his sister's house dejectedly, Germon was already waiting impatiently. As soon as he saw his son appear, he asked eagerly: "Has the information been sent up? When will the remaining eight thousand pounds be given to us?"
"The information has been sent up." Henrik said weakly: "But the Germans seem to want to default on the bill and are unwilling to give us the eight thousand pounds promised."
"What, the Germans want to renege on their debt, how can they break their word like this?" Germon said angrily: "We risked our lives to bring them the information, but they didn't give us the promised money. No, I want it
Go find them to settle accounts. Son, tell me where that officer is. I’m going to find him.”
Seeing Germon angrily preparing to go to the intelligence officer to settle accounts, Henrik quickly pulled him away, who was afraid that his impulsiveness would bring disaster to him. Henrik's sister also said at the side: "
The Germans have never been trustworthy, and they also look down on us Poles. If you just rush in and look for them, they might shoot you to death."
The furious Jie Meng immediately calmed down when he heard what his daughter said. He had worked so hard to escape to the German-occupied area because he wanted to make money, but he couldn't let his life go in vain.
"If the Germans don't give us money, what should we do?" Germon's wife said: "We escaped here, although we brought some valuable things, but if we have no income and live on nothing, how long can we last?
Where is the time?"
Henrik's sister walked up to Henrik and asked him: "Henrik, is there nothing we can think of?"
Henrik lowered his head and said with some embarrassment: "If my brother-in-law was still here, there would be room for change. But now that my brother-in-law is gone, many Germans in charge of intelligence work are not interested in me. If they want to get
With this amount of money, I think it’s basically impossible.”
"Otherwise, we should go back to the village." Jiemeng's wife said, "We only came out for one night, and if we go back secretly, we won't attract anyone's attention."
"No, we can't go back to the village." Unexpectedly, Jiemen shook his head after hearing this and replied resolutely: "Unless the Germans fight back, there is no chance for us to go back. You know, even if there is no one in the village
It turns out that we have left before, but the Russian second lieutenant will come to my house tomorrow night and ask for money. If we can't get the money, he will kill people and burn down the house."
"Didn't he get arrested?" Germon's wife turned to look at Henrik who was sitting next to him in a daze, and continued: "When we left last night, didn't we send an anonymous letter to the Russians to report to them?
That second lieutenant colluded with the Germans. I think their commander should have arrested him after receiving the anonymous letter. Even if we go back, there is no risk."
"Women are really short-sighted," Jiemen heard his wife say this, and immediately got angry at her: "Do you really think that if he is arrested, it will be fine if we go back? Every time he provides information, he will
So if they dare to ask for such a high price, they must give part to other people. In other words, they are a gang. Even if he is caught, other people in their gang will continue to come to my house to ask for the money.
Money, do you think we can come up with eight thousand pounds?"
Seeing that she could not receive money and could not return to her home, Germon's wife began to cry: "It's all your fault that you are too greedy. You insist on trying to steal other people's 8,000 pounds. As a result, our family has become what it is now.
Look."
Jermont, who was riding a tiger but couldn't get off, could only bite the bullet and say: "Since we have come to this step, we can only grit our teeth and persevere." After saying these words, he ordered Henrik: "Henrik
, if you are free tomorrow, go to the intelligence department and have a look, talk nicely to the officer, and ask him to give us 8,000 pounds. If he can't give 8,000 pounds, he can give 7,000 pounds. Seven thousand pounds is fine."
Seeing that the matter had reached this point, but his father was still thinking about the eight thousand pounds, Henrik could only smile bitterly and said: "Then I will try again tomorrow. But I don't know if it will work. If I anger
Sir, he beat me to death, you must remember to help me collect the body."
The person who cared most about Henrik was his sister. When she heard that if she went to find the German intelligence officer tomorrow, she might be beaten to death, she was shocked and said to him quickly: "Henrik, how about this money?"
Just forget it. Don’t get the money back in the end and risk your life. It’s not worth it.”
But Germon said reluctantly: "No, I have to try tomorrow. You have gone through life and death to help the Germans get so much information, I don't think they will be ungrateful. If you go a few more times, maybe the officer will become soft-hearted.
I might just give you all the money we owe us."
"Okay." Henrik, who was unwilling to get the money, heard what his father said and decided to take another risk. He nodded and said, "Then I will try again tomorrow to see the Germans."
