Next, someone asked Zakharov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, we have 10,000 or 20,000 Kwantung Army prisoners in our hands. How should we deal with them?"
"What I want to talk about next is related to this matter." Zaharov said: "According to the order of the Far East General Command, all the Kwantung Army captured by our army will be sent to Siberia to perform hard labor and be responsible for felling trees and mining.
Mineral deposits to solve the problem of labor shortage in the Far East."
"Then when can we send them away?" The man asked again: "You know, we have to deploy a certain amount of troops to take care of these prisoners of war to prevent them from suddenly causing rebellion and causing huge losses to our army."
"You are right. There must be restless people among so many Kwantung Army prisoners of war. Once they find an opportunity, they may riot." After hearing this, Sokov couldn't help but interjected: "Our army
On the day they captured Solon, there was a riot by prisoners of war and foreigners."
Due to Sokov's neat handling of the riots between prisoners of war and foreign nationals, except for the troops stationed in Solon City and a few commanders at the front army headquarters, the rest of the people did not hear any news about the incident at all.
When they heard Sokov mentioning this matter, everyone suddenly became interested and asked Sokov to explain what was going on.
Now that the Kwantung Army has laid down its weapons and the war is over, Sokov feels that there is no need to keep this matter secret, so he recounts what happened that day in detail to the commanders present. Finally
He also specifically emphasized the reason why he adopted the "Eleven Killing Rule": "The character of the little devil is to bully the weak and fear the strong. If you are stronger than him, if you act stronger, they will obey you. If you blindly accommodate and indulge,
, they will intensify their efforts. If harsh measures were not used to suppress them, I estimate that several similar incidents will occur during this period."
The reason why Sokov wanted to explain to everyone his original intention of doing this was because he was worried that someone among them would have a Madonna attack and condemn him for executing rebellious prisoners of war and foreign nationals, which was a violation of the Geneva Convention. But after he finished speaking,
But he found that he was overly worried, and no one present stood up to criticize him, and even expressed approval of his approach.
"Nowadays, each army has a large number of prisoners of war. If these people are left idle all day, someone will definitely make trouble." Zakharov waited for Sokov to finish and continued: "So after they were transported to
Before Siberia, we must find some work for them to do to consume their excess energy."
"General Zakharov," Lyudnikov asked curiously, "I wonder what work you plan to arrange for them?"
Zakharov picked up a stack of paper in his hand and said to everyone: "This is the work manual issued by the Far East Command to the troops. It details the disassembly work you have to do in the near future. Disassembling the machine is dangerous and costly.
I think the physical work can be done by the prisoners of war in your hands." After saying that, he put the paper in his hand on the table and said, "Commanders of each group army will come and receive your work manual."
Lyudnikov was close to the pile of papers, grabbed a few of them, and examined them carefully: "This is from the 17th Army, this is from the 36th Army, this is from our Army... Misha, this is
Yours." He handed over a few pieces of paper.
Sokov took the pieces of paper and began to quickly browse the contents.
Written on the paper is a list of dismantling equipment at the Tiexi District factory: "Manchuria Mitsubishi Machinery Co., Ltd., Manchuria Sumitomo Metal Fengtian Works, Nisman Forging Co., Ltd., Manchu Calendar Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo Shibaura Fengten Works, Manchu Fuji Electric, Manchu Electric Wire
Co., Ltd., Manchu Masushima Works..."
Looking at the names of factories one after another, Sokov's heart bleeds: The ones to be demolished are the latest factories and mechanical equipment in the Northeast, power generation and transmission equipment, electric motors and experimental equipment, etc. These equipment are being demolished.
Its demolition will set back the development of heavy industry in Northeast China for at least thirty years.
Sokov had a momentary impulse and wanted to tear all these papers into pieces, and then told Zakharov righteously: "As long as I am still the commander of the 53rd Army, then I will not even think about a screw in the Tiexi District."
Take it apart."
But in the end, reason defeated impulse. He knew very well that now that the war was over, he, the commander of the group army, had become dispensable. If he really had an attack at such a meeting, I am afraid that he would be dismissed immediately.
Not only will it not help the situation, but it will make the situation worse.
"Dismantling factory equipment is a big project. It is not only hard work, but also involves certain dangers." Zakharov continued: "You have to use prisoners of war to complete this work. As for whether there will be any accidents during the disassembly work,
The casualties are not within our scope of consideration. Anyway, they are our prisoners of war, and we are extremely gracious to be able to spare their lives."
Sokov was not dissatisfied with using the little devils as livestock. He even thought about it. After returning to Fengtian, he would carefully think about whether there were any jobs that required a large number of manpower and could let the little devils do these heavy tasks.
As for the dismantling of the factory equipment, it can be done later. If the superiors push it urgently, I will let the little Japanese prisoners of war work overtime to make progress. If there are casualties during the work, it is natural that they want it.
In Cove's mind, the more little devils die, the better.
After the meeting, Sokov got up and walked out of the conference room, joining Yakov, Lukin and others outside.
"Misha," Lukin secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Sokov standing in front of him intact. He said to Yakov: "Just now at the meeting, I was worried that you were dismantling the factory equipment.
There was a dispute with the Chief of Staff of the Front Army and the others."
After hearing this, Sokov couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then said: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I did have such an idea just now. But then I thought about it, this is something that has been decided by the superiors, and I am a small group army commander.
As a member of the Communist Party of China, it is simply impossible to change the decision of your superiors."
Sokov came to the parking place and asked the guard company commander who came over: "Comrade Captain, do you have any telegrams during our meeting?"
When he came to Beijing for a meeting this time, Sokov didn't know how long the meeting would last, so he brought a radio with him to keep in touch with the staff staying behind at the headquarters.
"Yes, Comrade Commander." The guard company commander replied, "It's a very long telegram."
"A very long telegram?" Sokov couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat when he heard what the guard company commander said. He quickly reached out to the other party and said, "Show me the telegram."
After receiving the telegram from the guard company commander, Sokov began to browse it.
The telegram was sent by Chumakov, commander of the 57th Army. The telegram said that Colonel Fatyushen, commander of the 232nd Division, encountered a strange unit on the way as an artillery unit continued to advance south.
Some of the troops were wearing gray military uniforms, while others were wearing Kwantung Army uniforms, and they carried a variety of weapons. When Colonel Faqiushen discovered this unit of unknown origin, he immediately ordered the artillery unit to stop advancing and prepare for the attack.
He prepared for battle and sent people to negotiate with the other party to find out what kind of army they were.
Seeing this, Sokov suddenly had a thought in his mind. Could it be that the Eighth Route Army had escaped from the pass? He quickly continued reading to see what was going on.
Later, it was said: Although the liaison officer sent by Colonel Faqiushen knew Chinese, he knew nothing about the unit number the other party mentioned, and he could not figure out whether the other party was a friendly force or an enemy. Just when the two sides were at war with each other, the opposite party
Someone in the team actually sang "The Internationale" in Chinese. This misunderstanding was resolved. It turned out that the other party was a friendly force from within the pass. Their mission was two-fold: first, to conquer Shanhaiguan and open a channel for the follow-up troops to march into the Northeast;
Second, successfully complete the strategic reconnaissance mission and provide decision-making basis for the rear to send troops into the Northeast.
After the two sides joined forces, they launched an attack on Shanhaiguan. Although the Kwantung Army who held Shanhaiguan put up a tenacious resistance, they were quickly wiped out under the fierce offensive of the coalition forces. Today, part of the army is about 2,000
People, after crossing Shanhaiguan, are heading towards Fengtian.
After reading the telegram, Sokov knew that the troops coming were commanded by General Zeng. In addition to the two points mentioned in the telegram, their goal was to take over a large area of land in the Northeast in a short period of time and fight for the Northeast for the main force.
Seize the opportunity.
Sokov handed the finished telegram to Lukin, Yakov and others for circulation.
After Yakov saw the contents of the telegram, he couldn't help frowning. He looked at Sokov and asked: "Misha, this army is not here to fight us, is it?"
"Yasha, you are worrying too much. Didn't you see in General Chumakov's telegram that the way they resolve the misunderstanding with our vanguard is to sing the Internationale? This shows that they are our friendly forces."
Sokov was worried that Yakov would not understand what he meant, and specifically added, "They are one family with the comrades of the 88th International Brigade."
"Oh, that's it." If Sokov wanted to explain to Yakov according to normal thinking, I don't know how much effort it would take, but once he said it, the troops and the 88th International Brigade were a family, Yakov
Suddenly he understood: "Should we send someone to pick them up?"
"Let Captain Feng and Lieutenant Chen go." Sokov said with a smile: "After all, they are one family with the troops coming here. They are undoubtedly the best candidates to handle the situation."
"It's getting late, let's set off." Lu Jin said from the side, "If the driver drives faster, we may be able to return to Fengtian before dark."
The motorcade set off and drove along the highway towards the outskirts of Xinjing.
Seeing that he was about to leave the city, Sokov suddenly heard a cry outside the window and quickly raised his head and looked outside.
I saw a military camp not far ahead. There was barbed wire on the high wall. There was a wooden guard tower inside the wall. There was a heavily armed Japanese soldier on it. He was holding on to the railing and looking towards the door.
go.
Looking in the direction of his sight, Sokov saw a group of people surrounding the door, mostly ordinary people, and the crying came from among them. They seemed to want to enter the military camp, but the four people on duty at the door
The soldiers blocked their way.
Sokov couldn't help being angry when he saw this. The Kwantung Army had laid down their weapons and surrendered. Why are there still tyrannical little devils in the military camp here? He quickly ordered the driver: "Stop at the gate of the military camp in front!"
"Misha," Lukin heard Sokov say this and asked in surprise: "What are you going to do?"
"Should I go see what's going on there?"
As Sokov's jeep stopped, several trucks behind him also stopped. When Yakov's jeep and two other trucks saw the vehicles behind them suddenly stopping, they also reversed back to understand the situation.
As soon as Sokov got off the car, Yakov hurried back from the front and asked urgently: "Misha, why did you stop the car?"
Sokov pointed at the group of ordinary people who were stopped by the Japanese soldiers and said: "I saw these ordinary people being stopped by the Japanese soldiers and wanted to see what was going on."
"I said Misha, this is not our defense area. What's going on if you stop the car and meddle in other people's business?" Yakov persuaded him nicely: "Why don't you call General Lyudnikov and ask him to
Just send someone to deal with it, let’s continue on our way.”
"Yasha, the convoy has stopped anyway. I'll go over and ask what's going on." Sokov said to Yakov: "If there is nothing major, we will continue on our way. If I can't handle it, let Lyud
It won’t be too late for General Nikov to call.”
"Okay." Yakov nodded helplessly, called a staff officer who knew Chinese, and told him: "Go and ask what happened there."
With the help of his staff, Lukin got out of the car and sat in his wheelchair. He said to Yakov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I think General Lyudnikov seems to be too lenient towards the prisoners of war in Xinjing.
Look, even though they have become prisoners of war, they still hold weapons that can kill people. If these armed prisoners of war start a riot, it is simply unimaginable what serious consequences it will bring."
"Yes, this is indeed a problem." Yakov scratched the back of his head and said: "When the Kwantung officers and soldiers who helped us maintain security in Fengtian City patrolled with wooden sticks in their hands, I was worried that they might cause us trouble.
"I didn't expect that this place would be so tolerant to prisoners of war and allow them to continue to carry weapons."
Sokov said nothing, but quietly looked at the staff officer who went to inquire about the news. After he squeezed into the crowd, he greeted an elderly man, seemingly asking him what happened here.
The old man seemed very excited, as if something great had happened.
