For a distance of more than 200 kilometers, even with sleds, Lin Hua and the others still spent more than ten hours until early the next morning before arriving near Kalmanovo.
The sled stopped in a forest a few kilometers away from the prisoner of war camp. Lin Hua jumped off the sled, moving his hands and feet that were numb from the cold, and said loudly: "Come to me, commanders of each platoon."
Following his shouts, several platoon leaders came to Lin Hua from different directions. Seeing that the platoon leaders had arrived, Lin Hua began to announce the purpose of the trip to them: "Comrades platoon leaders, the superiors gave us
The mission is to liberate a nearby prisoner of war camp, rescue our military commanders and fighters detained there, and arm them to deal with the German army in this area."
Before setting off, none of the platoon leaders asked about the mission of this trip. They thought it was another mission like protecting the Istria Reservoir Dam. After hearing Lin Hua talk about the mission, Vasily asked with some worry:
"Comrade Company Commander, with our current strength and equipment, there is no problem in taking down the prisoner-of-war camp. At best, the problem is the casualties of the troops. What I worry about is that when the enemy sees that the prisoner-of-war camp cannot be defended, he will not
Will we start a massacre of our comrades?"
Vasily's words immediately resonated with everyone, and Vanya also echoed: "Yes, if the enemy massacres our comrades, then we will not be able to complete this mission."
After Saviev waited for everyone to express their opinions, he suggested to Lin Hua: "Comrade Company Commander, I think it is not too late for us to send someone to conduct reconnaissance first to find out the specific situation of the prisoner of war camp before formulating an action plan.
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Lin Hua agreed with Saviev's proposal. He shouted to Pavel who was standing not far away: "Comrade Corporal, please come to us!"
When Bavel heard Lin Hua calling him, he trotted over quickly, raised his hand and saluted and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, do you have any instructions?"
In order to form a reconnaissance squad in the company, Lin Hua did not let Pavel return to the company after completing the task of protecting the Istria Reservoir Dam, but asked him to stay in the company. To understand the German prisoner of war camp
In such a situation, Bavel must take action, so Lin Hua said to him: "Comrade Corporal, I need you to take a few people to a nearby prisoner of war camp to conduct reconnaissance and find out the number and distribution of the enemy's troops." p>
As soon as Lin Hua finished assigning the task, Pavel shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Comrade Lieutenant, you asked me to take a few people to conduct reconnaissance, but where should I find them now?"
"Comrade Saviev," Lin Hua turned to look at Saviev and said, "Your guerrillas have been active in this area before. There must be a few comrades who are familiar with the terrain and can accompany Corporal Pavel on a reconnaissance mission.
Right?"
"Yes, Comrade Company Commander." Saviev said in a positive tone: "I have several comrades in the guerrilla group who are very familiar with the terrain in this area. I can let them follow Corporal Pavel to perform the mission.
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With the help of many parties, the reconnaissance team was quickly formed. There were five people in total. The team was led by Corporal Pavel. His deputy was Stepan, the deputy platoon leader of the third platoon, plus three other people who were familiar with the terrain and had rich experience.
Lin Hua, a former guerrilla with combat experience, stood in front of the queue and asked the five soldiers who held their heads high, "Are you all ready?"
"Then let's go!" Lin Hua waved to them, "I wish you good luck!"
After the reconnaissance team left, Vanya asked Lin Hua for instructions: "Comrade Company Commander, I estimate that the reconnaissance team will not be able to return until the afternoon. What should we do during such a long time?"
"First build a few snow walls for shelter from the wind so that the soldiers can have a place to rest." Lin Hua said with a normal expression: "By the way, let the comrades put on the German military coats on the sled. Maybe in the next section
For a while, we can only temporarily wear the enemy's clothes."
Hearing that Lin Hua asked the soldiers to wear German military coats, Vanya was stunned for a moment, and then a surprised expression appeared on his face: "Comrade company commander, I understand why you want to bring these German military coats. It turns out that it is because
This is the reason."
"Why do we want our soldiers to put on German military uniforms?" Even though Vanya had already guessed Lin Hua's intention, Andre still said with a confused look: "Their military coats don't have the same uniforms as ours."
The short fur coat is warm."
After Lin Hua and Vanya looked at each other, they burst into laughter, which made Andrei even more confused. Finally, Saviev explained to him: "Comrade Sergeant, haven't you seen that?
The company commander’s intention? He plans to let us put on German military coats and pretend to be enemies to capture the prisoner of war camp."
"But, but," Andre said in a panic: "Even if we put on German uniforms, no one can speak German. As soon as we come into contact with the Germans, will we soon become gangsters? As far as I know, most of the company
All the comrades can only say "Henderhohe", and they all learned it from the hygienist Asiya."
As soon as Andre finished speaking, there was a burst of good-natured laughter around him. Lin Hua waited for the laughter around him to stop and said to Andre: "Don't worry, Comrade Sergeant, although we don't speak German,
But there is one person who speaks German very well."
"Who?" Andre asked curiously, because in his impression, apart from Asiya, there was really no one who could speak German in the entire company.
"Well, that's him." Lin Hua pursed his lips towards Ernst, who was sitting on a sled eating something from a distance, and said, "When performing missions, Corporal Ernst is responsible for dealing with the Germans, so you don't have to worry about...
Exposed."
"What, let him go on a mission with us?" When Saviev heard Lin Hua say this, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face. After glancing at Ernst in the distance, he reminded Lin in a low voice
Hua said: "Comrade company commander, is it appropriate to let a German accompany us on our mission? We don't understand German. What if he exposes our identity when he comes into contact with the Germans?" "Don't worry, comrades." Although Lin Hua was not at ease with Ernst in his heart, considering that the company really couldn't do without Ernst's help if it wanted to disguise itself and carry out the mission. It was precisely because of this that he decided
Take a risk. At this moment, seeing that everyone was wary of Ernst, he pretended to be calm and said: "After observing these days, I feel that Ernst is still a trustworthy person. I believe he can definitely
