Pavel returned earlier than Lin Hua expected. Just after lunch, Pavel took a soldier back to the place where the troops were resting. Suddenly he saw people wearing German army coats in the forest.
, startled him, thinking that the enemy had reached here silently. Just when he was hiding behind a tree, raising his gun and preparing to shoot, luckily he was discovered by Lin Hua: "Bavel, you are back.
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Hearing Lin Hua's voice, Pavel put down the gun in his hand, walked out from behind the tree, and asked confusedly: "Comrade Lieutenant, what is going on? Why are everyone wearing German uniforms?"
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"I'll explain this to you later." Lin Hua walked over, shook hands with Pavel, and asked, "Have you figured out the situation in the prisoner of war camp?" He glanced behind Pavel and found that there was only one person following him.
A soldier, he added, "Where are Stepan and the others?"
"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant, everything is clear." Pavel replied: "The deputy platoon commander and others are still staying near the prisoner of war camp to monitor the enemy's movements."
After Lin Hua summoned the platoon leaders again, he said: "Comrade platoon leaders, Corporal Pavel has completed the reconnaissance mission. Now let him introduce the situation to everyone."
Pavel squatted on the ground, drew a sketch in the snow with his fingers, and reported his reconnaissance results to everyone: "The prisoner of war camp is square in shape and surrounded by a double-layer barbed wire fence. The entrance is to the east, and there is a guard box and a gate at the door.
There are two sandbag fortifications with a row of wooden houses inside, which should be where the German guards lived. There is a watchtower at each corner, with searchlights and a machine gun on the watchtower..."
"Comrade Corporal, according to you, how many guards are there in the prisoner of war camp?" Vanya asked first after Pavel finished speaking.
"Based on the size of the houses in the prisoner of war camp, there are probably more than fifty guards." Pavel said this with an angry expression on his face: "Except for the houses where the Germans lived, there are no other buildings.
Now, our comrades are all huddled in the open space surrounded by barbed wire, using each other's body heat to keep warm."
"What, what did you say?" Lin Hua couldn't help being shocked when he heard this: "Bavel, what did you say, the comrades in the prisoner of war camp are all staying in the open space?" After seeing Bavel nodding in affirmation,
He added, "In such a cold weather, I don't know how many people will freeze to death."
"Hell, the fascists actually dare to treat our comrades like this." After learning about the situation of the captured commanders and fighters, Vasily said angrily: "Comrade company commander, we can't hesitate any longer, shall we take action now?" p>
"I will start assigning tasks now." Lin Hua originally wanted to lead his troops to liberate the prisoner-of-war camp when it got dark, but when he learned that the Soviet prisoners-of-war were being kept in an open field without shelter from wind and snow, he changed his mind temporarily and told everyone
The combat mission was assigned: "The first platoon and the second platoon followed me, pretending to be German troops going for reinforcements, and trying to sneak into the prisoner of war camp; Saviev's third platoon served as a guard outside, cutting off all connections between the prisoner of war camp and the outside world; the engineer platoon
Stay here and guard the sleigh and supplies..."
Vasily became anxious when he heard that Lin Hua asked his engineer platoon to stay again: "Comrade company commander, you didn't let us participate in the battle on the banks of the Lama River. Now we have to liberate the prisoner of war camp and rescue us captured
Comrade-in-arms, you asked us to stay again. This is unfair and I don’t accept it!”
Lin Hua ignored Vasily's complaints and directly ordered: "The tasks are clear. All platoon leaders, please go back and make preparations. We will set off in a quarter of an hour."
Seeing the other platoon leaders leaving one after another, but Vasily still standing there, Lin Hua knew that he was emotional, so he walked to him and asked: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, are you dissatisfied with this arrangement of mine?"
Are you satisfied?"
Vasily didn't speak, just snorted heavily, and Quan admitted it. Lin Hua grinned, and then said: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, even if you don't speak, I can guess what you are thinking." At this point.
, he suppressed the smile on his face and said with a serious expression, "Although your platoon is an engineer platoon, its combat effectiveness is not the weakest in the entire company. There is a reason why I keep you in every battle.
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"Is there a reason?" When Vasily heard what Lin Hua said, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face: "What's the reason?"
"You also know that every mission we perform is very dangerous." Lin Hua looked at the soldiers gathering in the distance and said to Vasily: "Your platoon is the seed I left behind. Once we are in battle,
All of them have been sacrificed, and it will be up to you to rebuild Istria. Do you understand?"
Vasily did not speak, but his breathing became rapid. After a while, he finally said: "I understand, comrade company commander, I wrongly blamed you, please forgive me!" After that, he raised his hand and saluted.
, "I will resolutely obey your orders."
A quarter of an hour later, two platoons of soldiers disguised as German soldiers set off. Lin Hua, wearing the uniform of a German second lieutenant, walked at the front of the entire unit. Next to him was Ernst, who was wearing the uniform of a German captain. The German corporal looked very...
Nervous, I raised my hand from time to time to wipe the sweat from my forehead.
Seeing that Ernst was so nervous, Lin Hua quickly comforted him and said: "Don't worry, Corporal Ernst, my people will protect your safety. You will be fine."
"I...I'm not nervous," Ernst said hesitantly: "I...I'm worried...I'm worried...that I'll...be found out...and then...I'll...misunderstand your affairs."
"Ernst, didn't we just agree?" Lin Hua said to Ernst with a side face: "Just tell the guards of the prisoner of war camp that we were ordered to take over the prisoner of war camp and ask them to hand over the defense to us.
.When the guards gathered, we took them by surprise and disarmed them."
Ernst raised his hand again to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and tried his best to say in a calm tone: "Okay, I will try my best."
After an hour of marching, the troops arrived near the prisoner of war camp. The guard at the entrance saw a troop approaching him and was about to sound the alarm. However, after seeing clearly that the person coming was wearing a German uniform, the guard in the sandbag fortification
The machine gunner relaxed his vigilance again.
Lin Hua saw a German soldier walking out of the guard box carrying a rifle and slowly walking towards his troops. He whispered to Ernst: "Ernst, this German soldier will be handed over to you."
It's up to you to deal with it." Ernst, who was originally extremely nervous, miraculously regained his composure at this moment. After nodding, he quickened his pace and walked towards the German soldier.
The German soldier raised his hand to block Ernst's path and asked expressionlessly: "Mr. Captain, which unit are you from and what are you doing here?"
"I am Captain Ernst, the commander of Company E of the 106th Infantry Division," Ernst said to the German soldiers with his hands behind his back: "We were ordered to take over the prisoner of war camp!"
"Take over the prisoner of war camp?" Hearing what Ernst said, the German soldier was stunned for a moment and then said: "But we did not receive such an order. Mr. Captain, please show your ID."
Lin Hua, who was standing not far away, could not understand German, but when he saw Ernst reaching into his pocket, he knew that he was only going to show his ID to the German soldiers. Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel his heart rising in his throat.
, I said in my heart that you don’t have any documents at all, how can you get them.
Who knew what happened next, which shocked him. Ernst suddenly pointed at the German soldiers and muttered a few words. The German soldiers actually stood at attention and saluted Ernst. It turned out that Ernst knew he couldn't take out his ID. After pretending to take it out for a moment, he suddenly pointed at the German soldier and said: "Private, why didn't you salute just now? Don't you know that soldiers must salute when they see an officer?"
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Ernst's pretentiousness frightened the first-class soldier. He remembered that he had indeed not saluted the captain. He stood up in panic and raised his hand to salute Ernst. Ernst said reluctantly: "You come back immediately.
Go to your commander and tell him that you are being imprisoned for two days because you were rude to him."
The first-class soldier did not dare to refute, so he straightened his body like a telegraph pole and replied: "Yes, Mr. Captain."
"Lead the way." Ernst saw that his little trick had made the other party forget about checking documents, so he ordered: "We need to take over the prisoner of war camp immediately."
