On the night of July 9, in the headquarters of the Soviet 19th Army, the commander of the 19th Army, Konev, was personally going to interrogate the first batch of German prisoners they captured.
You must know that the Soviet army, which was beaten violently by the German army along the way, had very few chances to capture prisoners. If it hadn't been for a small group of German troops that happened to rush too far forward this time and happened to be short of ammunition, they wanted to capture the German army who had the upper hand.
It's really not easy.
Not to mention that Konev attached great importance to it. Even Stalin sent a special report from Moscow after hearing about the capture of German soldiers, saying that he would make good use of this opportunity for propaganda. After all, the German troops in front of him captured tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers.
, finally it was their turn to capture more than ten German soldiers at once, and of course they also publicized them.
The telegram sent by Stalin himself requested that the 19th Army must ensure that no accidents occur to these prisoners. Stalin was still waiting to push them to Moscow and find ways to instigate these German soldiers to rebel, just like the Germans used the Ukrainian troops to defect to make a fuss.
, this time the Soviet Union also used the same method to incite some Germans to rebel for political propaganda.
"Which division?" Konev asked a tall, yellow-haired German machine gunner.
The machine gunner did not answer immediately, but stood there with his long legs aside and closed his eyes with brown eyelashes contemptuously.
"Repeat the question to him." Konev suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered the translator.
If possible, he really wanted to drag this German out and beat him up. But Stalin had given orders that these Germans were targets who needed to be incited to rebel, and no violence should be used.
"From the 17th Armored Division." Just as Konev's fists were clenched and his face became increasingly ugly, the German machine gunner finally spoke: "You don't need to translate, just ask directly, I can speak Russian."
Seeing that the prisoner had spoken, Konev felt that things might be easier to handle, and continued to ask: "Where are the troops of your division stationed?"
"have no idea."
Just when Konev felt that the prisoner could communicate with him normally, the other party immediately embarrassed him again.
"Lie!" Konev couldn't help but let out a low roar.
As a result, facing Konev's roar, the German machine gunner actually let out a "hum" from his nose.
"I'm not lying. I can tell you where we were stationed yesterday. As for today, I don't know where to advance after leaving the army?" The machine gunner opened his mouth, showed a bright smile, and looked at Konev provocatively.
, word by word: "But I can tell you, where will our division be stationed tomorrow?"
"Where?" Konev looked at the annoying German prisoner with some displeasure.
"Smolensk!" the machine gunner smiled even brighter.
"hiss......"
Everyone present could not help but gasp.
I have seen arrogant people, but never such arrogant people. Does this person have the consciousness that a prisoner of war should have?
The political commissar standing next to Konev frowned and looked at the expression on the German machine gunner's face.
This political commissar in his thirties has worked with Konev for more than ten years. In the past ten years, he has never seen Konev, a former political commissar, really angry or angry. But today, he felt that the situation in front of him
A German may be about to break this zero record.
After all, he had never seen a prisoner like the German machine gunner in front of him.
In terms of identity, Konev is a group army commander, while the opponent is just a small machine gunner.
The political commissar shook his head. This was the first time he had seen someone with such a huge status gap dare to pull him like this.
"Is it your division's combat mission to capture Smolensk within tomorrow?" The political commissar saw that Konev's face looked very ugly, so he continued to ask on his behalf.
"No, I just said it casually. I just thought that taking down a small city of Smolensk would be enough time before tomorrow. When you decided to invade us, you didn't think about the opponents you provoked.
Is it the Third Reich that is stronger than you?" The machine gunner continued to reply arrogantly.
Hearing his answer, there was another sound of cold air coming from all around. Even almost all the Soviets present, including the translator, were wondering from whom did this German machine gunner learn the death-defying skills?
It's really top-notch.
Where is Smolensk? It was a historical city that gave Napoleon a headache and caused the French Expeditionary Force to bleed!
Is this a small city that you Germans can capture if you want?
The political commissar also took a breath because of his toothache and closed his mouth and said nothing more. In his mind, he already had the idea of privately killing this machine gunner who was dragging him to the sky.
"Just like this, even if we don't kill you today, how can you still drag me in front of Stalin when we get to Moscow? If you can live past the end of this month, I will read my name backwards from now on." The political commissar thought to himself.
"Does this prisoner know nothing about the current situation?" A staff officer from the 19th Army Headquarters was telling another staff officer with great interest: "I used to know that the Germans were not afraid of death in war, but now it seems that
They are not afraid of death, they are just trying their best to find death!"
In his opinion, even if Konev did not kill him and sent him to Moscow in the future, this man would not live for a few days.
This kind of thorn is destined to die at the hands of some big shots who can't stand him.
After seeing the machine gunner approaching with a series of suicide attempts, everyone present no longer wanted to ask for any information from him. They wished that he could be sent to Moscow to cause trouble and die, so as not to stay here.
It also gives me a headache.
"You are a small machine gunner, but you don't pay attention to your words."
"Even if you don't look in the mirror yourself and see how embarrassed he is now. He has been captured by us. Do you still think you are great?"
"Hmph, this kind of person is only worthy of being used as cannon fodder on the battlefield. He still doesn't recognize his status here. In terms of level, who here is not higher than him? It's his turn to be a machine gunner and act like a big star?"
For a time, several Soviet staff officers who were watching the fun also began to mock the German prisoner, venting their anger on their commander and political commissar.
Konev finally lost all patience and shouted angrily: "Take him down! Send him directly to Moscow tomorrow!"
Konev tried hard to calm down the anger aroused by this German prisoner. He knew very well that the prisoner was so arrogant because of the overwhelming German offensive and the embarrassment of his own retreat.
What is even more embarrassing is that this war was clearly initiated by the Soviet Union with the purpose of invading and occupying German soil. As a result, the war situation is now completely one-sided, but it is leading to the opposite direction of the Soviet army.
"Originally, I was going to occupy German soil, but the German army turned around and attacked my own hinterland. I was completely embarrassed." Konev thought painfully.
