Chapter 1055 Reconnaissance Camp Activities Outside the City
Tokov Company even adopted a battle formation. They relied on the big tree as a bunker and approached the target covertly.
As a vanguard, he was very careful, especially the soldiers in the first platoon, who were under the greatest pressure from detection.
There is a lot of grass under the pine forest, and the breeze blows through the forest. The rustling of the leaves conceals people's footsteps, which also makes the detection more difficult.
Excellent scouts can distinguish other sounds in the wind, and some even have dog noses that can smell the unique smoke of ammunition from the aroma of grass and soil.
A soldier on the front line suddenly noticed a strange aura, and he immediately made strange movements with his back against the big tree.
Tokov, who was not far away, was very surprised. The soldier's sign language was explaining: "I found someone smoking in front of me."
Who is smoking? First of all, soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion will not smoke during armed reconnaissance, because it is seeking death.
The only possibility is the enemy.
Tokov immediately made a series of gestures, especially the motion of slitting his throat. He signaled: "The vanguard will continue to investigate and behead the enemy immediately if they find it."
So, are there really enemies smoking? The answer is yes.
Ukrainian soldiers from two police battalions were ordered to search the forest. It was said to be searching, but in fact it was also hunting. If a bear appeared, rifle bullets could easily kill it. There are too few opportunities to eat fresh meat these days.
, they are already tired of the canned meat that has been stored for almost two years. They feel that they are eating zombies.
After searching for a long time, they were two kilometers away from Slavtich. Not to mention bears, at most they found a few turtle doves and too nimble hares.
The two soldiers sat boredly by the big tree, went to the toilet, dug out the cans they had long been tired of, and finally smoked a few cigarettes.
The smoke that was exhaled dispersed in the wind, causing individual reconnaissance battalion soldiers with hunting dogs to notice it a hundred meters away. Now, the reconnaissance battalion continued to move forward, and a large number of soldiers noticed the sound of human voices in the wind.
At this point, Tokov's company immediately took action. Under the order of the company commander, a squad of soldiers put their submachine guns behind their backs, held daggers in their mouths, and held hemp ropes in their hands. They looked at it and touched it.
The two Ukrainians were unaware of the approaching danger until the knife was pressed against their necks.
According to the order, the reconnaissance battalion only needs one "tongue".
Of the two Ukrainians, one had his throat cut on the spot and fell to the ground bleeding in horror.
The other big hand was stretched out from behind, and the hemp rope it held strangled his neck. Several scouts swarmed up and tied up his hands and feet.
This clean attack only takes ten seconds to resolve the battle...
Tokov immediately notified Balzen in the rear, and the entire battalion was fully reunited within three minutes.
Balzen was in a really good mood at the moment. Even if the troops arrived at the edge of the city for reconnaissance, they would only see a superficial glimpse. Only the prisoners could explain the internal details.
The prisoner came very timely, because he learned that the prisoner was a German, so he immediately took Mila, the telegraph operator with the army, with him.
Telegraph operator Mira is not only a veteran, but also speaks German very well.
He saw that the prisoner of war, who was tied up like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, was wearing a German steel helmet. He was about to ask in German, but he suddenly saw a seal embroidered on this guy's right arm.
"Battal Commander! Is this man really a German?" he asked.
"Is not it?"
"No! I remember from previous intelligence that there are a large number of puppet troops here. Look at this man's armband, I think he is a Ukrainian."
Balzen became more energetic, and he also noticed the man's yellow and blue armband.
This prisoner of war had his eyes closed, as if waiting for death. Was he pretending to be dead? Balzen decisively kicked him in the crotch and yelled: "Idiot! You are Ukrainian! Don't pretend to be stupid for me.
I know you understand Russian!”
The blow was so severe that the onlookers felt pain. The prisoner who was pretending to be dead also screamed in pain, and it took him a while to calm down.
How to interrogate the prisoners? Balzen did not have many means. He learned the pattern of the commander Yang Mingzhi, first using the bait that he would survive if he performed meritorious service, to pry open the prisoners' mouths. If the prisoners were harsh, then use a knife to scare them. If the prisoners were
If you are stubborn, there is nothing to say. Since there is no use value, just kill it.
Fortunately, the prisoner was very cooperative.
"Don't kill me, I'm willing to tell you what I know! Don't kill me."
Balzen breathed a sigh of relief and continued to play with the dagger, "If you had cooperated earlier, I wouldn't have kicked you! Now tell me about Slavdzic's situation and your situation."
The prisoner confessed very honestly: "We belong to the police group stationed in Chernihiv, and we are all Ukrainians! We were ordered to strengthen the city defense of Slavdich in order to prevent the attack of your guerrilla brigade! I didn't expect you to come so soon.
Got it!"
The prisoner Ji Xue talked about it and explained his identity. Just a year ago, he was recruited into the Red Army. After being captured, he was immediately treated differently by the German army at that time because he was willing to cooperate with the German army.
Because of the limited manpower and material resources of the German army, it was impossible to balance the decisive battle with the main force of the Soviet army and control the occupied area of millions of square kilometers. Some German division commanders immediately selected people from prisoners of war to establish early puppet troops.
After several changes, this puppet military system, which was once opposed by Hitler, Goebbels and others, finally began to be institutionalized and made explicit due to the war situation.
Balzen was not at all resentful about the fact that these Ukrainians were once part of the Soviet Red Army. He knew very well that many Ukrainians had long been inclined to leave the Soviet Union. He even believed that last year's defeat in Kiev, these guys who were anti-Soviet in their hearts, played a big role.
big effect.
But what made him very curious was that the prisoner mentioned the word "guerrilla brigade". As the interrogation continued, he became increasingly clear about Slavdzic's details.
Naturally, it was impossible for Balzen to completely believe this guy's confession, and some aspects of his intelligence were shocking.
He said to the onlookers: "It seems that it is an indisputable fact that Slavtich was occupied by Ukrainian traitors. The Germans simply let this group of traitors govern the city. There are a total of 1,100 people there, and these people are all
Traitor! According to orders from superiors, all traitors must be killed."
"Then destroy all the enemies!"
"Yes! The traitors are more hateful than the Germans! If the Red Army soldiers could fight to the end, we would not have been defeated so miserably."
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The soldiers talked a lot, and some people raised objections: "We? We really want to kill them all! The prisoners confessed that there are 400 old, weak, women and children there! Maybe those children have joined the Young Pioneers, and they are now
Have you become a confirmed traitor? I can kill traitors, but I will not kill children!"
"Sergey, are you going to be a coward?" the soldier's squad leader criticized.
"I am not a coward! I am a Red Army soldier, and every Red Army soldier should have firm principles! I will not kill those who do not resist, let alone women and children who do not resist!"
"Idiot, those people are traitors!"
Seeing that a dispute was about to break out, Balzen decisively stepped forward to intervene. "Shut up, all of you! Those women and children are still in the city. We can't hesitate to attack because of those people! As for whether to kill those people, we have to wait until the traitors are formed.
Let’s talk about it after all the troops are wiped out!”
With that said, Balzen pulled out the dagger from his waist and handed it to the scout named Sergei. "Soldier, your squad leader said your brother is a coward. You have to use practical actions to prove that you are not a coward. Now, take this man on the ground.
Get rid of it!"
The soldier Sergei is also unambiguous. He is indeed not a coward and has principles in doing things. For example, this prisoner is not a prisoner but a traitor. The fate of a traitor is death.
This situation shocked the tied prisoner. He burst into tears in panic: "You can't kill me. You are a guerrilla brigade and a regular force of the Soviet Union! You should keep your promise!"
Balzen shook his head with an evil smile, squatted down and pointed to the west with his right hand: "We are not a guerrilla brigade! We came from the swamp, and we are going to kill all of you traitors today! Let you die clearly today!"
The prisoner understood everything. It was all over! It was all over! He closed his eyes...
The soldier Sergei finished the job coldly, his eyes were like a gray wolf, he wiped the blood on the knife and handed it to his battalion commander.
Balzen nodded with satisfaction: "Now, it's time for us to send a telegram to the commander! Tokov!"
"arrive!"
"Your people will take off the clothes of these two corpses, find two that look similar to the dead corpses, and put on their clothes. You pretend to be enemies and go to the edge of the forest to investigate!"