Fear spread among the citizens, as if they had come not only to watch the Germans execute guerrillas, but also to be executed by unarmed citizens like themselves.
The huge city square was very lively, and the "prisoners" who were to be executed were also brought to the gallows.
When faced with death, these brave anti-fascist fighters showed an air of fearlessness in the face of danger. This cannot be described as a simple high level of ideological awareness to describe their righteousness, but because they knew that they were bound to die this time.
Looking at the bustling crowd under the gallows, none of them looked expectant, and no one was happy about their death.
Most of these citizens are victims of the Nazis, and they may also develop into members of the resistance. However, not everyone is so brave. They only have one life, and who doesn’t want to live? Sometimes the cowardly
You can also puff up your chest!
A guerrilla who was about to be executed suddenly raised his voice: "People! The Germans are so cruel to oppress us! Russians and Ukrainians, aren't you all enslaved by them? Are you willing to be cowards or not?
Hero! Take up arms! Be a hero! As long as we share the same hatred, we will definitely destroy the fascists!"
However, the guerrilla's words could not make any waves.
As Yevlov mentioned, all the real brave men in Chernigov have died, and only a small group of brave men are still fighting. The rest of the people, their hearts are numb, and everyone is just trying to survive!
There was only a little commotion in the crowd in the audience, and then they were quickly frightened by the firearms of the German officers and soldiers with live ammunition. Perhaps some citizens had already decided to take the anti-fascist road. At least here, they needed to show absolute submission to avoid being
They are suspected of being anti-German elements. Otherwise, their bodies will be hanging on the gallows tomorrow!
Under the stage, some "rats" who had not been captured were mixed in. They were dressed so indistinguishable from everyone that even the comrades on the stage could not tell them apart. But the victims knew that their comrades who had narrowly escaped were below, and they knew even better that they were
It seems that death is certain, and Chernigov will be vigorous today!
After all, the spies of the resistance organization received the telegrams from the Organic Republic. No matter what kind of attack they would take, the attack on Chernigov would definitely happen.
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At half past nine in the morning, Henderson ended his sleep.
He was surprised to find that it was already this time, and was inevitably a little furious. He hurriedly changed into his military uniform, especially hanging his precious Iron Cross on his collar in front of the mirror, and then hung his large-brimmed military cap with the eagle emblem on his chest.
The golden ribbon on the front is also smoothed.
After all this trouble, Henderson couldn't help but look heroic. He looked more like he was participating in some festival event rather than "supervising execution".
With a trace of anger, he went to see the chief of staff who had been waiting for a long time and asked: "Schmidt, the prisoner has not been executed yet."
"Of course! They are all still alive! Only if you give the order, they will hang around like salted fish."
"Very good! These damn guerrillas have finally been greatly weakened by us. They have lost their important strongholds, and the remaining guys are just chickens and dogs!"
"That's natural, but I'm still a little worried." Schmidt said worriedly: "I'm still very suspicious of the curses of the prisoners in the early morning and the telegrams found. Maybe the Russians will really carry out sabotage today!
"
"Sabotage action?" Henderson said disdainfully: "The army has entered the city and is guarding all intersections! A large number of citizens have also been driven to the city square! I admit that there will be some mice that have not been caught. They can
What kind of attack? At most, they can create one or two explosions. They may succeed and then be captured by the army on the road! Besides, I have authorized the army to shoot any suspicious persons upon discovery!"
"But, I'm still worried."
"No need to worry!" Henderson waved his hand: "If these guerrillas could cause large-scale destruction, they would have done it long ago! Today we have wiped out all their key personnel, and this city will finally be at peace in the future! Now follow
Let me go. After killing the prisoners, it’s time to have lunch! To celebrate our successful battle, all the battalion commanders came to report to me today and we will have lunch together!”
The bad premonition in Chief of Staff Schmidt's heart could not dissipate at all. He didn't know what he was afraid of. When he saw the division commander and his guards leaving the division headquarters gate and getting into the jeep, he had no choice but to follow them.
The urban layout of Chernihiv is also inherited from the Tsarist Russian era. In the more than 20 years since the Soviet Union announced the rule, the city's population has developed. The Soviet Union did not build many buildings with more than seven floors in the city, and the outside of the city is a large amount of wilderness.
and forests, the urban area has expanded a lot, and the majority of residents still generally live in reinforced concrete buildings with only two to three floors. In the suburbs, there are a large number of wooden buildings!
This city has a certain amount of heavy industry. After the German army occupied the steel factory here, because a large number of skilled workers were running to death, they only needed to move some workers from other areas to continue steel production in order to achieve the goal of supporting the war.
Purpose. The wood processing in this city is very good. It is logical for the German army to make use of the rich wood resources of this generation.
However, there is a lack of coal resources here, and oil does not exist. The German army cannot be fully supplied here. Even the iron ore and coal used in the steelmaking plants need to be imported from Zaporizhia in the south and Donbas in the east.
Basin transportation.
Therefore, the strategic value of the city of Chernihiv itself is not that important.
It took the jeep more than ten minutes to drive to the city square. At this point, the German soldiers drove away the crowd and cleared a long corridor for their division commander. The jeep drove directly to the gallows.
The city's pseudo-mayors have been waiting here for a long time. These pseudo-officials have always maintained the constraints of the German garrison. Henderson stood in front of these people, as if he was the highest responsible person for everything in this city.
After a while of pleasantries, Henderson glanced contemptuously at the ragged prisoners on the gallows.
"These guerrillas have finally been eliminated. These people are disgusting. It should end quickly. I have other things to do."
The pseudo-mayor immediately made a gesture to the executioner on the stage, and then, amid the sighs of thousands of people, the ropes were put around the necks of these prisoners.
When the execution is about to begin, all it takes is one executioner to pull the rope, and the weight-bearing wooden board under the prisoner's feet can fall.
Henderson did not have any special hobbies. As for killing, he claimed to be a Junker noble and still hoped to kill the prisoner quickly. Therefore, he had no intention of saying anything to the prisoner, and he did not even want to say anything more to the prisoner.
Take a few glances.
Today, no one came to save these anti-fascist fighters. Under Henderson's order, the death penalty was immediately carried out.
A violent buzz erupted from the crowd, and the prisoners on the stage fell into a final struggle.
These prisoners will be hung until the evening and the bodies will be collected. After that, trucks will pull them to a mass grave in the wild and bury them directly. On this day, the gallows will be empty, as if nothing happened.
Henderson glanced at the prisoners for the last time, and his mood remained unchanged. He said to his chief of staff: "Now go and carry out the order and notify the officers of each battalion and regiment, as well as the officers of the police regiment. After all the prisoners are dead,
, just go to the division headquarters!"
After the order was issued, he turned around and returned to the jeep. Today's appearance seemed to be just a formality. He was dressed in military uniform and seemed to be completely prepared for the celebration banquet at noon.
The high-ranking officer came and went in a hurry, but the majority of citizens were still ordered to stay in the city square and continue to watch the execution.
At this moment, Henderson had already regarded the "curse of justice from heaven" as a joke. Chief of Staff Schmidt also felt that the content of the telegram they captured was purely inexplicable. Since nothing happened, he would not go.
Take care.
These German officers knew nothing about the coming danger! The execution started after ten o'clock in the morning. While the execution was going on, as many as ten rockets in total were dragging their huge white tails towards Chelten.