Chapter 1444 Climb out of the trenches if you are not a coward
Yevgeny took a huge risk, and in order to maintain good faith, neither he nor the other personnel carried weapons.
In fact, they did not lack weapons. Since the Germans did not open fire rashly, they walked a long way carefully and stood directly on the battlefield where corpses were strewn. The corpses of Soviet soldiers were lying on the ground. Yevgeny's heart was bleeding.
In this situation, he wished he could tear the German army into pieces.
Although there are no weapons in hand, weapons on the ground are readily available.
But he was not acting as an assassin, but purely as a messenger, negotiating with the Germans and persuading them to surrender.
"Misha."
"Oh. I'm here."
"Hold the white flag higher and be more natural. Don't be afraid, the Germans are probably not scoundrels."
Having said that, Yevgeny, who held his head high and his chest high, felt a little scared. If the enemy fired a counterattack, just a short burst of machine gun fire would kill everyone.
They were getting closer and closer to the German position, and there were more and more corpses of their own troops here.
"Achtung!"
Suddenly, a loud sound of German troops came from the front. Yevgeny opened his arms and responded to stop his own people from moving forward. He was stunned on the spot and did not dare to act rashly, and the battlefield fell into dead silence again.
At this time, the German soldiers stared at the mysterious comer with vigilant eyes. The battle had been going on for some time, and the two armies had suffered casualties in each other's battles, but this was the first time the soldiers had seen Soviet officers with their own eyes.
Muller and Griffin, the two regimental commanders, stood together, with only half of their heads exposed from the trench, and commented on the newcomers.
Griffin held up the telescope and looked at it and said: "I saw a Soviet officer. This man wore two medals. If I am not mistaken, they are the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner."
"Medal? This man still wears a medal?!" Mueller asked: "Did you read that correctly?"
"You can't be wrong. Our 634th Division is a combat force, and later became a guest security force. Our division is happy to collect medals, collar badges, epaulettes, etc. of Soviet officers as proof of their achievements."
"Haha, no wonder you are so familiar with it. It seems I was right to order the troops not to shoot rashly."
"The Russians are coming with white flags. They probably won't surrender to us. They have a huge advantage. Maybe they are trying to persuade us to surrender."
"What? You want me to surrender? Bah! If they surrender and then be tortured to death, it would be better to die in battle. Besides, our 805th Division has never had an organized case of surrendering to the Russians. I will not be the first person to be humiliated.
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Griffin shook his head: "First of all, listen to the attitude of the Russians. It would be a good idea to find out what they are saying. Damn it, I can't believe it. You have been fighting here for a week and you don't even know the enemy's strength and firepower.
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"Okay, I'll send someone to test it right now."
As a result, the German army arranged a platoon of soldiers to crawl out of the position. The reason for this was to support the platform. This platoon was not ordinary. They were reinforcements sent by the SS59 regiment, so every soldier had blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin.
, tall and strong, standing upright gives a sense of oppression. Their task is to intimidate the Russians with their momentum, and the key task is to be a company commander who can speak Russian.
Seeing dozens of people crawling out of the trenches, Yevgeny quickly winked at his own people and whispered: "Please be careful and don't deliberately provoke the enemy. Don't act rashly without my order. Misha, be prepared to translate."
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After a while, the Soviet and German armies formally faced each other on the battlefield, looking directly at each other and fighting in their eyes.
The German company commander also said unceremoniously in Russian: "You are very brave. You are already within the range of our machine guns. Aren't you afraid of being shot dead by all our troops?"
Withstanding the pressure, Yevgeny looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and he said politely: "From your epaulettes, I can see that you are a lieutenant company commander. Why are you so arrogant when you see a Soviet lieutenant colonel officer?"
Talk, why don't you salute? I remember the spirit of the Junker nobles, which is to give military salutes to enemy officers when they see them."
The company commander realized that his etiquette was wrong and saluted immediately.
Yevgeny suddenly felt much more relaxed. He returned the courtesy and continued: "I have no worries about you shooting black guns, because I know that you are not a rogue army, but the German Wehrmacht. Our army has a reasonable argument with you, so we
The Lieutenant General Commander of the 63rd Army Group of the Soviet Red Army has asked me to give you a message."
"Word? What is it?"
"Surrender, Germans. You have been surrounded by ten thousand of our troops. The battle in the morning is just a warning. If you continue to resist stubbornly, the whole army will eventually be annihilated. Our general ordered you to surrender. When you arrive at the prisoner of war camp, our army will comply.
The Geneva Convention guarantees that the lives of your soldiers will not be violated."
"This..." The German company commander did not have the authority to answer. He said: "Sir, these matters should be decided by my commander."
"Of course, I have already conveyed the message, and I hope your commander will consider it carefully. I have one more sentence for you to convey to him."
"Speaking."
"You tell him. I don't want a junior officer to be the messenger. If you are not a coward, climb out of the trench and face me face to face. Unless you are afraid of a few unarmed men."
Before receiving a definite answer, Yevgeny did not leave. He was still standing less than 200 meters in front of the German position. At this moment, hundreds of guns were pointing at his group. If anyone accidentally fired, he would definitely die.
The German company commander hurriedly returned to the position and explained Yevgeny's words exactly.
"Bah! You really asked me to surrender!" Mueller felt deeply insulted. He grabbed the company commander's collar and continued to ask: "What else did the Russian officer say?"
"He...he said. He said that if you are not a coward, please go to the ground to negotiate with him. He said that if you don't go, you are afraid of these unarmed people."
"They're humiliating me! Damn it! This is happening!"
Muller let go, feeling very conflicted. At this moment, the battalion commander of the SS59 regiment was there, as was the commander of the 634th division. They were all officers of the elite troops. If he had acted cowardly, he would have really embarrassed the 805th division.
Mueller stamped his feet and made a decision: "Forget it, there is nothing to be afraid of. I will go to the ground and meet the Russian lieutenant colonel."
Seeing that he was about to leave the trench, Griffin directly grabbed his leg and shouted: "Idiot, what if you go out and fall into all their traps? Is that person really a lieutenant colonel? Don't doubt the Russians, they even
Will I choose to die with you? If you die, who will command your troops?"
Mueller, whose mind was heating up, immediately cooled down, "Yes, when I go out, won't I just be led by them? No, we have to take the initiative."
Griffin continued: "Yes! Hunthausen and I have already decided after research. If the Russians are really sincere in their so-called persuasion to surrender, let the officer come to our position. Whether to surrender or not, we will ultimately have to give up.
One reply from the Russians is, of course, we will not surrender. If the Russians are too afraid to come, then there is no need to talk and just shoot those people."
Muller retreated again, and the three German officers thought about it for a moment. They didn't intend to surrender anyway. Wouldn't it be wrong to detain the Russian envoy, interrogate them, determine the truth and strength of the Soviet army, and then report directly to Army Commander Wagner?