"Get up, there is snow on the ground, and I don't want you to get frostbite.√" Yang Mingzhi looked down.
"You'd better kill me. We are going to be killed by you anyway, right? Your promise has not been fulfilled." This sentence was said in English, and the doctor looked at Yang Mingzhi angrily.
"No, we are very separate from non-combatants and combatants. You are different from those wounded soldiers. But I do have to admit that I deceived you, but this time I will not deceive again, because you are these
Doctors and nurses can serve us." As he spoke, Yang Mingzhi slowly knelt down. "Friend, I am Chinese, and I was your friend a few years ago, wasn't I? It's just that you turned to cooperate with the Japanese, and soon became our
You see, in the war between countries, ordinary people like us are reduced to cannon fodder in the end. Why do you continue to persist in serving our Soviet Red Army? You medical staff can be protected by the Red Army."
The doctor heard these words with hesitation, and he did not dare to decisively trust the man in front of him who claimed to be Chinese.
"What's your name? And why do you speak English?" Yang Mingzhi continued to ask.
In this way, the doctor shook off the snow on his body and stood up and said: "I am Hans Willis Hangelberger, a doctor. As for why I can speak English, it is because I was once an American."
"What? American!" Yang Mingzhi was very surprised. He closed his eyes and his thoughts were spinning. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind and he asked immediately. "Were you an American? Which state did you live in? Virginia? Ohio?
Lorena?" Yang Mingzhi listed many, which really shocked the man named Hangelberger.
Yang Mingzhi talked for a long time, but the man said nothing and stared at him with eyes like light bulbs.
"Why? Why do you know so much? Chinese? Aren't the Chinese all a bunch of idiots? Your country is very weak and full of illiterates. Before the Japanese attacked you, you had been fighting for decades!"
"Yes! What you said is true, but I am a special case! I am not illiterate, and when it comes to the United States, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, I know a little bit about it. Don't compare me with other people." Yang
Mingzhi took a step forward and put his face in front of this man. "Remember my Chinese name, Yang Mingzhi, and my Soviet name, Peter Ivanovich Belekov. Standing in front of you is
He is not only a Chinese, but also a deputy division commander of the Soviet Red Army."
Yang Mingzhi put on a majestic posture in front of this man and continued to ask: "Now you can tell me your reason."
"Well, meeting someone like you is an adventure. Maybe you are different from other Soviets! No! Since you are not a Soviet, you should not order the abuse of us."
Hangelberger told his own story. His story is the same as that of thousands of Germans who immigrated to the United States.
The Germans were deeply tortured by the war during the Napoleonic Wars and Prussia's war to unify Germany. A large number of Germans could not live in a chaotic land, and instead set their sights on the New World. They brought their families to the Low Countries, and from then on
The Netherlands set off directly to the United States. In the westward expansion movement, the German caravan became the pioneer.
The Anglo-Saxons and the Irish mostly live on the east coast, and the interior areas are almost all Germans, so much so that the United States was forced to make laws that ordered German-speaking people in the west to use English, in order to prevent the United States from being culturally
The division of the country led to the division of the country, which again led to civil war.
At the end of World War I, the defeated Germany was sanctioned by the League of Nations, and its people lived in poverty. A large number of capable Germans chose to immigrate to live in the United States.
This is the identity of Hangelberger. He is of German descent in the United States, and his family has immigrated to the United States for half a century.
"It's really unimaginable that since you are an American, you still traveled thousands of miles back to Germany." Yang Mingzhi shook his head.
"This is the "Returning Act", which calls on Germans scattered around the world to return to the motherland. I am a German, so I returned to Germany with the purpose of building a strong Germany."
"Mighty Germany? So you went to invade and massacre?!" Yang Mingzhi's emotions were immediately ignited, which really shocked Hangelberg.
But this man was not as ruthless as the SS. Hangelberg lowered his head silently. "I have thought a lot about what you said. But I am a military doctor, and I was ordered to follow the army to the front line. But I
I am not a soldier, and I cannot pick up a weapon. If there is anything that can be used as a weapon, it is only my lancet. I have not killed any Soviet people. My girls and I were just ordered to stay in the hospital and treat the injured.
It’s just a soldier’s treatment.”
"Then you healed the wounded and they went back to the battlefield and continued to massacre our people?" Yang Mingzhi suppressed the anger in his heart and raised his right arm to point in all directions. "I think you still don't know what your compatriots have done.
.All the villages in the direction I pointed were almost massacred and burned by your soldiers, and the clothes worn by your wounded soldiers were robbed from Soviet citizens. Yes, you just robbed and then left them in undressed clothes.
Frozen to death in the cold wind. These are you German soldiers, and you are their accomplice."
Yang Mingzhi took the opportunity to vent his anger and hostility. In Belarus, it was already the eighth month since he arrived by train here in April. As the war broke out, he fought side by side with his Belarusian comrades. Here
It seems like a second hometown.
This Hangelberg claimed to be from Colorado, which is already the western desert region of the United States. This person also asked Yang Mingzhi, but of course, it was impossible to tell him his secret, so he dismissed it with no comment.
Yang Mingzhi finally asked: "Hans, there are two roads before you now. First, you and your doctors and nurses cooperate with us decisively. I can send soldiers to escort you back to our military camp.
If you continue to serve as field doctors, treating illnesses and injuries of our Soviet soldiers and civilians, we will not only ensure your life safety, but also provide you with reasonable food and warm housing, and we will not mistreat you. Second, if you
If your people refuse to cooperate, then the dead and wounded soldiers will be your fate."
This simple multiple-choice question was placed in front of Hangelberg. Now he had to consider not only himself, but also the safety of others.
Especially those girls who have just turned 20 years old. Many of them are members of the German Girls' League and volunteer to go to the front line as nurses. If they refuse to cooperate, I am afraid that a more tragic ending will be waiting for them. Hangelberg does not doubt that the Soviet Union
People can do the most cruel things. The Chinese in front of me is almost the same as the Soviets. In short, they have a deep hatred for the Germans.
"Okay! I choose to cooperate! I also hope you can keep your promise."
Yang Mingzhi let out a long sigh, "Very good, now you can comfort your people. Tell them clearly. I don't want to cause any unhappiness due to extraneous matters."
Because of the sudden battle, many German girls were frightened. They already knew that these Soviet soldiers killed the wounded they took care of, and they were immediately filled with resentment towards the Soviets, and they were extremely worried in their hearts, as if these soldiers holding rifles
Soviet soldiers would kill themselves at any time.
Their spirits almost collapsed until Hangelberg arrived and said to these people: "For the safety of everyone, I have chosen to cooperate with the Soviets. We will follow the Soviets back to their military camps soon. This
It's the best choice for everyone, otherwise they will kill us immediately."
"You are crazy! You traitor! We are noble Aryans, not slaves of these Slavic pigs!" a German girl cursed.
"Greta! Shut up! Do you want to die now? Do you think you will be simply shot to death by a bullet?! You can die if you want, but you have to consider other people, your more than forty sisters, don't you?
Do you also want to die in humiliation?"
As soon as the words fell, the girls burst into tears. Even the Soviet soldiers guarding them didn't quite understand why these Germans suddenly wailed. Is it a camp roar?! Suddenly, a company of soldiers surrounded them and pointed their guns at the crowd.
Just in case something unexpected happens.
The girl named Greta stopped talking. She was also very scared. She was so tough on her words, but her body's instinct drove her to sit on the ground.
Yang Mingzhi had just finished a meeting with the officers when he learned that something was wrong with the prisoners. He ran over all the way and was faced with the bitter cry of a group of German girls.
"Did you do anything to them?" Yang Mingzhi stared at the surrounding soldiers.
"No, we don't. These women don't know why they suddenly behave like this." A soldier said.
Hangelberg explained that they were under too much psychological pressure to co-write.
"Okay, you translate my words and tell your people that we, the Soviet Red Army, need doctors and nurses. As long as you cooperate with us, there will be no threat of death. As long as you cooperate sincerely, we will even treat what you are doing as one of our own."
treat.”
Hangelberg repeated it, these women had no choice but to believe that the Soviets' words were true.
Night had fallen. For safety reasons, the entire army crossed the highway and reached the north side of the highway. These prisoners were also escorted there.
The soldiers took the loot they could find and took away all the medicines they could use. Everyone arrived at the place where they stayed for the night and rested immediately.
The captured doctors and nurses were guarded by soldiers, but these people would definitely not be able to participate in the next step of the operation. There were still more than a thousand soldiers in the army, so some soldiers still had to be assigned to escort the more than 40 people heading south.
There will be a company of soldiers escorting the prisoners of war back. They are ordered not to harm the prisoners on the return journey, but to escort them back as intact as possible, unless any of them escape.
That night, Yang Mingzhi lay down to sleep as if he was heartless. He knew that the most brutal battle was coming, at Homnitch. Theoretically, the battle would start tomorrow. So whether they could be safe or not, it all depended on him.
The performance of more than a thousand people.
Therefore, Yang Mingzhi did not disclose the war intentions of his troops to Hangelberg, and the man was too sensible to ask any questions. Of course, if this man knew that the target of the troops' attack would be Lechicha, his life would be at risk.
Put it down.
In the next battle, the sneak attack on Lechica created the appearance of heavy Soviet troops attacking this small city, which put the German army attacking Homnich in a dilemma, so that the good show of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao could be staged. (To be continued.) 8