Five hundred and fiftieth IX the details of the Eastern Camp
Fortunately, this man named Asanov is willing to tell everything he knows, no matter what, because the group of people in front of him are indeed guerrillas and intend to fight the German army. Fastest update
Asanov is now decisively raising conditions with Balzen and others: "It's up to you to decide whether the three of us go or stay, but I hope you won't shoot us, because we are still useful. Don't think that we ax wielders are cowards. In fact, we have already
We are plotting to escape. As long as we escape to the swamp and catch fish and eat frogs, we can survive! We are willing to become guerrillas!"
"Would you like to join us?"
Balzen has not revealed his identity yet, and deep in the battlefield, it is impossible to trust people casually. This Asanov may be sincere, or he may be trying to survive.
The man continued: "We were forced labor by the Germans to build a line of defense here to prevent the Red Army in the swamps from expanding the war. You must be those Red Army troops! Let me join you. There are five hundred prisoners of war like me.
There are so many people! We don’t want to be treated like cattle anymore, it’s too humiliating!”
"You also know humiliation?!" Balzen said fiercely. "The soldier regulations make it very clear that the Soviet Red Army is not allowed to surrender! But you surrendered! Are your officers and your political commissars all a bunch of idiots? They
We should force those of you who are timid to surrender as early as possible and stabilize the morale of the army, otherwise we would not have been defeated so miserably in Minsk!"
This Asanov does not know the details of last year's war in Belarus. In short, at the beginning of the war, the Red Army suffered huge losses and many people were captured.
He argued: "Actually, no one wants to be captured. We were captured during the offensive battle! We were knocked unconscious by bombs and then became prisoners. If I hadn't been unconscious, I might have died long ago.
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"But you were captured after all, and you carried an ax to cut down trees for the Germans and helped them build positions. You are making an enemy of the Red Army. I can cut your throat right now."
"Then you cut it!" Asanov raised his head without changing his expression, then looked at the other two, with obvious fear on their faces.
Balzen was not confused. The blade of the dagger was directly against the man's throat. On the other hand, Asanov still had his eyes closed. He raised his head and looked calm. In this case, there was no point in killing him so hastily. Balzen
He put away the knife and said: "It seems that you are not a coward, but your two companions have peed their pants. Okay! I believe you are not a person who surrenders voluntarily and sells his country for glory."
"Of course I am not that kind of person! And I still want to destroy these fascists. You will never imagine what they did in the prison camp! I want to escape, I want to join the guerrillas and become your man! Give me a gun
, I would rather kill those Germans right now."
Balzen thought for a while and realized that this man was indeed of great value. The soldiers untied him, but he did not get the rifle.
"Asanov, you just said that there are more than 500 people like you in the prisoner of war camps in the enemy's positions, as well as other Eastern battalions serving the Germans. Now you must tell us this information. Take this credit
We can forgive your sins."
"Yes, but I really want to know where you belong. I hope the Red Army can destroy the enemy's positions, rescue our people, and kill all the Germans and real traitors!" Asanov particularly noticed the tattoo on Balzen's chest.
Medal, being able to get this shows that this guerrilla group is extraordinary.
The number of the 284th Guards Division should not be exposed now. Balzen said meaningfully: "You should be able to guess who we are indeed. Why does the enemy want to build a line of defense? Who are they guarding against?"
"It's you!" Asanov said excitedly. "When we were in the prisoner of war camp, we heard those in the Eastern Camp chatting in Russian, claiming that the Germans had lost 7,000 people in the recent period! This is in line with the great achievements the Germans promoted
Completely different. I believe these are true, you must have come from the swamp, you are the Red Army."
Balzen did not answer, giving the impression that he was acquiescing.
"Well, if it were you, I believe that such a Red Army unit can fulfill my long-cherished wish. I will tell you everything I know now!"
In fact, during the previous investigation, Balzen had a basic understanding of the enemy's firepower points. Furthermore, he did not believe that Asanov, as a prisoner of war who was forced to work, could serve as a professional spy to deploy and defend the enemy's heavy firepower points.
Let’s explain one by one in detail, he is just a soldier after all.
The German army in front of them is indeed the 707th Division. This is a group of defeated generals, and the 284th Division has a natural contempt for it. But they do have a lot of troops, and they must have gained wisdom from every experience.
As the enemy's strength increased, what was the Eastern Battalion? The quality of the German soldiers, the equipment of the infantry, and the composition of the Eastern Battalion became what Balzen most urgently needed to know.
According to Asanov's confession, he did not see how many machine guns and submachine guns the German soldiers were equipped with. Most of them were young and equipped with rifles. From his perspective, when he was a soldier in the Soviet 22nd Army, he faced the German army
But they are much more elite than this group of people! The barrage composed of automatic firepower is very powerful, and the artillery fire is also very dense.
But now? "I see that the Germans are not only equipped with their own general-purpose machine guns, but also some machine guns from other countries, such as one with a magazine inserted at the top."
Balzen knew something about this. They were machine guns produced in the Czech Republic. The 284th Division had captured some when they fought against the Romanians. However, Deputy Division Commander Berekov showed unusual excitement about this.
Since he had never personally gone to German positions to conduct espionage reconnaissance, Asanov's confession was very valuable.
Balzen immediately ordered: "Ivar, good notebook, quickly write down everything this person said! Where is the telegraph operator! Come here quickly and prepare to send the message!"
This move convinced Asanov that this was the vanguard of the Soviet army in the swamp. They were a scout and could not be called a guerrilla!
Regarding his personal views on German soldiers, Asanov was very clear. He did not have a high evaluation of their combat effectiveness.
When the topic came to the Eastern Battalion, Asanov frowned and angrily said: "That's the German dog! Their combat effectiveness is worrisome, and most of them are composed of foreigners. For example, the one you killed was a Polish
! Some Poles joined the Eastern Battalion, as well as Estonians and Lithuanians. They all stood on the opposite side of the Soviet Union, in the German defense line outside the forest."
"I'm also supervising your logging in the forest? Right?" Balzen asked.
"Yes! They were all Soviets anyway. Maybe they couldn't understand what the Soviet Union was, so a new war broke out! Now they are completely our enemies. In terms of violence, they are worse than the Nazis. As far as I know
, those who served the Germans included Poles, Belarusians and Ukrainians, some were traitors among prisoners of war, and some were against the Soviet Union."
"Are they the remnants of Tsarist Russia? This is understandable. They have always been against the Soviet Union! So what about those defectors?"
Asanov said coldly: "They will organize some prisoners of war, lock them in a room and ask them who is willing to pick up a gun and attack the Soviet Union with the German army. They promise the prisoners of war to build a new Russia after the elimination of Stalin's regime. Such things
Under the temptation of bread vodka and the promise of guaranteed life safety, people embarked on the path of opposing the Bolsheviks. But they must be recognized by the German army, and they need a certificate of surrender!"
"To prove to the Germans that they are sincere in becoming puppet troops?" Balzen asked.
"Yes! The selected people really picked up the guns right away and really fought against the Red Army. They selected some prisoners of war to be shot and massacred, and the executioners were these traitors. So, those who you see stood up to the Germans
People who wear steel helmets but wear Soviet cotton-padded clothes have gone through such trials in this way."
The scene was so cold that even the person responsible for recording stopped writing.
This kind of thing is probably true! Balzen does not think that the war launched by the Soviet Union to the west from 1939 to 1940 was really a glorious recovery of lost territory as propagated by the authorities. The partition of Poland can be understood as a kind of revenge for the 20th century.
Revenge for the massacre years ago. But what about the others? The three Baltic countries were annexed, and a million Red Army troops attacked Finland.
Under the Great Purge, many people were affected, and some people were filled with anger. When the Germans arrived, it was entirely possible emotionally to be willing to take revenge on the Soviet Union.
Political aspects were not something Balzen could understand. As a soldier, he could only obey orders, but he had a deeply negative impression of the Poles.
The Eastern Battalion was a group of puppet troops. They served the Germans, helping them transport materials, organize logistics, and even fight. These Poles also hated the Slavs and would never let go of the opportunity to commit violence. Balzen even believed that this
The Eastern Battalion must have shown their usefulness to their German masters. They must have participated in the torture of prisoners of war and the massacre of ordinary people.
Although this special information is not serious military intelligence, if it is sorted out and publicized to the soldiers and civilians in the swamp, the hatred will deepen. In deep desperate situations, hatred will also become a powerful cohesive force, which will greatly improve morale! (