"I have already contacted him before this!" Arkadyevich said: "You just need to tell me what I should do, and then..."
Akadievich shrugged and said: "Although this mission is very dangerous, I believe Colonel Bergman will give it a try, otherwise he will soon be taken to the execution ground as a spy! But if he succeeds,
, he will be a hero!"
This is also a small gain, and even once Bergman succeeds, he no longer needs to continue taking risks as a spy, so Bergman has reason to fully cooperate.
"Comrade Akadiyevich!" Zolotarev asked, not knowing whether it was out of curiosity or something else: "Can I ask how you contacted Colonel Bergman? I mean, this
Will there be any problems in it?"
It’s not surprising that Zolotarev would ask this, because the Soviet army’s communication system was already very backward. It was indeed a bit worrying to want to transmit information to Stalingrad and it was still the enemy.
"Of course!" Akadiyevich replied: "I have set up a liaison station in Stalingrad. This liaison station is only responsible for contacting me and ensuring that the information is delivered to Bergman. As for the details...
…You know, we have other spies. But don’t worry, the information we pass to Bergmann is encrypted, and only Colonel Bergmann can understand it!”
As the saying goes, "Ginger is hot when you are old." Akadiyevich had already arranged everything on the way here.
"So, Comrade Shulka!" Akadiyevich turned his gaze to Shulka: "Give me the order. What do you want Colonel Bergman to do? Or let him do whatever he wants?"
"No!" Shulka stopped: "We should make some preparations!"
"Prepare?" Akadiyevich was a little confused. He thought he had already prepared everything he needed to prepare.
But soon Akadiyevich knew that he was still far behind.
"Yes!" Shulka said: "We need to know where Paulus is from, his family and other information!"
Akadiyevich couldn't help but be stunned: "What do you do if you know this?"
"We must do everything possible to convince Paulus, Comrade Akadiyevich!" Shulka said: "And his family, I think it will be a breakthrough. If we can know more information, one of them may
There will be some benefits to us. In addition...if we can accurately convey some information, it will give Paulus some false impressions, thinking that our spies have grasped the situation of his family and used it to coerce him!"
There was admiration in Akadiyevich's eyes, and he said sincerely: "You're right, Comrade Shulka! It's indeed a good idea. This may be our last trump card. What I mean is...
If Paulus doesn’t agree at all!”
"Wait!" Shulka said: "I'm not saying it's bad for his family..."
"Does it make any difference?" Akadiyevich shrugged, and then asked the signal soldier to issue the order.
Shulka was stunned for a while, thinking that he had just done something wrong, because Akadievich might have really sent spies to "monitor" Paulus' family.
Akadiyevich seemed to have seen through Shulka's thoughts, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Comrade Shulka! We will not really do anything bad to the Paulus family, because if we even give such a hint, we will not be safe."
If Paulus is indifferent, then killing his family will be meaningless, but it will strengthen Paulus's determination to resist to the end!"
Shulka thought it was right, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the war has harmed civilians, especially Germany's genocidal policy, Schulka still does not want to use this method.
Then Arkadyevich took the call back and said: "But this may take some time. Paulus is from Breitenau. It will take a few hours for our agents to get there!"
A few hours is nothing to the entire mission, because there are still five days left until the deadline for the amnesty order.
However, the actual time it took was much less than estimated, because the domestic traffic in Germany was still normal, so I got a call back within two hours.
Akadiyevich took the reply and looked at Shulka with some disbelief, saying: "They...I mean the Germans, they actually told Paulus's family that Paulus had died in the battle.
Yes! So his family is in grief, why is this happening?”
Several people in the headquarters were also puzzled.
Shulka thought for a while and said: "Hitler knew that there was no hope of breaking through, and he wanted Paulus to commit suicide!"
"They could have picked up Paulus by plane!" Trufanov said: "Why not do that? I mean, even if they knew there was no hope of breaking out, air transport has been transporting wounded soldiers back!"
What Trufanov said is true.
Since the German army began to carry out air transportation, the supplies of the 6th Army were transported into Stalingrad, and when they returned, they took away batches of wounded. According to statistics, the wounded alone numbered tens of thousands.
During this period, only one plane was needed to transport Paulus and his command out of the encirclement.
But Hitler did not do this, which puzzled Trufanov and others.
"Hitler needs someone to bear the blame!" Shulka said: "The 6th Army was surrounded and now has no hope of breaking out and will eventually be annihilated. This is obviously a result of wrong command."
"Yes!" Akadiyevich nodded: "And of course the person who made this mistake would not be Hitler!"
"That's why it's Paulus!" Trufanov said: "That's why Hitler didn't evacuate Paulus and even told his family that Paulus had been killed in the battle..."
Several people looked at each other, and everyone realized that this was good news for the Soviet army.
Knowing this, the probability of convincing Paulus increases exponentially.
But of course, Shulka didn't suddenly think of sending agents to investigate Paulus' family or coerce them...those were just excuses.
Shurka's real intention is to expose the truth.
Historically, Hitler did declare that Paulus had died in battle before he surrendered, because this could to some extent explain the reasons for the collapse and even surrender of the 6th Army... It was not that they were not brave, but because their commander died in battle and there was no one to command him.
, so of course it has nothing to do with Hitler's own mistakes.
On the other hand, information in Germany was controlled by the Gestapo, so Hitler did not need to worry about "rumors" spreading.
However, what Hitler did not expect was that Soviet agents would actually "visit" Paulus' family at this time. (To be continued)