Chapter 1649 Resolving the crisis

   "What, from the 198th Infantry Division?" The lieutenant was stunned after hearing the corporal's words: "Aren't they deployed in Cherkasy? How did they appear here?"

  The lieutenant threw away the cigarette in his hand, and asked the corporal with a straight face: "Corporal, are they marching by car or on foot?"

   "Marching on foot." The corporal replied without thinking: "They don't even have a motorcycle. I saw that even the officers leading the team walked."

   "Something is wrong." Knowing that the troops arrived here on foot, the lieutenant realized that there must be something wrong with the other party, so he quickly asked the corporal vigilantly: "Where is their commander?"

   "It should be in the village."

  The lieutenant took out the pistol from the holster and said to the corporal: "Take me there quickly." Then he shouted at the soldiers following him: "Follow me!"

  The suspicion of the German lieutenant is justified. A unit that was supposed to be stationed in Cherkasy now appears near Pavlish, more than a hundred kilometers away, in the middle of the night. This is already questionable. If the troops are really deployed, even if they don't take the train, they should be transported by cars or armored vehicles, but they are all infantry marching on foot.

  The lieutenant took his subordinates and followed the German corporal into the village, just to ask the officer who led the team what happened. His starting point was good, but the method he adopted was wrong. There were only a dozen people around him, and even including the soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the village, there were no more than twenty people. Hastily entering a village with four or five hundred people stationed there, trying to find out the truth of what happened, isn't this a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?

  What happened at the entrance of the village was seen by a company of soldiers lurking nearby. Seeing the German lieutenant leading people into the village, he quickly reported to the company commander, Captain Narva.

   Knowing that the German army seemed to be aware of it and was about to break into the village to see what happened, Narva realized the seriousness of the problem, and while sending someone to report to Captain Mikhaiev, he personally led a dozen soldiers to meet him.

After walking not far, he saw a German lieutenant approaching him. After Narva ordered the soldiers to get ready for battle, he raised his hand to stop them: "Stop! Which part are you from? Come here What are you going to do?"

   "We belong to the Garrison Command," the German lieutenant said arrogantly, "Which part are you from?"

   "We belong to the 198th Infantry Division and were ordered to Pavlish to take over the defense."

   "Mr. Captain, you said you are from the 198th Infantry Division, please show your ID."

   Fortunately, Narva and others have performed camouflage missions behind enemy lines many times, and they carry forged documents at all times. Seeing that the German lieutenant wanted to check his ID, he took out his military ID from his pocket and handed it over.

  The lieutenant took the ID in Narva's hand with one hand, coughed lightly, and immediately a soldier next to him lit up a flashlight to help him illuminate. With the help of the flashlight, the lieutenant carefully checked the contents of the certificate, and then compared the above photo with Narva in front of him. After feeling that the two were completely consistent, he handed the certificate back to Narva.

  He put the pistol back in the holster, looked at Narva and asked: "Mr. Captain, since you are here to take over the defense of Pavlish, why don't you take the train or truck?"

"Actually, when we set off from Cherkasy, dozens of trucks transported us." Seeing that the German lieutenant's doubts about himself had weakened, Narva prevaricated the other party with the excuse he had prepared in advance: "But after In the Qijilin area, the road there was cut off by Russia, so we had to abandon the truck and march on foot to Pavlish to take over the defense."

  Although the German lieutenant put away his pistol, he always had doubts in his heart. You must know that troops in this area are rushing to the Chigirin area in a steady stream to prevent the Soviet army from setting off from the landing field to attack Cherkasy. Under such circumstances, how could it be possible to draw troops from Cherkasy and travel so far to take over the defense here? No matter how you think about it, there are flaws everywhere.

  He pondered in his mind for a while, and felt that he didn't seem to see the other party's deployment order when he was checking the documents, so he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Captain, can you show me your deployment order?"

   "Lieutenant," Narva saw that the German lieutenant still had doubts about himself, so he lowered his face and said, "Didn't you just read my documents, do you still have doubts about our troops appearing here?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Captain." Seeing that Narva was showing signs of getting angry, the lieutenant quickly said with a smile: "I did check your ID just now, and there was nothing wrong with it. But a unit like yours appeared near the city, we As a unit directly under the Garrison Command, it is also our duty to check your deployment orders, please cooperate with us."

"Lieutenant, to tell you the truth, I don't have any deployment orders on me." As soon as Narva spoke, he saw the face of the German lieutenant change, and quickly added: "You know, I'm just a captain. It's just a company in command. You're looking at the troops in the village, there's more than one company here."

  Before entering the village, the lieutenant of the German army learned from the corporal that there were five or six hundred troops entering the village, which was almost equivalent to a battalion-level organization. Since the captain in front of him didn't have a deployment order, it might be in the hands of a higher-ranking commander. Thinking of this, he quickly asked again: "Mr. Captain, where is your superior now?"

   "Don't worry, Lieutenant." Out of the corner of his eye, Narva noticed that many commanders and fighters were surrounding him from all directions, and he knew in his heart that this must be the arrangement made by Mikhaiev after he got the news. Considering that there are a large number of German troops passing by on the road outside the village, if a gun is fired rashly, the enemy may be alarmed. When a large number of German troops flood into the village, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, he tried to find a way to stabilize the opponent, and tried to deal with the group of German soldiers without using guns: "I have ordered to invite the major, and I believe he will come over soon."

   "Captain Ernst," a voice came from behind Narva at this time: "What happened here?"

Ernst is Narva's pseudonym. When he heard this voice, he knew that Mikhaiev was coming, so he said to the German lieutenant: "Lieutenant, our major is here. If you have anything to do, you can go directly to him." Talk to him."

  Narva turned around and saw Mikhaiev approaching surrounded by a dozen soldiers. After a dozen or so steps away, he raised his hand to salute, and said in fluent German: "Mr. Major, here is a lieutenant from the Garrison Command, who wants to check the deployment order of our battalion."

   Mikhaiev came to the German lieutenant, looked him up and down, and said, "Lieutenant, are you an officer from the Garrison Command?"

"yes."

   "You want to check our redeployment order?"

   "Yes, Mr. Major." Seeing that a major appeared in front of him, the lieutenant became respectful: "This is a necessary procedure, please understand."

"Lieutenant, I regret to tell you that we don't have any deployment orders at all." After Mikhaiev finished speaking, he waved his hand and ordered loudly: "Catch them all." Following his order, The commanders and fighters who came from all around rushed up and pointed their guns at more than 20 German officers and soldiers in the middle.

  Looking at the muzzles pointed at him, the German lieutenant asked in horror: "Mr. Major, Mr. Captain, what is going on? I hope you can give me a suitable explanation."

   "The reason is very simple," Mikhaiev said coldly: "Lieutenant, you and your subordinates have become prisoners of the Soviet Red Army."

   "Russians, are you Russian?" The German lieutenant finally understood that the soldiers standing in front of him were not his own robes but enemies, and hurriedly reached out for his pistol.

  Seeing that the German lieutenant was about to draw out his pistol, several soldiers were ready to shoot at him. But at this moment, Mikhaiev growled: "Don't shoot, catch the alive."

  Hearing Mikhaiev's voice, the soldiers who were about to shoot remembered that there was a large German army outside the village. If gunshots sounded here, it would definitely attract a large German army, and the consequences would be disastrous. After trying to understand this, everyone moved their fingers away from the trigger, and two soldiers stepped forward to try to grab the German lieutenant.

   But they moved fast, and the German lieutenant moved even faster. He quickly pulled out his pistol, aimed at Mikhaiev's position, and pulled the trigger decisively.

  Seeing that the German lieutenant's gun was aimed at Mikhaiev, Navar groaned inwardly, and quickly dodged to block the opponent, trying to block the bullets fired by the German lieutenant for him.

  But as the German lieutenant pulled the trigger, he only heard a click, but did not see the bullet ejected from the chamber. Seeing that the pistol did not fire, the lieutenant pulled the trigger twice again, but still no bullets were fired. He immediately realized that the gun had jammed, cursed in a low voice, and threw the gun towards Mikhaiev's position.

   Narva, who stood in front of Mikhaiev, saw that the German lieutenant pulled the trigger a few times without firing the gun, and he couldn't help calling it a fluke in his heart. Seeing the pistol flying towards him, he quickly turned his head away.

  The German lieutenant had just thrown his pistol, and the two soldiers also rushed in front of him, and immediately pressed him to the ground, punching and kicking him. However, the soldiers under the German lieutenant, facing the muzzles that were several times larger than themselves, did not have the slightest will to resist. They threw away the weapons in their hands early and raised their hands above their heads.

   "Enough is enough." Although the two fighters were very ruthless, and quickly beat the German lieutenant black and blue, the other party behaved very stubbornly, silently bearing the fighter's fists and leather boots without making a sound. Seeing this, Mikhaiev quickly stopped the two soldiers: "It seems that this lieutenant has a lot of backbone, don't fight any more, and take care of him and his subordinates first. Be careful, don't let anyone People slip away, or we'll be in trouble."

Mikhaiev said these words in Russian. Although the German lieutenant could not understand them, he saw that the two soldiers who beat him stopped, and knew that Mikhaiev must have stopped them, and they were escorted past him. At the same time, I also deliberately said: "Thank you!"

  "Lieutenant!" Mikhaiev thought that his troops would soon enter Pavlish. If someone who knew the situation in the city could provide some information, he could avoid some detours. He tentatively asked the lieutenant: "Can you tell us the situation in Pavlish?"

   "I'm sorry, Mr. Major." Unexpectedly, the German lieutenant replied neither humble nor overbearing: "I will tell you nothing except my name and rank."

Mikhaiev was not interested in the name and rank of the German lieutenant. He only wanted to know the situation in the city. Since the German lieutenant was so stubborn, he knew that there would be no gain from asking, so he rushed to the two soldiers behind the lieutenant. He waved his hand, signaling for them to take the lieutenant away.

  The German army that entered the village was controlled, and several German soldiers guarding the village entrance were also secretly arrested by Yegor, and then replaced by his own people to serve as guards at the village entrance. Everything was carried out very covertly, and even the German officers and soldiers passing by the entrance of the village did not realize that their own people in the village were all cleaned up by the Soviet commanders and fighters pretending to be the German army.

  Unable to find any useful information from the German lieutenant, Mikhaiev focused on the German corporal leading the way: "What about you, corporal, can you tell us something about the situation in the city of Pavlish?"

   "I'm sorry, Mr. Major, I...I can't...can't..."

   Hearing what the German corporal said, Narva sternly said, "Corporal, I warn you, if you continue to be stubborn, I will immediately order someone to drag you out and bury you alive."

The German corporal broke into a cold sweat from the fright. He hurriedly said to Narva: "Mr. Captain, please forgive me. It's not that I didn't tell you, but I really don't understand the situation in the city. To tell you the truth, since our class entered this After entering the area, he has been responsible for guarding the village, never passing through the city, and knows nothing about the situation inside."

  In order to verify the truth of what the German corporal said, Mikhaiev called several soldiers who had been captured from the entrance of the village. These soldiers never dreamed that the troops they put into the village were actually disguised by the Soviet army, and they were scared out of their wits long ago. Hearing Mikhaiev's question, they naturally knew everything in order to survive.

  After hearing the confessions of several German soldiers, which matched the confessions of the German corporal, Narva turned his head and asked Mikhaiev: "Comrade battalion commander, what should we do next?"

"The soldiers who came with the German lieutenant should all know the situation in the city." Mikhaiev told Narva: "You go and bring two of them here, we will interrogate them carefully, maybe we can get the information we want. "

  The two German soldiers brought over first were still very stubborn. No matter what Mikhaiev asked, they were like a lieutenant in the German army. They only said their names and military ranks, and did not answer the rest of the questions.

   Seeing that the captive could not open a breakthrough, Mikhaiev also fell into deep thought. Just when he was in a dilemma, Yegor came over to him and said, "Comrade battalion commander, I think the prisoners should be brought over one by one, so that they don't have any scruples when they speak, maybe we can get what we want." information."

One word awakened the dreamer. Yegor’s words made Mikhaiev realize that what he did just now was inappropriate, and he brought two German soldiers out at the same time. There must be scruples between the two, so it is difficult to ask what they want message. After thinking about this, Mikhaiev told Narva: "Comrade Captain, you go and bring out a prisoner alone. I want to see if he is willing to provide us with information about the city."

  (end of this chapter)