Chapter 2534

The distance from Warsaw to Berlin is 523 kilometers. If it is a high-speed train in China in the future, it can arrive in two hours at most. But in this era, a train with a speed of 50 kilometers per hour is considered fast.

The train that Sokov took departed at 11 o'clock that night. After ten hours of bumps, it finally arrived at Hamburger Station in Berlin at nine o'clock the next morning.

The sweet voice of the female announcer came from the radio in the car: "Dear passengers, the train is about to arrive at Hamburger Station in Berlin. Please pack your luggage and be ready to get off the train."

Sokof sat up and stretched: "Thank God, we finally got there."

Thinking that this trip to Berlin had a lot to do with Ajelina, he asked: "Ajelina, our train is late for nearly a day. Will the people who come to pick us up wait for us?"

Hearing Sokov's naive question, Ajelina couldn't help laughing: "Misha, what's wrong with you? Have you forgotten that you came to Berlin this time at the invitation of Marshal Zhukov? Not to mention a day late, even if it's half a month late, the people who pick you up won't dare to leave casually."

Sokov looked at the scenery outside the window that was moving slower and slower, and asked casually: "Then where should we go to find the people who pick us up?"

"Don't worry," Ajelina comforted Sokov: "After the car arrives, we will stay in the box, and someone will take the initiative to find us."

The car just stopped and the door hasn't opened yet, and Torba came over.

Seeing Torba who came uninvited, Sokov couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that he was the one who came to pick him up? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Ajelina, hoping to get an answer from her. And when Ajelina saw Sokov's gaze, she also guessed his intention, and shook her head slightly, indicating that Torba could never be the one who picked him up.

"Comrade Sergeant," Sokov asked politely, "What do you want?"

"It's like this, Comrade General." Torba said cautiously, "The train has arrived at the terminal. I wonder how to settle the German captain?"

Sokof then remembered that it was not just him and Ajelina who came to Berlin this time, but also Captain Hosenfeld, who was later called "International Righteous Man". He raised his hand and slapped his forehead, and said to Torba with a smile, "Comrade Sergeant, look at my memory. If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten Captain Hosenfeld. Please bring him to me, and he will get off with us later!"

Torba saluted Sokov and turned to leave.

A few minutes later, Hosenfeld came to Sokov's box accompanied by a soldier.

After the soldiers escorting Hosenfeld left, Sokov asked Hosenfeld to sit on the sofa in the box and asked with a smile: "Mr. Hosenfeld, did our soldiers make things difficult for you?"

"No, no." Hosenfeld shook his head and said: "They are very good to me. They will try their best to meet my needs."

"Mr. Hosenfeld," Sokov looked at him and asked: "Now that we are in Berlin, what are your plans next?"

"I want to go home first." Hosenfeld said hesitantly: "I will consider other issues after I meet my family."

"Mr. Hosenfeld," Ajelina translated Hosenfeld's words to Sokov , looking at Hosenfeld and asked: "Have you ever thought that your home might have been destroyed during the Allied bombing or when our army attacked Berlin. Your family has either left the city or died in the war. If this really happens, what are you going to do?"

"I don't know, I don't know." Hearing what Ajelina said, Hosenfeld held his head with both hands and said with a painful expression: "If the situation you said really happens, I really don't know what to do?"

"Ajelina," Sokov saw Hosenfeld's expression, guessed that Ajelina must have said something to provoke him, and asked quickly: "What did you say to him?"

When After listening to Adelina's retelling, Sokov sighed softly and said, "It's all this damn war that has caused so many people to be broken up and homeless. Not only the people of our country have suffered, but even the people of Germany, which started the war, are also victims."

At this time, there was a burst of hurried footsteps in the corridor outside, and then Sokov heard a voice outside asking, "Excuse me, General Sokov from Moscow, and Comrade Adelina, are you in there?"

Hearing this voice, Sokov immediately got up and opened the door. He saw three soldiers standing in the corridor outside the door, led by a major officer, and hurriedly said, "I am Sokov, you are here To pick us up?"

"Yes, Comrade General." The major replied, "The car that will pick you up is on the platform." He glanced at Hosenfeld next to him and said in surprise, "But the notice I received said that two people would be picked up, but you have three people here."

"It's like this." Since the other party was here to pick him up, Sokov naturally had to explain to him clearly: "This is Captain Hosenfeld, a German. I rescued him from a prisoner-of-war camp when our train stopped in Warsaw. I will send him home first, and then we will go to see Marshal Zhukov."

"Okay, Comrade General." Faced with Sokov's proposal, the major naturally did not dare to object and could only nod in agreement.

When Sokov was about to leave, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the assault rifle and ammunition boxes placed in the corner. He stopped and said to the major: "By the way, comrade major. These weapons were brought from Moscow. We are in Poland." At that time, I was attacked by gangs and some of the ammunition was consumed. The rest is here. Who do you think I should give these things to?"

The major did not expect that Sokov would bring so many weapons and ammunition when he came this time. He frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "Comrade General, leave this matter to me, so you don't have to worry about it." After that, he called a soldier and asked him to stay in the box to take care of the weapons and ammunition.

After the major got off the train with Sokov and others, he did not immediately get on the black barrel car parked on the platform. Instead, he politely said to Sokov: "Comrade General, please wait a moment while I look for the station." The military representative, let him handle the weapons and ammunition you brought."

After getting Sokov's permission, the major walked alone toward the military representative's office not far away, while another soldier was left with Sokov to protect his safety.

Sokov looked at Hosenfeld and said: "Mr. Hosenfeld, I wonder how long it has been since you returned to Berlin?"

Hossenfeld thought for a while and replied: "I have not been back to Berlin since February 1942."

"You haven't been back to Germany for so long?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Have you never had a vacation?"

"No." Hossenfeld shook his head and said: "According to the command, we are preparing to carry out large-scale immigration to Poland and Russia at the right time. Because those of us officers stationed in Poland basically do not return to Germany. Opportunity. Since I was imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp, I thought I would never have the chance to return to Germany, but I didn’t expect that with your help, I would set foot on German soil again. Thank you!”

"You're welcome, it's just a little effort." Sokov grinned and waved his hand at Hosenfeld: "Compared with your good deeds of risking your life and helping more than fifty Jews, it's not worth mentioning at all. "

When Sokov said this, he was thinking to himself: Poor Captain Hosenfeld, in real history, you died in a Soviet prisoner of war camp, with no chance of returning to Germany, not even your body. Where it is buried, no one knows.

At this time, a train stopped at a platform not far away, and countless passengers got out of the car. As soon as everyone got off the bus, they picked up their luggage and walked quickly toward the exit.

Sokov looked at the Germans who had just got off the train expressionlessly, wondering where these Germans came from. Were they expelled from East Prussia by the Soviet army, or did they come from other cities?

At this moment, a man wearing a black coat and a dark blue peaked cap walked quickly towards Sokov's location, carrying a suitcase. When the soldier responsible for protecting Sokov saw the man approaching, he immediately picked up the submachine gun hanging on his chest, pointed the muzzle at the man, and shouted sternly: "Stop, don't come over!"

"General Sokov, General Sokov!" Unexpectedly, the man stopped by the soldiers shouted loudly at Sokov, and he was still speaking in Russian.

Sokov thought he had met a retired subordinate, and quickly said to the soldier: "Let him come over!"

The man wearing a peaked cap came to Sokov, put down his luggage, straightened his back, saluted, and said: "Hello, Comrade General!"

The other person looked familiar to Sokov, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

Seeing that Sokov was staring at him non-stop, the man raised his hand and took off his peaked cap, and said loudly to Sokov: "Comrade General, do you really not recognize me? I am Ernst. Ernst?"

Hearing the name spoken by the other party, Sokov immediately connected the person in front of him with the German prisoner he captured at the Istria Reservoir during the massive counterattack in Moscow: "I remembered, you It’s Ernst, Corporal Ernst. The German corporal who studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory for two years and speaks fluent Russian!”

"Yes, Comrade General, it's me."

Seeing Sokov opening his arms to him, he also stepped forward and gave him a warm hug.

When the two separated and were about to speak, Hosenfeld, who was standing behind Sokov, suddenly said in a trembling voice: "Ernst, are you Ernst?"

When he heard someone calling his name, Ernst, who had just finished hugging Sokov, looked at Hosenfeld with surprised eyes, wondering who this man in Soviet uniform was and how he knew his name. name?

While Ernst was stunned, Hosenfeld shouted excitedly: "Cousin Ernst, don't you recognize me? I am your cousin William!"

"William!" Ernst looked at Hosenfeld and asked cautiously: "Are you cousin William?"

"Yes, yes, I am William." Seeing that Ernst recognized him, Hosenfeld stepped forward and hugged his cousin tightly, patted his back with his hand, and said excitedly: "I thought I'd never see you again."

After Ernst let go of Hosenfeld, he asked in surprise: "William, where did you come from? How come you are wearing a Soviet uniform?"

"It's a long story. If I hadn't met the kind-hearted General Sokov, I would still be in a prisoner of war camp in Warsaw. Whether I could return to Berlin alive is still unknown."

Agelina knew that Sokov did not understand German. When Hosenfeld and Ernst were talking, she acted as a simultaneous interpreter and told Sokov about their conversation in a timely manner.

Ernst knew that it was Sokov who saved his cousin. Without asking about the specific process, Ernst first expressed his gratitude to Sokov: "General Sokov, thank you, thank you for taking my cousin from prisoner of war." Without your help, I fear he would have died in the prison camp."

"You're welcome, this is just a trivial matter. The reason why I rescued your cousin from the prisoner of war camp was entirely because of the good deeds he performed while in Warsaw." Then Sokov told Hosen How Phil helped the Jews in Warsaw, and how one of the Jews named Spielmann repaid the favor by going to various prisoner-of-war camps to find the whereabouts of Hosenfeld, told Ernst in detail.

"So that's it." After figuring out what happened, Ernst's heart was full of luck. He thought happily that if his cousin had not helped the Jews, there would be no one at all after he was imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp. To save him, he would have to stay in the prisoner of war camp. If you are lucky, you will get the day to be repatriated to your country; if you are not lucky, you will die in a prisoner of war camp and become a lonely ghost in a foreign land.

"Ernst." Seeing that Sokov and Ernst seemed familiar, Hosenfeld asked tentatively: "How do you know General Sokov?"

Hearing his cousin's question, Ernst chuckled and then explained: "I was transferred to the Eastern Front. Not long after I dared to go, the Soviet army in Moscow launched a full-scale counterattack. I was there I was stationed at the Istria Reservoir and was captured by the troops led by General Sokov who raided the reservoir. Because I had studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory for two years and could speak fluent Russian, I became a soldier after I was captured. The translator in his army.”

"Ernst." Sokov asked curiously after Ernst finished speaking, "Where are you coming back from?"

"Frankfurt," Ernst said, "I just came back from Frankfurt."

Sokov knew very well that although Frankfurt sounded like a French city, it was an out-and-out German city. He asked casually: "What are you doing in Frankfurt?"

Ernst laughed dryly and replied with some embarrassment: "Comrade General, I came to see my wife and children. You know, Berlin is not peaceful, so I sent them to Frankfurt soon after returning to Berlin. "It won't be too late to bring them back after the situation in Berlin improves."

Although Ernst did not explain why Berlin was not peaceful, Sokov knew that a considerable number of Soviet commanders and fighters who occupied the city not only looted German property, occupied other people's houses, and even women. Don't let it go. It was therefore understandable that Ernst moved his wife and children to Frankfurt.