Chapter 2541

What surprised them even more was yet to come. The two officers who were selected together with Major Peterson looked at each other, took two steps forward at the same time, stood at attention, and raised their hands to salute Sokov.

Captain: "General Sokov, my name is Bruch, I was originally from the 295th Infantry Division; he is Lieutenant Das, from the 297th Infantry Division. We both participated in Stalingrad and fought with your troops at Mamayev Kurgan."

Sokov was a little stunned after hearing this, he asked puzzledly: "Captain Bruch, as far as I know, the 295th and 297th Divisions were all annihilated by our army in the Battle of Stalingrad, how did you escape?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Bruch showed a bitter expression on his face: "General, we, like Major Peterson, left the battlefield early because of injuries, otherwise we might become your prisoners."

"Captain Bruch, compared with your comrades, you are so lucky." Sokov smiled and said to Bruch: "You left Stalingrad early because of injuries, avoiding In the later period, they had to endure hunger in the cold weather, and even after being captured, they were sent to the icy Siberia. "

In response to Sokov's statement, Bruch nodded with a wry smile: "You are right, Mr. General. Compared with my comrades who died or were captured in Stalingrad, I am very lucky."

At this time, Major Vaseligov asked an inappropriate question: "Are you used to staying in the prisoner-of-war camp now?"

"Major! Don't ask such questions." Sokov stopped Vaseligov in a reproachful tone, and then said to Adelina: "Adelina, this doesn't need to be translated."

Adelina had long seen that everything she saw in the prisoner-of-war camp was just a special arrangement by the US military. It must be that Bruch and others did not have a good time in the prisoner-of-war camp, and Vaseligov's question was equivalent to making things worse for them.

Although Bruch heard what Vaseligov said, he didn't understand Russian and didn't understand what the other party meant. Seeing that Ajelina had not translated for a long time, he was a little puzzled. Just when he wanted to ask a few questions, the German prisoners of war who were watching the football game not far away came over one after another and asked the familiar guards who came to inspect the prisoner-of-war camp today.

When the familiar guard introduced them that the French general who came was Tassigny, they couldn't help but sneer. In their minds, the French were a group of cowards. With the strongest army in Europe, they could crush any country's attack on France. When Germany declared war on France, they thought it would be a protracted war. Who knew that the war lasted only more than 40 days and France surrendered. No wonder some people joked: No country can capture Paris before France surrenders.

When they heard that the representative of the US military was the famous General Patton, the German prisoners of war looked at him with respect. You know, this is a person that the German High Command feared. It was because of this that before the Normandy landing operation began, the Allied High Command placed Patton in the direction of Calais, which made the German High Command misjudge that the Allies would implement the landing operation in Calais, thereby weakening the defense force of the real main attack direction - Normandy, resulting in the unprecedented success of the Allied landing operation.

The German prisoners of war finally turned their eyes to Sokov. Looking at this young general, they were full of contempt in their hearts. A man of this age was probably a college student before the war. What merits could he have established? It was probably because of his background that he could get his current military rank.

With such suspicion, a German prisoner of war with the rank of second lieutenant touched the guard next to him with his shoulder and asked, "Hey, who is that Russian guy? Why do I see Major Peterson and the other three saluting him?"

"It seems to be something like Sokov." The guard shrugged his shoulders and said in a contemptuous tone: "Major Peterson and the others may salute him because he has a higher rank. If it were me, I would never salute such a dandy boy."

"Dandy boy?" The German second lieutenant asked in surprise: "How do you know he is a dandy boy?"

"Look, look at the young woman next to him." The American guard said jealously: "Such a beautiful woman, if she doesn't have a special relationship with him in private, I will take off my clothes and run three laps in the camp."

When the German second lieutenant was about to tease the guard, he suddenly thought of the surname he had just heard. He hurriedly asked carefully: "By the way, what is the surname of the Russian general you just mentioned? Can you repeat it?"

"Sokof!" The guard said firmly: "Damn it, this is the first time I heard of this surname. It's strange that I can remember it."

Who knew that as soon as he finished speaking, he felt his collar tightened, and then saw the German lieutenant approaching him and asked sternly: "Is it the General Sokov who once served as the commander of the 48th Army of Russia?"

When the guard was grabbed by the collar, he thought the German lieutenant wanted to rebel and was about to shoot to warn him. When he found that the other party just wanted to know the identity of the Russian general, he gave up the idea of ​​shooting and replied with a wry smile: "I don't know."

"Brothers," the German lieutenant loosened the collar of the American guard, turned around and shouted to the German prisoners of war around him: "The Russian general is Sokov who once served as the commander of the 48th Army."

Hearing what the German lieutenant said, the prisoners who were originally watching the excitement suddenly became chaotic and rushed towards Sokov's position. The guards who maintained order hurriedly stepped forward to stop them to prevent them from causing harm to the members of the inspection team.

But the number of guards was far less than the number of prisoners, and they could not stop them at all. The scene was extremely chaotic. Fortunately, Patton saw that the situation was not good, pulled out his ivory-handled pistol, and fired several shots into the air, and the chaotic crowd quieted down.

After Jones ordered people to summon more guards to maintain order, his face flushed, and he shouted at the prisoners in anger: "What are you going to do, do you want to rebel?"

"Colonel Jones," a German officer who was familiar with Jones in the crowd said loudly: "We are not going to make trouble, we just want to say a few words to the Russian general behind you."

When Sokov saw the scene in chaos, he was worried that Ajelina was injured, so he quietly retreated to the back. At this moment, when he heard that the German prisoners wanted to talk to him, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, thinking that he was so famous in Germany that even the German prisoners in the prisoner-of-war camp had heard of his name.

"General Sokov," Patton put down his pistol and said to Sokov, "Since these Germans want to talk to you, you should say a few words to them."

Sokov nodded and walked forward a few steps. When he was about to speak, he suddenly remembered that he didn't understand German, and even if he spoke, the other party wouldn't understand. Just when he wanted to ask Ajelina to come over to help him translate, he turned his head and found that Ajelina was already standing beside him.

Facing a group of German prisoners of war in front of them, although there were American guards with live ammunition pointing their guns at them, Ajelina's legs were still a little weak. She whispered to Sokov: "Misha, nothing will happen, right?"

"I don't think so." Sokov comforted Ajelina and said: "I guess they just want to know something. You help me translate. If the situation is not right, I will protect you and leave here safely."

After saying this, Sokov took two steps forward: "I am Sokov. I wonder what you want to see me for?"

When Ajelina put Sokov's After the words were translated into German, the German lieutenant who had grabbed the guard's collar asked: "General, we want to know if you have ever been the commander of the 48th Army?"

As soon as the German lieutenant finished speaking, the German prisoners of war around him asked: "In addition to the 48th Army, have you ever been the commander of other troops?"

"Have you ever been the commander of the 53rd Army..."

Sokov could only hear a buzzing sound and couldn't hear what the other party was saying at all. He quickly raised his hands and pressed them down twice, signaling the German prisoners of war to be quiet. The German prisoners of war who were still talking immediately quieted down when they saw Sokov's gesture.

Sokov felt much more at ease when he saw the German prisoners of war being unusually cooperative. He came to Major Peterson and said to him: "Major, ask these officers and soldiers what they want to know?"

Peterson quickly explained to Sokov: "General, they asked you what unit you had been the commander of." Perhaps worried that Sokov didn't understand, he also explained, "The unit of the person I want to question must have been defeated by your unit. They just want to confirm whether you are the commander who defeated us."

After figuring out what was going on, Sokov nodded slightly, then coughed heavily, and after attracting everyone's attention, he said loudly: "German officers and soldiers, my last name is Sokov, and I have served as the commander of the 27th Army, the 53rd Army and the 48th Army. I wonder if this is the answer you want to know!"

After hearing Ajelina's reaction, the German prisoners of war made a move that surprised the inspection team members and the surrounding guards. They stood at attention collectively and raised their hands to salute Sokov.

"What happened?" Tasini asked Patton in surprise: "Why did the German prisoners of war salute this Russian general?"

Patton was also shocked. As a soldier, it was a great thing to be respected by the enemy. And this young Russian general should have done this. He won the respect of his enemies through his outstanding performance on the battlefield.

When they met at the Brandenburg Gate just now, Sokov said that he admired him. He couldn't help but feel complacent in his heart. It was such an achievement to make a general of another country with the same rank as himself become his little fan. But now it seems that I thought too much. The other party said that to me at that time, it was nothing more than a diplomatic courtesy. Thinking of this, he did not answer Tasini's question immediately, but called his adjutant and whispered to him: "I don't care what method you use, but before we leave the prisoner-of-war camp, I want to know everything this Russian general has done."

The adjutant showed an embarrassed expression on his face. He was about to say something, but saw Patton staring at him with his eyes. He could only bite the bullet and nodded, turned around and left.

After his adjutant left, Patton lowered his voice and said to Tasini: "San Jean, this Russian general named Sokov is probably not a simple person. We all misjudged him."

"Yes." Tasini agreed with Patton's statement: "I have been to a prisoner-of-war camp more than once, but I have never encountered a prisoner of war who saluted me on his own initiative."

Hearing what Tassini said, Patton couldn't help but sneer in his heart, secretly saying that France surrendered more than forty days after the war began, and then only set foot on French soil again with the help of the British and American Allied Forces. Even if the Germans have surrendered now, how can they respect you when they face their former defeated generals? However, in order to save face for the other party, he still said euphemistically: "Maybe these Germans have never heard of you, so they behave so indifferently."

At this time, the guards sent by Jones for reinforcements arrived. Seeing that the situation had returned to normal, the officer leading the team seemed a little embarrassed. He ordered his subordinates to stand still and not to act rashly, then came to Jones' side and asked in a low voice: "Sir, what should we do next?"

"It's okay here." After Jones figured out what was going on, he couldn't help but sigh. It was so unexpected that these prisoners of war were so respectful to a Russian general. He waved to the officer leading the team: "Take these people back. "

The officer was stunned, and then asked: "Should we take the prisoners of war back to the barracks, or should we let our people go back to rest?"

After hearing what the officer said, Jones realized that there was a grammatical error in his words, and said quickly: "I want you to take our people back. The situation here is under control. Don't cause any more trouble."

"Yes, sir." The officer agreed, then returned to the guarding troops and led them away.

Sokov noticed that not only the football game had stopped, but also the prisoners in the band had stopped playing, standing on tiptoes with their instruments and looking over here. Coupled with the fact that Colonel Jones had transferred troops again, Sokov was worried about causing a bloody conflict, so he shouted to the prisoners of war: "German officers and soldiers, I am just an ordinary soldier. Since you have seen it, then... Just spread out. Go back to playing football, watching games and playing music, and stop hanging around here.”

Following Agelina's translation, the prisoners of war dispersed one after another, but as they left, they kept looking back, looking at Sokov who was still standing in the middle of the inspection group, as if they were worried that he would suddenly disappear.

"Comrade General, I really didn't expect that you have such a high status in the hearts of the Germans." When Vaserigov said this, he secretly muttered: I am afraid that even if Marshal Zhukov comes here in person, it will not cause such a situation. Make a big splash.

After hearing this, Sokov just smiled faintly, and then asked Peterson, who was still standing in front of him: "Major Peterson, if there is nothing else, you can go back and rest."

Unexpectedly, Peterson grabbed Sokov's arm and whispered: "Mr. General, please help me."

"What should I do?" Sokov said with some laughter and tears: "Major Peterson, you are now staying in a US military prisoner of war camp. What can I, a Soviet general, do for you?"