Chapter 2749 Rescue of Prisoners of War

"Captain Sokov, I beg you." Vlasov said with a serious expression: "We must find a way to rescue them. With one more commander and combatant, we will have more strength in the next battle."

"Okay, Comrade Commander." Although it is very difficult to rescue these captured Soviet commanders and fighters from the hands of the Germans, it does not mean that they cannot be rescued, but it requires careful deployment. , to ensure nothing goes wrong: "I will find a way to rescue them all."

Then, Sokov called Second Lieutenant Zhukovin, Dyubro, Chursin and Romanov in front of him and asked directly: "How is your marksmanship?"

"Comrade Captain, you should remember that I am a hunter, and hunting is what I am best at." Jubro patted the Mosin Nagant rifle in his hand and said confidently: "Within a range of fifty meters, I will definitely Let no German escape."

"Dyubro, if we really want to ambush this group of Germans, the shooting distance will definitely not be fifty meters, maybe thirty meters." Sokov is sure that Dyubro's marksmanship can help him effectively eliminate them. After the enemy, he asked the other three: "Where are your marksmanship?"

"Comrade Captain, I am from the Internal Affairs Force, and I am not good at shooting." Zhu Kewen said truthfully: "If I participate in an ambush, I cannot guarantee that I will not accidentally injure one of my own people."

"Although I am a machine gun shooter, my marksmanship is not bad." Chuersin continued: "If you want to ambush this group of Germans, I believe I can help you."

There was only one Romanov left. Sokov did not ask him any more questions, but directly stretched out his hand to him: "Romanov, give me your gun."

In Sokov's mind, Romanov is an internal affairs talent, and there is no big problem in managing a city or even a country. But asking him to pick up weapons and fight an ambush on his own would be a bit overwhelming, so he did not intend to let the other party participate in this operation.

"Jiubro, Qursin, there are only three of us who are directly involved in the battle this time." Sokov looked at Jubro and Qursin, and did not talk in circles, but asked straight to the point: "Three people Against 15 people, we are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of equipment and numbers, so what, are you afraid?"

"Comrade Captain, I think your statement is wrong." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Chulsin rushed to say: "Although there are only three of us, as soon as the gunfire rings, the Germans who are escorting our prisoners of war will If people are killed, the prisoners may riot and help us kill the remaining Germans.”

Sokov felt that what Chulsin said made sense. After all, there were hundreds of captured Soviet commanders and fighters. When they saw the Germans around them being killed, someone would definitely rush out and fight the remaining Germans. After all, no one could Willing to be sent to a prisoner of war camp.

After selecting the people involved in the nearby area, Sokov began to deploy the ambush position: "Chursin, you ambush on the right side of the road, and Dyubro and I hide on the left side of the road. Take the sound of gunfire as a signal, you When you see me shooting at the Germans, you should also shoot immediately to eliminate the enemy who poses the greatest threat to the prisoners of war. Be careful not to accidentally injure our own people when shooting.”

Although he said this, Sokov knew very well in his heart that if the gunfire rang out and the entire team of prisoners of war ran away like a nest, it would be difficult not to accidentally injure one of his own people.

"Understood, Comrade Captain." Qiusin replied expressionlessly: "I will try not to accidentally hurt my own people."

After arranging the ambush personnel, Sokov said to Vlasov and others: "Comrade Commander, although you only have a few pistols, if the prisoners of war explode and run around, you still need to stop and chase them. enemies and gather them together.”

"No problem." Vlasov agreed readily: "I will gather as many soldiers as possible."

Sokov and others quickly entered their ambush position and waited for the opportunity to come.

Dyubro, who was lying next to Sokov, muttered in a low voice: "Comrade Captain, which German should I shoot?"

Sokov's eyes swept over the German soldiers, and finally his eyes rested on a German sergeant. He seemed to have the highest rank among all the German soldiers. He decided to make this person his first target to kill.

At this moment, when he heard Jiubro talking non-stop in his ear, he replied impatiently: "Did you see the German corporal on the left? Behind him was a German soldier carrying a submachine gun. , he is the biggest threat, kill him after the sound of my gunshot."

"Understood."

Seeing the prisoner-of-war team in the distance getting closer and closer to him, Sokov remained silent. He just locked the German sergeant with his gun and prepared to wait for them to get closer before fighting. But whether to hit the head or the chest, Sokov hesitated.

After thinking for a long time, he decisively chose to shoot at the opponent's chest. After all, the head target was too small, and the opponent was still walking and his head kept swinging. Even if you aim at his head and shoot, the bullet may not hit the target after it flies out.

"Comrade Captain," Jiubrow, who was standing next to him, saw that Sokov had not moved yet. He couldn't help but became anxious and kept urging: "The Germans are getting closer to us. If they don't shoot, they should leave." Come to us."

Sokov held his breath, silently calculating the distance between the Germans and himself, waiting for the best moment to fire. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that during the last time he traveled through the world, he was hiding in a trench, pointing his gun at the chest of a German soldier sitting on a motorcycle, and shot him dead, thus starting the first battle to defend the town of Khimki. gun.

When the prisoner team was less than 20 meters away, Sokov decisively pulled the trigger, and the bullet accurately hit the German sergeant's chest. The German sergeant who was walking couldn't help but trembled. He immediately covered his chest with a painful expression on his face, and then fell softly to the ground.

Almost at the same time that the German sergeant fell to the ground, three more gunshots rang out, and three German soldiers fell to the ground again.

As for the Soviet prisoners of war who were escorted by the German army, after a brief panic, someone shouted, and several brave soldiers suddenly pounced on the German soldiers around them and began to fight for the weapons in their hands.

Seeing that the prisoner of war in front of him was already in chaos, Sokov knew very well that if he continued to shoot, he would definitely injure one of his own. He quickly got up from the ground and rushed towards the prisoner of war team, while shouting loudly: "Kill them The Germans around you, kill the Germans around you!”

But his shouts were drowned in the roar of the prisoners of war.

The German soldiers who were attacked immediately launched a counterattack. A German corporal pulled the trigger, and the bullet penetrated the chest of the Soviet soldier who was fighting for the gun with him, and knocked down another soldier behind him. But just as he pulled the bolt to remove the shell, another soldier bravely rushed forward and threw him to the ground.

Sokov happened to rush over at this moment. He pulled out the pistol from his waist and fired twice at the German corporal on the ground. He didn't care whether the other party was dead or not, and went to find a new target.

There is no suspense in the next battle. Although the remaining German soldiers continued to resist, the prisoners of war easily killed all the German soldiers due to the participation of Sokov, Dyubro and Chulsin.

After all the German soldiers were lying on the ground, Sokov shouted to the prisoners of war: "Comrades, comrades, I am Captain Sokov, everyone immediately return to the road and line up, everyone go back to the road and line up!"

Even after the gunfire sounded, many prisoners of war rushed towards the German soldiers around them and started fighting with them. But some were timid and took the opportunity to run to the side, trying to escape from this dangerous area as soon as possible. Fortunately, Vlasov and others were hiding nearby and came out in time to stop them from escaping.

Soon, more than a hundred surviving Soviet soldiers lined up on the road.

Vlasov and Colonel Del, who had regained their military ranks, appeared at the front of the queue.

"Comrade General," someone in the queue shouted: "Let's move quickly. If the Germans hear the sound of gunfire and come over, we won't be able to leave."

Vlasov looked in the direction of the sound and said seriously: "Why, after you were captured by the Germans once, were you frightened by them?"

After the questioning voices in the queue disappeared, he continued: "I am the commander of the 37th Group Army and the commander of the Kiev garrison. We jumped out of the German encirclement yesterday after going through hardships and are preparing to rush to the area where the troops are gathering. To build new defenses and prevent the Germans from occupying more areas. Although we have fewer weapons, as long as we can return to our own side, we can re-arm and continue to fight the Germans."

Sokov saw that many soldiers in the queue had numb expressions on their faces, and guessed that since they became prisoners of the German army, they must have suffered a huge psychological blow, so much so that they have lost their fighting spirit. Such an army, even if rearmed, would probably collapse on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, he quickly took two steps forward and said loudly to the soldiers in the queue: "Comrade soldiers, I want to ask you something, do you hate the Germans in your hearts?"

"Hate!" The responses in the queue were sparse and weak.

"You are lucky that you were not sent to a prisoner of war camp." Sokov knew that if these soldiers could not regain their courage, then they would not be of much use. Even after returning to the new defense line, they were passive The negative emotions will also affect other soldiers, so he must find a way to revive morale: "As far as I know, our prisoners of war who enter prisoner-of-war camps usually have only two endings.

Political workers and Jews would be shot directly; others would be assigned to hard labor. Since they were provided with very little food every day and were engaged in heavy physical labor, many people would die from overwork before long. The fate of the remaining people is not much better. The Germans will continue to enslave you and make you do heavier work until you all die of exhaustion. "

After saying these words, Sokov paused for a while to let the soldiers in the queue digest what he said.

When the time was up, Sokov raised his voice and asked: "Comrades, are you willing to be bullied in the prisoners of war, and finally be exhausted to death in a state of hunger?"

As soon as Sokov finished speaking, a sergeant in the queue shouted loudly: "No, we don't want to!"

Someone took the lead, and the other soldiers also shouted: "We don't want to, we don't want to!"

At the beginning, the soldiers' shouts were a bit messy, but the shouts became more orderly and louder.

Colonel Del, who was standing nearby, asked Vlasov with some concern: "Comrade Commander, we are making such a big noise, aren't we afraid of alerting the nearby enemies?"

Vlasov knew that there had just been a burst of gunfire here, and now there were so many people shouting here. If there were Germans nearby, they would appear soon. But thinking of the soldiers' weak words, he felt that Sokov's actions would help boost morale, so he said to Del: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, I think Sokov has his reasons for doing this, let's wait and see."

After Sokov waited for the queue to quiet down, he continued: "Now that you are saved, it means you have the opportunity to avenge your hatred. When you arrive at the area where our army is assembled, you can choose to pick up your weapons again and demand blood debts from the Germans; or you can be like a coward, take off your military uniform, return to your home in disgrace, and live your life with the crime of desertion."

"Comrade Captain," the sergeant who had just taken the lead in shouting squeezed out of the queue and said to Sokov with a firm expression: "No matter what others think, I am willing to follow you back to our army's defense line."

Seeing that someone took the initiative to step out of the line and expressed his willingness to go with him, Sokov smiled and asked kindly: "Comrade Sergeant, what should I call you?"

"Zub." The sergeant stood still in a hurry Zheng, straightened his back and said: "Comrade Captain, you can call me Sergeant Zub."

"Very good, Sergeant Zub." Sokov nodded to Zub and said: "After we reach our army's defense line, the people present will definitely be reorganized. I don't know how to arrange the rest of the people, but I promise you that you will definitely stay by my side and serve as a platoon leader."

"Really, comrade captain." Zub asked in surprise: "Are you really going to let me be a platoon leader?"

"Sergeant Zub," Vlasov came over and said before Sokov could speak: "I promise you that as long as you follow us back to our army's defense line, you will definitely be a platoon leader."

"Great, this is great." Zub's face was full of joy after getting Vlasov's promise. He turned to the queue and asked: "Who else is willing to follow me back to our army's defense line?"

"Me!" "Me, me, me!" "And me!"

Immediately, countless hands were raised in the queue, and they all expressed their willingness to follow Zub back to the Soviet army's defense line.

Seeing that most people were willing to follow him, Sokov felt very relieved. As for the remaining few, he was not worried at all. Could it be that the majority of the troops had left and those who were unwilling to return to the defense line could still stay here?

So he decisively issued an order: "Everyone listen to my command: Stand at attention! Turn right, form three columns, march in step!"

Zhu Kewen walked to Sokov's side and gave him a thumbs up: "Comrade Captain, you are really great. Just a few words have restored the morale of the troops."