Outside the door of the regiment command post, there were two soldiers carrying submachine guns, standing not far from the sentry, chatting. I saw Lin Hua striding out of the command post. The two exchanged glances and walked towards Lin Hua.
The medium-sized soldier on the left wearing the rank of corporal asked: "Is this Lieutenant Sokov?"
Lin Hua guessed that these two soldiers were probably the guides Batrakov had arranged for him. He nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I am Sokov." After a moment of pause, he asked tentatively, "You guys are A guide sent by the group leader?”
After confirming Lin Hua's identity, the two soldiers immediately raised their hands to salute him. The soldier of medium height said first: "Hello, Comrade Lieutenant. I am Corporal Pavel, the scout, and I have been ordered to act as your guide."
A soldier waited for Pavel to finish and then said: "Comrade Lieutenant, I am Scout Kovnin. I am willing to obey your orders."
When Lin Hua returned the gift, he casually asked: "Are the tasks clear?"
"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant." Corporal Pavel quickly replied: "Our superiors have assigned us the mission."
As the three of them walked towards the location of the Third Company, Lin Hua couldn't help but curiously asked Pavel: "Comrade Corporal, how did you receive the order?"
After hearing this, Bavel pointed to the high ground where Lin Hua and the others had fought not long ago and said: "Shortly after our army captured the high ground, we received an order from the regiment saying that we would serve as guides for a small unit. Rush to the Istria Reservoir." He slowed down, looked at Lin Hua, and said with admiration, "Comrade Lieutenant, I saw at the foot of the mountain that you were the first to rush into the enemy's trench. You are amazing. .”
"Comrade Corporal, my personal performance is nothing." Lin Hua said modestly: "If it were not for the cooperation of my comrades, I would not be able to win that high ground by myself."
As soon as they returned to the company's location, they were greeted by two platoon commanders. Second Lieutenant Wanya, the platoon commander, saw Lin Hua followed by two unfamiliar soldiers, and asked tentatively: "Comrade company commander, the regiment has assigned us a new combat mission?"
"Yes, the regiment has assigned us a difficult task." Lin Hua said, picked up a branch, drew a simple diagram on the ground, and introduced the area to the two of them and the tasks to be carried out. Task. Finally, he also introduced Pavel to the two of them.
Vanya waited for Lin Hua to finish, then looked at Pavel and asked, "Comrade Corporal, how far is the distance from here to our destination?"
"About four or five kilometers." Pavel pointed to the snow-covered forest in the distance and said to Vanya: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, we need to pass through that forest to reach our destination. But the snow in the forest is very heavy. It’s deep and the road is not easy to walk.”
Lin Hua threw the branch in his hand and said to Vanya and Andre: "Comrade platoon leaders, you should return to your respective platoons immediately and prepare the soldiers to set off. Remember, everyone Must carry two bases of ammunition.”
Half an hour later, the Third Company entered the forest under the guidance of Pavel. The soldiers marched hard towards the other end of the forest on knee-deep snow.
Marching in the snow, we could not go very far, and everyone was exhausted and panting. Pavel said to Lin Hua who was walking beside him: "Comrade Lieutenant, during our reconnaissance two days ago, we found a German outpost on the edge of the forest, with five German soldiers inside. Can you think of whether we will bypass this later?" Outpost, or send someone to kill them all?”
Lin Hua did not make an immediate decision, but asked instead: "Is the enemy's post far away from the dam?"
"About five to six hundred meters away." Pavel replied: "As long as the outpost fires a gun, the enemy on the dam can hear it. Once we are noticed by the enemy, it will be more difficult to complete the mission."
Knowing that there was a German outpost at the other end of the forest, Lin Hua couldn't help but have an idea and quickly said to Pavel: "Comrade Corporal, we will arrive at the edge of the forest later. I will give you a few soldiers, and you can take down the outpost." .”
"Take away the outpost?" After hearing Lin Hua's order, Pavel couldn't help showing a troubled expression on his face: "Comrade Lieutenant, what should we do if we alert the enemies on the dam when we attack the outpost?"
"We must take this risk." Lin Hua turned to Pavel and said: "So far, we have no idea where the explosives that the German army is preparing to blow up the dam are piled up, and where the detonation point is. So. We must find two prisoners and get the information we want to know from their mouths."
"But, Comrade Lieutenant." Pavel raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, and said with some embarrassment: "I wonder if there is anyone in your company who understands German, otherwise we will not be able to obtain any information from the prisoners."
After hearing what Bavel said, Lin Hua raised his hand and slapped himself on the forehead, and said angrily: "Damn it, damn it, why did I forget this?" He reached out and grabbed hold of him and walked by. Seryozha, told him, "Seryozha, go and ask if anyone in the company understands German?"
"Understand German?!" Seryozha heard Lin Hua's clueless order and asked with some confusion: "Misha, we are going to fight the Germans, not as guests at their home. After seeing them , we don’t need to speak at all, we just need to press the trigger with our hand, bang! They go to see God.”
Lin Hua quickly repeated Pavel's words to Seryosha, and finally added: "We now know nothing about the enemy's situation on the dam. I hope to obtain useful intelligence by interrogating these prisoners."
After Seryozha figured out why Lin Hua needed a German interpreter, he quickly turned around and walked back, asking the soldiers passing by him: "Comrades, who of you understands German? Who of you understands German?..."
As Lin Hua and Pavel continued walking forward, they suddenly heard Seryosha shouting excitedly from behind: "Misha, I found someone who understands German."
Lin Hua stopped, turned his head and looked behind him, and saw Seryozha leading a man towards him. Lin Hua couldn't help being shocked when he saw the man. He quickly asked: "Seryosha, are you saying Asiya understands German?"
"Yes, I know German." Asiya came to Lin Hua and said out of breath, "I studied German for a while when I was studying medicine in university."
Although Asiya said she knew German, Lin Hua still asked cautiously: "In German, raise your hands, how do you say it?"
"Hundhoch!" Asya replied without hesitation.
Lin Hua does not understand German, but judging from Asiya's skilled pronunciation, she still has a certain foundation in German. So he nodded and said: "Okay, Asia, since you understand German. Then you will interrogate the prisoners later."
"Prisoner?!" Asiya heard what Lin Hua said and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Where is the prisoner?"
"Not yet." Lin Hua glanced at Pavel who was standing next to him, and then said with a smile: "But there will be one in an hour or two."
In order to ensure that Pavel and the others could successfully seize the outpost without alerting the enemy, Lin Hua gave all of his most promising people, including Seryosha, Kristoff and Oleg, to Pavel's command. He finally said: "Comrade Corporal, they all have rich combat experience. I hope you can lead them to successfully capture the enemy's outpost."
