The automatic sled that Lin Hua rode reached the destination in only five or six minutes. He asked Yakup to park the sled on the roadside, then jumped off the crowbar, moved his somewhat frozen hands and feet, and stood on the roadside to watch the supplies discarded by the German army.
When they saw the tanks, trucks, artillery pieces of various calibers, and countless supplies that were abandoned on the road and covered with snow, the soldiers who had just taken off the crowbars couldn't help but exclaimed.
Yakup pushed open the door of the cab, came to Lin Hua's side, and said with emotion: "Comrade Lieutenant, I really didn't expect that the fascists would leave so many good things along the way when they were escaping. I see these The weapons and equipment are more than enough even if they are used to form a new infantry division."
Vasily, who was standing on the other side of Lin Hua, after hearing Yakup's words, asked tentatively: "Comrade company commander, you said that the Germans will be driven out of the border by our army like Napoleon back then. ?"
"It doesn't matter that they abandoned so many things when they fled, but the Germans are not Napoleon. Even if they are driven away from Moscow by our army, after their initial panic, they will stop to stop us. Moving forward, the farther our army is from Moscow, the stronger the resistance it will encounter." Lin Hua pointed to the technical equipment on the road and said to Vasily: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, please take someone to check first. Look where there are mines, and clear them if they can; if they can’t be cleared, mark them to prevent our people from stepping on them. When Vanya and the others arrive with their troops, we will start collecting supplies."
The prisoners escorted by Vanya and others had not yet arrived, but the deputy company commander who went to pick them up from the village came back first. After all, the load of these sleds was much lighter than before, so the time spent on the road was greatly shortened. Yakup discovered that there was a German prisoner in the new team, but strangely, the surrounding soldiers seemed to turn a blind eye to him, and no one looked after him at all. Seeing this situation, he quickly asked Lin Hua: "Comrade Lieutenant, what's going on with that prisoner? Why don't your soldiers keep an eye on him? Aren't you afraid that he will escape?"
"That's Corporal Ernst, the prisoner we captured near the Istria Reservoir." Lin Hua explained to Yakup: "The reason why I have been taking him with me is because he can be put to great use. "
"Big purpose?" After hearing what Lin Hua said, Yakup couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, may I ask, can he be used for any big purpose?"
"He speaks Russian very well and is very cooperative with our work." Faced with Yakup's probing questions, Lin Hua smiled and said, "If we capture a prisoner, he can also act as a translator for us."
Seryozha walked up to Lin Hua and Yakup, raised his hand and saluted, and then asked who he should report to. Although Lin Hua was his immediate boss, there was a man standing next to him. A captain with a higher rank than him.
Yakup saw Seryosha's dilemma, so he smiled and said to him: "Comrade soldier, report to your company commander. He is currently commanding our unit."
Hearing what Yakup said, Seryosha had a surprised expression on his face, but he still reported to Lin Hua in accordance with the regulations: "Report to Comrade Lieutenant, all the remaining troops have been ordered to arrive, and we are waiting for your instructions. !”
Lin Hua glanced behind him and saw Asiya standing in the crowd. Seeing Lin Hua looking towards her, a blush appeared on Asiya's fair face. She raised her hand to a position parallel to her shoulder and waved gently towards Lin Hua.
"Seryozha!" Lin Hua and Asiya exchanged glances, then turned their attention to Seryosha and said to him: "The mission given to our company by our superiors is to abandon the Germans on this road. Collect the supplies." He pointed not far away with his hand, and then said, "Your class is responsible for cleaning up all the things that hinder traffic on this section of the road, and then pile them on the roadside."
When Seryosha and his men began to clear supplies on the road, Yakup pointed to a short-barreled Panzer IV tank lying in the middle of the road and said: "It seems that we need to find a few tank soldiers to clear this damn tank. German tanks move out.”
"Let me try," Lin Hua handed the rifle he was holding to Yakup's hand and said while taking off his military coat: "As long as the tank is not destroyed and there is still fuel in the tank, I can find a way to put it in the tank." It drove to the side of the road.”
When Yakup heard what Lin Hua said, he looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, did I hear you correctly? You just said that you planned to drive this tank to the side of the road?"
"Yes, Captain Yakup." Lin Hua stuffed the military coat he had just taken off into his arms and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
"But, but you are just an infantryman." Yakup said, somewhat dumbfounded: "To be honest, I have never seen an infantryman who can drive a tank. Of course, the kind of infantryman who has to pick up a gun and become an infantryman because of the loss of a tank Except for the warriors."
Lin Hua didn't explain, just smiled at him and walked quickly to the tank. He circled around the tank and saw that the tank showed no signs of being destroyed. It must be that the tanker saw that the road in front was blocked and was impassable, so he had to abandon the tank. After inspecting the tank, he quickly climbed onto the tank body, opened the hatch cover and got in.
Lin Hua, who was sitting in the driver's seat, after some inspections, found that the driving style of the German tank was very similar to that of the Soviet army. He started the tank familiarly, waited for the engine to warm up for a while, and then drove the tank backwards. We got off the road and drove into the snow on the side of the road.
At this moment, Vanya and the others were escorting the German prisoners and heading towards the assembly point. Suddenly they saw a German tank roaring towards them, and they quickly shouted: "Tank, get down quickly!" After shouting, He was the first to fall on the snow.
When the dejected German prisoners saw a German tank approaching, the Soviet commanders and soldiers escorting them all lay down on the snow. They immediately thought that the tank coming was their own, so they cheered desperately on the spot, hoping that the other party would come to rescue them quickly. A few daring prisoners even set their sights on the weapons in the hands of the escorting soldiers, preparing to snatch the weapons to coordinate with the actions of their own tanks.
However, before these brave prisoners could take any action, the cheers of the other prisoners stopped abruptly, because they saw that after the tank stopped twenty or thirty meters away, the turret hatch opened, and unexpectedly from inside A Soviet soldier emerged from the drill.
The person who came out was none other than Lin Hua, who was driving the tank. He heard the deafening roar of the tank engine and faintly heard someone shouting from behind. He thought he was about to hit the crowd behind him, so he quickly braked and opened the turret top. Hatch cover, leaning out and looking outside. The first thing that caught his eye was a group of German soldiers, and the surrounding snow was filled with Soviet commanders and fighters. He couldn't help but thought strangely: "What the hell, what on earth is going on? Where did these Germans come from?" Coming?"
Seeing the Soviet soldiers emerging from the tank, not only the cheering German soldiers saw it, but Vanya who was lying on the ground also saw clearly that the person leaning out half of the turret was actually his company commander. After a moment of confusion, he raised his hand and slapped himself on the forehead, and said angrily: "How could I forget that the company commander can drive a tank?" He quickly got up from the ground and shouted to the soldiers lying around. He said, "Comrades, please get up. You are one of our own and our company commander."
