Seeing Lin Hua jump off the tank, Vanya hurriedly ran over and reported to him: "Comrade company commander, Second Lieutenant Vanya reports to you that we have successfully escorted the prisoners to the designated location. Please give instructions on the next step." .”
Lin Hua turned around and pointed to the road not far away, and ordered: "Let these prisoners help us collect supplies on the road."
Hearing Lin Hua's order, Vanya said with some embarrassment: "Comrade company commander, but we don't understand German, so we can't explain these prisoners clearly."
"Don't worry, I have already considered it." Lin Hua waved to Asiya and Ernst in the distance, motioning them to come over. When he saw them trotting over, he said to Vanya: "Leave the translation to Asiya and Ernst. Remember, there are weapons and equipment discarded by the Germans everywhere. Put these Keep an eye on all the prisoners, don't let them shoot you in the back."
"Don't worry, Comrade Company Commander." Vanya said with a serious expression: "I will send special personnel to keep an eye on them, and I will never let them have any opportunity."
When Asiya and Ernst came to him, Lin Hua said to them: "Tell these prisoners to help our soldiers clear the weapons, ammunition and various materials piled on the road. If they If they cooperate honestly, I will give them the treatment they deserve as a prisoner of war. If they want to use any crooked ideas, hum..." At this point, he sneered twice. "Shoot them all on the spot."
Ernst couldn't help but shudder when he heard the tone Lin Hua used when he said the word "shoot." After a quick glance at the prisoners next to him, he assured Lin Hua: "Don't worry, Mr. Lieutenant, I will faithfully translate your words to them. I believe they will be able to assist you well." .”
"If they can really be honest, it will be beneficial to both parties." After Lin Hua said this to Ernst with a tigerish face, when he faced Asiya, his face was full of smiles: "Asia, there are many wounded among these prisoners. When you have time later, you can bandage their wounds."
"I know," Asiya blushed and pushed Lin Hua away from the tank, urging: "Captain Yakup is waiting for you, hurry up and get there."
When Lin Hua returned to Captain Yakup, the latter handed him the general's coat and said in an unbelievable tone: "Comrade Lieutenant, I didn't expect that you can actually drive a tank, and you can drive it so well." Skilled. If I didn't know you were an infantryman, I would have thought you were a veteran tanker."
Hearing Yakup's praise, Lin Hua thought bitterly: "In order to achieve such skillful driving skills, I spent 100,000 rubles in the tank museum. The tuition is not low."
Seeing Lin Hua put on his military coat, Yakup handed him the Mosin-Nagant rifle and asked curiously: "Comrade Lieutenant, may I ask where you learned to drive a tank?"
"Comrade Captain," Lin Hua said casually in response to Yakup's question: "You may not know that before the war, I worked as a tractor driver on a collective farm. You know, crawler tractors The way to drive a tractor is similar to that of a tank. Now that I have mastered the skills of driving a tractor, it is no surprise that I can drive a tank."
In this way, Lin Hua's far-fetched reason once again fooled Yakup. He was deeply afraid that the other party would ask questions that were difficult for him to answer, so he quickly changed the subject and said: "Comrade Captain, although there are no Germans in these areas, we still cannot lower our vigilance. You ask the deputy company commander to lead half of the automatic The sleigh goes to the other side of the road and takes charge of the security there."
After arranging the security mission, Lin Hua led his people to clean up the materials on the road. Most of the landmines laid by the German army have been cleared by the soldiers led by Vasily. A few of the landmines that cannot be cleared temporarily have tree branches planted next to them as warnings to prevent soldiers from accidentally stepping on them.
The commanders and soldiers ignored the tanks, trucks, and artillery abandoned on the road, as long as they were not blocking traffic. They focused on cleaning up the ammunition and supplies littered on the road, and piled them on the roadside by category.
Just when everyone was busy, two jeeps suddenly came. Yakup, who was on guard duty, quickly stepped forward to stop the jeep. After he raised his hand to stop the jeep, he walked to the side of the car, bent down and said to the people sitting inside: "I'm sorry, traffic is prohibited here! Which part of the country do you belong to? Take out your ID!"
The commander sitting in the co-pilot seat immediately turned his head when he heard Yakup say this. When Yakup saw the other party's thick face clearly, he was suddenly frightened and broke into a cold sweat. He quickly took a step back, raised his hand to his forehead, and said in a panic: "Hello, Comrade Commander of the Front Army, 16th Army Automatic Sled Company commander Captain Yakup reports to you. We are on a mission."
"Performing a mission?!" The person sitting in the co-pilot's seat was none other than General Zhukov, commander of the Western Front. After listening to Yakup's report, he looked at the busy crowd in front and asked curiously: "Execute what?" Task?"
Yakup replied respectfully: "The Army Headquarters ordered our company to cooperate with the 'Istria Company' to come here to clean up and collect the technical equipment and military supplies discarded by the German army."
"Istra Company?" After Zhukov repeated the number, a smile appeared on his face. He looked at Yakup and asked: "The company commander is Lieutenant Sokov, right?"
"Yes, Comrade General, it's Lieutenant Sokov." Although Yakup didn't understand why the front army commander knew the name of a lieutenant, he still answered truthfully: "According to the order of the group army headquarters, everything here , he is solely responsible for it.”
After hearing this, Zhukov nodded and told Yakup: "Comrade Captain, call Sokov over. I want to talk to him."
Yakup quickly agreed, turned around and ran over to find Lin Hua. He came to Lin Hua's side and said with some excitement: "Comrade Lieutenant, a senior leader wants to see you. Come with me!"
"Big boss?" Lin Hua, who had just picked up a box of ammunition, heard Yakup say this and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Who is it?"
"You'll know when you get there." Yakup glanced at where the jeep was parked and saw Zhukov actually opened the door and got out of the car, standing next to the car, looking around with his hands behind his back. He quickly urged: "Hurry up, Comrade Lieutenant, don't keep the chief waiting."
Lin Hua quickly put down the ammunition box in his hand, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and followed Yakup towards where the jeep was parked.
When he was still more than ten meters away from the jeep, Lin Hua could clearly see the general wearing a gray otter fur hat. He was not tall, with a big head and a thick chin on his broad and straight shoulders. Although this was the first time for Lin Hua to see this general, in later generations, he had seen the image of this general in film and television works countless times. He quickly quickened his pace, passed over Yakup who was leading the way, and came to Zhukov. After raising his hand in salute, he said with some excitement: "Report to Comrade Commander of the Front Army, Lieutenant Sokov, Commander of Istria Company, to you. Report, our company is carrying out the tasks assigned to us by our superiors."
Seeing that Lin Hua recognized him, Zhukov looked him up and down carefully, called him by his real name, and said with emotion: "Mikhail, you and your father look so alike. Your father is our Soviet Union "Hero, and you," he nodded at the two medals Lin Hua wore on his chest and said with satisfaction, "it seems you did a good job too!"
Lin Hua didn't know what kind of relationship the father of Misha, whose body he had taken away, had with important figures such as Zhukov, so he did not dare to say anything nonsense. He could only grin and then said in accordance with the regulations: "Serve the Soviet motherland! "
Zhukov stared at the soldiers who were busy on the road and asked Lin Hua: "Mikhail, how long is the road you want to clean?"
"Report to Comrade General," Lin Hua replied quickly: "We need to clear about seven or eight kilometers of roads. The German army has discarded a large amount of technical equipment and military supplies here. It may take several days to completely clear it."
"How come you only have such a small number of people, can you be busy?" Zhukov saw that there were traces of German soldiers among the busy crowd, and he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Why are there still Germans?"
"We captured the prisoners, Comrade General." Lin Hua said with a smile: "The Army Headquarters has issued orders to the skiing groups and guerrillas operating nearby to get them here as soon as possible and accept my command. I want them to It’s almost there.”
