Pavel returned earlier than Lin Hua expected. Just after lunch, Pavel took a soldier back to the place where the troops rested. When he suddenly saw people wearing German military coats in the forest, he was startled. He thought the enemy had reached here quietly. Just when he was hiding behind a tree, raising his gun and preparing to shoot, luckily Lin Hua spotted him: "Bavel, you're back!"
Hearing Lin Hua's voice, Pavel put down the gun in his hand, walked out from behind the tree, and asked confusedly: "Comrade Lieutenant, what is going on? Why are everyone wearing German uniforms? "
"I'll explain this to you later." Lin Hua walked over, shook hands with Pavel, and asked, "Have you figured out the situation in the prisoner of war camp?" He glanced behind Bavel and found that there was only one person following him. A soldier, he added, "Where are Stepan and the others?"
"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant, everything is clear." Pavel replied: "The deputy platoon commander and others are still staying near the prisoner of war camp to monitor the enemy's movements."
After Lin Hua summoned the platoon leaders again, he said: "Comrade platoon leaders, Corporal Pavel has completed the reconnaissance mission. Now let him introduce the situation to everyone."
Pavel squatted on the ground, drew a sketch in the snow with his fingers, and reported his reconnaissance results to everyone: "The prisoner of war camp is square in shape and surrounded by a double-layer barbed wire fence. The entrance is to the east, and there is a guard box and There are two sandbag fortifications with a row of wooden houses inside, which should be where the German guards live. There is a watchtower at each corner, with searchlights and a machine gun on the watchtower. ..."
"Comrade Corporal, according to your opinion, how many guards are there in the prisoner of war camp?" Vanya asked first after Pavel finished speaking.
"Based on the size of the houses in the prisoner of war camp, there are probably more than fifty guards." Pavel said this with an angry expression on his face: "Except for the houses where the Germans lived, there are no other buildings. "Our comrades are all huddled in the open space surrounded by barbed wire, using each other's body heat to keep warm."
"What, what did you say?" Lin Hua couldn't help being shocked when he heard this: "Bavel, what did you say, that all the comrades in the prisoner of war camp stayed in the open space?" After seeing Bavel nodding in affirmation, He added, "In such a cold weather, I don't know how many people will freeze to death."
"Hell, the fascists dare to treat our comrades like this." After learning about the situation of the captured commanders and fighters, Vasily said angrily: "Comrade company commander, we can't hesitate any longer, let's take action now?"
"I will start assigning tasks now." Lin Hua originally wanted to lead troops to liberate the prisoner-of-war camp when it got dark, but when he learned that the Soviet prisoners-of-war were being kept in an open field without protection from wind and snow, he changed his mind temporarily and told everyone The combat mission was issued: "The first and second platoons followed me, pretending to be German troops for reinforcements, and trying to sneak into the prisoner of war camp; Saviev's third platoon served as a guard outside, cutting off all connections between the prisoner of war camp and the outside world; the engineer platoon Stay here and guard the sleds and supplies..."
Vasily became anxious when he heard that Lin Hua asked his engineer platoon to stay again: "Comrade company commander, you didn't let us participate in the battle on the banks of the Lama River. Now we have to liberate the prisoner of war camp and rescue us captured Comrade-in-arms, you let us stay again, this is unfair and I don’t accept it!”
Lin Hua ignored Vasily's complaints and directly ordered: "The tasks are clear. All platoon leaders, please go back and make preparations. We will set off in a quarter of an hour."
Seeing other platoon leaders leaving one after another, but Vasily still standing there, Lin Hua knew that he was in mood, so he walked to him and asked: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, are you dissatisfied with this arrangement of mine?" Are you satisfied?"
Vasily didn't speak, just snorted heavily, and he admitted it. Lin Hua grinned, and then said: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, even if you don't say anything, I can guess what you are thinking." At this point, he stopped the smile on his face and said seriously, "You guys are platooning Although it is an engineer platoon, its combat effectiveness is not the weakest in the entire company. There is a reason why I keep you in every battle."
"Is there a reason?" When Vasily heard what Lin Hua said, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face: "What's the reason?"
"You also know that every mission we perform is very dangerous." Lin Hua looked at the soldiers gathering in the distance and said to Vasily: "Your platoon is the seed I left behind. Once we are in battle, All of them have been sacrificed, and it will be up to you to rebuild Istria. Do you understand?"
Vasily said nothing, but his breathing became rapid. After a while, he finally said: "I understand, Comrade Company Commander, I wrongly blamed you, please forgive me!" After speaking, he raised his hand and saluted, "I will resolutely obey your orders."
A quarter of an hour later, two platoons of soldiers disguised as German soldiers set off. Lin Hua, wearing the uniform of a German second lieutenant, walked at the front of the entire unit. Next to him was Ernst, who was wearing the uniform of a German captain. The German corporal looked very nervous and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead from time to time.
Seeing Ernst being so nervous, Lin Hua quickly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Corporal Ernst, my people will protect your safety. You will be fine."
"I...I'm not nervous," Ernst said hesitantly: "I...I'm worried...I'm worried...that I'll...be found out...and then...I'll...misunderstand your affairs."
"Ernst, didn't we just agree?" Lin Hua turned to Ernst and said, "Just tell the guards of the prisoner of war camp that we were ordered to take over the prisoner of war camp and ask them to hand over the defense to us. .When the guards gathered, we took them by surprise and disarmed them."
Ernst raised his hand again to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and tried his best to say in a calm tone: "Okay, I will try my best."
After an hour of marching, the troops arrived near the prisoner of war camp. The guard at the entrance saw a troop approaching him and was about to sound the alarm. However, after seeing clearly that the person was wearing a German uniform, the machine gunner in the sandbag fortification relaxed his vigilance again.
Lin Hua saw a German soldier carrying a rifle walking out of the guard box and slowly walking towards his troops. He whispered to Ernst: "Ernst, this German soldier will be handed over to you." You have to deal with it." Ernst, who was originally extremely nervous, miraculously regained his composure at this moment. After he nodded, he quickened his pace and walked towards the German soldier.
The German soldier raised his hand to block Ernst's path and asked expressionlessly: "Mr. Captain, which section are you from and what are you doing here?"
"I am Captain Ernst, the commander of Company E of the 106th Infantry Division," Ernst said to the German soldiers with his hands behind his back: "We were ordered to take over the prisoner of war camp!"
"Take over the prisoner of war camp?" Hearing what Ernst said, the German soldier was stunned for a moment and then said: "But we did not receive such an order. Mr. Captain, please show your ID."
Lin Hua, who was standing not far away, could not understand German, but when he saw Ernst reaching into his pocket, he knew that he was only going to show his ID to the German soldiers. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but feel his heart in his throat, thinking that you don't have any documents at all, how can you get them.
Who knew what happened next would surprise him. Ernst suddenly pointed his finger at the German soldiers and muttered a few words. The German soldiers suddenly stood at attention and saluted Ernst.
It turned out that Ernst knew that he could not produce his ID. After pretending to take it out for a moment, he suddenly pointed at the German soldier and said: "Private, why didn't you salute just now? Don't you know that soldiers must salute when they see an officer?" ?"
The first class soldier was frightened by Ernst's pretentiousness. He remembered that he had indeed not saluted the captain, so he stood at attention in panic and raised his hand to salute Ernst. Ernst said reluctantly: "Go back to your commander immediately and tell him that you will be locked up for two days because you were rude to your commander."
The first-class soldier did not dare to refute, so he straightened his body like a telegraph pole and replied, "Yes, Mr. Captain."
"Lead the way." Ernst saw that his little trick had made the other party forget about checking documents, so he ordered: "We need to take over the prisoner of war camp immediately."
