When Lin Hua returned to the camp, he found that the rescued comrades were all placed in the original residences guarded by the German army. But for some reason, Ernst and Vanya were having a heated argument. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "What's going on? What are you two arguing about?"
After both of them calmed down, he looked at Ernst and said, "Corporal Ernst, please tell me first, why are you quarreling with Second Lieutenant Vanya?"
"Mr. Lieutenant," Ernst said with a sad face: "I suggested to the captain that the captured guards be locked up in a sheltered place. In such a cold weather, if they stay in that unobstructed open space, maybe Someone will freeze to death.”
"It's bad luck for them to freeze to death." As soon as Ernst finished speaking, Vanya said angrily: "Who told them to break into our land, destroy our peaceful life, and massacre our people? It's all their own fault. .”
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, please don't get excited." Lin Hua put a hand on Vanya's shoulder, trying to calm him down: "Calm down."
Unexpectedly, Vanya raised his hand, shook off Lin Hua's hand on his shoulder, and said excitedly: "I can't calm down when I think of the bad things the fascists did on our land."
"You have to calm down if you can't calm down." Seeing that Vanya was showing signs of losing control of his emotions, Lin Hua had to use his identity to suppress him: "This is my order!"
Hearing what Lin Hua said, Vanya finally closed her mouth and stood silent. Lin Hua turned his attention to Ernst again and said to him: "Corporal Ernst, there is a reason why Second Lieutenant Vanya is so excited. Look, such a large prisoner of war camp does not even provide shelter for the prisoners of war." There is no place where it rains. Do you know how many people freeze to death every day in such cold weather?" He pointed with his hand at the edge of the forest where the corpses of prisoners of war were piled. "I was just there and saw hundreds and thousands of people. Most of them were frozen to death. The guards of the prisoner of war camp should receive the punishment they deserve for the crimes they committed."
When Lin Hua said this, he paused intentionally for a moment. Seeing Ernst lowering his head speechlessly, he turned to Vanya and said: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, I hate the fascist invaders as much as you do, but these guards have put down If you don't have weapons, don't abuse them too much. Send a squad of soldiers and take them to the forest to cut down trees and build houses."
Without waiting for Vanya to express his position, Lin Hua ordered Ernst: "Corporal Ernst, you go and cooperate with Second Lieutenant Vanya. Tell the guards that if you don't want to freeze to death at night, you must obey the orders honestly." , go to the forest to chop down trees and build a house. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Mr. Lieutenant." Ernst heard Lin Hua's instructions, with an expression of surprise on his face. He quickly replied: "I will tell the guards to go to the forest and cut down the trees."
Agelina looked at the leaving figures of Vanya and Ernst and said with emotion: "Lieutenant Sokov, you are amazing. The two of them had such a fierce quarrel just now, but you solved the problem in just a few words."
Lin Hua followed Agelina into the wooden house and came to the room where the German lieutenant originally lived. This is a suite with a bedroom inside and a room outside for reception, office and dining. After Lin Hua saw the structure of the house, he couldn't help but ask Agelina: "Agelina, where do you usually live?"
Agelina pointed towards the door and said: "Go out to the left, the third room on the right side of the corridor."
Lin Hua originally just asked such a question casually, but Seryosha, who followed him in, unexpectedly asked on his own initiative: "Agelina, will any Germans harass you?"
"No, it's going to be bad." When Lin Hua heard Xie Liaosha asking this question without restraint, he secretly screamed that it was going to be bad, but it was too late to stop him. When Lin Hua was thinking about how to remedy the situation, he saw Agelina, whose face was gloomy and uncertain, unbuttoning her coat and taking out an oval grenade from her arms. Lin Hua was shocked when he saw the grenade in Agelina's hand. He said to himself that Agelina should not be stimulated and prepare to detonate the grenade and die together with everyone.
But what happened next was not as Lin Hua feared. Agelina held the grenade in her hand and said to Lin Hua and Seryosha: "This grenade was given to me by the leader who sent me to perform the mission. I keep it with me at all times. Even when sleeping, I put them all next to my pillow. If there is any blind German guy who wants to break into my room in the middle of the night and want to destroy my innocence, I don't mind dying with him."
Agelina's words made Lin Hua and Seryozha respect her in awe. Lin Hua walked over, took the grenade from her palm, handed it to Seryosha, and then said to Agelina: "Agelina, don't worry, you have returned to your relatives now. Here. , you are safe, there is no need to carry this thing with you anymore."
Hearing what Lin Hua said, Agelina burst into tears. She threw herself into Lin Hua's arms and burst into tears, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances she had suffered in the enemy camp. of.
After an unknown amount of time, Agelina's crying finally subsided. Just when Lin Hua was trying to comfort him a few more words, a man rushed in from outside the door and shouted: "Comrade Company Commander!" He rushed in and saw Lin Hua and Agelina hugging each other. He hurriedly said, "Sorry to bother you, I'll come back later!"
Lin Hua had already seen clearly that the person coming was Corporal Grisa, the squad leader of the second platoon and squadron one, and quickly stopped him: "Grisa, what's the matter?"
Grisa, who was about to evade, heard Lin Hua calling him, so he had to stop, turned his back to Lin Hua and walked in, saying: "Comrade company commander, I have something to discuss with you. Since I can't do it now. It’s convenient, I’ll come back later.”
"It's no inconvenience." Lin Hua let go of Agelina in his arms and said to Grisa: "Corporal, follow my order and turn around!"
Grisa turned around slowly and unexpectedly found Seryosha standing here. She realized that she had misunderstood Lin Hua and Agelina, so she grinned sheepishly.
"Lieutenant Sokov," Adelina wiped the tears from her face and said politely: "I won't delay your work. I'm going back to my room first." When passing by Seryosha, she said He stretched out his hand to the other party, wanting to return his grenade.
Seryozha stood still and did not move, but turned his eyes to Lin Hua for help, wanting to hear his opinion. Lin Hua had just collected Agelina's grenade because he was worried that she would lose control of her emotions. If she accidentally detonated the grenade, he might die young. But the situation was different at this moment. By crying loudly, she had vented all the grievances she had suppressed in her heart. Even if she was given a grenade, there would be no danger. So he nodded to Seryosha and signaled him to return the grenade to Adelina.
After Agelina left, Lin Hua asked Grisa: "Comrade Corporal, you came to me in such a hurry, what's the matter?"
"That's right, comrade company commander." Grisa quickly replied: "The task we received is to guard the German prisoners. But I just found that some soldiers were a little uncomfortable."
"The soldier's mood is not right?" Grisa's words startled Lin Hua, and he hurriedly asked: "What is going on? Come on, tell me."
"There are several soldiers in our class, and their family members have been killed by the fascist invaders." Grisa tried his best to use a calm tone to tell Lin Hua what happened outside: "They want revenge. Just now, Wan Second Lieutenant Niya took a group of guards to the forest to cut down trees, and a few officers were left. When my soldiers saw these officers, they could not control their emotions. They first used words to provoke them, because the other party could not understand, so There was no response. They took it one step further and started beating the officers and even threatened to shoot them. Fortunately, I found out in time and didn't let the matter worsen."
"Corporal Grisa, you did the right thing." Lin Hua clearly remembered that Grisa's mother and sister were killed by German planes just the day before he entered the town of Khimki. It is very rare for a person to remain calm even though he has deep hatred. He said to Grisa: "Go back and tell the soldiers that we are soldiers, not butchers, and we cannot murder enemies who have laid down their weapons. If they want revenge, then kill a few more fascist invaders on the battlefield. Avenge their loved ones!”
