Vasily shouted "Henderhoch!" and led the soldiers of the machine gun battery into the German command post. A dozen unarmed German soldiers in the room heard the shouting and hurriedly raised their hands above their heads. Only the German major stood with his back to the door, his hands behind his back, as if he didn't hear Vasily's shout at all.
When Vasily saw that a German officer was ignoring him, he pointed the submachine gun at him and said with great majesty: "Henderhoch!"
When the German major heard that the person shouting had come behind him, he slowly turned around and saw that the Soviet officer who was pointing a gun at him was actually wearing the uniform of a German second lieutenant. After sneering, he put on a pose He said in a serious manner: "I am Major Jonas, the warehouse supervisor. I hope your army can abide by the Hague Convention and give me and my men the treatment we deserve as prisoners of war."
But what Major Jonas didn't expect was that none of the Soviet commanders and fighters who rushed in knew German. His words were just like chickens and ducks. When Vasily saw that the German major not only did not raise his hands to surrender, but was instead chattering something, he pulled the gun bolt impatiently and repeated what he had just said: "Hundhoch!"
When Major Jonas saw that the Soviet officer opposite him did not answer his questions at all, he could only smile bitterly, took out the pistol from his pocket, threw it on the table in front of him, and then walked out of the room with his head lowered.
When Sokov saw Vasily and the others escorting the prisoners out of the house, he called Ernst and said to him: "Ernst, go and help Lieutenant Vasily interrogate the prisoners to see if you can get anything useful." intelligence."
When Ernst walked towards Vasily who was escorting the prisoner, Sokov suddenly realized that he did not seem to see Agelina from the start of the battle to now, so he called a soldier and asked: "Have you seen Agelina?" Nay?"
The soldier hesitated for a moment, then pointed in the direction of the warehouse and said, "I seem to see her still there."
When Sokov heard that Agelina was still there, he suddenly felt an ominous premonition in his heart. He quickly trotted towards the warehouse to see if Agelina was there.
When he approached the warehouse, he found the bodies of more than a dozen German soldiers lying strewn in the direction of the fronts of several trucks. It seemed that a battle had taken place here. Seeing this situation, the uneasiness in his heart became more intense, and he quickly quickened his pace and shouted loudly: "Agelina! Agelina, where are you?"
After he walked around the truck parked at the entrance of the warehouse, he finally saw Agelina. This beautiful female translator was kneeling and crying in front of the body of a soldier wearing a German uniform. Seeing that Agelina was safe and sound, the boulder hanging in Sokov's heart finally fell to the ground. He quickly came behind Agelina and said breathlessly: "Agelina, it turns out you are here, but It scared me, I thought something had happened to you."
Agelina heard Sokov's voice, turned to look up at him, and said with tears in her eyes: "Dead, he was beaten to death!"
"Who was killed?" Agelina's words left Sokov a little confused. He squatted down and carefully looked at the body of the soldier on the ground, and quickly recognized that it was the body of the soldier who had been sent here. That driver. "How did he die?"
"As soon as the gunshots from your side rang out, the captured German soldiers in the warehouse started running around." Agelina wiped her tears and said: "When a few soldiers got anxious, they shot and killed those who tried to escape. German soldiers, but unfortunately they alerted the nearby enemies. They launched an attack on us. When a German soldier fired at me, the comrade driver did not hesitate to block in front of me. I am still I don’t know what his name is.”
Sokov helped Agelina stand up, comforted her and said: "Don't worry, Agelina, there should be files in the prisoner of war camp, and we will find out his name." After that, he called Two soldiers asked them to carry away the driver's body.
Sokov helped Agelina to the German major's office, where several company commanders were already waiting for him. Vanya smiled and said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, there are a lot of things in this warehouse. The weapons and equipment alone are enough to arm two regiments."
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Saviev continued: "Fortunately, the enemy's warehouse has enough weapons and ammunition, otherwise my company will have to fight with the enemy with bayonets in the next battle."
"Lieutenant Saviev," Sokov looked at Saviev and asked in confusion: "Why is your company's ammunition depleted so quickly?"
Saveyev heard Sokov say this, with a troubled expression on his face. Fortunately, the instructor Stepan finished him in time: "Comrade Battalion Commander, let me explain it to you. You also know that the soldiers of our company were guerrillas not long ago. In order to eliminate the fear in battle, they are used to carrying guns. Holding it against the abdomen and firing continuously, the consumption of ammunition will be very alarming."
"I understand." After listening, Sokov nodded and said to Saveyev and Stepan: "You must remind the soldiers to save ammunition during the battle, because once the bullets run out, If it doesn’t get replenished, the submachine gun will become worse than a fire stick. Do you understand?”
"Understood, comrade battalion commander." Saveyev and Stepan replied in unison: "We will remind the soldiers to save ammunition during the battle."
In today's battle, Vasily, who had made his first contribution by capturing the German commander alive, said to Sokov with high spirits: "Comrade Battalion Commander, judging from the few battles we have fought recently, the combat effectiveness of the Germans is nothing more than this. . I suggest that the entire battalion immediately move in the direction of Voloklamsk and cooperate with the main force of the group army to liberate this city."
Sokov, who was still smiling at first, immediately stopped smiling when he heard what Vasily said, and said solemnly: "Lieutenant Vasily, I want to remind you that whether it is liberating the prisoner of war camp or seizing the warehouse area, , the reason why we were able to win so easily was not because the enemy's combat effectiveness was weak, but because behind us, we had the entire 16th Group Army backing us. If the enemies in Voloklamsk were not defeated, Our main force is restrained, do you think we can really defeat the enemy like this? Apart from anything else, the only ones fighting us today are the German logistics troops, and even though they were caught off guard by our army, they still gave us It caused more than seventy casualties."
Vasily, who was criticized by Sokov, blushed and said with embarrassment: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I was wrong. I was too impulsive and was carried away by the recent victory. You are right,... "
At this moment, Agelina, who followed Sokov into the room, suddenly exclaimed, and then, under the surprised eyes of everyone, she ran from the communications squad leader Maxim to the front of Sokov, and put a hand in her hand. A piece of paper was handed to Sokov and he said anxiously: "Captain Sokov, I found this from the captured message. Please take a look at the content on it."
Sokov took a look at the telegram, smiled bitterly and said to Agelina: "Agelina, this is in German. I can't understand it. Can you read it for me?" After that, he added The message was handed back to Agelina.
"I think Major Jonas has requested reinforcements from the outside world. This is the other party's reply." Agelina took the message Sokov handed her, lowered her head and read: "... Our department has sent a company. , rush to your place for support, we will arrive within an hour at the latest..."
"What, the enemy's reinforcements are coming?" After learning the news, the commanders present looked at each other, and then they all turned their attention to Sokov, waiting for him to make the final decision.
