The battle to defend the 252nd Division had just begun when Sokov received an unexpected phone call.
After the call was connected, a familiar voice immediately came from inside: "Comrade Commander, who do you think I am?"
If Sokov answered the phone decades later and heard the other party asking him this question, he would be able to judge without hesitation that the other party was most likely a fraud. But at this moment someone asked himself this, and he couldn't help but start to think deeply, who is this person?
Seeing Sokov's delay in speaking, the other party was obviously disappointed: "Comrade Commander, I really didn't expect that not long after we separated, you actually forgot about me."
Although due to line problems, the caller's voice was completely inaudible to Sokov, but from the tone of the caller's voice, he still guessed the person: "Is it Lunev?"
"Yes, that's right, Misha, it's me." Seeing that Sokov guessed his identity, Lunev said with a smile: "I thought you couldn't guess it was me."
"How could it be, Lunev." Sokov replied: "After all, we have been partners for such a long time. Even if your voice has completely changed on the phone, I can still guess it from the tone of your voice. Your identity.”
"Long time no see, how are you?"
"I am fine, and you?"
"I am fine too."
After Sokov said a few useless words to the other party, he turned to the topic: "Lunev, what do you want from me?"
"Yes, Misha, I have something very important to ask you." Lunev's tone suddenly became stern.
Sokov glanced at Shtemenko who was chatting with Ponedelin not far away, and asked in a low voice: "Lunev, are you calling about General Shtemenko?"
"General Shtemenko? Mischa, are you talking about our deputy chief of staff and chief of operations?"
"Yes, yes," Sokov nodded and said, "That's the deputy chief of staff who came to the hospital with you to visit me last time."
"I haven't seen him for a while. What happened to him?"
"Nothing has happened. He is staying at my forward headquarters now, saying he wants to observe our offensive operations."
"Oh, that's it." After hearing this, Lunev said lightly: "I thought he had been staying at the General Staff Headquarters, and I really planned to ask him out for a drink one day, but I didn't expect him to come to your place. "
"Lunev, anyway, General Shtemenko is here with me." Sokov said with a smile: "How about I give him the microphone and let him have a few words with you."
Unexpectedly, after Lunev heard this, he decisively refused: "Forget it, I'll talk to him slowly when he returns to Moscow. I'm calling you today because I have something very important to tell you. You understand."
"Commander of the German 11th Army, Stemermann, do you still remember?"
"Remember, of course I remember." When Sokov heard Luniev asked Stemerman, he quickly replied in an affirmative tone: "I personally sent someone to return his body to the Germans."
"Then how did he die, do you know?"
Although he thought the question asked by Luniev was strange, Sokov still answered truthfully: "At that time, he and thousands of wounded German soldiers were surrounded by us. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, he negotiated with me, hoping that I would not hurt these groups. Wounded. With my permission, he asked all the surrounded German officers and soldiers to put down their weapons, and then committed suicide in front of me."
"Is it really suicide?"
"Of course, of course it was suicide." In order to increase credibility, Sokov also emphasized: "Thousands of commanders and soldiers were present at the time, and they witnessed Stemmerman's suicide scene. By the way, my adjutant, That is, your old subordinate, Lieutenant Koshkin, was by my side at the time, and he also saw it.”
"Oh, so Stemerman committed suicide. He was not killed by their people, nor was he killed by our soldiers in the battle?"
"Yes, Lunev did commit suicide." After Sokov said this, he asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly think of asking about this matter? Didn't I once write a detailed report to my superiors? Didn't I Didn’t you see that?”
"Of course I saw it." Lunev said: "You were present when I found out that Stemmerman was dead, so I made this call to you."
"Now that you've seen my report, why do you still ask about it?"
"Misha, you and I are friends, and I won't go around in circles with you." Lunev was silent for a moment, and then said resolutely: "We seized a document not long ago, which mentioned the cause of Stemmerman's death. It is completely different from what was written in your report. Some people suspect that you have falsely claimed military merit, so they are preparing to investigate you."
The battle to defend the 252nd Division had just begun when Sokov received an unexpected phone call.
After the call was connected, a familiar voice immediately came from inside: "Comrade Commander, who do you think I am?"
If Sokov answered the phone decades later and heard the other party asking him this question, he would be able to judge without hesitation that the other party was most likely a fraud. But at this moment someone asked himself this, and he couldn't help but start to think deeply, who is this person?
Seeing Sokov's delay in speaking, the other party was obviously disappointed: "Comrade Commander, I really didn't expect that not long after we separated, you actually forgot about me."
Although due to the line problem, the caller's voice had become completely inaudible to Sokov, but from the tone of the caller's voice, he still guessed the person: "Is it Lunev?"
"Yes, that's right, Misha, it's me." Seeing that Sokov guessed his identity, Lunev said with a smile: "I thought you couldn't guess it was me."
"How could it be, Lunev." Sokov replied: "After all, we have been partners for such a long time. Even if your voice has completely changed on the phone, I can still guess it from the tone of your voice. Your identity.”
"Long time no see, how are you?"
"I am fine, and you?"
"I am fine too."
After Sokov said a few useless words to the other party, he turned to the topic: "Lunev, what do you want from me?"
"Yes, Misha, I have something very important to ask you." Lunev's tone suddenly became stern.
Sokov glanced at Shtemenko who was chatting with Ponedelin not far away, and asked in a low voice: "Lunev, are you calling about General Shtemenko?"
"General Shtemenko? Mischa, are you talking about our deputy chief of staff and chief of operations?"
"Yes, yes," Sokov nodded and said, "That's the deputy chief of staff who came to the hospital with you to visit me last time."
"I haven't seen him for a while. What happened to him?"
"Nothing has happened. He is staying at my forward headquarters now, saying he wants to observe our offensive operations."
"Oh, that's it." After hearing this, Lunev said lightly: "I thought he had been staying at the General Staff Headquarters, and I really planned to ask him out for a drink one day, but I didn't expect him to come to your place. "
"Lunev, anyway, General Shtemenko is here with me." Sokov said with a smile: "How about I give him the microphone and let him have a few words with you."
Unexpectedly, after Lunev heard this, he decisively refused: "Forget it, I'll talk to him slowly when he returns to Moscow. I'm calling you today because I have something very important to tell you. You understand."
"Commander of the German 11th Army, Stemermann, do you still remember?"
"Remember, of course I remember." When Sokov heard Luniev asked about Stemmerman, he quickly replied in a positive tone: "I personally sent someone to return his body to the Germans."
"Then how did he die, do you know?"
Although he thought the question asked by Luniev was strange, Sokov still answered truthfully: "At that time, he and thousands of wounded German soldiers were surrounded by us. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, he negotiated with me, hoping that I would not hurt these groups. Wounded. With my permission, he asked all the surrounded German officers and soldiers to put down their weapons, and then committed suicide in front of me."
"Is it really suicide?"
"Of course, of course it was suicide." In order to increase credibility, Sokov also emphasized: "Thousands of commanders and soldiers were present at the time, and they witnessed Stemmerman's suicide scene. By the way, my adjutant, That is, your old subordinate, Lieutenant Koshkin, was by my side at the time, and he also saw it.”
"Oh, so Stemerman committed suicide. He was not killed by their people, nor was he killed by our soldiers in the battle?"
"Yes, Lunev did commit suicide." After Sokov said this, he asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly think of asking about this matter? Didn't I once write a detailed report to my superiors? Didn't I Didn’t you see that?”
"Of course I saw it." Lunev said: "You were present when I found out that Stemmerman was dead, so I made this call to you."
"Now that you've seen my report, why do you still ask about it?"
"Misha, you and I are friends, and I won't go around in circles with you." Lunev was silent for a moment, and then said resolutely: "We seized a document not long ago, which mentioned the cause of Stemmerman's death. It is completely different from what was written in your report. Some people suspect that you have falsely claimed military merit, so they are preparing to investigate you."
The battle to defend the 252nd Division had just begun when Sokov received an unexpected phone call.
After the call was connected, a familiar voice immediately came from inside: "Comrade Commander, who do you think I am?"
If Sokov answered the phone decades later and heard the other party asking him this question, he would be able to judge without hesitation that the other party was most likely a fraud. But at this moment someone asked himself this, and he couldn't help but start to think deeply, who is this person?
Seeing Sokov's delay in speaking, the other party was obviously disappointed: "Comrade Commander, I really didn't expect that not long after we separated, you actually forgot about me."
Although due to line problems, the caller's voice had become completely inaudible to Sokov, but from the tone of the caller's voice, he still guessed the person: "Is it Lunev?"
"Yes, that's right, Misha, it's me." Seeing that Sokov guessed his identity, Lunev said with a smile: "I thought you couldn't guess it was me."
"How could it be, Lunev." Sokov replied: "After all, we have been partners for such a long time. Even if your voice has completely changed on the phone, I can still guess it from the tone of your voice. Your identity.”
"Long time no see, how are you?"
"I am fine, and you?"
"I am fine too."
After Sokov said a few useless words to the other party, he turned to the topic: "Lunev, what do you want from me?"
"Yes, Misha, I have something very important to ask you." Lunev's tone suddenly became stern.
Sokov glanced at Shtemenko who was chatting with Ponedelin not far away, and asked in a low voice: "Lunev, are you calling about General Shtemenko?"
"General Shtemenko? Mischa, are you talking about our deputy chief of staff and chief of operations?"
"Yes, yes," Sokov nodded and said, "That's the deputy chief of staff who came to the hospital with you to visit me last time."
"I haven't seen him for a while. What happened to him?"
"Nothing has happened. He is staying at my forward headquarters now, saying he wants to observe our offensive operations."
"Oh, that's it." After hearing this, Lunev said lightly: "I thought he had been staying at the General Staff Headquarters, and I really planned to ask him out for a drink one day, but I didn't expect him to come to your place. "
"Lunev, anyway, General Shtemenko is here with me." Sokov said with a smile: "How about I give him the microphone and let him have a few words with you."
Unexpectedly, after Lunev heard this, he decisively refused: "Forget it, I'll talk to him slowly when he returns to Moscow. I'm calling you today because I have something very important to tell you. You understand."
"Commander of the German 11th Army, Stemermann, do you still remember?"
"Remember, of course I remember." When Sokov heard Luniev asked about Stemmerman, he quickly replied in a positive tone: "I personally sent someone to return his body to the Germans."
"Then how did he die, do you know?"
Although he thought the question asked by Luniev was strange, Sokov still answered truthfully: "At that time, he and thousands of wounded German soldiers were surrounded by us. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, he negotiated with me, hoping that I would not hurt these groups. Wounded. With my permission, he asked all the surrounded German officers and soldiers to put down their weapons, and then committed suicide in front of me."
"Is it really suicide?"
"Of course, of course it was suicide." In order to increase credibility, Sokov also emphasized: "Thousands of commanders and soldiers were present at the time, and they witnessed Stemmerman's suicide scene. By the way, my adjutant, That is, your old subordinate, Lieutenant Koshkin, was beside me at the time, and he also saw it."
"Yes, Lunev did commit suicide." After Sokov said this, he asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly think of asking about this matter? Didn't I once write a detailed report to my superiors? Didn't I Didn’t you see that?”
"Misha, you and I are friends, and I won't talk to you in circles." Lunev was silent for a moment, and then said resolutely: "We seized a document not long ago, which mentioned the cause of Stemmerman's death. It is completely different from what was written in your report. Some people suspect that you have falsely claimed military merit, so they are preparing to investigate you."
