The general affairs section chief had good intentions in assigning such an assistant to Asia. When the dean called him, he hinted that the new female military doctor seemed to have a special relationship with the army chief of staff, and asked him to take more care of her.
When the chief of the general affairs section saw Tam surrounding Asia and being courteous, he realized that the dean's task was not easy to complete. To ensure that Asia would not be disturbed by certain people, he specially arranged such a strong-backed person next to her. female assistant.
Of course, apart from the general affairs section chief, not even the person involved, Asiya, knew about this matter, let alone Tam.
However, facts quickly proved that the approach of the General Affairs Section Chief was very effective. Tam, who originally wanted to have further contact with Asia, saw Alissa dangling in front of him and realized that he had no chance. After chatting for a while, we found an excuse and left.
Let's talk about the headquarters. After Sokov and Yakov came out of the room after talking, they were surprised to find that Asiya was missing. He curiously asked Ponijelin at the table: "Comrade Deputy Commander, did you see where Asia went?"
"Just now when you and General Yakov were discussing things inside," Ponedelin replied, "Asia asked Sidorin to take her to the field hospital."
After learning that Asiya had left, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: "She just left without even saying hello to me."
After hearing this, Ponejelin chuckled, and then said: "Comrade Commander, we are not far from the field hospital anyway. If you miss her, you can go and see her at any time."
When Sidorin came back from outside, his expression was particularly stern, as if something had made him angry. His expression made Sokov's heart skip a beat, and he secretly wondered if something had happened to Asiya.
Thinking of this, Sokov stepped forward and grabbed Sidorin's arm, and asked nervously: "Comrade Chief of Staff, did something happen to Asiya?"
Sidorin, who was worried, first felt someone grabbing his arm, and then someone asked him if something happened to Asia. He was stunned for a moment until he saw that the person grabbing him and asking the question was Sokov. Then, the expression on his face became relaxed. He quickly shook his head and said: "No, Comrade Commander, Asia has settled down and nothing has happened. Don't worry."
Sokov was naturally relieved to learn that Asiya was fine. But what he was concerned about next was what was on Sidorin's mind: "I saw that you looked worried when you came in, and I thought something had happened to Asiya. It turned out that I was wrong."
Sidorin was indeed worried. He was thinking about how to mention the matter to Sokov. Since Sokov asked first, he said logically: "Comrade Commander, I have something important that I need to tell you." report."
"Something important?" Sokov asked, "Tell me, what's important?"
"I just sent Asiya to the field hospital and took a walk around the ward." Sidorin said: "I overheard several wounded soldiers chatting. The content of their chats made me realize that our army is now facing It’s a huge problem.”
"Comrade Chief of Staff, please stop talking in circles." Seeing that Sidorin couldn't get to the point for a long time, Ponejelin couldn't help but become a little anxious and urged the other party: "Hurry up and tell me, what happened? "
"The wounded soldiers were saying that a patrol team of our army encountered a German reconnaissance team while on patrol some time ago. After a fierce battle, they finally wiped out the enemy in a village. "Sidolin said: "But there is also a problem. This patrol not only confiscated everything on the corpse of the German scout, but also ransacked the houses of the villagers who lived there, taking away all the valuable things. The villagers came out. When I tried to stop them, they were beaten severely."
When Sokov heard this, he couldn't help but frowned. It was understandable that the patrol would kill the German scouts and take away everything they had on them. But it was a violation of military discipline to take away things from a private house where German scouts lived.
Ponedelin saw the anger on Sokov's face and said quickly: "Comrade Commander, the comrades in the patrol team are indeed doing something wrong. How do you think we should deal with them?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov felt that this evil trend cannot increase, otherwise after entering German territory, his subordinates will still burn, kill and loot everything, so he ordered Sidorin: "Go and investigate this matter." , it depends on which patrol team did this kind of thing, both the commander and the soldiers must be dealt with strictly, what they did is seriously inconsistent with the identity of our army."
The reason why Sokov spoke so harshly was because he thought of what the Soviet army did after entering Berlin. Even if you look at the same thing, British and American soldiers have done it all, but if it is publicized by certain media and certain things are magnified infinitely, it will become the dark history of the Soviet army. Although he has no ability to change the overall situation, he must at least ensure that no one who violates military discipline appears in his army.
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Sidorin nodded and replied, "I will immediately arrange personnel to investigate the matter."
After a pause, he asked Sokov tentatively: "Comrade Commander, if we really find out which patrol team did it, do we really need to deal with them seriously?"
"That's right, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov said affirmatively: "What they did was a violation of military discipline. They took away the villagers' finances, which was an act of robbery and was done by bandits. Other troops I can't control it, but at least in my army, I don't allow such people to exist. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Commander." After understanding Sokov's intention, Sidorin nodded vigorously and said, "I will find out about this matter in the shortest possible time and deal with those involved seriously."
When Sidorin called to assign the mission, Ponedelin walked up to Sokov and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, do you think this matter needs to be reported to the front army headquarters?"
"There is no need." In any case, this matter is an internal matter of the 48th Army. Sokov did not want his family to be scandalized, so he vetoed Ponedelin's proposal: "We are fully capable of handling this matter. "
Sokov's mind suddenly recalled part of Rokossovsky's memoirs. When the troops of the Second Belarusian Front joined forces with the Allies, the Soviet army, which had rectified its military discipline in advance, did not commit any crimes in the occupied areas. In the Allied defense zone a hundred meters away, residents' homes were looted of valuables. These looted items were sent back to their respective countries through their military mail systems.
Sokov couldn't help but wonder to himself, if Rokossovsky could always serve as the commander of the First Front, would the military discipline situation be much better when the Soviet army occupied Berlin? Although the Soviet army is the victor, certain things are unavoidable, but at least they will not be exaggerated and magnified by some media. As long as there are fewer places where the Soviet army can be smeared, what the Allied forces did in Germany will be known to more future generations.
About half an hour later, Sidorin reported the results of the investigation to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, we all know that it is a patrol team of 20 people directly under the headquarters. When they were patrolling the day before yesterday, they met with a three-man A German team encountered and a battle broke out. Two scouts were shot dead, and the remaining one who was injured fled to a nearby village and hid in the room where they once lived to resist. Finally, we were killed Killed by military soldiers."
"What are our casualties?"
"Three people died and five were injured."
"What did they steal from the house?" Sokov asked angrily.
"A fox fur coat, two shirts, and a pair of boots." Sidorin replied: "When I left, I saw Polish dumplings and potato pancakes in the pot in the kitchen, so I took them with me."
"Comrade Commander," after listening to Sidorin's report, Ponejelin said from the side: "It seems that they didn't rob the villagers of many things! Except for the fox fur coat, which was barely worth some money, the other items were too ordinary. ”
For laymen, when they hear fox fur coat, they think it is a great and valuable piece of clothing. In fact, as a member of fur, fox fur coat is the lowest grade, probably only better than dog fur coat or rabbit fur coat.
Sokov said to Sidorin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, call the captain of the patrol over and ask him to take us to the village where the accident happened. You know, there are still people who are unfriendly to our army on Polish territory. There are quite a few, and if this matter is not handled properly, it may cause unnecessary trouble."
Soon, the patrol captain appeared in the headquarters. Sokov glanced at his epaulettes and said coldly: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, what did you do in the Polish villages a few days ago? remember?"
Hearing Sokov's question, the captain's face turned red and he said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, I was wrong, and I am willing to bear all the consequences."
Sokov ignored him and ordered Koshkin who was standing next to him: "Captain Koshkin, take two platoons of guards with me and go to that village to have a look. Also, take him with you." Come on." He was afraid that Koshkin wouldn't know, so he pointed at the patrol leader with his hand.
Seeing that Sokov was about to take the patrol leader to the village, Ponedelin couldn't sit still: "Comrade Commander, let me go with you. I also want to see what is going on."
On the way to the village by car, Ponedelin, who was sitting next to Sokov, asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, I wonder what you plan to do with the patrol leader?"
"I don't know." Sokov said impatiently: "I first need to go to the village to understand the situation and see what the consequences are, and then I can know how to deal with him."
"Comrade Commander, actually I don't think this matter is serious." Ponyjelin said: "It's just a few clothes and some food, and the damage caused to the villagers is not big. A few criticisms are enough."
Sokov did not comment on the plan proposed by Ponedelin. He knew very well that probably not only Ponejelin, but also Sidorin felt that it was a bit of a fuss for him to take the patrol leader to the village. However, there are some things that should be done, and they still have to be done, otherwise their troops may become as misbehaving as the troops that entered Berlin in the future.
The village was not far from the headquarters, about five or six kilometers, and the convoy quickly entered the village.
The Polish villagers in the village couldn't help but look a little panicked when they saw so many Soviet troops suddenly arriving.
After Sokov got out of the car, he waited for Koshkin to push the patrol leader down in front of him, and then asked the man: "Second Lieutenant, where does the family you robbed live?"
The patrol captain did not dare to neglect, and quickly walked in front as a guide, leading Sokov and others to the location of the house.
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Sokov stood outside the house and took a look. He saw that it was a house made of logs, surrounded by a wooden fence as high as a person. Following the wooden fence, you can see that the glass of one of the windows has been smashed, which should be caused by the fighting in the previous two days.
Although anyone could tell that this was a house that had experienced battle, Sokov asked specifically: "Is this it, Lieutenant?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." The patrol leader replied quickly: "At that time, my men and I were exchanging fire with the enemies hiding in the house outside the wooden fence."
Sokov walked into the yard and saw a small pit blackened by gunpowder smoke, which should have been caused by a grenade explosion. At this time, an old lady wearing a headscarf came out of the house. When she saw so many people in the yard, she couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. She asked tremblingly: "What can I do for you?"
"Old lady," Sokov stepped forward to support the old lady and said to her with a smile: "We had soldiers here fighting the Germans two days ago, which caused you some losses. I came here specifically to take a look today. How can you make up for your losses.”
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the old lady broke away from Sokov's hand, took two steps back, waved her hands desperately, and said in a panic: "No, no, we know how to repair the damaged houses ourselves, we don't need your help." ." After saying that, he turned around and went back into the house, slamming the door shut with a bang.
"Comrade Commander, there is an old couple living here." At this time, the patrol leader said to Sokov: "I heard from the villagers that the relationship between this family and the Germans was very close when the Germans were still here. Their sons worked as translators in the German army. The German scouts we eliminated were secretly hidden at home by the male master."
The patrol leader's words made Sokov feel embarrassed. He didn't expect that there was a hidden secret in this matter. If this family really had some collusion with the Germans, then there seemed to be nothing wrong with the patrol leader's approach. After all, the other party was His enemy just took some worthless things and didn't kill the old man, which was already considered a good thing.
But now that we are here, there are still some things that need to be done. Sokov told Koshkin: "Comrade Captain, put all the things we brought in the yard. As for whether the old couple takes them back, it's up to them."
Koshkin agreed and ordered people to bring in the clothes that the patrol had snatched and put them on the ground. As for the Polish dumplings and potato pancakes that were eaten, they were definitely not returned intact, so I left behind a bag of flour, a bag of potatoes, and ten pounds of mutton.
After seeing his men finish all this, Sokov waved to them and said, "Let's go back!"
