Seeing that Henrik was about to be taken away by the patrol, the strong man became a little anxious. He quickly grabbed the patrol leader and said to him: "Mr. Corporal, you can't just take him away like this. He still owes me money in the store." No money was given.”
"How much do I owe you?"
The strong man quickly replied: "A cup of coffee and a few pieces of bread."
When the patrol captain heard that it was just a small amount of money, he took out a mark from his pocket and handed it to the strong man: "Here, I'll give it to him."
The strong man took the money and obediently let go of the patrol leader's arm. He stood aside and thanked the patrol leader with a nod and a bow: "Thank you, Mr. Corporal. That's very kind of you."
When the patrol captain brought Henrik to the garrison commander, Henrik's parents and sister were being tortured. The interrogating officer wanted to ask them about Henrik's whereabouts. But they only knew that Henrik went out early in the morning, but where he went was unclear.
However, their answers were regarded as prevarication by the German interrogators, who immediately ordered their men to be tortured.
For a moment, bursts of screams came from the interrogation room. Germon, who was being whipped with a whip, began to secretly regret in his heart. It was not good for him to stay in the village and be the village chief, but he wanted to covet the eight thousand pounds. As a result, he escaped from the village with his son and went to a place controlled by the Germans. area. I originally planned to find a suitable opportunity to sneak into London after arriving in Getansk, but the smuggler in charge of the smuggling said that the sea blockade was strict recently and it would take a while before I could leave. I had no choice but to continue to stay in this city. inside.
Who would have thought that today a group of Germans suddenly broke into their residence and arrested the couple and their daughter without any explanation. After searching the house for a while, they were sent to the garrison headquarters. The first time he came, he asked about the whereabouts of his son. He answered truthfully, but he was beaten severely.
Just when Jamon was beaten unconscious, an officer walked in from outside, came directly to the interrogator, and whispered a few words into his ear. The interrogator learned that Henrik had been caught and that there was no point in interrogating the people in front of him again, so he ordered his men to pour cold water on Germon to wake him up, and then took him to the cell and imprisoned him.
After Germon and others were taken away, Henrik was brought into this room. Seeing the torture instruments in the room, he was immediately frightened and his legs became weak.
When the interrogator saw Henrik's look, he knew he was a coward, so he slapped the table hard and asked sternly: "What's your name?"
Henrik was trembling with fright, and quickly answered truthfully: "My, my name is Henrik!"
"Tell me, are you a Russian spy?"
"No, Mr. Captain, I am not a Russian spy." Henrik tried his best to defend himself after seeing the military rank on the other party's shoulder strap. "I am a Pole loyal to Germany and have never served the Russians."
"Really?" The interrogator stood up, walked to Henrik, and asked coldly: "Are you really loyal to Germany?"
"Of course, Mr. Captain..."
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he received a loud slap from the interrogator, and then slapped him hard from left to right: "Damn old Polish man, you actually provided us with false information, causing us to be attacked by the Russians." You were caught off guard, causing heavy casualties to the troops. Even if I cut you into pieces, I still can't relieve the hatred in my heart."
By the time the interrogator was tired of beating him and stopped to gasp for air, Henrik had been beaten into a pig's head. He tried his best to defend himself: "I did not provide false information to the empire. The information I obtained was all true." Because his face was swollen, his voice changed.
"You are dishonest." The interrogator walked back to the table and sat down, and ordered everyone around him: "Enter him well."
"Mr. Captain," a soldier in charge of the execution asked, "What moves are you planning to use?"
The interrogator thought for a moment and replied: "Just use a duck to float on the water."
The so-called "duck float" was a form of torture practiced by the German army, which involved cutting a person's hands behind their back, tying their two thumbs with a rope, and then hanging the person up. So far, no one who has been subjected to this kind of punishment can survive for more than a quarter of an hour. The interrogator ordered his subordinates to use this kind of torture today just to see how long the "Russian spy"'s physical limit is.
Henrik has always been pampered, and he has never been tortured like this. The thumbs of his hands were tied with ropes. He had just been lifted off the ground when he couldn't bear it anymore and begged for mercy: "Mr. Captain, please let me go. If you want to know anything, just ask, and I will answer truthfully." "
Although Henrik was willing to confess after seeing that he was tortured, the interrogator did not order him to be put down. Instead, he asked coldly: "Tell me, when did you serve the Russians?"
"Mr. Captain, please believe me, I really did not serve the Russians." Henrik said in a crying voice: "I am loyal to Germany."
"Then why did you provide us with a fake defense map?"
"No, Mr. Captain, that is not a fake map, it is real."
"At this point, you still want to get away with it." The interrogator gestured to the soldier holding the rope next to him and ordered: "Hang him up again."
When the soldier pulled the rope higher, Henrik's screams became more and more tragic: "Ah, it's broken, my finger is broken! Please, Mr. Captain, put me down. What do you want to know? I I’ll tell you everything.”
The interrogator felt that it was almost done, and nodded to the soldier, indicating that Henrik could be put down.
When Henrik's feet touched the ground, he actually started crying.
The interrogator banged his hand on the table twice and said, "Stop crying, tell me everything you know quickly."
Henrik was deeply afraid that the other party would have more brutal torture waiting for him, so he hurriedly recounted how he and his brother-in-law Dobzhaski crossed the defense line and sneaked into the Soviet-controlled area to conduct reconnaissance. Speak up.
After hearing this, the interrogator couldn't help but frowned. He discovered that Henrik was not only a coward, but also a fool. The trap set by the Russians was full of loopholes, and he was actually coaxed into spinning around. A piece of information of little value completely confused him, so much so that he brought the false information back as real information.
After figuring out what was going on, the interrogator ordered Henrik to be taken into the cell, and he personally reported the interrogation information to the garrison commander.
After reporting the situation, he asked the garrison commander for instructions: "Your Majesty, Commander, how should we deal with him?"
The garrison commander felt that Henrik had already said everything he needed to say and there was no point in staying any longer, so he casually said: "Drag him out and shoot him."
"Shoot?!" The interrogator did not expect the commander to answer so simply, and then asked tentatively: "What about his family? Will they be sent to a concentration camp?"
"There is no need to waste our precious food on such low-level people." The commander snorted coldly and said to the interrogator: "Shoot him with Henrik."
After the garrison commander sent away his men, he contacted the commander of the forward group army by phone, informed the other party of Henrik's situation, and finally said: "From the results of our interrogation, Henrik did not It's either a Russian spy or a money-grubbing Pole, and I've ordered their entire family to be shot."
After answering the phone, the commander of the group army rang his chief of staff and told him: "Henrik has been arrested in Danzig. After the garrison commander interrogated him, he discovered that it was the Russians who discovered that he was greedy for money. , and took advantage of his weakness to provide him with a false intelligence to confuse us, which resulted in huge losses to our army. Now, this Henrik has no value, and the garrison commander of Danzig has ordered His entire family was executed.”
After learning that Henrik's family was executed by the garrison commander in Danzig, the expression on the chief of staff's face did not change at all. To him, Henrik's family were just low-class people with no sense of existence. They would just die if they died. It has nothing to do with myself at all.
The chief of staff didn't care about the life and death of Henrik's family, but he was still very concerned about what the commander planned to do with the intelligence officer. He said cautiously: "Your Excellency, Commander, from what we know so far, the intelligence officer did not collude with the Russians and deliberately provide us with false information. If you look at it this way, he just neglected his duty and should be punished slightly." That’s all. What do you think?”
In fact, when the chief of staff said these words, he had no confidence in his heart. You must know that the German army has strict military discipline and will never tolerate those officers and soldiers who are unfavorable in combat or make serious mistakes. The process committed by the intelligence officer led to the loss of the town of Puutusk and the death of thousands of German officers and soldiers. If the commander wants to be held accountable, he may not escape death.
After listening to the words of the Chief of Staff, the commander thought for a long time and finally said: "Chief of Staff, although I know that the intelligence officer was also deceived and did not collude with the Russians. But military discipline is military discipline, because his mistakes led to our The defense line was breached by the Russians, and thousands of other officers and soldiers were killed. Military discipline is strict when large corps fights, so his treatment must not be too lenient."
"Then what do you plan to do with him?" asked the chief of staff.
"Didn't I already say, shoot!" said the commander: "The mistakes he committed are enough to send him to death."
"Your Excellency, Commander, is there no room for change in this matter?"
"Chief of Staff, when our army first entered Russia, one of my subordinates commanded the troops to attack the Russian defense line. As a result, the position was not taken down until the end, and the troops suffered heavy losses. Logically speaking, he is an old subordinate of mine, and he He had repeatedly made military exploits, so I should have given him a wide berth and given him a lenient sentence. But in order to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale, I finally ordered him to be shot. Tell me, I even shot his subordinates with outstanding military exploits, Intelligence Officer Can I let go of a person like this who has caused heavy losses to our army?"
When the chief of staff heard this, he thought it was over. Since the commander had said so, the intelligence officer would definitely not be able to survive. He could only say coquettishly: "Okay, your Excellency, commander, I will immediately order someone to arrest the intelligence officer." Take him out and shoot him."
After the chief of staff called and issued the order to execute the intelligence officer, the commander asked him again: "Now that the Russians have taken control of the Puutusk area, what should we do next?"
As the chief of staff of the group army, he knew very well that if he failed to regain the Puutusk area as soon as possible, and once he was investigated at the top, he might become a scapegoat, and his fate waiting for him would be to go to a military court. Then he was shot.
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"Your Excellency, Commander," the Chief of Staff said cautiously after thinking about this: "I think we should organize a counterattack, take advantage of the Russians' unstable foothold, launch a counterattack against them, retake the Puutusk area, and restore our The original line of defense.”
"You have a good idea." The commander nodded and asked, "Then how do you plan to fight back?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, this is how I think about it." The Chief of Staff took a few steps forward, walked to the wall, pointed at the map hanging on it, and began to explain.
At the same time, at the headquarters of the 48th Group Army, Sokov was convening a meeting with the division commanders. After commending him, he started a discussion with everyone to study the shortcomings and deficiencies in today's offensive campaign and what measures should be taken. to make up for these shortcomings and deficiencies.
Someone asked in confusion: "Comrade Commander, we have never held such a summary meeting before, haven't we still won countless battles?"
"The past was before, and the present is now." Sokov said seriously: "The reason why I want to hold this summary meeting is to let the division commanders understand the problems you have in commanding operations, and to ensure that in the next battle , don’t make similar mistakes again. Do you understand?”
The commander who asked the question blushed and replied: "I understand!"
Just then, the phone on the table rang.
Sidorin picked up the phone and listened, then handed the phone to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, this is the call from the Marshal. It seems that I have something important to see you."
Sokov was worried that there was something important, so he quickly dragged the phone to the next door: "Hello, Comrade Marshal, I am Sokov. What instructions do you have?"
"Misha, what are you doing?"
"I am organizing a summary meeting for the commanders of each division to find out the problems they had in today's battle and formulate corresponding solutions to avoid making similar mistakes in the next battle."
"Not bad, not bad." After hearing what Sokov said, Rokossovsky praised: "No wonder your troops always win battles. It seems there is a secret."
Sokov knew very well that the Soviet army never conducted post-war summaries, which led some commanders to make the same mistakes repeatedly during battles, causing the troops to suffer undue losses. However, when Rokossovsky called today, it was definitely not to summarize the meeting for himself, but to have other more important matters.
"Comrade Marshal," Sokov asked tentatively: "Do you have anything important to ask me for? If not, I will go out for a meeting."
"Don't be anxious, Misha." Rokossovsky said with a smile on the other end of the phone: "I want to ask you something."
"what's up?"
"Have you sent any reconnaissance personnel into Danzig?"
"No, Comrade Marshal." In response to Rokossovsky's question, Sokov replied without hesitation: "I have not sent any reconnaissance personnel to the Danzig area."
"If you hadn't sent out scouts, this would have been strange."
"whats the matter?"
"We received a report from intelligence agents lurking in Danzig. The German army carried out a large-scale manhunt in a certain area of Danzig today and arrested many people. Among those arrested were intelligence personnel from your army's defense zone."
