Chapter 373

Holding up my telescope, I held my breath and stared at the tent where vaskov went in, praying to myself that he would finish the task successfully.

The curtain of the tent was lifted and three soldiers came out. Looking at the curtain which was still slightly swinging down again, my heart was raised to my throat: Hell, the soldiers are out, why isn't vaskov out yet? Is something wrong with him?

When he was worried, the curtain was lifted aside, and vaskov's familiar figure came out of the tent. I was relieved to see that he was safe.

Then the curtains of the nearby tents were lifted, and the soldiers came out one after another. Seeing them in high spirits, I knew that they had cleaned up the enemy in the tent.

When I saw bulda coming out of the tent, I was about to stand up from behind the bushes where I was hiding. As soon as I was about to lift myself up, I heard someone beside me say excitedly, "brothers, company commander, they've finished their work. It's so beautiful!"

I turned around and saw that it was a second lieutenant who was also the platoon leader. I can't help but be happy to hear him say that, but no, bulda and vaskov are really sharp. They killed a company in Dongfang camp in just a few minutes.

I reached out and patted the lieutenant on the shoulder and said, "well, comrade lieutenant, don't sigh. Call your people and come with me to the captain's place."

The second lieutenant, who was patted on the shoulder by me, blushed and laughed awkwardly. Then he stood up, leaned back and cried out in a low voice: "brothers, don't lie down, all stand up and move forward!"

The soldiers of the guard platoon and I came to the tent and immediately smelled the smell of blood in the air. Bulda just arranged for the soldiers to guard in several directions. Seeing my arrival, he immediately came to me. With uncontrollable joy on his face, he raised his hand to salute me and reported, "Comrade division, all the enemies in the camp have been solved. There are 110 people in total, and none of them has escaped the net."

I saluted him and praised him with a smile: "good job, comrade captain, good job!"

Then I turned to vaskov, who was standing behind him. Looking at the bloodstain on his face, I asked with concern, "Lieutenant vaskov, are you hurt?"

Vaskov raised his arm, wiped his face with his sleeve and said with a smile, "no, I'm covered with enemy blood." Then he took out a handkerchief from his pocket, picked up the kettle hanging on his waist, unscrewed the lid, poured it on the handkerchief, and wiped the blood on his face with a soaked handkerchief.

Captain bulda asked me, "what are we going to do next, sir?"

I looked up at the starry sky and thought it was meaningless to stay here. I had better go back to our army station as soon as possible to be stable, so I told him: "let the soldiers take the enemy's weapons and ammunition, and we will withdraw!"

"Yes Bulda agreed, and then passed my order down to the soldiers. While they were nervously carrying ammunition, there was a sudden sound of footsteps from a distance. We went along, and it turned out that a soldier was running towards us“ It's my scout. " Vaskov said a word in my ear, and then he went up.

The soldier ran to vaskov's side, stopped and whispered a few words to him. I found that vaskov was stunned, and then his face changed greatly. Then he led the soldier towards me.

Captain bulda saw them coming and asked, "what's the matter? Comrade lieutenant. "

"Comrade captain, the scout has important information to report to the division commander."

"What's the matter? Lieutenant vaskov I'm afraid that Burda will delay his time in asking questions, so I'll ask vaskov directly.

Vaskov came up to me and said in a low voice, "the scout reports that there are four or five hundred prisoners of war in the woods one kilometer north of here."

Our prisoners of war?! When I heard this news, I was also surprised. I immediately asked the scout, "Comrade soldier, are you sure you have seen it clearly? Those who are staying there are indeed prisoners of war of our army?"

"Yes, sir." The Scout replied with great certainty: "I quietly approached the place only 50 or 60 meters away from them. After careful observation, I was definitely a prisoner of war of our army. I can't make a mistake."

"What should we do, sir?" As soon as bulda heard that there were hundreds of prisoners of war in our army nearby, he was in a hurry and asked repeatedly, "are you going to rescue them?"

Instead of answering Burda immediately, I continued to ask the inspector, "how many soldiers are there guarding the prisoners of war?"

"Twelve people, just one class." The Scout said in a positive tone: "the guards are not German, they are all soldiers of the eastern battalion."

"What should we do, comrade teacher?" Seeing that I didn't respond to him, bulda couldn't help repeating the question.

"What else can we do? To rescue them, of course I immediately told him: "Comrade captain, gather the troops immediately and set out immediately."

"Yes Bulda agreed loudly, and then began to give orders to the soldiers, arranging the order of departure.

As the procession was gathering in disorder, vaskov called two soldiers and went with him into a nearby tent. His move made me feel stunned. The weapons and ammunition in the tent were moved out just now. What else did he go in for?

It was soon revealed that vaskov and two soldiers came out of the tent with a German uniform in their hands.

Seeing vaskov take out the German uniform from the tent, bulda's face showed an expression of displeasure and began to scold: "I said, comrade lieutenant, we are preparing to set out to rescue our comrades in arms, and what have you done? What's the use of this thing? Can you exchange it for bread? "

As soon as Burda's voice fell, Woolley, who had just assembled, burst into a burst of laughter.

I saw that vaskov's face was red, and I quickly rescued him: "come on, comrade captain. When the troops have assembled, they will set out immediately. As for what lieutenant vaskov is going to get, there must be his reason, so you don't have to worry about it

When bulda saw that I was speaking for vaskov, he couldn't say anything more. He had to wave his hand to the troops and said aloud, "everyone, listen to my command, turn right and run!"

At the back were vaskov and I, as well as two despondent soldiers with German uniforms in their hands.

When the team was 500 meters away from the place where the prisoners of war were being held, it was dispersed, with the first row on the left, the third row on the right, and the second row in the middle, quietly approaching the target from three directions.

But I stopped within a hundred meters to take a close look at the whole picture of the place where the prisoners of war were held. There was no fence or barbed wire around the prisoner of war forest. There were only a few guards guarding around with guns. However, hundreds of ragged Soviet soldiers were sitting on the ground. No one dared to get up and walk around, and no one should answer their ears. Even when they coughed, they covered their mouths with their hands and tried to keep their voices down so as not to disturb the guards, It's a disaster.

I hid behind the low bush and observed carefully. There were only two mobile guards on each side in the north, West and East. However, in the south where we are now, there are six guards. They are crowded together and there is a machine gun. It seems a bit difficult to kill them all without firing just now.

Bulda came to me quietly and said in a low voice, "Comrade division, you see so many enemies gathered together. It's impossible to kill them all without shooting. It's better to shoot. There are just a few enemies. As soon as the gun goes off, they will be finished immediately. "

"No, you can't shoot." I answered firmly, "Comrade captain, it must not be far from the German garrison, otherwise their guard would not be so lax. As long as the gunshot goes, it will lead the nearby Germans. Don't let the prisoners of war not be rescued, we will also be prisoners. "

"But if you don't shoot, what will happen to the enemies who are crowded together? You know, they still have a machine gun in their hand. Once they find us and shoot us, it will cause us heavy casualties. "

"Comrades of company commander," before I could answer, vaskov had whispered to bulda, "these enemies will be dealt with by our platoon. You just need to let the soldiers in the first and third platoon quietly go around to the other three sides, and when we have solved the enemy here, they will not be too late to start again. "

"Comrade lieutenant, do you have any idea?" Bulda looked at vaskov with distrust.

"Comrade captain," I have unconditional trust in vaskov. Since he said that he would be able to solve these enemies in front of him, he would certainly be able to succeed, so I told Burda: "as Comrade vaskov said, let the first and third rows go around to the other three sides first. He is an experienced veteran. He said that if we can solve the enemy in front of us, we can certainly solve it. I have complete trust in him. " When I said the last sentence, I gave vaskov a look of trust.

But vaskov didn't look at me. He took off his uniform with the other two soldiers. But when I saw the three of them putting on their German uniforms, not only me, but also bourda understood that they were going to pretend to be officers and soldiers of the eastern battalion and get close to the guards. At this time, without my further command, Burda had sent his orders to the two platoons.

A few minutes later, after vaskov changed their clothes, the soldiers in the first and third rows moved in place and sent us a signal of readiness. Vaskov then stood up and took the two soldiers to the guards.

When they were forty or fifty meters away from the sentry, they were found by the sentry. A sentry yelled at them, "stop! Who are you It's Russian. It seems that it's the puppet army of Dongfang camp.

"You're blind. Can't you see clearly?" Vaskov, dressed in the German Lieutenant's uniform, put on the air of a deputy officer and yelled at each other: "we are here to convey the order of the regiment."

Originally, when the sentry called, he turned the machine gun around and pointed it at vaskov's machine gunner. When he saw his companion in German uniform, he relaxed his guard and moved his hand away from the trigger.

Vaskov stopped five or six meters away from the Sentinels, pointed to them and said in a loud voice, "you, you, you and you, all come here." The Sentinels were quite obedient. They came out of the bunker in a neat line in front of vaskov. Seeing the sentinels in the south, they were attracted. The soldiers in the other three directions immediately started to kill all the Sentinels with daggers. Seeing that the other three Sentinels were killed, vaskov quickly stepped back, took his submachine gun, pointed to the Sentinels, and yelled, "don't move, raise your hands, you are captured!" In the face of the three black charge guns, six soldiers were stunned. After a moment, one turned around and wanted to run to the machine gun. Vaskov raised his hand and stabbed a flying knife into the soldier's waistcoat. The soldier leaned back, shook his body and fell to the ground. The remaining five soldiers raised their hands obediently when they saw the death of their companions. Seeing the situation under control, I rushed up with Burda and the soldiers in the second platoon. When we appeared in front of the captured Soviet army from four directions at the same time, they didn't know what was going on, sat on the ground and looked at us blankly. I looked at the soldiers, who were still in a daze. I went up and grabbed one of the soldiers' clothes and tried to pull him up. At the same time, I yelled to the others: "comrades, we are here to save you. From now on, you are free. "“ What are you doing? Stand up and follow us. You are free. " The rest of the people followed me. Hearing our shouts, the captured soldiers realized that they had been saved. They immediately got up from the ground and rushed to the soldiers of the guard company, holding them and crying. Seeing that the situation was in danger of losing control, I immediately told Burda: "Comrade captain, let the soldiers of the guard company take them away immediately. Don't stay here all the time. If the Germans find out, they will be in trouble." With a promise, bulda faithfully conveyed my order to the troops. Soon, with the help of soldiers from the guard company, the prisoners began to move. As soon as the prisoners of war took action, I understood why only a dozen soldiers were guarding them. These soldiers, who did not know how long they had been hungry, were staggering along the road. Even if they did not take care of them, they could not run far. I reckon that with the speed of the prisoners of war, if there is no accident, we can reach piatnica village through the swamp in three hours, then we can get them into the truck and speed up the whole March. I didn't expect that the plan couldn't keep up with the change. Almost all the prisoners left. Unexpectedly, a soldier who fell in the last place picked up the light machine gun on the ground and pulled the trigger at the puppet prisoners. The sudden sound of the gun sounded like a thunderbolt in the silent night.