Guchakov commanded the guerrillas to seize two important stations behind enemy lines, causing problems in the German army's supply in the city. Therefore, after dawn, the German army did not attack the barricade factory and the Derrensky factory as before. Since neither the Germans launched an attack, the Romanian army, as a servant country, naturally had reason to be lazy and hurried in their own positions and did not come out.
Without the interference of the war, Sokov stayed at the health team with peace of mind. Anyway, he knew that if something big happened, Cidolin would definitely call or send someone to notify him.
As soon as the medical staff of the health team ate the dumplings sent by Anisimov, Sidolin called the health team. He said excitedly on the phone: "Comrade Commander, can you come back immediately?" Before Sokov asked what happened, he added, "Captain Guchakov and others are back."
From the tone of Sidolin's speech, Sokov knew that Guchakov and the others must have returned safely. At this time, it was obviously inappropriate for him to continue to stay in the health team. He greeted Asia, then stood up and hurried back to the division command.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw three people wearing German uniforms standing in the room. Sokov instinctively reached out his hand to his waist and tried to pull out his gun. At this moment, Sidolin saw Sokov standing at the door, and quickly stood up to greet him, saying, "Comrade Commander, you are back so soon."
Hearing Sidolin greeting Sokov, the three men in German uniform turned around, raised their hands to salute Sokov, and shouted in unison: "Hello, commander!"
When Sokov heard the voices of the three people, he recognized that it was Guchakov, Samoilov and Taflin. He nodded at Cidolin, then walked to the three people, shook hands with them one by one, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, comrades, thank you for your hard work. On behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the division, I welcome you back!"
After shaking hands with the three of them, Sokov looked at Guchakov with a smile on his face and asked, "Comrade Captain, is the way back smoothly?"
"It's very smooth, comrade of the division commander." After answering Sokov's question, Guchakov continued: "We will prepare a special gift for you on the way back."
"Special gift?" Sokov heard Guchakov say this, and began to wonder what kind of gifts they could get for me on the way back. With questions, he asked curiously: "Captain, can you tell me what gifts did you prepare for me?"
"Lieutenant Samoilov," Guchakov did not answer immediately, but turned to Samoilov next to him and said, "Go and bring the gifts we have prepared for the division commander here." Samoilov nodded and turned around and walked out of the command center.
Perhaps because he was worried that Sokov would continue to ask questions, Guchakov said mysteriously: "Comrade Commander, please stop asking. I will not tell you anything until the lieutenant brings the gift here. However, I guess you will definitely like such a gift."
"That's not necessarily true." Ivanov, who was sitting opposite Sokov, said, "Captain Guchakov, even if you are an old subordinate of the division commander, it does not mean that the gift you gave will make the division commander satisfied."
Guchakov did not refute Ivanov's statement, but smiled faintly and said with a normal expression: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I think this gift is not only liked by the Commander, but also by you and the Chief of Staff."
"Oh, is that true?" Ivanov's face showed a surprised expression: "Then I have to wait and see what gift Lieutenant Samoilov will bring later."
Not long after, Samoilov walked back into the division command center, and there were several people following him. After seeing the people behind him, Sokov suddenly jumped out of his seat. Although the four people coming in behind were all wearing German uniforms, what attracted Sokov's attention was a German officer who was wearing a large-brimmed hat and a military coat, and the eye-catching red collar on his collar indicated his identity as a general.
Seeing a German general following Samoilov into the command center, not only Sokov jumped up from his seat, but even Ivanov and Sidolin instinctively stood up from his seat. They were thinking in their hearts: Is this a "special gift" given to the division commander by Captain Guchakov? If so, this gift would be a little too heavy.
"Captain Guchakov," Sokov quickly came back from his shock, turned his head to look at Guchakov standing beside him and asked, "Is this the gift you gave me?"
"Yes, comrade commander." Guchakov nodded vigorously and replied, "Please allow me to introduce you to the German general, Georglaze, is the commander of the 29th Motorized Infantry Division, and we captured on our way back to Mamayev."
"Comrade Commander," learned that a division commander of the German army had been captured, Sidolin quickly grabbed the phone and asked Sokov for instructions: "Do you need to ask a German translator to assist us in interrogating the prisoners?"
"No need." Sokov waved his hand, pointed at Taflin standing next to Guchakov, and said, "Sergeant Taflin's German level is enough to serve as our translator."
Although Leser became his own prisoner, he was a general no matter what, and he should give him the minimum respect. Sokov quickly ordered someone to bring a stool for Leser, let him sit down and rest, and also gave him a cup of hot tea. After all this, Sokov asked Guchakov curiously: "Comrade Captain, tell us how you captured this German general?"
"On the way back to Mamayev, we encountered a small convoy of three barrel trucks." Guchakov reported to Sokov: "Seeing this situation, Sergeant Taflin suggested to me that there might be important tasks of the Germans on the car. It is better to catch them off guard while the enemy is not paying attention and capture them in the car."
Sokov knew that the "barrel car" that Guchakov mentioned was a sedan produced by Porsche. Officers who could ride such a car would not have a low position and it was completely necessary to take attacks. He did not interrupt Guchakov, but made a gesture to let the other party continue to speak. "... After discussing with Lieutenant Samoilov, I decided to pretend to be a patrol team, stop the convoy, and disarm the enemy.
After we surrounded the convoy in fan shape, a German major emerged from the co-pilot of the first car and yelled at us. I don’t understand what he was yelling, but Sergeant Taflin came forward to deal with it. After the two negotiated for a while, the sergeant told me in a low voice that the second car was General Laizen commander of the 29th Motorized Infantry Division.
I thought it was a colonel at best, but I didn't expect it to be a general, so I sent a secret code to the other two cars. Let's take action together and disarm the Germans on the armored vehicles and the barrel cars."
"Where are the other prisoners?" Sokov glanced at the people wearing German uniforms standing behind Leser, and found that they were all members of the squad, so he asked tentatively: "You won't kill them all, do you?"
"No, comrade in the division commander, I did not kill them." Guchakov quickly replied, "Since they have put down their weapons and we are not executioners, how could we slaughter unarmed prisoners? We have brought these people and the seized vehicles back to Mamayev's hill."
When he learned that not only had a German general captured, but also brought back a group of prisoners and three barrel trucks. Sokov nodded with satisfaction at such a result. He glanced at Leser who was drinking tea, turned to Tavlin and said, "Comrade Sergeant, I plan to interrogate this prisoner immediately. Please be a translator for me."
When I heard that Sokov was about to interrogate the prisoners, Ivanov and Sidolin quickly sat upright and took out paper and pen to prepare for recording. Seeing that everyone was ready, Sokov walked to Laize and lowered his head to him and said, "General Laize, I will introduce myself first. I am Colonel Sokov, the commander of the 41st Soviet Guard Infantry Division."
"What, are you Sokov?" Laize, who was drinking tea with a tea cup, couldn't help but tremble after listening to Tavlin's translation, and a lot of water spilled out of the tea cup: "Didn't you lie to me?"
"General Leser!" Although the other party was his enemy, Sokov still maintained enough politeness to him: "I, Sokov, aren't a great man, do you need to pretend?"
"I don't know how famous you are in the Russian army, but in our place, your name is known to all officers at the battalion level." After confirming Sokov's identity, Leser smiled bitterly and said, "Commander Paulus even issued an order that anyone who can kill or capture you will be promoted to two levels. Unexpectedly, I became your captive."
From Laize's mouth, he learned that his value was not low, and that he could actually upgrade the German officers who captured or killed him to two levels. In addition to being surprised, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "I want to ask, what rewards can the person who captures General Cui Kefu get?"
Laize may never dreamed that Sokov would ask such a question. After being stunned for a long time, he spoke: "Cuekov is your army commander. Those who catch him can get at least one week's vacation."
Laize's reply shocked everyone. The officers and soldiers who captured Sokov were able to be promoted to two levels, while those who captured Cuikov could only get a week's vacation. The difference was too big. Sokov turned around awkwardly and looked at Sidorin and Ivanov sitting at the table. Seeing that the two were burying their heads to record, he quickly said: "Don't record these words."
Sokov turned his head back and looked at Leser with a serious expression, "General Leser, if I remember correctly, your troops are now in the southwest of Stalingrad City, and are still far from where you were captured. How could you suddenly appear? You must know that even the patrol troops are far away from your defense zone."
"I was ordered to report to the Army Command." Laize said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that on the way, I encountered a small army disguised as our army, and became a prisoner in a daze."
"General Leser, for you, the war is over. You can feel at ease in our prisoner-of-war camp until the day when the war is really over, and then you will be able to return to your hometown." Sokov thought that the other party was captured at the end of January of the following year, and the time for being captured is two and a half months earlier than in history. "Also, I believe that it will not take long before you can meet General Paulus and many of his subordinates in the prisoner-of-war camp."
"General Laze," Sidolin saw Laze's shocked look, and before he could speak, he asked first: "Why did Paulus suddenly call you to his headquarters?"
Hearing the question of Cidolin, Leser smiled bitterly again and replied: "Your guerrillas occupied Kotluban Station and 564km Station yesterday, which made Commander Paulus very annoyed. He felt that Lieutenant General Von Animum, the commander of the 113th Infantry Division, and Major General Von Arenstov, the commander of the 60th Motorized Infantry Division, were simply useless and would be fooled by a group of guerrillas. In order to avoid their similar mistakes, they decided to replace their troops with my troops. I went to the headquarters to accept the task of replacing the defense."
Leser's confession made Sokov understand why he suddenly appeared at a location far away from the defense zone. It turned out that he was going to Paulus's headquarters to receive the mission. He wanted to ask where Paulus' headquarters was, and then send Guchakov's team to take it off. But as soon as this idea came out, he immediately denied it. The Germans were not fools. Once they knew that Leser was captured, they would definitely take precautions, strengthen the vigilance near the headquarters, and then send Guchakov's team to the place. Even with the assistance of new rockets, they would probably die.
After asking Laize a few more questions, Sokov turned around and walked to the table and said to Sidolin and Ivanov: "Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander, you have asked all the questions. It doesn't make much sense to keep him here with us. I think it's better to send someone to the headquarters, even if we have a special gift to the commander. What do you think?"
"I agree." The first person to speak was Ivanov. Before Leze appeared in the division headquarters, he questioned Guchakov's gift, which did not satisfy Sokov. After seeing Leze, he felt that God had appeared, so he gave such a special gift to the 41st Division of the Guards. At this moment, when he heard Sokov say that he would escort Leze to the Army Command, he immediately agreed and volunteered to say, "I think I'll escort him to the headquarters in person."
Chapter completed!