But unexpectedly, while the anti-tank hand fired, the T-34 tank stopped and turned the turret backwards. The rocket hit the rotating turret and turned into a jumper, landing on one side of the hillside exploded.
"Wait," Sokov saw the T-34 tank with a white cross, turned the turret to the back side and put on a harmless posture. He felt something was strange, so he quickly stopped the anti-tank hand from launching again, and instead ordered Samoilov: "Comrade Lieutenant, send two people to see what's going on."
In order to figure out what was going on, Samoilov personally brought two soldiers and approached the tank carefully. When they arrived next to the tank, the roof cover was opened from the inside, and a white handkerchief was tied to an MP40 submachine gun, and it stretched out and shook it twice.
Seeing that the other party was about to surrender, Samoilov straightened his back and shouted sternly at the tank: "Listen, listen, come out and surrender immediately!"
With his shouts, three people emerged from the tank, two men and one woman. Although they were wearing tank caps, they were wearing casual clothes, which made Samoilov, who was about to capture them, stunned: "Who are you?"
The three of them came to Samoilov and still held their hands high. One of the elderly men replied: "I am Rikov, a technician at the tank maintenance station. The one beside me is Cocakin. Before he was captured, he was a tanker of the Southwest Front. The girl next to him was Kataeva, who was a villager in the village next to our prisoner of war camp."
"Put down all your hands." Sokov saw that it was not German soldiers coming out of the tank, but three people in casual clothes, so he walked over from the hiding place. He happened to hear what Rikov said, and signaled the three of them to put down their hands first, and then said, "Rikov, please tell me what's going on?"
Cokakin next to him glanced at Sokov's military rank, quickly raised his hand to his forehead, and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade General, Sergeant Cokakin of the First Battalion of the 19th Independent Tanks, reported to you that my troops are affiliated with the Popov Rapid Cluster."
If the other party was talking about other troops, maybe Sokov really didn't know, but after Popov's rapid cluster was defeated by the German army, he sent someone to support him. Colonel Ruhle, the brigade commander of the 19th Brigade of Independent Tanks, also met him. He asked quietly: "What's your brigade commander's name?"
"Ruhele!" Cocakin replied without hesitation: "Col. Ruhele!"
The name and military rank were matched, and Sokov looked up at Samoilov who had climbed up the tank to check. After seeing the other party making all normal gestures to him, he continued to ask: "Tell me, Sergeant Cocakin, why did you drive a tank with a white cross that appears here?"
"Comrade General, this is the situation." Cokkin explained to Sokov: "I was captured by the German army in the battle at the end of February because I was injured. The enemy imprisoned us in a prisoner of war camp near Balvinkovo. My daily job was to help the Germans maintain their tanks and armored vehicles.
One day, a broken tank was suddenly transported back from the front line. It was the one behind me. The Germans asked us to clean up the inside of the tank and repair it. There were a total of four tank soldiers in the car, and they were killed by the high-temperature jets that penetrated the tank. When we were consolidating the bodies, we accidentally found that there were more than a dozen shells in the tank, so we secretly hid them while the Germans were not paying attention.
The day before yesterday, the German army said there was an important military operation, so we drove the repaired T-34 tank for testing. I felt that the opportunity came, so I discussed with Rikov and two other technicians, and took advantage of the test opportunity to drive the tank to escape from the enemy's prisoner-of-war camp."
"How many of you have participated in the escape?" Samoilov interjected.
"Not counting Kataeva, there are four people in total." Cocakin replied: "Except for me and Rikov, the other two are captured mechanics."
"So where are they?"
"Sacrificed." Cocakin replied with a heavy expression: "We took advantage of the opportunity to test at the tank test site and shelled the German observation site. Taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy, they successfully escaped from the test site and drove towards it. After the Germans found out that we had escaped, they immediately sent tanks and armored vehicles to pursue. During the escape, we destroyed two German tanks, and two technicians were unfortunately sacrificed."
"How did they sacrifice?" Sokov asked.
"Shortly after we took out the test site, the tank broke down. They were hit by enemy shells and shrapnel when they got out of the car to deal with the failure, and died on the spot." Cocakin said this, turning his head to look at Kataeva on the side, and continued: "We met Kataeva during the escape. We were worried that after being discovered by the Germans, we might encounter an accident, so we took her with us to escape."
"Tell me, how many tanks did the Germans send to chase you?"
Cocakin thought for a moment and replied: "There are at least five, all of them, No. 3 or No. 4 tanks. In one-on-one situation, they are not opponents of the T-34 at all."
Hearing Cokakin say this, Samoilov approached Sokov's ear and whispered: "Comrade Commander, do you think the tank we just encountered was chasing them, but ended up encountering us by chance?"
"Well, there is such a possibility." Sokov thought carefully in his mind. If the German tank was not chasing Cocakin and others, how could it appear in the depth of his defense zone? Thinking of this, the sudden German tank could explain the reason clearly.
However, out of caution, Sokov said to Cocakin: "Comrade Sergeant, we still need to review what you said. Are you willing to go with us?"
"That's great." Cokekin was worried that Sokov would not trust him, but when he saw him calling him to leave with him, he immediately said excitedly: "I'm willing to go with you."
When he set out again, Kataeva did not get into the tank again, but sat in a jeep behind him. Samoilov sent two soldiers to sit in the tank to monitor Cocakin and others to prevent possible accidents. Cocakin and others did not have any resistance to Samoilov's arrangements. No matter what, he had just escaped from the German defense zone, and it was understandable that the other party did not trust him.
Chapter completed!