The orders issued by Sokov were the most resolutely executed. In any case, these were Sokov's former direct troops, and the commanders and soldiers had always implemented unconditionally.
After Sokov returned from Paulus headquarters, he felt that it would not be very meaningful for Guchakov to stay in the division headquarters again, so he allowed him to return to the Third Battalion and continue to be his company commander.
Ubrich, who was in charge of calling out to the German army, came to Guchakov's company and shouted to the opposite position: "Brothers of Germany, you are desperate, don't work hard for Hitler, quickly put down your weapons and surrender, we need you to build a new Germany together."
Then Ubrich shouted to the opposite position for more than half an hour, and his voice became hoarse, but the Germans did not make any noise at all. Guchakov handed Ubrich a kettle and said to him with a smile: "Comrade Ubrich, your voice must be hoarse. Come on, drink some to moisten your voice."
After thanking Guchakov, Ublich opened the lid of the kettle and took a big sip. But then he began to cough violently, and asked while coughing, "Captain, why is there wine inside?"
"The weather is too cold, you can drink some warmth." Guchakov did not explain why the wine jug was filled with wine, but instead said: "You know, it is not easy to find such good wine in the city."
Knowing that the kettle was filled with wine, Ubrich did not drink it in big gulp like before, but took a few sips lightly and said to Guchakov with a smile: "It's really a good wine."
"Comrade Ublich," Guchakov looked at the position opposite without any movement, and asked Ublich curiously: "I see, you have been shouting for so long, why is the enemy on the other side not reacting at all?"
"I guess they still have fantasies and think that Manstein's troops will come to rescue them." Ubrich sneered: "They cannot receive information from other channels, and can only listen to their superiors' deceptions. Therefore, after listening to our voices and without any reaction, it is normal."
"Comrade Commander," a sergeant came quickly to Guchakov along the traffic trench and reported to him: "The kitchen squad carried a basket of bread and two buckets of red vegetable soup. What do you think of how to deal with it?"
When Ubricht heard the kitchen team bringing bread and red vegetable soup, he thought it was everyone's midnight snack, and couldn't help but say enviously: "I really didn't expect that you still have midnight snacks to eat at night."
"You are wrong, Comrade Ublich." Guchakov replied with a smile: "These bread and soup are not for our soldiers."
"What, isn't it for your soldiers?" Ubrich asked in surprise: "Is it prepared for the enemy opposite?"
"You guessed it right." Guchakov nodded with a smile and said, "It is indeed for the enemy on the other side."
Ublich was not sure of Sokov's orders at all, so when he heard Guchakov prepare food for the German soldiers opposite, he couldn't help but frown: "Captain, do your superiors know if you do this?"
"Of course I know." Guchakov said affirmatively: "I am the bread and vegetable soup prepared for the German soldiers on the opposite side by the orders of my superiors." After saying that, he turned around and ordered a soldier standing beside him, "to shout to the German soldiers on the opposite side."
Before Ubrich could figure out what was going on, he heard the soldier shouting in skillful German: "Brothers of Germany, our division commander knew that you had been out of food for a long time and had not been full, so he ordered us to prepare bread and hot red vegetable soup for you. As long as you don't bring your weapons, you can eat with your stomach open. Don't worry, we will never shoot you."
Hearing the soldiers' calls, Ubrich shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't believe that just by these words, the German soldiers on the opposite side would put down their weapons and crawl over. Sure enough, after shouting for a while, there was no movement on the other side.
Just when Ublich wanted to persuade Guchakov not to do such useless work, he heard Guchakov say to the warrior: "Tell them that this order was issued by Colonel Sokov, the commander of the 41st Division of the Guards, and as long as we put down our weapons and came to eat, we would never shoot at them."
"Captain," Ubricht couldn't help but say to Guchakov when the soldiers continued to shout at the German positions, "I understand German soldiers. Even if they starve to death, they would not leave the position easily and come here..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly found that everyone's attention was looking at the German positions opposite, and asked in confusion, "What's going on? What's going on?"
Under the bright moonlight, you can clearly see two black shadows crawling out of the German positions, crawling towards this side with hands and feet. "Comrade Commander," the soldier who was calling to the German army excitedly said to Guchakov: "There are two Germans crawling towards us."
"Please take note." Guchakov saw two German soldiers crawling towards his position, worried that any soldier would be nervous for a moment and shoot at them without authorization, which would make Sokov's efforts go to waste. He quickly shouted loudly: "No one is allowed to shoot! Repeat, no one is allowed to shoot without my order."
A few minutes later, the two German soldiers climbed to the front of the position, and immediately several soldiers reached out and pulled the two into the trenches. When the two entered the trenches, some soldiers searched them and found that they did not have any weapons. They nodded to Guchakov and signaled that they were not carrying any weapons.
Guchakov walked to the bamboo basket, bent down and picked up two black bread, walked over and handed them to the two German soldiers. He turned around and ordered the soldiers of the kitchen squad: "Give them a red vegetable soup."
The cold and hungry German soldier ate the black bread in his hand and drank the hot red vegetable soup. A German sergeant asked Guchakov timidly: "Captain, can you give me another soup?"
"Yes." Guchakov took the lunch box from the other party and handed it to the cooks behind him, and ordered: "Give him another red vegetable soup."
Soon, a portion of red vegetable soup was handed over to Guchakov. When Guchakov handed the soup to the German sergeant, he felt that the other party was familiar with him, so he asked tentatively: "I think you are familiar with him, and it seems that you have seen him somewhere?"
After hearing the translation of the soldiers next to him, the German sergeant grinned and said, "Sir Captain, have you forgotten that we had seen it at the door of a basement. At that time, in order to prevent me from entering that basement, you deliberately blocked me. Later, I found that there were civilians in the basement."
The German sergeant said very tactfully, but Guchakov immediately remembered that he had captured him and quickly let go of his German corporal. He quickly looked at the other party carefully and found that he had indeed let go of his German soldier, but now he is a sergeant.
"So it's you." After recognizing the other party, Guchakov's favorability for him increased a little. He picked up a piece of black bread and handed it to him, and said, "I really didn't expect to meet you here. You must be hungry. Come on, eat more, there is not enough."
The German sergeant took the black bread and did not put it in his mouth, but put it in his pocket. Seeing Guchakov cast a puzzled look at him, he quickly explained: "I have a friend who is seriously injured and has not eaten for several days. I plan to bring this bread back for him to eat."
Guchakov looked in the direction of the German position, and saw that there was still no movement there, so he tentatively asked the German sergeant: "Sergeant, can I ask you a favor?"
The German sergeant who had just finished a lunch box raised his hand and wiped his mouth, looked at Guchakov and said, "Sir Captain, just say whatever you have."
"Can you shout to the German brothers on the other side?" Guchakov said to him: "Tell them that as long as they don't bring weapons, they can come and have dinner. After the meal, whether to stay here as a prisoner or go back, they will be obedient."
"Sir Captain, what did you just say?" The German sergeant was stunned by Guchakov's words and quickly verified: "After filling our stomachs, can we really choose to stay or stay?"
"Yes, Sergeant." Guchakov replied with a serious expression: "This is an order issued by our division commander Colonel Sokov, and we will strictly implement it."
"Okay, Mr. Captain, since it was a guarantee made by Colonel Sokov, I can immediately call our people." The German sergeant replied readily, "Please give me the horn."
After receiving Guchakov's permission, the soldier who acted as a translator handed the microphone to the German sergeant. The German sergeant took the microphone and shouted to the opposite position: "Brothers, I am Sergeant Doppler. A soldier and I risked our lives to come to the Russians' positions. It is really as they said, there is food and hot red vegetable soup. We are now full, so come quickly."
After Sergeant Doppler finished shouting, there was still no movement in the position opposite. He felt that he might not be able to say it clearly, and he added specifically: "The Russians said that as long as we do not carry weapons, we can come and eat. As for whether to stay as prisoners after eating, or return to the original position, we have the final say. This is the assurance made by Colonel Sokov to us that his subordinates will firmly obey this order."
The German positions, which had no movement, heard Sokov promised to let them eat and could freely choose to stay or come back, and the soldiers who had been hungry could not bear it. They put down their weapons, climbed out of the positions with their hands and feet, and crawled towards the Soviet positions opposite.
Ubricht saw only two or three German soldiers crawling out of the position at first, and then seven or eight more. After a while, he found a dark group of people crawling towards the position here on the snow in the middle of the two armies. His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he quickly said to Guchakov: "Captain, with so many enemies coming, can your people deal with it?"
Guchakov did not expect that Sergeant Doppler's call would attract so many people. He turned his head and looked at the bamboo baskets placed on the ground and the buckets of red vegetable soup. He felt that it was definitely not enough to eat, so he quickly ordered the people in the kitchen: "Go and move another basket of bread and carry two buckets of red vegetable soup."
After the German soldiers entered the trenches one after another, Guchakov discovered that not only were ordinary soldiers, but also two lieutenant-level officers. After the German officers met Guchakov's eyes at him, they hurriedly lowered their heads, fearing that they would be humiliated by the other party.
But the situation imagined by the German officers did not happen. Guchakov walked up to them and handed them the bread in his hand. Without even saying anything, he walked towards the ordinary soldiers next to him and distributed bread to them.
Due to the difficulties in supply, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even lieutenant-level officers had difficulty having the opportunity to eat. Now that they suddenly had bread and hot vegetable soup in their hands, everyone was not polite and they all started to eat voraciously. At this time, Ubrich was worried that they would choke when they ate too fast, so they kindly comforted them: "Brothers, there are some bread and vegetable soup, don't worry, eat slowly, don't choke."
"Are you German?" As soon as Ubrich spoke, Sergeant Doppler quickly judged his identity from his accent. After receiving the other party's affirmative answer, he asked curiously: "Did you join the Russian army because you were captured?"
"No, Sergeant Doppler, I am not a soldier." Ublich replied righteously: "I am the head of the German Anti-Faxi Temple Alliance. The anti-war broadcast you have heard recently was broadcast by me and my comrades."
Sergeant Doppler said oh, looked around and saw that the other officers and soldiers were busy eating and no one noticed him, so he lowered his voice and asked Ubrich in a low voice: "I want to ask, has Marshal Manstein's troops really been repelled by the Russians?"
"Yes." Ubrich replied with certainty: "not only did Marshal Manstein's troops be repelled, but also General Hort's armored troops' attack was shattered."
"So it's all true." Sergeant Doppler said in surprise: "So, our commanders have been deceived by us, saying that in one week at most, Marshal Manstein's troops will come and meet us."
"After the heavy blow from the Soviet army, Marshal Manstein's troops have completely lost their ability to attack." Ubrich shook his head and said, "So I would like to advise you to give up this unrealistic fantasy as soon as possible."
After the German soldiers had enough food and drink, some people climbed out of the Soviet trenches and climbed towards their positions. At the beginning, the German soldiers were still worried that they would be shot by the Soviet army if they left the Soviet position. But when they saw their comrades climbed smoothly to the position, and the Soviet army had not fired the gun, they realized that the words of letting them leave freely were not made up to deceive them.
Sergeant Doppler, who came first, came to the edge of the trench reluctantly after everyone left. Before leaving, he explained to Guchakov: "Mr. Captain, although I really want to stay, I have a few injured friends across the street. I want to bring them something back. When their injuries improve, I will definitely bring them over to surrender to you. Goodbye, there will be a date later."
Chapter completed!