On the road leading from the city of Pustoshka to Idricia, two SDKFZ251 armored vehicles rumbled and turned and rushed towards the city of Pustoshka at high speed.

In the armored car at the head, Lieutenant Terekin leaned his back against the hard wall of the carriage, his mouth was silent, and his eyes stared blankly at the blue sky and white clouds above the carriage.

Waves of sharp pain in his back struck him, irritating his sensitive nerves.

The unknown German was so ruthless that he smashed himself to the ground with the butt of his rifle, and then dragged him to the German position, where he was taken prisoner.

Glancing at the back of the carriage, Lieutenant Telegin saw two German soldiers staring at him, their pistols and semi-automatic rifles pointed at him, and if he made any movement, he would be beaten into a honeycomb in a matter of seconds.

Judging by this posture, the Germans should have sent themselves to the rear for interrogation.

In the style of the German fascists, they will definitely torture themselves, and they must be strong men.

"The most precious thing for man is life, and life is only once for each person, and a man's life should be spent in such a way that when he recalls the past, he will not regret that he wasted his time; Nor will he be ashamed of his inaction, and when he is dying, he will be able to say: "My whole life and all my energies have been devoted to the most magnificent cause in the world—the struggle for the liberation of mankind." ”

Young Lieutenant Terekin whispered a fragment of his favorite novel, and a sacred air filled the carriage.

Soon, Lieutenant Terekin saw tall buildings appear on both sides of the road, which meant that he was getting closer and closer to the execution ground.

The armored car stopped in front of a small hotel, and Lieutenant Terekin jumped out of the car with two German soldiers, before being pushed and shoved into the lobby of a hotel.

Lieutenant Terekin saw that he was being brought here with an unknown Soviet second lieutenant.

There were very few people in the hall. In addition to them, two people sat and four people stood.

The four lieutenants stood beside the two generals like a moon, yes, it turned out to be two generals, and Lieutenant Terekin thought that he had seen it wrong.

But the uniforms they were wearing. The grandeur of that kind of high-ranking officer really shows that there are really two generals sitting in front of him, one general and one lieutenant general.

It's just that there seems to be something wrong with the lieutenant general, as if ・・・・・・ seems to be a little too young, and he looks the same age as himself.

Lieutenant Terekin, full of speculation and uneasiness, was brought before the two generals.

"Mr. Lieutenant, your name. The number of the unit to which it belongs. A German major, standing behind the German lieutenant general, asked in Russian.

"I'm Lieutenant Vasily Ivanovich Terekin, it's over." Terekin said succinctly.

"I'm Second Lieutenant Alexei Kotvin."

Terekin soon learned the name of his friend who was a prisoner of war.

The major, who acted as interpreter, said: "Lieutenant Terekin, Second Lieutenant Kotvin, I would like to introduce you to the German Army General, Mr. Feettinghof Schell, and the German Polish Governor-General, Lieutenant General Heinz von Rosen. ”

Reluctantly, Lieutenant Terekin raised his hand and saluted the two generals. He didn't want to be seen as impolite by the Germans.

Seeing that the introduction was finished, Chen Dao waved his hand to the two captives. Let them sit down.

After the two of them sat down, Chen Dao took the lead and said, "Admiral Xie and I invited you here to invite you to breakfast, and by the way, I would like to ask you for a favor." ”

Second Lieutenant Kotwin asked in a low voice, "Mr. Governor, do you want us to act as messengers and go back to persuade our chief comrade to surrender?" ”

"You're so smart. That's exactly what I meant, Mr. Ensign. Everyone is a man, give me a simple answer, do you help or not? ”

Lieutenant Terekin was refreshed, and his back seemed to be less painful.

This is a good opportunity to escape. And it was the Germans who took the initiative to deliver it to themselves, and they must not miss it.

"General, it is my pleasure to serve you, but I cannot guarantee that my chief will accept your advice." Terekin preemptively said.

Admiral Scheer said: "It doesn't matter, you just need to bring me and His Excellency the Governor with you, and you don't need to be responsible for the rest." Remember to tell your chief that if he decides to surrender, young Russians like you will die far less, and thousands of Russian mothers will not receive notices of their son's death, so please consider our proposal carefully. ”

Lieutenant Terekin and Ensign Kotwin hurriedly nodded.

"We will surely convey your goodwill to our chief comrade, when will we depart?"

Chen Dao smiled at Admiral Schelle.

"It seems that our lieutenant can't wait to be our messenger, but don't worry, you can eat before leaving."

People are under low eaves and have to bow their heads.

Although they did not want to stay by the German's side for a second longer, Terekin and Kotwin were forced to accept Chen Dao's kindness and accompany them to breakfast.

The two sides did not understand each other's language, and the communication was entirely dependent on the translation of Major Lorenz, and the communication was boring.

After a hurried breakfast, Lieutenant Terekin was put into an armored car and returned along the road he had come from, to perform his duties as a messenger.

Looking at the distant backs of the two armored vehicles, Chen Dao said to Admiral Scheer: "I hope that their leader is a guy with an IQ higher than ninety and can detect the real information I am going to reveal to him." ”

Lieutenant Terekin and Second Lieutenant Kotvin's journey home was smooth, and the 21st Mechanized Corps and the 10th Panzer Division fought one morning, each paying some casualties and then temporarily ceasing fighting, and each readjusting its deployment to prepare for another battle.

When Lieutenant Terekin and the two returned, just in time for the armistice, a German captain gave each of them a white handkerchief to serve as a white flag, and then drove them out of their positions.

Carefully waving their white handkerchiefs, the two men walked through the corpse-strewn middle ground to their own people's arms, and were then transported by car to the city of Idricsa.

"It's ridiculous that the bored Germans, who are already in great trouble, should ask us to surrender."

On the northern outskirts of Iditsa, after hearing the news sent by Toss, Major General Lelyushenko, who had just settled here, was very unimpressed.

"It seems necessary for us to send back two German prisoners to persuade them to surrender and to strike at the superiority of those two German generals out of nowhere."

Sitting next to Lelyuschenko, Chief of Staff Kapushkin, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Have you forgotten a very important detail? ”

"What's the problem?"

"Who is the one who told those two officers to send us a message?"

Lelyushchenko picked up the report on the table and re-read it.

"One is Admiral Feettinghoff Scher, and the other is ・・・・・・ well! Well? It turned out to be him, the famous 'brother-in-law', the governor of Poland, the prophet who predicted the defeat of Germany over France in eight weeks. Why is he here? Lelyushchenko could hardly believe his eyes.

"Whether it was the Polish campaign, the French campaign, or the North African campaign, or the battle against the British Navy, he was on the front lines of the war, and I am not surprised at all that he appeared in front of us."

Lelyushchenko stood up and popped out the back chair and shouted outside: "Someone, bring the two released officers to me, I will question them personally." ”

Turning around, Lelyushchenko said to Kapushkin: "If that brother-in-law is really in Pstoshka, I will definitely capture him alive." ”

"Should we escalate this matter to the Front Command?" Kapushkin reminded.

"You're right, it's going to be difficult to capture him alive on our own, we need more troops." (To be continued.) )