Chapter VIII: Verification
"Shameless lie!" Not surprisingly, the instructor erupted after a moment of silence: "Speculation with ulterior motives, you have finally shown your fox tail, Shulka, you are a poor traitor, a sinner of the Soviet Union......"
As he said this, the instructor even pulled out the pistol at his waist.
"Altu!" Major Gavrilov reached out to block the instructor's movements.
"Major, don't you understand?" The instructor shouted: "It is clear that this guy has been bought by the Germans, and he told us these lies in the hope that we would abandon the Brest Fortress so that the Germans could easily occupy it!" ”
"But we don't know that!"
"How is it possible for our army to retreat on all fronts? It has only been five hours since the start of the war, and you must know that it is our Western Special Military Region that is stationed in this area! (Note: The Western Special Military District was renamed the Western Front after the outbreak of the war, and the commander was General Pavlov)
"So how do you explain that until now there are no planes and reinforcements!"
Hearing this, the instructor couldn't help but be stunned, he stared at Major Gavrilov for a long time before he said seriously: "Comrade Gavrilov, you won't believe what this traitor said, I have to remind you that you are our commander, the soldiers trust you, you should be responsible for them, for the fortress, for the motherland......"
"I'm responsible for them, Comrade Altu!" Major Gavrilov said: "That's why we have to figure out the situation. I must also remind you that five hours ago, no one believed that the Germans were going to attack us, and that similar statements would be censored as lies. But now the guns of the Germans are right in front of us, their planes are circling over our heads, and their shells are flying in pieces to the fortresses and exploding among us! ”
Although Major Gavrilov did not say it explicitly, everyone knew that it was his own experience...... It is no secret that Major Gavrilov is going to be censored, and many people know this.
After thinking about it, the instructor objected: "I admit that what you said is right, we have made a mistake in our judgment of the Germans, but this does not mean that what this traitor said is right, and our army cannot ......"
"Why don't we find out?" Shulka interjected.
Shulka was unhappy with the instructor's approach of easily labeling people as traitors without investigation, and possibly even shooting them for public display.
"Shut your mouth!" The instructor was not going to give Shulka the right to speak at all, and if it weren't for the support of Major Gavrilov, Shulka would have been tied up and gagged long ago.
"Yes, we can verify it!" Major Gavrilov nodded in agreement.
Major Gavrilov's first thought of finding a method was reconnaissance, and he sent three armored reconnaissance vehicles to reconnoiter the city of Brest, a few dozen kilometers away...... There is a division of the Soviet army stationed there, and if you can contact them, not only will the truth be revealed, but it is also likely to ask for reinforcements.
But this was clearly unsuccessful, and the Germans would not easily let the Soviets out, especially during the day.
More than an hour later, three armoured reconnaissance vehicles returned to the command headquarters with many more craters in their armor, and Lieutenant Dimka, who was in charge of commanding the armoured reconnaissance convoy, was wounded and had a bloody bandage on his head.
"Comrade Major!" Timka reported to Major Gavrilov: "The exits were blocked by the Germans with burning cars, and a tank was found at the eastern exit, and we couldn't rush out!" ”
Major Gavrilov nodded helplessly, and Timka went down to rest.
The Soviets could not rush out to reconnoitre, so they had to take a few prisoners from the Germans for interrogation...... The Germans would certainly have known much more intelligence than the besieged Soviet troops, even a few small soldiers.
On the other hand, when the battle was so fierce, it was not very difficult to capture a few prisoners, and there would always be a few German soldiers who were wounded in the melee and a few who were captured alive, but the Soviet soldiers did not leave prisoners before.
So Major Gavrilov ordered the troops: "Pay attention to catch a few alive!" ”
Then it's just a matter of waiting.
But this approach quickly went bankrupt.
Soon after the order was given, loudspeakers were heard from the direction of the German troops, loudspeakers in authentic Russian: "Comrades of the Kobrin Fortress, I am Second Lieutenant Yegors of the 53rd Infantry Regiment, the Soviet troops have been routed, you have been surrounded, and no one will come to your rescue...... Give it up! There is no point in resisting! The Germans guaranteed the safety of the captives! ”
(Note: The Brest Fortress was divided into four fortresses, and Major Gavrilov and others were stationed at the Kobrin Fortress located in the north)
Obviously, this was an attempt by the Germans to break the Soviet army's will to defend, so they forced the Soviet prisoners to shout into the fortress.
If this shouting had been delayed for a few hours, the Germans might have been able to achieve their goals, but at this sensitive moment it would have been bad...... It almost killed Shulka.
"Look!" The instructor turned his head and stared at Shulka, who was once again under control: "The enemy's caliber is surprisingly consistent with this traitor, doesn't that tell the story?" All this is a conspiracy of the Germans! ”
Shulka was speechless for a moment, the Germans shouted like this does not mean that it is a lie, they are telling the truth.
But the problem is that Shulka can't prove it.
What's more...... It has become pointless to capture the prisoners, because it is also possible that the information obtained from the prisoners is of a unified voice in advance, as the instructor said, these are all lies, and the purpose is to get the Soviets to abandon the Brest fortress.
"What else do you have to say?" The instructor asked.
Shulka couldn't wash himself by jumping into the Yellow River this time, and he turned his attention to Major Gavrilov for help, but he was helpless.
"Surrender his gun!" A triumphant smile appeared on the instructor's face: "Take this traitor out!" ”
Needless to say, what does it mean to take it out, Shulka couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he didn't expect to finish the journey of this world so quickly, and he was so dead, a stomach full of wrongs and injustices.
In a few days, the truth will be revealed, but that doesn't mean anything to Shulka anymore.
With a gun in one hand, the instructor pushed Shulka out.
It could be seen that the instructor was ready to fight quickly, so he chose an open space on the right side of the headquarters...... Anyway, this is a battlefield, and it doesn't matter where there is an extra corpse.
"Get on your knees!" The instructor fired the bolt as he commanded.
At this moment, however, Major Gavrilov ran out of the command and shouted: "Wait, Comrade Altu! You should come and hear this! ”