Chapter 505: Hangelberg's Argument
Reduced to prisoners of war by the Soviets, the Germans were not at all surprised that they would do cruel things. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
If Germany was talking about the widespread establishment of concentration camps, the Soviet Union was indeed a "pioneer" in this regard. In the years leading up to the Great Purge, Stalin established many forced labor camps, which are now home to prisoners of war. Prisoners of war were forced to participate in labor, and those who refused were sentenced to death.
According to German propaganda, red concentration camps such as the Gulag Archipelago, large and small labor camps in Siberia, were red with the blood of the persecuted. Therefore, he was captured by the Soviet Union, and the end may be extremely tragic. The refusal of such a country to sign the Geneva Conventions is unlikely to be the last guarantee of dignity for the captives.
Reduced to prisoners, they are always mentally prepared to be executed, even if it seems that these Soviets have torn off the mask of hypocrisy, it is not an indiscriminate strafing, everyone has a ninety percent chance of survival under the law of eleven slashing.
They could have plotted an escape and an attack, but because they were all part of the German nation, they refused to betray their compatriots. It was noble in terms of temperament, but Yeretina was dismissive of it. After all, in her opinion, these invaders are no different from man-eating devils.
The man and woman were separated, and Hangelberg looked at the girls under him calmly, and what awaited them was such a tragic death?
Among the male prisoners of war, many of them made fierce crosses and prayed for good luck, while others kept their eyes closed and remained calm.
And the women have a nervous breakdown, and many of them have become walking corpses, or tears, or empty eyes.
Yerentina was not idle, and the execution of a group of prisoners was agreed by the Gomel city committee. In this swamp, few people were willing to say good things about the Germans, and almost every household of the population died at the hands of the Germans.
She looked at the captives again and sighed: "If Berekov is here, he will definitely stop us." ”
The soldiers began to prepare the wooden sticks for the draw, one of the ten sticks was short, and one person in a group was to be executed.
At this juncture waiting for the death verdict, Hangelberg stood up, he took ten steps forward with righteousness, and said calmly: "It's me! I commanded them to do the assassination! I also made an escape plan. ”
As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar, and it stands to reason that Yerenkina will be furious if a mastermind stands up, but who can believe that it is this person?
Only the comrades of the Gomel City Committee were completely convinced, and Lyudbalev asked Yevlov coldly: "It seems that this person does not want to be a coward, and he will personally stand up and confess his guilt, in order to protect the unjust death of others." ”
"Nope! He's not! "But he was protecting the prisoners of war, and the women." ”
A surgeon is the mastermind of the assassination, and it is possible for someone who is ignorant of it, but no one can be a Mucheka. Yerentina easily saw in her eyes what was called a lie, and said, "Hungerberg! You've never killed anyone, and you've always protected human lives. Besides, your other identity is American! You can be our ally, there is no reason to resist! You are protecting other people in order to organize us to kill innocents. ”
Hangelberg's mind was spinning fast, and from this woman's words he saw a great opportunity. The total number of prisoners of war had reached 300, and many of them were "farmers" who had been plowing the fields all morning, and before they had eaten lunch, they were taken over to die in a daze. If no one comes forward, there will really be dozens of people who will be unjustly killed!
He pulled his throat and said, "Since you admit that I am also an American, why did you put me in a prisoner of war." I have two nationalities, one ally and one enemy! Now what you're doing is actually listing me as an enemy, and if I die, you can think of it as executing a prisoner, but the U.S. might think that the Soviets executed an American citizen. ”
Yelentina really did not think about this matter, and it was even more unexpected by the Gomel City Party Committee.
Lyudbalev hurriedly asked the division commander whether this person's statement was true, and he received an affirmative answer from Yevlov.
Seeing that Yerentina was speechless, Hangelberg continued: "If our men are doomed to death, what about those women? Are they at fault? Isn't it a credit that they saved a lot of you after they were captured? They didn't kill a single Soviet man, but they saved many lives. There is a story of a farmer and a snake in Aesop's Fable, do you want to be a viper? ”
Yerenkina already had blue veins on her forehead, she didn't expect this man to be able to say this, and it really made sense to say it.
After thinking about it, she did not answer this truth, but asked rhetorically: "Aren't we Soviets human?" You invaders do all kinds of evil, and if you don't talk about it, let's just say Homnitsch, the women there have not yet become slaves to you Germans. We've rescued a lot of young women who have been played with by you as psychopaths, and they're also women, so why do you treat them like this? You can say that it was done by the SS and had nothing to do with the Wehrmacht. But in our battles, it was the Germans in Wehrmacht uniforms who were killed, and you were the prisoners. ”
Speaking of excitement, Yerenkina's finger pointed directly at the male captives. She was speaking fluent German, and the prisoners of war listened very clearly.
"You create no man's land on the road from Mozyr to Gomel, massacre villagers, burn villages. Right here, many people are scolding you for how simple the reason is. Because they escaped from your butcher's knives, and if our soldiers hadn't stopped them, hundreds of you would have died under the sticks of ordinary people. ”
These words tortured the conscience of the prisoners of war, and it was understandable that there was nothing wrong with bloody battles between soldiers in the war, but the war had evolved into a general war, and civilians had become the target of key attacks. Are there soldiers here who opened fire on ordinary Soviets? Yes! And no less! Because their subordinate units, the 715th and 722nd Divisions, were responsible for the service and security of the rear, and it was normal to deal with suspected guerrilla elements.
However, it seemed to them that what the Soviets were about to do was not very good, and the massacre of the prisoners would still take place. Once there is a second time, who can guarantee that today is the lucky 90%, and the next time will be spared?
Hangelberg knew that Yerentina was lost in thought, and he took this opportunity to have his last appeal.
"I have only one request now, that we German men were soldiers, although not all of us participated in the massacres and liquidations, but also killed and wounded your soldiers on the battlefield. But those women are just doctors and nurses, and if you think we are devils, why do you want to be devils again? The escape and the attack have absolutely nothing to do with them, don't you need professional doctors and nurses now? ”
In fact, Yelenkina's purpose in separating men and women is to know that the assassination of Yang Mingzhi has anything to do with them. Even if you do eleven killing, you can tell the target, some of these women are already dormant under the man's crotch, and besides, those people are carefully selected, and the purpose of monitoring them is to obtain some information. If these women were plotting with other POWs, the report would inevitably appear on their desks.