On the night of July 9, in the headquarters of the Soviet 19th Army, the commander of the 19th Army, Konev, was personally interrogating the first German prisoners they had captured.

You must know that the Soviet army, which was violently beaten by the Germans all the way, really did not have many opportunities to capture prisoners, if it were not for the fact that a small group of German troops rushed too forward this time, and it happened to be insufficient ammunition, it would not be easy to capture the German army that had the advantage in the battle.

Not to mention that Konev paid great attention to it, even Stalin, after hearing about the capture of German soldiers, sent a special telegram from Moscow, saying that he would make good use of this opportunity to make propaganda. After all, the German army in front of them were tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of captured Soviet troops, and finally it was their turn to capture more than a dozen German soldiers at one time, and of course they also propagandized back.

In the telegram sent by Stalin himself, the 19th Army must ensure that these prisoners do not have any accidents, and Stalin is still waiting to press them to Moscow and find a way to turn against these German soldiers, just like the Germans used the Ukrainian troops to make a fuss, and this time the Soviet Union also used the same means to plot against some Germans for political propaganda.

"Which division?" Konev asked a tall, yellow-haired German machine gunner.

The Heavy did not answer immediately, but stood there with his long legs abandoned, closing his brown eyelashes contemptuously.

"Repeat the question to him." Konev suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered the translator.

If he could, he would have dragged the German out and beaten him. However, Stalin had an order first, and these Germans were the targets of rebellion and lure, and they could not be rude.

"of the 17th Panzer Division." Just when Konev's fists were already clenched and his face became more and more ugly, the German machine gunner finally spoke: "You don't need a translator, just ask, I can speak Russian." ”

Seeing that the prisoner had spoken, Konev thought that things might be easier, and continued to ask: "Where are the troops of your division stationed?"

"I don't know."

As soon as Konev felt that the captive was able to communicate with him normally, he was immediately embarrassed by the other party.

"Lie!" Konev couldn't help but let out a low roar.

As a result, in the face of Konev's roar, the German machine gunner actually let out a "hum" from his nose.

"Not lying. Can I tell you where we were stationed yesterday, and as for today, I don't know where to advance after leaving the troops? The machine gunner cracked his mouth, showed a bright smile, looked at Konev defiantly, and said word by word: "But I can tell you, where will our division be stationed tomorrow?"

"Where?" Konev looked at the obnoxious German prisoner with some displeasure.

"Smolensk!" The Heavy smiled even brighter.

"Hiss......"

Everyone present couldn't help but gasp.

I've seen arrogance, I've never seen such arrogance, does this person have the consciousness that he should have as a prisoner of war?

The commissar standing next to Konev frowned and looked at the expression on the face of the German machine gunner.

The commissar, who is in his thirties, has been working with Konev for more than a decade. For nearly a decade, he had never seen Konev, a political commissar, really angry and angry. Today, however, he felt that the German in front of him might be about to break the zero record.

After all, he had never seen a prisoner like the German machine gunner in front of him.

In terms of identity, Konev is the commander of an army group, and the other party is nothing more than a small machine gunner.

The political commissar shook his head, the status gap was so wide, and it was the first time he had seen someone who dared to drag him like this.

"The capture of Smolensk within tomorrow, is this the combat mission of your division?" The commissar saw that Konev's face was very unpleasant, so he continued to ask questions for him.

"No, I said it casually. I just think that taking a small city of Smolensk, this little time until tomorrow will be enough. When you decided to invade us, didn't you think about the opponent you provoked, the Third Reich, which was stronger than you? The Heavy continued to reply arrogantly.

Hearing his answer, there was another sound of inhaling cool air around him. Even almost all the Soviets present, including the translator, wondered who the German machine gunner had learned to die with.

What is Smolensk, it was a historical city that gave Napoleon a headache and once made the French expeditionary force bleed!

Is this a small city that you Germans can take if you want to?

The commissar also gasped with a toothache, closed his mouth and said nothing. In his heart, he already had the idea of killing this machine gunner who dragged him to the sky in private.

"That's it, even if we don't kill you today, will you still be dragged in front of Stalin when you get to Moscow. If you survive the end of this month, I'll read my name upside down. The commissar thought to himself.

"Doesn't this captive know the current situation at all?" A staff officer of the headquarters of the 19th Army was speaking to another staff officer with great interest: "In the past, I only knew that the Germans were not afraid of death in war, but now it seems that they are not afraid of death wherever they are, and they are completely trying their best to find death!" ”

In his opinion, even if Konev does not kill him and is sent to Moscow in the future, this man will not have a few days to live.

This kind of thorn is destined to die at the hands of some big people who can't get used to him.

After seeing the machine gunner's series of death-defying acts, everyone present no longer wanted to continue to ask for any information from him, and wished that he should be sent to Moscow to make a fuss and die, so as not to be a headache to stay here.

"A little machine gunner, you don't pay attention to your words."

"Even if you don't look in the mirror to see what he's embarrassed to become. We've all been captured, and you still think you're amazing? ”

"Hmph, this kind of person is only worthy of being cannon fodder on the battlefield. I still can't recognize my status here, in terms of level, which one here is not higher than him? It's his turn to play a big name as a machine gunner? ”

For a while, several Soviet staff officers who were watching the excitement also opened their mouths to mock the German prisoner and vent their anger for their commander and political commissar.

Konev finally lost all patience and shouted angrily: "Take him down!" Sent directly to Moscow tomorrow! ”

Konev tried to calm the anger aroused by the German captive, and he knew very well that the prisoner was so arrogant because of the overwhelming German offensive and the embarrassment of the retreat.

What is even more humiliating is that this war was clearly initiated by the Soviet Union on its own initiative for the purpose of invading and occupying German land. As a result, the situation is now completely one-sided, but it is the opposite of the Soviet army.

"Originally, I was going to run to occupy German land, but I was beaten into my hinterland by the German army, and I was simply disgraced and thrown home." Konev thought bitterly.