"What can you use to prove that you belong to the German military reconnaissance agency?"

Finn said angrily: "Flag Commander, as a senior officer of the SS, you should understand that at any time in the front and rear of Russia, I should not carry with me any documents indicating my connection with the German military reconnaissance organs. Just ask Berlin and you will be convinced that I am telling you the truth. ”

"How did you get to the guerrillas?"

"It's a long story. I'll tell you later, but now please bring me some food and hot wine. I was chilling, I was probably sick. ”

"We'll bring you some food and drink later, but now please try to answer our questions as much as possible, and answer them as completely as possible."

Finn rubbed his broad, thick beard with the palm of his hand and replied: "I have only recently joined, because I have heard that this partisan detachment has been formed under the personal direction of Voroshilov, and that I want to know what it is to assist in a great and secret mission, so I applied to join it through a friend of the Russian Navy." ”

"Friends of the Russian Navy?"

"Yes, many of the partisans in this detachment are sailors of the Baltic Fleet, and many of them are gunboat troops, because most of their gunboats are destroyed, and they are assigned to join the land forces."

"How many Russian sailors were there in the partisans?"

"Exactly, I don't know. I lived with the partisans in other mud huts. The sailors were never all assembled in the camp - some were often out on duty. One night a week earlier, their leader had gone to the city. I couldn't find out where it was, but after two days and nights, the deputy led all the sailors to pull out. Twenty partisans and two sailors were left on the island. They fight you with all their might. When we were left with three men, I killed one and knocked the other unconscious, and it was him, who has been handed over to you. As far as I could observe, he was a close confidant of the guerrilla chief. I think he knows all about the information network in the nearby towns and cities, and he should know what important task he is trying to assist, what Voroshilov wants them to do, and try to get more information out of his mouth, and I can be your interpreter during the interrogation. ”

"Our own translation is sufficient. It's better to say, where do you guess those people go? ”

"I don't know. They walk at night. ”

"What else do you know about their leader?"

"The cook who cooked for the sailors once said to us partisans that the man was fluent in German and had a Berlin accent."

"It's kind of funny." Stein frowned.

Garmant, commander of the SS stormtrooper battalion, walked into the tent.

"Flag Commander! Our soldiers searched the island as if they were combing their hair with grates, but not a single Russian bandit was found alive. During the search, many mines, ammunition, several submachine guns and safes carefully hidden in the walls were found in the earthen hut. Our technicians and platoon commanders are trying their best to try to open it. ”。

"Then let's not waste time, let's interrogate the captured scouts. If he could speak, he could understand many things. We asked our doctor to bring him back to consciousness as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" The Stormtrooper walked out.

Stein turned his questioning gaze to "The Bearded".

Answering the silent question, Finn said, "Your decision is admirable, Flag Chief, but please note that this man is very sophisticated. I'm afraid he won't say anything to you even when he dies. ”

The flag commander confidently raised his voice and said, "There is no such person who tortures and disobeys!" He himself, accompanied by adjutants and guards, walked to the partisan earthen house, which was "occupied" by his soldiers.

The doctor has revived the lieutenant. Now two big SS men tied him up with ropes and made him sit on the ground. Blood trickled down his dirty, blackened cheeks, his uniform was torn to shreds, and his bloodied, scarred body could be seen through the ragged clothes. The lieutenant slowly raised his eyes and looked at the flag chief who walked up to him.

Stein sat down comfortably in the small folding chair brought to him by the SS, and then asked with confidence: "What does Voroshilov want you to do?" If you are willing to be wise, we will save your life. ”

"Marshal Voroshilov wants us to destroy the fascist devil!"

After his words were translated to the flag commander, Stein ran up to the lieutenant, waved his hand and slapped him hard, shouting, "Bandit, we will take a confession out of your mouth before you die!" What is your mission? Who to assist? ”

The lieutenant suddenly jumped up from the ground and slammed into the flag chief, knocking Stein to the ground, he turned and ran towards the door, and an SS soldier instinctively opened fire with a submachine gun, and the lieutenant fell face down and did not move.

"You idiot!" Finn broke down and screamed, and he ran up to the lieutenant, turning the lieutenant over and finding him dead.

Stein stood up in annoyance, and glared fiercely at the bewildered SS soldier, and he could only do that, this young lad was the son of a certain high-ranking official, who had just joined the SS, and now he really regretted that he had brought these recruits here.

"Have you been among them for so long that you have not paid attention to their conversations? There's always a clue left, right? Stein patted the dust off his body, looked at Finn, and said with a sharp look in his eyes.

"This ...... Let me think about it......" Fayne gave Stein a look of fright, for fear that he would torture himself, "by the way, they said they were going to kill the 'fascist demon'...... At one point I seemed to hear them say, 'Himmler,'......"

Hearing Finn's almost incoherent answer, a thunderclap rang in Stein's ears.

He understood.

After Stein returned that day, he reported this important information to Heinz, the commander of the Special Brigade, who attached great importance to it, and he assigned Stein a new task, transferring two-thirds of the strength of the Special Brigade to Stein, asking him to attack a Soviet unit that had entered the German line.

"What about the leader's defenses?" Stein asked.

"The leader has more capable personnel to defend, you just need to destroy the Russian army, they are obviously coming for the leader." Heinz said lightly, "I will personally be in charge of the security of the leader these days, you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Is this Russian army very combative? Why use so many troops? Stein asked, puzzled.