Those who were willing to go back left, and those who were willing to stay gathered in the open space of the prisoner of war camp.

There are not many people, only more than 300 people, and they are also a little worried, what will their new life be like?

Losov looked to the side and was surprised to find that Colonel Zverev, the political commissar, actually chose to stay!

At this time, no one dared to speak, but made eye contact, and Losov looked at Zverev, as if asking, why did you stay too?

Losov remembers hearing that Zverev's hometown is in Kyiv, and he still has a wife and children there, why do you want to stay?

Zverev did not answer, as a brigade commissar of the Soviets, having survived that terrible purge, he thought more. Comrade Stalin did not trust anyone, the only thing he believed in was himself.

If all the prisoners of war are gone, then it is better to say, now, since there are those who remain, I am afraid that the prisoners of war who are gone will not end well!

After hesitating for a long time, he still chose to stay, and he was already disappointed in that terrible autocratic country.

They waited for about half an hour before they saw Goebbels walk up to the rostrum.

Goebbels had already spoken to Ciric on the phone, which was why he was delaying his time, and after receiving Ciric's instructions, Goebbels was more comfortable and bold to do so.

He looked at the prisoners of war below, looked at their hesitant gazes, and spoke: "I am Goebbels, the head of the Propaganda Department of the Reich, and now, on behalf of the Reich, I welcome you, you have made the most important choice in your life. ”

Instantly, the following rejoiced.

Goebbels, the Empire's high-ranking official, is welcoming him!

"Although in the last conflict, you did things that were not good for the Empire, but now, you have shown your attitude with the facts, and in the future, you will have a new identity, and you will be an upright person in the Empire." Goebbels said.

A new identity, which means that the empire has accepted them!

All the people are excited, only Zverev, who is still calm, many things, he has seen too much, he is numb, such a welcome from the empire is nothing more than for the empire, they are sincere people, there is value in use.

Sure enough, Goebbels continued: "You will be organized into a new unit, called the Volunteer Corps, which will be stationed in Warsaw, and the prisoner of war camp here will become your camp, and I hope that you will become a lion force under the training of instructors." ”

These people, of course, were to be organized into troops, and originally, Goebbels planned to call this unit the Russian Liberation Army. Unfortunately, it was rejected by Ciric, believing that giving this unit such a name would seriously irritate the Soviets, and even speculate about Germany's intentions.

Therefore, in the end, it was temporarily named the Volunteer Corps, and after the outbreak of the war against the Soviet Union, it was declared to the outside world under the name of the Russian Liberation Army.

Sure enough, it's the same as I thought! Zverev thought in his heart that these people on his side would still be under the control of the German army and follow them everywhere.

However, it is better to be an ally of Germany than to be their enemy.

Zverev was so distracted that he didn't even hear Goebbels on stage, but he saw people around him, all looking at him!

What's going on?

"Colonel Zverev, the highest rank among our men, we have elected him as our unit commander." At this moment, Losov, who was beside him, spoke.

Zverev reacted at this time, it turned out that he wanted to elect a commander from among these people on his side, and his military rank was colonel, which was the highest among these people!

Zverev looked at the stage, and at this time, Goebbels also stepped down from it, walked up to Zverev, and said to him: "Colonel, will you come and lead this army?" ”

"Willing to serve." Zverev said he had no chance of resigning.

"Okay, then the reorganization of the army, let's start today, it's hard, the weapons will be delivered within a week, and you will form an infantry brigade." Goebbels said lightly: "This will be a great start." ”

The people present were already cheering excitedly.

On this day, the predecessor of the Russian People's Liberation Army, the Volunteer Corps, was established in this way, and the initial size of this force was only a few hundred people, barely organized into a brigade, and after that, this force was dramatically expanded.

Later, it also played its role in helping the German army and maintaining law and order in the Soviet-occupied territories, and these first members of the army rose through the ranks to become the most loyal foreign legion in the Reich.

At the same time as the establishment of the Volunteer Corps, other prisoners of war boarded a train from Warsaw to the Soviet Union.

The train had only been running for two hours before it stopped at the border. A squad of gendarmes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was replaced.

All of them were burly and had steel guns in their hands.

"Hey, brother, do you have any cigarettes?" A prisoner asked the gendarme that he was finally home, and he was in a very happy mood, and the gendarmes around him were comrades-in-arms, right?

"Go back, get back to your seat! No one is allowed to move! The gendarme shouted, already pointing a gun at him.

The prisoner's face was blue and white for a while, in Germany, in the prisoner of war camp, the soldiers who guarded were very kind, and now, when they arrived in their own country, why were these people who came to pick him up so fierce?

"Hmph, if you don't give it, you won't give it, and you'll smoke it when you get home." The captive grumbled twice and walked back.

Inside the carriage, there was silence.

Timoshenko sat in a corner, and when he entered the prisoner of war camp, his epaulettes, anything that marked his rank, had been taken away, and now he was no different from an ordinary soldier.

Now, looking at these gendarmes, he also had a premonition that something was wrong.

Prisoners were not welcome, and in the prisoner of war camp, Timoshenko hesitated, but in the end, he returned, and as a Soviet soldier, he was already humiliated enough, and if he stayed in Germany, he would have humiliated the Soviets even more.

If it was before, on the borders of the USSR, it was necessary to change the wheels, and the width of the tracks was different, but now, this special line has been built, there is no need to change the wheels, and soon, the train will start again.

Sitting in the corner, Timoshenko awaited his unknown fate, and at this time, in Moscow, opinions on their disposition were being discussed.