When they heard the words of the interpreter, the personnel of the 1st Division present all stared at the German captain in front of them: it was this person who had caused so much trouble and losses to his side!

However, the pilots have the rules of pilots, and they are quite polite to their peers: if they are in an infantry unit, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the captives to die quickly if they catch an opponent who has lost hundreds of people on their side!

111 aircraft! Not to mention the loss of aircraft, how many more pilots lost their lives because of this man ?!

The political cadres present can't wait to kill him now! But when the marshal said that he would give him the prisoner treatment of an officer, his mind spun quickly and thought: "That's right! Such a good captive can be the best propaganda tool! ”

The deputy commander shot down the German super ace, and this news is exciting enough for both sides!

However, this will make Herman's next words make the political cadres hold back their fire!

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your magnanimity and humanitarian principles. www.biquge.info I really didn't expect that as a marshal, the supreme deputy commander of a country and an army of tens of millions, you would personally fly a plane to participate in air battles, which is incredible!

It's a shame that it wasn't me who won the victory in heaven just now, I wasted an opportunity that might change the course of history, it's a pity, I think I'll regret it for the rest of my life. ”

Herman really doesn't look good, his face is crooked! After listening to the translator, several Soviet officers really wanted to give this guy such a punch in the face!

Lin Jun was very generous, and motioned to the German captain, who was still standing upright, to sit down on the bench in front of him, "To be honest, it's all a coincidence." The last time your bombers disturbed my good mood to fly and relax, this time I had just returned to Kyiv from Moscow, and your ultra-long-range artillery blocked the airfield where I was going to land.

As you may understand, the safest way for people like us to get around is not to fly a transport plane escorted by a large group of fighters, but to fly the fighters ourselves. So, Captain, this can all be said to be a coincidence. ”

After speaking, he motioned to the person next to him: "Give him something to eat, it is estimated that this guy is also hungry, and he is useful to us." ”

Of course, the translation of this sentence did not need to be translated to Hermann, but soon, the comrade chef made a Chinese meal directly for the German captain in the vegetable bucket next to him.

It's not bad, because the marshal is there, and Comrade Cook didn't put the rice bowl directly on Herman's head.

Every month, several young men who joke with the chefs during the meal never come back, and the mood of the chefs will certainly not be much better!

Herman is also welcome, since he is a prisoner, what can he do?

Accept your fate!

And it is better to be directly a prisoner of the Russian military god and super ace pilot in front of him, than to be locked up in the prison of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Herman was eating, and Lin Jun took the personal belongings that someone else had taken from Herman's body.

There are pistols, certificates, medals, personal photos... But I didn't see a lighter or a watch.

"Captain, do you smoke?"

Herman, who was eating, raised his head and said, "Yes, Your Excellency Marshal. As he spoke, he glanced at the things that originally belonged to him in Lin Jun's hands.

Before joining the army, Herman worked as a blacksmith in a factory, and of course smoked.

Lin Jun threw two photos of Herman and his family on the table, "Keep it." ”

Then he said to Pokryshkin: "Go find a watch, a lighter and a few packs of cigarettes for him, some people have done things." ”

Lin Jun was very unhappy!

The captives he wanted to see had incomplete personal belongings, and he was obviously taken advantage of by some people.

Pilots have watches, and pilots fighting in the theater, whether they smoke or not, will bring a lighter when they go out on a mission: in case they are shot down in the barren mountains and mountains, the lighter they carry with them is of great use!

But I won't let people investigate this matter: there are still a lot of Red Army soldiers who don't have watches in their hands, so they should let themselves wipe PG for that greedy guy.

Here, Herman had just finished eating, and a warrant officer came in and handed Lin Jun a few things he wanted.

A Kiev-made watch, five packs of Ukrainian cigarettes and a stainless steel lighter.

Lin Jun threw the thing to Herman, which surprised him, "Your Excellency, you are really a gentleman!" ”

also gave private photos, and also "paid" for the watches and lighters that were stolen, and even "paid" for cigarettes!

Herman is also not polite, the watch is worn on the wrist, and the time seems to be right.

The cigarette was opened, and the first one was not smoked by himself, and the box was handed to Lin Jun, indicating if he wanted one?

Lin Jun signaled no, and neither did the others on the side.

Herman lit one for himself and took two puffs, stuffing the rest of the cigarette and lighter into his pocket.

Seeing this situation, Lin Jun said to Pokryshkin: "Inform the personnel of the Internal Affairs Department of the Southwest Bureau to pick up people, and tell them that this Herman may cooperate with us, and they know what to do next." What I said earlier told them to pay attention! ”

As he spoke, he handed over the captive's belongings to the political cadres on the side, and there was also a knight's Iron Cross with silver oak leaves and two swords - this was still a genuine product, not a daily copy that the recipient bought at the relevant department at his own expense.

After Herman received the medal, he didn't have a chance to go back to the rear for a vacation or anything, and this one is, of course, genuine.

However, Lin Jun no longer has as much desire to collect medals as before, and this person still fought it himself, and he will need this medal to make a fuss about publicity.

When Herman found out that he was going to be taken away, he hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, I beg you one thing, for the sake of your fellow pilots!" ”

Lin Jun listened to the translation and motioned to him.

"Your Excellency, it seems that my wingman pilot was also shot down by you this time, and I don't know if he is still alive. He was also a very good fighter pilot, but he was only a sergeant, and it was hoped that he would also be treated like an officer, although this was a bit excessive. ”

Lin Jun glanced at Kuri Dub, who hurriedly said, "That guy also parachuted, I didn't kill it all." ”

"It's Kacsimmalek-Steinbaz?" Lin Jun asked.

At this time, Herman nodded mechanically: when he came in, the deputy commander of the Soviet Union could directly call his name, and his expression was obviously not the same as if he had received a report from the Soviet army that had captured him before.

And this will even be able to say the name of his wingman pilot in passing, how good is the intelligence work of the Russians?!

"I'll have your wingman fetched, and the two of you will get together in the labor camp. Although I could not appoint a German officer, I could still give him the treatment of an officer in a labor camp. ”

Lin Jun will be in a very good mood.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Marshal!"

Herman was taken away after saying that.

Lin Jun said to Kuori Dubu at this time: "Ivan, you also beat down a big guy today!" ”

Kacmarik Steinbaz, Hermann's wingman, is also a super-ace of the Luftwaffe in history! It can be said that to a certain extent, it was also this super wingman who created Herman's crazy shooting down record in a short period of time!

This Steinbach is probably also a "multi-material ace".

Lin Jun doesn't remember what the final record in the history of this Kaczmarek-Steinbaz was, but he remembered that he was awarded the German Knight's Cross of the Order of the Oak Leaf Double Sword after shooting down 99 opponents' planes, and at that time he was a flight sergeant, and he was also the only non-commissioned officer in the Luftwaffe to receive this rank of decoration.

Shortly after receiving the medal, Stanbaz became an ensign, breaking down the barrier between sergeant and officer.

As for Herman, Lin Jun remembered that after this guy was a "mascot" in Germany for a while, he also participated in the German homeland air defense operation, and was later injured and recuperated in the hospital for half a year before recuperating.

In October 1944, Herman returned to the Eastern Front, taking over the position of Wing Commander of his old unit, the JG52 Wing, and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

However, the Eastern Front at that time was already very different, the front had been pushed back to the German-Polish border by the Red Army, and most of the wing commanders were commanding on the ground, so Hermann had no chance to take to the air to fight.

When Germany was defeated and surrendered in May 1945, the JG52 Wing was in the Czech Republic, and if Hermann and others surrendered to the Red Army, they would definitely become prisoners of the Red Army.

Therefore, General Seidman, the commander of the air force to which JG52 belonged, sent a telegram to JG52 Wing, ordering the two Wing Commander of the Iron Cross, Colonel Hermann Graff, and Major Erich Hartmann, Captain of the 1st Group, to leave their original units and immediately fly to Dotman to surrender to the British.

Herman knew very well what would happen if the two pilots, who had shot down more than 560 Soviet planes together, fell into the hands of the Russians!

However, after consulting with Hartmann, he decided to disobey General Seidman's order: as there were more than 2,000 civilians and their families with the wing, they decided to stay behind and lead them to flee west in order to surrender to Patton's 3rd Army, which was advancing in the direction of Prague.

Soldiers of the U.S. 90th Infantry Division later took over the Germans and sent them to a prisoner of war camp. The German officers were able to keep their pistols at this time, and everything seemed to be honorable.

However, on May 17, the U.S. military transferred the entire JG52 Wing to the Soviet Union, because according to the agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union, the personnel of the JG52 Wing had to be handed over to the Red Army, so Colonel Graff and Major Hartmann were sent to the Soviet Union's labor camp.

Why did Lin Jun give Herman the treatment of an officer captive in the true sense of the word?

Because he knew that this Herman had chosen to cooperate with the Soviets in the labor camp, to provide the Luftwaffe with the operational guidelines, as well as to assist in the training of the Soviet air force. < br>

Because of his cooperative attitude with the Soviets in prison, Herman was not forgiven by his former comrades when he returned home at the end of '49: he was awarded the Iron Cross of the Order of the Knights with Swords and Oak Leaves for 301 shot down in history, and Major Balkholon, who also served in the JG52 Wing, often treated Graff coldly.

After the war, Herman wrote an autobiography entitled "Shooting Down Two Hundred in Thirteen Months" to explain and justify his thoughts in prison, but he was not forgiven.

Without the forgiveness of his comrades, Herman was forced to return to his old profession as a blacksmith, and never said anything about World War II.

Such a person, of course, has use value, why not give him relatively better treatment?

And from Lin Jun's personal point of view, he doesn't want the strongest opponent he has ever met in the sky in his life to live in the labor camp in the future, and he will not be like a ghost or a ghost, so he will seem too narrow-minded.

They are all pure pilots and pure fighters, and Lin Jun believes that this Herman is not a fascist in the pure sense.

As for dealing with real fascists, Lin Jun is even more ruthless than Stalin! (To be continued.) )