Chapter Eighty-Six: The Hopeless People
The next day, in the evening, Andrei got up and was having dinner, and the guards outside came in and reported: "Report to Comrade Division Commander, our troops have arrived" This guard is also from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but a guard platoon sent by the Stalingrad Main Directorate, so the guard battalion is still empty, so they call Andrei the division commander instead of Andrei or the captain like Mhammad. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Let's go, let's see." Andrei quickly drank the milk in one gulp and put the bread in his mouth!
When he walked into the division headquarters and saw more than a dozen commanders inside, he immediately found that only two were political workers sent by his superiors, and the rest were prisoners from the Gulag concentration camp, because although they were all wearing new military uniforms, if you looked closely, you could see that they were not only skinny, but also had dull eyes and extremely restrained behavior.
Sure enough, Plavio saw Andrei coming over and called the two political workers over, and introduced Andrei: "Report to Comrade Division Commander, these two comrades are from the Political Department of the Front Army, and they brought the team over.
Two political workers, who were heavily armed and carrying submachine guns, stepped forward together to salute Andre when they heard Pravio introduce them to Andre, and announced their identities.
The bearded man of medium stature on the left spoke first: "Hello, Comrade Colonel, the battalion commissar Karimov reports to you and is waiting for your instructions. β
When he finished speaking, the tall and thin man on the right continued: "Hello, Comrade Colonel, Yeltsin, the deputy battalion political commissar, reports to you and awaits your order. β
After shaking hands with the two of them one by one, Andrei asked with concern: "You guys have been going smoothly this way, and you haven't encountered enemy air raids, right?" β
Holding Andrei's hand in both hands, Karimov replied: "Thank you Comrade Colonel for your concern, because we all rest during the day and march at night, so there are almost no personnel losses." β
"Where are the troops?"
"Report to Comrade Colonel, it's about fifteen kilometers from here. At the current marching speed, they should be able to reach the designated position at dawn, as they will have to take a detour since they can't enter the city. β
Andrei let go of his hand, walked to the table and sat down, and then asked: "How many people are in this unit with how many weapons?" β
Karimov turned his head to look at Yeltsin beside him, and when he saw that he nodded affirmatively, he replied: "Except for the troops of the two battalions that escorted them, they were armed, and the rest of them were not armed. β
Hearing him say this, Andrei jumped up from his seat in fright, and he asked in surprise: "What 20,000 people are unarmed, what if you encounter the Germans on the road?" Do you want the bare-handed warriors to stare at the guns of the Germans? β
"Comrade Colonel," Yeltsin, who had not spoken, took over. Said ruthlessly: "When we set off. There are orders from above. In the event of a situation like the one you mentioned, our escorted fighters have the right to shoot and dispose of all these people, lest they be captured by the Germans or surrendered to the enemy. β
Yeltsin's words made Andrei break out in a cold sweat, 20,000 people, if you say that you will kill them all, you must kill them all mercilessly, what a cold-blooded animal. At this time, Andrei also figured it out. Why did no one come out to greet him when he came out just now, Andrei thought at first that they were not giving himself face, but now he finally understood, it was clearly these two battalion-level political commissars, worried that the other ten soldiers from the punishment camp or the Gulag concentration camp would take the opportunity to escape, and deliberately stayed behind to take care of them.
Andrey looked at these commanders standing by the wall in new uniforms with a straight face, and asked Karimov: "Comrade battalion commissar, who are they?" β
Karimov glanced back. Shrugging his shoulders, he replied, "Who else could it be." Comrade Colonel. These people were all drawn from the correctional camp, and since they had served as junior commanders in the army, they were temporarily given military ranks to command this prisoner unit. The prisoners were divided into two hundred teams, one hundred each, and ten of them were each in charge of twenty teams of prisoners, while there were more than two hundred people in the back to follow them. β
Then, Andrei didn't want to talk nonsense with these cold-blooded animals, so he said politely: "Two comrades, after breakfast in a while, you can go back after the handover, you know that most of the commanders under me are internal affairs troops, and they are also experts in dealing with these comrades, so the next thing is just to hand over."
Of course, the two of them knew that many of the commanders of the new division were from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so they immediately saluted Andrei and left the division headquarters to go to the canteen next to them for breakfast.
AndrΓ© then asked these commanders to report, and the ten commanders took two steps forward, came to him, raised their hands and saluted, and then stood straight and motionless, and their eyes were like ashes.
Andrei walked from the right side of the queue to the left, and from the left back to the right with his hands behind his back, looked at them and asked with interest: "Comrade commanders, why don't you speak?" Whoever takes the initiative will report your lives, military ranks, and the reasons for being imprisoned in the punishment camp first. β
Hearing Andrei's words, the ten commanders still stood in place and remained motionless. Seeing that no one spoke, Andrei pointed to the captain on the far right with his hand and said, "Comrade Captain, let's start with you to introduce yourself." "There were four commanders who caught Andrei's attention, because they were the three highest-ranking lieutenants in the group, one captain, who had been battalion commanders: Makarov, Ivan, Pugachev and company commander Gaidar.
After listening to the experiences of the ten commanders in a row, Andre found that they were all imprisoned in the punishment camp for some trumped-up charges, but in doing so, he was simply destroying the Great Wall.
There are indeed cowards in the punishment camp, but there are also many wronged people, you must know that there are actually a lot of talents in the punishment camp, and Andre found that these commanders who had told him what happened to him resolutely asked, "Comrade Colonel, we will be used as cannon fodder." Died in vain in battle, didn't you? β
And Andrei looked at Makarov next to him, "Comrade Captain, you are thinking too much, you are also one of us, we will definitely not sacrifice you as cannon fodder in vain." However, you also know that your status is rather special, so according to the orders of your superiors, you will be organized into an independent force, and the principles of your use are indeed: to march on the most dangerous battlefield; Only talk about the results of the battle, not afraid of sacrifice. I only hope that you will all remember that you are not only fighting for your homeland, but also for your freedom and your honor! With that, Andre swept his hot gaze across their faces, then raised his voice and asked, "Do you understand?" β
"Got it!" The ten men replied in unison, and when Andrei saw that the ten commanders were still standing upright and unmoving, he ordered them: "Okay, comrades commanders, don't stand there stupidly, find a place to sit down and rest." When the morning dawns, we will go to the forest to receive the troops who have come from afar. β!! Important notice of this site: The free novel app of this site, no ads, no errors, fast updates, member synchronization bookshelf, text size adjustment, reading brightness adjustment, better reading experience, please pay attention to the WeChat public account appxsyd (press and hold three seconds to copy) to download the free reader!