Red Moscow - #2417 - Chapter 2416:

Political Commissar Tang suddenly had an idea in his mind. Sokov called him here to have a private conversation. Maybe he would get some unexpected surprises. He used Captain Feng standing next to him as an interpreter and tentatively asked: “Comrade General, , I wonder what advice you can give me?”

Sokov held out two fingers: “If you want to quickly expand your artillery force, there are two ways.”

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“First, send people to the countryside and wilderness outside the city to collect the scattered artillery parts and assemble them.” Sokov’s suggestion was not just a thought, but based on real history. After our army entered the Northeast, in order to form a large-scale artillery force, Commander Zhu of the artillery personally took a group of cadres and soldiers to the countryside and wilderness to find the artillery parts that had been dismantled and discarded by the little devils, and reassembled them into capable Artillery used. By the time Jinzhou was liberated in 1948, Dongye was able to concentrate thousands of artillery pieces to carry out violent bombardments on the Nationalist Army’s defenses.

Political Commissar Tang took out a small notebook and a pencil stub from his pocket, wrote down everything Sokov said, and then asked: “What about another way?”

“Didn’t I ask your garrison headquarters to send people to the factory in Tiexi District to supervise the little devils in disassembling the factory parts.” Sokov said: “You know, Shenyang has the largest arsenal in Asia. During 918, if it hadn’t been that Marshal Zhang ordered no resistance. Maybe the Northeast Army can use the advanced weapons in their hands to thwart the little Japs’ plot to occupy the four northeastern provinces.”

As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Political Commissar Tang corrected him: “It was not that Marshal Zhang forbade the Northeast Army to resist, but that the Chairman of the National Government ordered not to resist, otherwise how could the little devils have so easily occupied the four Northeastern provinces. “

“Who gave the non-resistance order? We won’t discuss it for now. What I’m going to talk about next is the key point.” Sokov said with a serious expression: “According to the order of our superiors, all equipment in the Tiexi District factory must be dismantled. Ship it back to the country as the island country’s war compensation for us…” Seeing that Political Commissar Tang seemed to want to say something, he immediately raised his hand to stop him, “Commissar Tang, please listen to what I have to say first.”

Upon seeing this, political commissar Tang could only change his mind and made a gesture: “Please speak.”

“You can hide some important machinery and equipment. After our army withdraws from Shenyang in the future, you can reinstall these equipment and carry out your military production.” Sokov said: “It is best to send some trustworthy comrades to do this. Don’t let the news of this matter leak out. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to get the machinery and equipment you need, but even the weapons and ammunition that I have promised you now will no longer be provided to you.”

“Why is this?” Political Commissar Tang asked in confusion: “Comrade General, don’t you have the highest position in Shenyang City?”

“Yes, I do have the highest position in Shenyang City.” Sokov said helplessly: “But there is the Front Army Headquarters above me, and there is the Far East Command above the Front Army Headquarters. If they find out If you find out about this, I might be dismissed from my position directly. At that time, even if I want to help you, I will be unable to do anything.”

“I understand, Comrade General.” Political Commissar Tang nodded after listening to Sokov’s words, and then made a guarantee: “We will send reliable personnel to collect and hide important equipment in the arsenal. But I have another Doubt, if we want to collect and hide these equipment, we will definitely not escape the eyes of the Kwantung Army prisoners of war. What if they leak the information?”

Hearing this question from Political Commissar Tang, Sokov sneered: “It is not difficult to solve this problem. Who is the most tight-lipped person? Of course it is the dead. To be on the safe side, you can kill those Kanto people who know that you are hiding the equipment. Military prisoners of war were executed in secret.”

“This is not good.” Political Commissar Tang said with a look of embarrassment: “This goes against our prisoner policy.”

“I still say the same thing, rules are dead, people are alive, and you have to know how to adapt to changes.” Sokov said seriously: “As far as I know, when the Japanese were building fortifications in the Northeast, in order to prevent the laborers involved in the construction from leaking secrets, , after the project was completed, these workers were silenced. The little devils are not human beings at all, they are just a group of two-legged beasts, and your prisoner policy does not apply to them at all.”

After Sokov said these words, he carefully observed the expression of Political Commissar Tang and found that he still looked indecisive, so he said to Captain Feng: “Captain Feng, please tell Political Commissar Tang that I once sent you. What secret mission has Xinjing performed?”

Political Commissar Tang looked at Captain Feng with some surprise and muttered to himself: How could Captain Feng be sent by General Sokov to perform any special mission?

Captain Feng nodded, and then said to Political Commissar Tang: “Commissar Tang, after the Soviet army occupied Fengtian and Xinjing, I followed General Sokov’s order and took several soldiers to the medical school in Xinjing. In the basement there , we found two bottles filled with formalin, each containing a head.”

“Two heads?” Political Commissar Tang asked curiously: “Whose head is it?”

“One head is that of Commander Yang of the First Anti-Japanese Army,” Captain Feng said with grief and indignation, “and the other is that of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhao of the Second Anti-Japanese Army. Their heads were chopped off by the Kwantung Army. Then, they were soaked in formalin containers and placed on cars for display.”

Political Commissar Tang stood up suddenly and asked Captain Feng, “Captain Feng, I wonder where the heads of these two martyrs are now?”

“In a village outside the city.” Captain Feng did not tell Political Commissar Tang the specific location where the heads were stored, but said vaguely: “Our people hid the heads of the two martyrs in a safe place, with only a few People know the specific location. After our army completely captures the Northeast, we will lay the heads of the two martyrs at an appropriate time.”

“Captain Feng, you did the right thing.” Political Commissar Tang nodded and said: “Although our army has entered the Northeast, it is still unknown when it will be able to completely control the entire Northeast. Therefore, it is not yet possible to let the two martyrs escape. The head should be buried in the grave. You must arrange reliable personnel to take good care of the martyr’s head and wait for the right time to take it out.”

“Don’t worry, Commissar Tang.” Captain Feng said, “We will do better.”

“Comrade General,” Political Commissar Tang held Sokov’s hand and said gratefully, “We will always remember what you did to us today.”

A few people were talking when suddenly Yakov’s voice came from the door: “Misha, I asked you why I couldn’t see you on the dance floor, so you came here.”

Sokov looked along the sound and saw Yakov standing at the door talking to him, so he smiled and asked him: “Yasha, why don’t you dance with Sonia anymore.”

“Forget it, I don’t want to dance anymore.” Yakov shook his head and said, “While dancing, she looked absent-minded. I said ten sentences, but she only replied one sentence, and it was as short as a telegram, which was meaningless at all. “

“Comrade General,” Political Commissar Tang heard Yakov mention Sonia, and quickly asked Sokov through Captain Feng: “Can I talk to this Comrade Sonia?”

“Okay.” Sokov nodded, and then said to Yakov who was standing at the door: “Yasha, please call Sonia over and say that the comrades from Guan Nei want to talk to her.” Look. Seeing that Yakov seemed a little hesitant, he added, “She was talking to Political Commissar Tang just now, but you unexpectedly dragged her to dance without any explanation. Okay, stop dawdling, call her over quickly.” Okay.” Yakov said helplessly: “I’m going to call her over now.”

Soon, Sonia appeared in front of everyone. She saw Political Commissar Tang standing next to Sokov and asked eagerly: “Comrade, you just said that you know someone who looks very similar to me. I don’t know her name and where she is now.” ?”

“Her name is Si Shufen, she is my fiancée.” Hearing Sonia’s question, Political Commissar Tang said with a painful expression: “During the anti-mopping up campaign the year before last, she was bombed by enemy planes during the transfer and unfortunately died. .”

After hearing the name of the person who looked like her from the political commissar Tang, Sonia’s face turned pale. She murmured: “Comrade, Si Shufen is my sister. After she entered the customs in 1939, we have completely lost her.” Originally, I wanted to wait until the war was over before I inquired about her whereabouts, but I didn’t expect that she actually died.” After saying that, Sonia, who was a little out of control, covered her face with her hands and began to sob.

Captain Feng stood nearby and continued to translate the conversation between Political Commissar Tang and Sonia to Sokov and Yakov.

 In fact, even if Captain Feng did not translate, Sokov could still understand the conversation between the two. At this moment, he knew in his heart that the Sonia in front of him, to be precise, was Si Shuyun, who was actually the sister-in-law that Political Commissar Tang had never met before. He didn’t want to disturb the two of them reminiscing about old times, so he called Yakov and left.

When the two came back to the hall, Yakov said with emotion: “I didn’t expect that Sonia and the Tang political commissar from Guan Nei are actually relatives.”

“Yeah, I really didn’t expect it.” Sokov nodded and said, “I was always worried that Sonia was a spy of the Kwantung Army, but now it turns out that I thought too much.”

“Comrade General,” at this time the eighth-grade female translator came to Sokov, stretched out a hand and said generously: “Can I ask you to dance next?”

Sokov responded readily: “Yes, yes, of course.”

Just as a new dance music started, Sokov dragged the female translator onto the dance floor and started dancing.

“Girl,” Sokov looked at the female translator in front of him and asked tentatively, “I don’t know what to call you?”

“My name is Liu Dongmei,” the female translator was not shy and said her name directly: “I am a student of Fengtian University.”

“Oh, you’re still a college student!” Sokov asked curiously after hearing this: “I’m curious, how did you join the Eighth Route Army?”

“It’s like this. At the beginning, the Soviet army chose the island country and defeated the Kwantung Army.” Liu Dongmei explained: “As the Kwantung Army retreated steadily, people in Fengtian City were also panicked. Rich people packed their bags and fled the city. . I am from Peiping, studying at Fengtian University. When I saw that a war was about to take place in this city, I was worried about being affected, so I followed the wealthy people out of Fengtian and took the train back to the customs.

Unexpectedly, as soon as we arrived at Shanhaiguan, we encountered the Eighth Route Army and the Soviet Army joining forces to attack the first pass in the world, and we were blocked there. After the battle ended and the Eighth Route Army and the Soviet Army occupied Shanhaiguan, Staff Officer Dong from the Eighth Route Army took the soldiers on the train we were on and asked who knew Russian. “

When Sokov heard this, he couldn’t help but interjected: “So you took the initiative to sign up?”

Unexpectedly, Liu Dongmei shook her head and said: “No, when I saw the soldier, I couldn’t hide in time. How could I take the initiative to get together? It was Staff Officer Dong who came to me and asked me what I did. I said I was A student from Fengtian University took the train back to Peking because of the war in Northeast China. Unexpectedly, when Staff Officer Dong heard that I was a college student, he asked two soldiers to pick up my luggage and take me off the train without any explanation. At that time, I was scared. I was anxious and worried that if I fell into the hands of these soldiers, there would be no good end, until I met Commander Zeng.”

“Oh, you met Commander Zeng?” Sokov became more and more curious: “What did he say to you?”

 “He asked me if I knew Russian.”

 “Then how did you answer?”

“I said I studied English and Japanese, and I only know a little bit of Russian.”

“He said it’s good to know a little bit. Although he has thousands of people under his command, none of them understand Russian.” Liu Dongmei said: “He also said that they will come to take over Fengtian next. If no one in the army understands Russian, If you don’t, we won’t be able to negotiate with you.”

“So you agreed to his request,” Sokov guessed smartly: “Joined the Eighth Route Army?”

“No, I refused.” After Liu Dongmei said this, seeing the surprise on Sokov’s face, she continued: “Commander Zeng saw that I was unwilling to join his army and did not force him, so he ordered Staff Officer Dong He took me back to the train. But just as I was about to leave, I suddenly heard someone calling his name. When I heard his name, I remembered that my relatives in the countryside of Peking once told me that the Japanese came to their villages to burn, kill and loot. Fortunately, Commander Zeng arrived with his people and eliminated the Japs before saving the whole village.

After finding out the identity of Commander Zeng, I made a decisive decision to join the Eighth Route Army and follow them here to take over Fengtian. In this way, I followed Commander Zeng’s troops to Fengtian and helped them contact you as a translator. “

“So that’s it.” After Sokov figured out the process of Liu Dongmei becoming a translator, he smiled slightly and said in an approving tone: “Although you said you only know a little bit of Russian, I discovered your level through talking with you. It’s still very good. I hope that in the next period of time, you can continue to use your language advantage and contribute to the communication between us.”

 (End of this chapter)