red moscow

Chapter 2386

Outside Zhengjiatun, thousands of Soviet commanders and fighters formed several neat square formations. In front of the formation was a tall chess player holding a bright flag.This flag embroidered with Lenin's head swayed gently in the breeze, like the melody of a light dancer.

Opposite are hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army who stand in awe with their hands down. In front of these once arrogant officers and soldiers, the various weapons they once used are neatly placed.The commander of the 44th Army, Yoshio Hongo, and his chief of staff, Nobura Obata, stood at the front of the queue.

The surrender ceremony discussed with the Soviet army yesterday was held at nine o'clock in the morning, but now it is almost ten o'clock, and several military officers of the 53rd Army have still not appeared.Yoshio Hongo couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He asked Nobata Obata in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, are you sure you remember the time correctly? We surrendered our weapons to the Russians at nine o'clock this morning?"

"That's right, Your Excellency, Commander." Obata replied, "It's nine o'clock in the morning. It's absolutely correct."

Yoshio Hongo frowned: "It's almost ten o'clock, why haven't we seen the opponent's commander show up yet? Has the surrender ceremony been cancelled?"

"This is impossible." Nobata Nobira said: "Maybe the commanders of the 53rd Group Army were delayed, so they didn't show up for a long time."

If it were any other time, Yoshio Hongo would definitely turn around and leave if this happened.But today's situation is different. He surrendered to the Soviet army as a loser. As long as he did not see the Soviet commander who accepted the surrender, he did not dare to leave casually, even if he had diarrhea in his pants.

At this moment, the convoy in which Sokov and others were riding was heading towards Zhengjiatun.

According to the normal speed, the team can still arrive before nine o'clock.But when setting off, Sokov suddenly issued a strange order that the speed of the convoy should not exceed 30 kilometers.

Upon hearing Sokov's order, Bezikov couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Comrade Commander, why do you want to limit the speed of the convoy?"

"The area in front has been in a state of ruin after the battle between the enemy and ourselves. If we drive too fast, a traffic accident is likely to occur." Sokov said pretendingly: "So it is absolutely necessary to control the speed of the vehicle. "

As a comrade of the deputy commander, Lu Jin could naturally see that Sokov's little thoughts were nothing more than wanting to give the little devils a blow.Seeing that Bezikov seemed to want to ask, he quickly reached out and interrupted what the other party was about to ask: "Major Bezikov, since it is an order issued by Comrade Commander, you can just carry it out. Why are there so many questions?" ask."

Bezikov heard the implication of Lukin's words and guessed that Sokov must have a reason for his arrangement. He nodded and said: "I understand, Comrade Deputy Commander, I will convey the Commander's order immediately." Go down."

In this way, the destination that could have been reached in two hours took the team more than three hours to reach, and it was still almost [-] kilometers away from Zhengjiatun.Sokov, who was still concentrating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and asked Bezikov, who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Comrade Major, how far are we from Zhengjiatun?"

Bezikov picked up the map in his hand, looked at it, and then replied: "There are still about twenty kilometers."

"Let the convoy stop and rest," Sokov said casually: "Let the soldiers have time to drink water and eat something..."

"Misha," Lu Jin interjected before Sokov could finish his words: "I think we have been dillydallying long enough today, so let's not add any more extraneous matters. We'd better rush to Zhengjiatun as soon as possible to accept the surrender. After all, our 252nd The division commanders are also waiting for you there. Driver, speed up and get to Zhengjiatun as soon as possible."

Seeing that Lu Jin had already issued an order for him, Sokov could no longer contradict him, so he acquiesced to his approach.

The convoy that accelerated its speed arrived at the outskirts of Zhengjiatun half an hour later.

Major General Chumakov and Colonel Ilin, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately came to greet them.After the two of them raised their hands in salute, Sokov said with a smile: "Comrades, commanders, I'm really sorry. There was something delayed on the way and I kept you waiting for a long time."

Although Chumakov had waited for such a long time and had already complained in his heart, he really didn't dare to say it in front of Sokov. He could only say euphemistically: "Comrade Commander, it's getting late. , can we begin to surrender?"

"Okay, you can now send someone to inform the little devil on the other side that our surrender ceremony will begin in 5 minutes."

When Sokov, Yakov and Lukin sat down at a long table in front of the queue, Yoshio Hongo, opposite, came over with Nobura Obata and a group of Japanese officers.

He came to the long table and was secretly surprised to see Sokov sitting in the middle so young.He raised his hand in salute and asked respectfully: "Are you the commander of the 53rd Army, General Sokov?"

"Yes, I am Sokov." Sokov looked at the two Japanese generals in front of him, both wearing glasses. He couldn't figure out who was Hongo Yoshio and who was Obata Nobuira, so he asked tentatively: "I don't know, Your Excellency. Is it Hongo Yoshio or Obata Nobuyoshi?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Hongo Yoshio couldn't help but be startled, and then turned his questioning eyes to Nobata Nobira, muttering to himself, yesterday his chief of staff went to the other side's defense zone to negotiate, how come the other side couldn't tell the difference between him and the other side? What about the chief of staff?
"Your Excellency, General." Obata Nobira felt the gaze cast by Hongo Yoshio, and quickly stepped forward, bowed deeply, and said: "I am the Chief of Staff of the 44th Army, Obata Nobira, and this is our commander, Ben. General Xiang Yoshio."

Sokov just asked casually. As for whether the person standing in front of him was Hongo Yoshio, Obata Nobuyoshi, Yamada Otsuzo, Qin Yanzaburo, it was almost the same to him.He said calmly: "Now our army has officially begun to accept your surrender."

Although Yoshio Hongo couldn't hear the Russian spoken by Sokov, he also guessed that the other party was talking about the beginning of the surrender ceremony, so he took off his saber, held it in both hands and handed it over: "Your Excellency, we are defeated, I and my men are willing to surrender their weapons to you.”

Sokov stood up and stretched out his right hand, took the saber of Hongo Yoshio, and placed it on the table. Then he took the saber of Obata Nobuira and placed it on the table in the same way.

Seeing that their commander and chief of staff had handed over their sabers, the Japanese officers who followed also took off their command sabers and handed them over with both hands.But for these junior officers, Sokov did not reach out to pick them up at all. Fortunately, Chumakov was smarter and personally led several soldiers forward, and each time he collected a handful, he gave it to the soldiers behind.After a while, Chumakov and the few soldiers he brought had their arms filled with all kinds of sabers.

After the generals and junior officers surrendered their weapons, it was the turn of the lower-level officers and soldiers.They bent down and picked up their weapons on the ground. Under the guidance of the Soviet soldiers, they passed by the designated position and put down their weapons one by one.

"Ula!" The first cheer broke out from somewhere deep in the phalanx, followed by shouts one after another. Finally, thousands of people shouted at the same time: "Ula! Ula! Ula!"

Listening to the cheers of the commanders and soldiers, Sokov couldn't help but wonder if Captain Feng and several other soldiers of the International Brigade were among the cheering crowd.As the invaders laid down their weapons, the 14-year war of aggression finally came to an end.When the soldiers sent by Colonel Yilin escorted the Japanese officers and soldiers who had laid down their weapons to a temporary prisoner of war camp, Sokov turned to Chumakov and asked: "General Chumakov, I wonder who is from the 88th International Brigade?" Captain Feng, are you still here?"

"Yes." Chumakov nodded vigorously, "He was originally on a mission in Solon two days ago. When he learned that our army would hold a surrender ceremony in Zhengjiatun today to accept the Kwantung Army's surrender, he hurried back. come over."

"Do you know where he is?" Sokov told Chumakov: "Call him to me."

Not long after, Captain Feng appeared in front of Sokov, raised his hand and saluted: "Hello, Comrade Commander!"

"Captain Feng," Sokov asked Captain Feng with a smile: "Now that the little Japanese has surrendered, when do you plan to return to the 88th International Brigade?"

"I haven't received the order to return to Jian yet." Captain Feng asked with some surprise: "Comrade Commander, are you planning to drive me away?"

"How is this possible?" Sokov said: "Although the Japs of the 44th Army have surrendered to us, there must be many Japs who are not willing to accept their defeat and will continue to resist. There will definitely be more in the future. A battle occurred. Having a commander like you who is familiar with the situation in the Northeast in the army is very beneficial to us."

"Comrade Commander, you are right." Captain Feng nodded and said: "Don't look at the Japanese. Tianhuang has issued a surrender edict, but there are still many Japanese who are still stubbornly resisting. Just in these two days of fighting, I The army suffered a lot of casualties."

Sokov pointed to the piles of weapons in front and said to Captain Feng: "Those scraps of metal are of no use to us. If you are interested, just find a place to store them. Maybe you will be able to put them to use one day. "

Captain Feng couldn't help but trembled when he heard what Sokov said, and then asked: "Comrade Commander, are you telling the truth? Are you leaving these piles of weapons to me?"

"Yes, for us, these weapons are too cool. But for you, they are very good equipment." Sokov said euphemistically: "You find someone to store these weapons, I think sooner or later It will come in handy.”

"Thank you, Comrade Commander." Captain Feng said with tears of gratitude: "I will arrange manpower to store these weapons properly."

"If you can't find anyone, just let me know." Sokov reminded the other person empathetically: "I will send someone to help you transfer this batch of weapons and ammunition."

"No, no, no." Captain Feng declined Sokov's kindness: "I can find manpower."

Since Captain Feng can find manpower, it would be best for him. Sokov just stays out of the matter so that no one will bring this matter into question in the future.

"Comrade Commander," the dispatcher ran over to report to Sokov at this time: "General Afnin called and said that they had accepted the surrender of the 136th Division in Fengtian and had collected all the weapons of the unit. Since they are now in Fengtian There are insufficient troops in the city, so General Afuning asked the Japanese division commander Zhongshan Dun to organize manpower to assist our army in maintaining order in Fengtian City."

When Yakov heard the operator's report, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "How can we maintain order without weapons?"

The operator glanced at Yakov and replied: "General Afnin said in the telegram that since all the weapons of the Japs have been handed over, it would be difficult to maintain order with bare hands, so he gave each of the soldiers who maintained order a wooden stick. stick."

Hearing this, Sokov couldn't help laughing. He thought that after Korea was occupied by the Japanese, the Japanese disarmed the Koreans for fear of rebellion.However, maintaining social order cannot be separated from the local people, so the Japanese gave each of the Koreans who were responsible for maintaining social order a wooden stick. This is also the reason why they were called sticks in later generations.

Although Yakov thought that Sokov was thinking of the scene of the Japs on duty with wooden sticks, he also echoed: "Misha, I can't wait to rush to Fengtian immediately to see those Kwantung Army Japs walking away with wooden sticks." What a scene it was like on the street.”

But just when everyone was smiling, bad news suddenly came.

When the telegraph operator appeared in front of Sokov again holding a telegram, his expression became particularly solemn.

When Sokov saw this, he couldn't help frowning and asked: "What happened?"

"Comrade Commander," the operator reported in a low voice: "This is a telegram from General Melekhov, commander of the 49th Army. Something happened to his unit."

"What's going on? Tell me quickly!"

"It's like this. Colonel Oleg's 214th Division discovered a dozen typhoid fever patients early in the morning, and now the number has increased to more than 100."

Sokov was shocked after hearing this. He grabbed the telegram and read it carefully twice. After realizing the seriousness of the problem, he quickly called Yakov and Lukin aside and said to them: " Something happened, there were many typhoid fever infected people in the 49th Division of the 214th Army."

"Typhoid infected person?" Lu Jin was shocked after hearing this: "What is going on? How could there be a typhoid fever infected person?"

"Yes, the appearance of this disease is too strange." Yakov also agreed.

"I'm afraid you have to ask Melekhov about the specific situation to know what's going on." Sokov realized that there must be something wrong with the sudden appearance of many typhoid fever infected people in the 214th Division.The first task at the moment is to find Melehov to find out the whole story and to understand how the typhoid fever appeared. "But the top priority right now is to have Colonel Oleg immediately isolate these infected people to avoid expanding the infection area. In addition, a medical team is dispatched from the field hospital to the 214th Division to treat the commanders and soldiers infected with typhoid fever."

"Operator," Yakov ordered the operator: "Immediately send a telegram to General Melekhov and ask him to report to us the specific situation of the soldiers infected with typhoid fever by telegram immediately. Remember, you ask him to report to us as soon as possible. Call us back to prevent more officers and soldiers from being infected with typhoid fever."

(End of this chapter)