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Chapter 2748 An unexpected discovery

At this moment, Sokov had become the backbone of the group. Even Vlasov came to ask for his opinion: "Captain Sokov, it seems that the enemy has seen through our identities. What should we do next? Should we continue on our journey?"

"Comrade Commander," Sokov thought of the soldiers in Soviet uniforms in the convoy just now, and he had a bad feeling in his heart. His fake Brandenburg squad encountered the real Brandenburg troops. Even in a one-on-one situation, it would not be good. What's more, there is almost a company of German troops following them. If they continue to move forward at this moment, once they encounter them, they will be in danger of being wiped out. It was for this reason that Sokov said to Vlasov with a serious expression: "If we continue to move forward, we may encounter the enemy who just passed by. I think it will not be too late to wait until after dark before rushing to the Yagotin area."

"That's fine." Vlasov did not object to Sokov's proposal, but nodded and said, "Everyone's nerves have been in a state of high tension since the breakout. Let's take a good rest now. It won't be too late to continue our journey after dark."

After instructing everyone to find a suitable place to rest, Vlasov ordered the communications staff: "Immediately send a telegram to each division and ask them to report their respective positions."

The communications staff did not dare to delay and immediately sent telegrams to the divisions under the army group in accordance with Vlasov's orders to find out the current locations of each unit.

After dark, everyone left the forest and, under the cover of night, headed along the road to the Yagogin area.

Ukraine's terrain is similar to that of Russia, with forests, grasslands, lakes and swamps everywhere. Because of this, everyone had to move forward along the road. If they marched in the forests and grasslands for the sake of convenience, they would not only easily get lost, but also accidentally enter the swamp and lose their lives in vain.

After walking for more than two hours, they saw a village ahead. Lieutenant Zhu Wenke said excitedly, "Great, there is a village ahead. We can rest there for a night and set off again tomorrow morning."

But Sokov reminded him: "Comrade Lieutenant, there may be enemies in the village. We must send someone to conduct reconnaissance before entering."

"Sokov is right." Vlasov agreed with Sokov and added: "We don't know where the enemy has advanced to or whether there are any enemies in the village. If we rush in rashly, something bad might happen."

"Comrade Commander is right," Colonel Del added, "Even if we want to enter this village, we want to conduct reconnaissance first to find out if there are any enemies inside."

Seeing that Vlasov and Colonel Del both agreed with him, Sokov turned around and shouted to the back: "Giubro, Giubro!"

Hearing the shout, Dyubro came to Sokov and asked respectfully, "Comrade Captain, what are your instructions?"

Zhukov immediately raised an objection to Sokov's arrangement: "Comrade Captain, I disagree with your arrangement. Although Jubro is wearing a military uniform, he is still a prisoner. According to regulations, prisoners cannot carry weapons or participate in combat. So I think it is inappropriate for you to give him such an important task."

"Lieutenant Zhukov," Sokov said with a straight face after hearing what Zhukov said, "We need to send someone to the village ahead to conduct reconnaissance and find out what kind of enemies are inside. Among all of us, I'm afraid that Jubro, who has been a hunter for many years, has the most experience in reconnaissance. If we don't send him, who else can be competent for this task?"

Zhu Kewen kept silent after hearing this. That's right, in this small force, no one was more suitable for the reconnaissance mission than Jubrow, who was a hunter.

They all hid in a forest not far from the village, and then Jiubrow quietly went to the village to conduct reconnaissance.

After waiting for almost an hour, Djubro came back from the village and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Captain, there are enemies in the village."

Vlasov couldn't help but frown after hearing this: "There really are enemies in the village. It seems that our plan to spend the night in the village has failed."

Sokov had expected that there might be enemies in the village. After Jubro finished speaking, he continued to ask, "How many enemies are there?"

Jiubrow didn't expect Sokov to ask this question and was stunned.

"Why, you only saw that there are enemies in the village, but you didn't figure out how many enemies there are?" Sokov asked dissatisfiedly.

"Comrade Captain," Jubro saw that Sokov was angry and replied in a panic, "I only saw two enemies on patrol. The rest should be resting in the house. So, I can't figure out how many troops the enemy has."

"Captain Sokov," Vlasov asked Sokov, "how many enemies do you think there are in the village?"

"It's hard to say, comrade commander." Since the enemy has been found in the village, it is obviously impossible to enter the village to rest. But it seems not safe to bypass the village and continue on the road. Who knows if there are any German sentries near the village? If they are discovered, the consequences will be very serious. "According to Jubro's report, the enemy has two sentries in the village, which means they have at least a platoon of troops. We only have nine people. If we fight them, we will definitely suffer a great loss."

"What a shame, what a shame." Colonel Del said with a wry smile, "I haven't eaten anything today, and I'm starving. I thought I could go into the village to find something to eat, but there are Germans in the village."

If Colonel Del hadn't said he was hungry, Sokov wouldn't have realized it. But after hearing this, he immediately felt his stomach growling.

He turned to Vlasov and said, "Comrade Commander, I will take Comrade Dyubro to the village again."

"There are enemies in the village, what are you going to do?" Vlasov asked nervously.

"Comrade Chief of Staff said he didn't eat all day, but it's not just him. All of us haven't eaten anything." Sokov explained to Vlasov: "If we don't eat something to replenish our energy, how can we continue our journey tomorrow?"

"So, you want to go into the village and help everyone find something to eat?"

"Yes, that's what I thought."

"Okay, Captain Sokov." Vlasov put his hand on Sokov's shoulder and said kindly, "Be safe, I wish you all the best!"

Sokov brought Jubro and quietly came to the village entrance, where they saw a German soldier wearing a steel helmet, holding a 98K, walking back and forth.

"Jiuburo, is this one of the sentinels?"

"Yes. Besides him, there is another one in the barn." Jiubu Luo wiped his neck with his hand and asked tentatively: "How about we kill him?"

"No," Sokov rejected Giubro's proposal straightforwardly: "We don't know how many enemies there are in the village. If we act rashly, we may expose our target. Let's bypass him first and find a suitable position to enter the village." After the two sneaked into the village, Giubro asked Sokov again: "Comrade Captain, where are we going next?"

Sokov looked around and said, "Find two houses with no lights on, then sneak in and see if you can find something to eat."

So, after some searching, the two found a room with no lights on and sneaked into it.

The two men went into the kitchen and searched for a while, but found nothing to eat except a few glass cans.

"Comrade Captain, there are only a few cans, which are not enough for us to eat." Dyubro asked Sokov, "How about we try two more?"

After Sokov agreed to Jubro's proposal, the two found another house to enter. Here, they actually found two loaves of bread the size of bricks, which made Jubro very happy: "I never thought that I could find such a big loaf of bread here."

The two packed the bread into their backpacks and quietly walked out of the room. When they were about to leave the village, Sokov saw a barn not far away. He couldn't help but become interested, so he said to Giubro: "Giubro, that's the barn you mentioned. Let's go and take a look to see if we can find anything."

When Sokov quietly came near the barn, he saw a German sentry again. He also saw five sidecars parked in the open space in front of the barn. He thought to himself, if there are three people on a motorcycle, five motorcycles means fifteen people. Although the number of people is much less than he expected, if a fight really breaks out, he will be the one who suffers. Anyway, the purpose of coming to the village has been achieved, so there is no need to stay and take risks, so he left the village with Jubro.

Returning to Vlasov's hiding place, Sokov handed the bread and canned food he found to Vlasov: "Comrade Commander, this is what we found in the village."

Vlasov looked at the food that Sokov and the others had found, and then handed it to Colonel Del: "Chief of Staff, please distribute the food to everyone. We haven't eaten for a day, and I think everyone is starving."

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A few minutes later, everyone began to share the food that Sokov and his companions had found.

Vlasov asked Sokov curiously: "Captain Sokov, have you made any new discoveries in the village?"

"Two sentries were seen in the village, one at the entrance of the village and one at the door of the barn in the village," Sokov reported to Vlasov. "Five three-wheeled motorcycles were parked outside the barn, which means there are at least 15 German soldiers in the village."

"There aren't many of them, but unfortunately we have even fewer." When Vlasov learned that there might be only 15 German soldiers in the village, he thought about destroying the enemy, but when he looked at the people in front of him, he had to give up this tempting idea: "If we have the same number as them, maybe we can launch a surprise attack and wipe them all out."

"Comrade Commander," Sokov was worried that Vlasov would give him an order to destroy the enemy in a fit of impulse, so he quickly reminded him, "Our current mission is to rush to the Yagotin area as soon as possible and join up with the troops retreating there."

"Well, you have a point." Colonel Del added, "According to the replies from the various troops, we know that after the entire group was dispersed, it has been distributed in three different areas, and the number of troops in the Yagogin area is the largest. Therefore, we must do everything we can to rush there as soon as possible, organize the troops, and rebuild new defenses to prevent the German army from taking advantage of our army's chaos to continue to expand the occupied area."

After everyone finished eating, they found a place to rest.

As this place was very close to the enemy, Sokov did not dare to take it lightly. He arranged for Djubro, Chulsin and Romanov to take turns on duty to avoid being caught off guard by the Germans.

Fortunately, nothing happened until dawn, which made Sokov feel more at ease.

"Captain Sokov," Colonel Del ran over and asked, "When do you think it would be a good time for us to set off?"

Sokov raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the village. There was still a German soldier patrolling in the village, indicating that the Germans in the village had not left yet.

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov put down his binoculars and said to Colonel Del, "The enemy in the village has not left yet. I think we should wait a little longer to avoid exposing our whereabouts."

"But we need to rush to the Yagogin area as soon as possible and join up with the troops there..."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Vlasov interrupted, "Captain Sokov is right. The enemies in the village have not left yet. We cannot act rashly. If they discover our whereabouts, we will be in trouble. If something happens to us, who will command the troops in the Yagotin area?"

Since Vlasov said so, even if Colonel Del had different ideas, he could only keep them to himself: "Okay, then we will wait until the enemies in the village leave, and then it won't be too late to go to the Yagotin area."

After waiting for almost two hours, there was finally movement coming from the direction of the village, and it seemed that the Germans were about to leave.

Just when everyone was feeling excited, the next scene they saw left everyone stunned.

There were actually hundreds of people following the two sidecars that drove out of the village. From their military uniforms and dejected expressions, Sokov immediately realized that these were Soviet prisoners of war captured by the German army.

"Comrade Commander, come and see!" Colonel Del immediately called out to Vlasov, "We are your people."

Vlasov walked over quickly and saw the prisoners of war walking out of the village under the escort of the German army. His expression became serious. "Damn it, how come there are so many of our prisoners of war in the village? If I had known, I should have taken the risk and taken action last night to rescue them."

Sokov secretly regretted that he had not gone to check the barn yesterday when he found that the enemy had set up a sentry at the door of the barn. If he had really checked, he might have discovered that there were hundreds of Soviet prisoners of war imprisoned inside. At that time, he only needed to kill the sentries at the entrance of the village and the door of the barn, and then he could rush into the barn, control all the German soldiers inside, and then rescue the captured officers and soldiers.

"What a pity." Colonel Del said again: "If we can rescue these soldiers, we will have more soldiers who can fight in the next battle."

"Captain Sokov," Vlasov turned to Sokov after hearing what Colonel Del said, "Do you think we can rescue these captured soldiers?"

Sokov carefully observed the situation in the distance. Five three-wheeled motorcycles were distributed in different positions of the prisoners' queue. If he could launch a surprise attack and defeat them one by one, there would still be hope of rescuing these prisoners: "Comrade Commander, I think I can give it a try."

(End of this chapter)