artillery arc

Chapter 431 An unexpected gain
Half an hour later, Vasily checked the confession record in his hand, looked up and said to Wang Zhong: "22 pages, I have tried to be as concise as possible, but he almost confessed what color pants the commander of the Jager Regiment wore every day."

Pavlov came to Vasily, took the thick record and began to flip through it.

And Popov asked: "Why the sudden change of mind and such a detailed confession? Could it be that it was all made up false information?"

Vasily had nothing to do at this time because his transcript had been taken away, so he started to make a fuss: "Our general has divine revelation. The information about your sneak attack was a sudden tip that the general got while he was sleeping! If you make it up, the general will see through it."

Wang Zhong felt bitter: How the hell can I tell? This thing must be handed over to the intelligence department for cross-checking to confirm its authenticity.

But he pretended to be mysterious on the surface.

The captain named Franz hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "I heard that everyone would confess when interrogated by the Inquisitor."

Wang Zhong: "Yes, they can even make a dead body speak."

Wang Zhong originally intended to play on the famous KGB joke of making the dead speak, but when he finished speaking, he noticed that the prisoner's face turned green, so he quickly clarified: "This is a joke. The judge has no way to make the dead speak."

As a result, the captive Plosson's face turned even greener.

Wang Zhong thought about it and decided not to explain. The more he explained, the worse it would be. He decided to wait and see what the captives said.

The captain spoke up: "I have actually hesitated for a long time. We have rescued many of our comrades in the building where the Inquisitor troops are stationed. They all hope that we can kill them. The Inquisitor completely ignored the Geneva Convention."

Popov: "We fully abide by the convention for ordinary soldiers, but officers are different. Officers know a lot of things. If they don't report it, we think they are guilty of the same crime as spies. On the other hand, as long as officers cooperate, they will also be treated in accordance with the convention."

The captain retorted: "Even if you are captured, you will not easily reveal the intelligence of your friendly forces, right? Do we treat your prisoners like this?"

Popov: "Yes, in fact, our officers who were captured were basically tortured inhumanely. This is reported by our underground organization. They also rescued a lot of officers. All of them are witnesses. We are just reciprocating - that's what Seris said."

The captain was embarrassed. It was obvious that he knew what the intelligence department and the Imperial Household Department had done, and he couldn't defend such behavior against his will.

Wang Zhong: "You not only did this to officers, you also slaughtered ordinary soldiers and civilians! I would say that invaders should stop pretending to be innocent. I was originally prepared to take no prisoners, but considering the future, if you resist to the end because I don't take any prisoners, it will cause heavy casualties to my soldiers.

“That’s why I give your ordinary soldiers treatment that complies with the convention, but you must remember that I don’t want to give you this treatment at all. I hate you to the core.

"However, if you can recognize the harm of Proson's militarism, completely change your ways and stand on the side of justice, I welcome you. In fact, many prisoners of war have chosen to surrender and are working in the tank factory. We are also planning to hold a sports meeting for them!"

The captain stared at Wang Zhong intently: "Sports meet?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, to enrich the spare time of liberated prisoners of war. We also prepared a library and played music for them every day. I know that Proson regards all dance music such as tango as decadent music. Here they can listen to as much as they want!"

Just as he finished speaking, Vasily added: "You can also dance with the prison guards. As far as I know, the guards are currently winning."

Nonsense, the victory was won with knees! What can the Proson people use to fight back? Goose-stepping?

The captain shook his head. "My mind tells me that this must be a lie, but you are surprisingly convincing."

Wang Zhong shrugged and returned to the previous topic: "So you confessed because you were afraid of the judge's punishment?"

"No!"

The prisoner shook his head.

"Not exactly. The other point is a long story. I am a Junker nobleman, but I am not a qualified Junker nobleman. I have hardly lived in the Junker Manor for a long time - it is a small and shabby manor. Every summer when my parents want to go to the manor, I always make a fuss and don't want to go.

"My parents seemed to hate the manor as well. They handed it over to the steward William to manage, and hired two long-term workers. The three of them maintained the operation of the manor in this way."

Wang Zhong thought that this "manor" that could be maintained by three people was probably similar to the rural courtyards he had seen before traveling through time.

The captive continued, "My parents had jobs in the city. My mother was a tutor in the Duke's family, teaching the Duke's daughter to dance. My father was a clerk in the city government. Before the depression, their salary was enough to support the estate and send my two brothers to school.

“But the depression came.”

Wang Zhongxin thought that the era of a loaf of bread costing 500,000 marks had come, but in this time and space, the new emperor Prosen was carrying out top-down reforms and eliminating a large number of capitalists and big businessmen.

Pavlov said, "Shouldn't you be grateful to the emperor who led you out of the depression and be loyal to the emperor and the country?"

The prisoner captain was silent for a few seconds before answering: "Maybe, but I really don't like the class I belong to. In order to save tuition, my parents sent me to a military school. The old Junkers in the military school looked down on us and put us with the children of civilians.

"Children from the common people were hostile to us, and children from big cities even looked down on us 'country bumpkins'.

"After finally graduating, I encountered even more serious conflicts in the army. Officers and NCOs called those kids with the same background as me "pigs" and punished them with the harshest punishments. And I couldn't get the respect of the NCOs either - because I didn't have an orderly."

Wang Zhong subconsciously glanced at Nellie, and then asked: "You mean, you have long been dissatisfied with the Proson Army?"

The captain shook his head: "I'm not dissatisfied, but I'm a little envious of you now that you are so united as officers and soldiers. Although you still have an orderly." Wang Zhong was shocked: "How do you know that's my orderly?"

"I don't know, but if there's only one person who could use a female orderly, it's you," the captain said.

Wang Zhong looked at Popov.

Popov shrugged. "It's a bit far-fetched, but it's understandable that he would behave in such a way out of fear of the Inquisitor's interrogation and the enviable situation he encountered. Of course, I can't rule out that this is all false information. We need to cross-check it."

Pavlov: "Just let the judges work overtime."

An expression of horror immediately appeared on Captain Franz's face.

Wang Zhong: “Indeed.”

In fact, Wang Zhong’s goal was just to get the Edelweiss. The captain’s confession was simply an accident. This man was originally going to be sent to the judges.

But if you go there, you probably won't be able to pick up any Edelweiss, at least not a complete one.

He waved his hand, "Take him away and have the judges be strict and make sure he's telling the truth."

The captain shouted, "No! I have told you everything! No!"

Pavlov: "Don't worry. The judge will be gentle with people like you who have confessed. We will ensure that there will be no fractures or more serious injuries."

Is it gentle if you don’t break any bones?
Popov said quickly, "No, that's not the case. We will cross-check what he has confessed. If he really confesses everything, we will abide by the convention. Of course, we may add a few more questions that the judges are more concerned about, and give you some vodka."

Wang Zhong frowned. The "little vodka" mentioned by the Ants might be able to get the brown bear drunk.

By the way, the United States may have something like truth serum, but Ant doesn't have it at all. Vodka is the best truth serum in Inquisitor Ant's hands, and it is currently very efficient.

Sometimes the target of interrogation would be drunk to death.

After Popov's comfort, the captain looked even more uneasy. Wang Zhong made a gesture and two soldiers came over and took him away.

After he left, Pavlov asked Wang Zhong: "You just want an Edelweiss, right?"

Wang Zhong: "You still understand me."

Popov: "He has confessed so much now. If it is all true, we will know everything about Prosen's airborne Jagdpanzers."

Wang Zhong: "It's a pity that I don't know the Brandenburg troops very well."

Pavlov: "Well, the threat of the airborne hunters has been resolved. You should go and rest. I need to rest too."

Wang Zhong nodded.

At this time, the two female pilots were led into the headquarters by the guards.

Wang Zhong looked at them in confusion: "What brings you here so late at night?"

The leading major took out a manila envelope and said, "Inside are the photos we took today. They were just developed and sent to us immediately. We just finished the bombing tonight and took off again right away."

Wang Zhong snapped his fingers: "Nelly, prepare supper for the two pilots, and they may want to take a bath."

As soon as the two pilots came in, Wang Zhong smelled a smell of engine oil.

Female Major: "You have a good nose, General."

Wang Zhong answered "Yes" with a smile, opened the envelope, took out the photos, and began to look at them one by one. After he was done, he handed them to Pavlov.

Popov stood next to Wang Zhong and watched over his shoulder.

Suddenly, Wang Zhong picked out a photo and put it on the table: "Where is this situation?"

Before the pilot could answer, Pavlov replied: "It should be the front of the 91st Infantry Army. The enemy seems to have sent reinforcements to the right wing of the entire Sukhaveli Front. It seems that they are planning to attack us from the side and encircle our army group."

Wang Zhong: "Strange, they are still trying to confirm the authenticity of our tanks, but they sent reinforcements before the Jaegers were deployed? Then the Jaegers and the Moravian cavalry who rushed over desperately are all clowns, right?"

Popov shrugged. "It shows that Vasily did a good job. The tank was built to look like the real thing and fooled the enemy."

Wang Zhong was shocked: "Hurry up and send a telegram to ask when the Borsk Front will be done! We have successfully attracted the enemy's reserve!"

(End of this chapter)