Burning Moscow

Chapter 1656 The aftermath of the capture

I thought Rokosovsky would tell me something, but he kept his eyes closed and rested. I could only look out of the window, looking bored at the scenery and pedestrians outside.

We got out of the car in the parking lot of the General Staff Headquarters. Just when I thought Rokosovsky would take me to Vasilevsky without saying a word, he stopped and asked me with a serious expression: “Lida, tell me the truth, have you ever been captured in the Liuban area?”

I was dumbfounded by Rokosovsky’s words. If Abakumov asked, I would kill me and I would not admit that I was captured; but the person who asked this at the moment was Roko. Sovsky, this makes me feel dilemma.

I looked around and found that Rokosovsky and I were standing in the middle of the parking lot. Except for the back of the driver who had just sent us away, I couldn’t see anyone at all, and I immediately understood Rokosov. Ski chose to ask me at this time, what he wanted to know was the truth, not what I made up.

“Why, are you still unwilling to tell me the truth?” Rokosovsky saw that I was not talking, his face showed an unhappy expression, “Your luck is good today, and I was sent by Abakumov. When I cheated away, it happened to be discovered by me, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. If there is another time, you may not be so easy to escape.”

Listening to Rokosovsky’s tone, I knew that it would be impossible not to tell the truth, so I bit my head and nodded and said in a low voice: “Yes, Comrade Marshal, I was indeed caught by Germany when I broke through the Liuban. People have been captured.”

“You, you…!” When Rokosovsky heard me say this, his brows stood upside down, and he was so angry that he could not speak with his fingers. But fortunately, he knows how to control his emotions. After a while, he put his hand down and tried to say to me in a gentle tone: “Well, tell me the details.”

So, I told Rokosovsky how I was captured and how I escaped from danger.

After listening to the whole process, Rokosovsky asked: “You mean the commander who was captured with you was all killed by the Germans?”

“Yes,” I nodded and replied, “No one is left, all of them have been killed by the Germans.”

“Now that you know about your capture, only the German colonel named von Tolman and the Lieutenant Vaskov who saved you?” Rokosowski continued to ask.

“I think so,” I said with some uncertainty: “The only two people I can confirm. As to whether the rest of the German soldiers can remember me, I don’t know.”

Rokosovsky waved his hand and said disapprovingly: “There are so many commanders and fighters captured in the Second Army. How can ordinary German soldiers remember that someone was captured? Even if they see you, they will only take you. As a hygienist and nurse in a field hospital, I never thought you would be a general now. What we have to do now is to confirm whether Tolman is captured or killed before we can take the next step.”

If Rokosovsky hadn’t reminded me, I thought that this incident would have completely passed since I left the Ministry of Internal Affairs building. It was only now that the crisis had just begun, so I asked him in a flustered manner: “Comrade Marshal, we How can it be confirmed whether Tolman was killed or captured?”

“We are going to see Marshal Zhukov soon. Only with his help can we figure out the life and death of this German officer, understand?” After Rokosovsky said these words, it may be to reassure me. Staring into my eyes, he said sincerely: “Lida, please believe me, I don’t want to put you in danger.”

We walked into the building and came to the office of the Chief of Staff, where we met Vasilevsky and Zhukov.

Seeing me entering the door, Zhukov greeted me immediately and asked with concern: “Lida, are you okay?”

“I’m fine, Comrade Marshal, thank you for your concern.” I said with some gratitude: “Fortunately, you reported to Comrade Stalin in time so that I could be out of danger in time.”

At this time, Vasilevsky also came over and asked, “Lida, what is going on? Why did Abakumov send someone to deceive you to Lubyanka? What happened to it?”

“Abakumov told me that in the captured German military documents, he saw a record of a female commander being captured in the Liuban.” Upon hearing Vasilievsky’s question, I replied with a little embarrassment. : “The General Administration of Counterintelligence suspected that the person was me, so it sent someone to take me back for review.”

“Damn, this Abakumov is really afraid that the world will not be chaotic.” As soon as I finished speaking, Zhukov said angrily: “During the defense of Moscow, the commander of the Moscow Military District reported to Comrade Stalin that the German armored forces were circling around. After passing our army’s line of defense and entering Yukhnov, Abakumov suspected that the air force’s reconnaissance was wrong, so he called the commander of the military region’s air force, Colonel Spetov, to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a secret review. If it weren’t for Stalin Comrades called in person, and it is estimated that the Air Force commander of the Moscow Military District should be replaced. Unexpectedly, after so many years, he still can’t change this bad habit.”

“Lida,” Rokosovsky waited for Zhukov to finish, and looked at me and reminded him: “Now that’s the case, you should tell the two marshals the truth again.”

I nodded and began to tell the two marshals who tried to defend me about the humiliation of being captured in Liuban. After my story was finished, the whole room was silent.

The first to break the silence was Vasilevsky. He frowned and said, “Lida, you said that you were captured because you met a traitor from the Dongfang Camp who was disguised as a commander of our army?”

“Yes, Comrade Chief of the General Staff.” I nodded to Vasilevsky, and said affirmatively: “This is the situation.”

After listening, Vasilevsky looked at Zhukov and said: “Comrade Zhukov, I have indeed seen similar situations in some reports provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Many of our officers and fighters were deceived by the disguise of these traitors. Unfortunately, I was captured.”

“You said, what should we do about this?” Zhukov asked stiffly.

“Comrade Marshal,” it was Rokosovsky who spoke, and he spoke for me from my standpoint: “I think Lida was captured once, and we should continue to conceal it, otherwise not only will her future Affected, and even life-threatening.”

Zhukov looked at me angrily and asked Rokosovsky sternly: “Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no conclusive evidence, they have already doubted Lida. Tell me how we should resolve this matter. ?”

“At present, only two people know that Lida is captured. One is the commander of our army who rescued Lida Vaskov, and the other is German colonel Tolman.” Rokosovsky said to Zhukov: “Vaskov He used to be Lida’s boss before. Out of protection for her, he would never tell anyone about Lida’s capture. The only uncertain factor is the German colonel. We have to figure it out first. Only his life and death can decide what to do next.”

After listening to Rokosovsky’s words, Zhukov’s expression eased, and he asked casually: “Then what should we do now?”

“Leave this to me.” After Vasilevsky finished speaking, he picked up the phone on the desk, dialed a number, and said into the microphone: “Immediately take the German captured and killed in the direction of Leningrad. Bring me the list of school-level officers.”

After he put down the phone, he said to Zhukov: “We only need to check the captured or killed German military officer above the school level, and we can find out the life and death of this German officer named Tolman.”

The officers of the General Staff Headquarters quickly brought the documents Vasilevsky wanted. As soon as the officer left, Vasilevsky gave us the list, and then everyone began to look up Tolman’s name on the list.

After reading the list of my responsibility, I raised my head and said to the other three people who were still looking at them: “I don’t have Tolman here!”

“I haven’t found it here either!” It was Rokosowski who checked it out immediately.

Then Vasilievsky and Zhukov also checked the list in their hands. After they looked at each other, they both shook their heads, indicating that they had no one they were looking for.

Rokosovsky shook the list in his hand and asked me tentatively, “Lida, are you sure that this man is a colonel?”

“Yes, he was a colonel in June of 42.” After I finished speaking, I thought about it and added: “Maybe he has been promoted in the past two years.”

“He is not on the list of generals here. It seems that he withdrew to East Prussia with the defeated troops.” After Vasilevsky said this, he turned his attention to Zhukov and asked him for instructions: ” Comrade Marshal, you see how to deal with this matter, whether you continue to conceal it like this, or take the initiative to report to Comrade Stalin in order to gain the initiative.

Hearing that Vasilevsky said that he wanted to report to Stalin, my heart suddenly raised my throat. I was afraid that Zhukov would be impulsive, so I agreed to his request. However, I soon realized that my worries were unnecessary. Zhukov just shook his head after hearing this, and said, “I don’t think we should report this to Comrade Stalin. For him, Lida is a man who can fight and trust him. As for whether he was captured by the Germans, he doesn’t care at all.”

“Well, Comrade Marshal, if you say so, then this will stop here.” Vasilevsky turned to me and said, “Lida, I remind you to remember that in addition to the three of us, anyone In front of you, you can never admit that you were captured. Do you understand?”

I knew in my heart that this matter was not only related to my own future, but also to my own life and death, so upon hearing Vasilevsky’s question, I immediately replied unambiguously: “I understand!”

Zhukov was silent for a moment, and then asked: “By the way, what is the full name of the commander who saved you? We must make sure that he will not leak this out, so that we can be completely at ease.”

“His name is Fidot Yevgradich Vaskov.” After I said Vaskov’s full name, I offered to defend him: “I believe he will not betray me.”

“As for whether he will betray you, let’s wait until we find him.” Zhukov waved his hand and turned the topic to the aspect that called me and Rokosovsky today: “We are now discussing the next battle in Poland. Action.” Hearing Zhukov’s words, Rokosovsky and I hurriedly took out paper and pen from our bags, preparing to make notes.

Zhukov pointed his finger at the map lying on the table and said to us: “The main task of the First Front is to break through the German defenses on the Vistula River and liberate the entire Polish land, especially the capture of Warsaw and industry, the capital of Poland. The important town of Poznan, as well as the Bronberg area, go out to the last natural barrier east of Berlin-the Oder River.

According to the decision made by the Supreme High Command, before directly assaulting Poland, it is prepared to implement two offensive campaigns in the western strategic direction: one is the offensive by the Belarusian 2nd and 3rd fronts in the direction of East Prussia; the other is by Belarus. The 1st Front Army and the Ukrainian 1st Front attacked in the Warsaw-Berlin direction.

In terms of specific deployment, the Belarusian First Front Army should carry out an assault in the general direction of Poznan, reaching Bromberg-Poznan and its direction to the south, and get tactical contact with the Ukrainian First Front Army. The task of the Ukrainian First Front was to advance to the Oder River northwest of Beloga, as well as Breslau and Latipol. The Belarusian Second Front all pointed to the German East Prussian Group. ”

After Zhukov finished speaking, Rokosovsky put down the pen and paper in his hand and asked: “Comrade Marshal, I want to ask, when will the additional soldiers, weapons and ammunition for us be available? ”

“Don’t worry, Comrade Rokosovsky.” Zhukov got up and walked to Rokosovsky’s body, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: “Our offensive battle will begin after the New Year. There is enough time to replenish your soldiers, weapons and ammunition.”

Then he turned his gaze to me: “Lida, I may have to wait a week before I can go to Lublin. You will be solely responsible for all military affairs during this time.”

Before I was leaving, Zhukov stopped me and told me specifically, “Lida, after you go back, please think carefully about it. Will anyone else know about it? We must The instability factors are eliminated in the bud.”

Regarding Zhukov’s care, I nodded gratefully and said to him: “Comrade Marshal, you can rest assured that once I think of any new content, I will report it to you in time.”

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