Chapter 1314 Comrade Lieutenant Is Jealous (Part 1)

Malashenko wanted to take this opportunity to test Winter's background. This was a matter of obviousness, and he did not hide it from Comrade Political Commissar.

To put it bluntly, Malashenko did not trust this German who had just surrendered.

It was true that this guy had a "miserable life" and brought a letter of introduction from a German Communist Party informant, but Malashenko did not believe these lies. When it came to the enemy, he only believed that seeing was believing.

There is no trust without reason in this world, and Stalin's First Guards Tank Division was not a nursery that accepted everyone.

If you want to follow behind me and do things, you must first show some real skills.

In other words, you must first prove yourself by submitting a letter of surrender.

"You want to test Winter? With that fanatical German lunatic?"

Comrade Political Commissar seemed a little surprised, but Malashenko's response was just a slight nod without changing his expression.

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"Okay, I agree with your idea in principle. However, if you really intend to do this, I can't guarantee that things will develop in the established direction. Winter is still not very firm now, just like a patient who has just recovered from a serious illness and is still lying in bed []. In addition, I don't understand what you are going to prove with this test? How do you plan to arrange this Winter in the future?"

Faced with the puzzled inquiry of the political commissar, the mysterious Malashenko just smiled indifferently.

"As long as you agree, as for what happens next, just wait and see."

The whole process of finding Winter did not take much time. This major of the Wehrmacht Intelligence Bureau, who was now extremely honest and willing to cooperate with the Red Army in principle, was found by the people sent by Malashenko. He was under the guard of the guards, sitting in the truck compartment holding the German version of the communist book borrowed from the political commissar, and reading it with relish.

Dongdongdong——

The sound of knocking on the truck compartment suddenly sounded, just like the unfriendly tone of the visitor who suddenly spoke.

"Hey! Get off the bus, German! Our division commander wants to see you! Hurry!"

"Division commander?"

Winter, who was absorbed in the sea of ​​books, was a little overwhelmed. He couldn't figure out what the famous "Iron Butcher" Malashenko wanted to talk to him about.

"What's the matter with me? Can you tell me?"

Winter, who didn't know why, expressed his doubts. The lieutenant who came to ask him to get off the bus was obviously a Red Army soldier who knew German, but he didn't seem to care much about the necessity of answering Winter's questions.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? You are a prisoner of war! Do prisoners of war need to know the reason for executing orders? Get to know yourself! Go!"

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The burly lieutenant raised his arm with a dissatisfied look on his face and pushed Winter, who had just got off the bus. Winter, who hadn't had time to stand firmly, stumbled on the spot and almost fell to the ground in the snow.

Since being captured, Major Winter's status and treatment plummeted instantly. It can be said that he was miserable.

The winter coat he was wearing was gone. Winter himself was not sure how it disappeared. Anyway, he was woken up by the cold in the middle of the night. After waking up, he found that the coat he used as a quilt was gone.

Was it stolen by other prisoners of war? Or was it done by the Russians who were guarding him?

Winter didn't know the real answer, and he didn't think about asking the guards who were guarding him for an explanation or a theory.

Just like the second lieutenant who came to inform him of his past said, he was just a prisoner of war, and of course people could recognize his identity. And after talking with the political commissar named Petrov, Winter, who had been unable to find the direction of the future, felt that he seemed to finally stop and think about what to do in the future.

Winter, who even felt a little happy in his heart, didn't care about these things. He cared more about what kind of answers he could find in his next exploration and thinking.

But unfortunately, Major Winter seemed to have caught a cold at this moment. This guy, who only cared about feeling happy in his heart and threw his body behind his head, was even frozen and trembling all over. After being pushed hard, he had to hold the wheel of the GAZ truck to barely stand up.

"Comrade Lieutenant, this German guy doesn't seem to be in good condition. He seems to be sick."

"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant. Look at him. He only has a single layer of clothes on him, and nothing to keep warm. If there is any problem, then..."

The two soldiers who followed the young lieutenant on the left and right were whispering "advice and suggestions". Although they didn't say it clearly, there was only one implication.

This German major is not ordinary. He is an "important person" that the division commander and the political commissar have talked about separately.

If he makes trouble for him, I am afraid that the second lieutenant will be the first one to suffer because of the division commander's temper of "it's okay if he doesn't get angry, but once he gets angry, it will be like a volcanic eruption".

"I'm not blind, of course I saw it! No need to remind me!"

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The two soldiers holding the PPSh curled their lips and didn't say anything, but they were thinking in their hearts, "Since you saw it, why didn't you take action to deal with it? Waiting for people to get sick from the cold and then provoke the division commander to go crazy? You're not the one who wants to die!"

The fact is that the young lieutenant was really upset with Major Winter, but the reason for his upset was extremely bizarre and even a little funny.

"What ability does this German have? Is he worthy of a separate meeting and talk with the division commander and the political commissar? I heard that the division commander even lit a cigarette for this guy? Where did this nonsense come from? I won't believe it even if I die!"

To put it in a more down-to-earth way, the young lieutenant did feel a little "jealous".

The entire Soviet propaganda machine has shaped Malashenko, who emerged in 1941, into the absolute number one "tank hero" who stayed with the soldiers on the front line and fought side by side, won two Soviet Hero awards, and was praised and personally received by Comrade Stalin!

After such a label was put on and then widely promoted, Malashenko, who was equipped with multiple halos and honors, almost became an "idol star" in the eyes of young people throughout the Soviet Union. If we look at it from the perspective of later generations, it is indeed a similar effect.

In the diary of the young girl, there is a photo of our comrade Lao Ma wearing a major general's medal in a righteous and upright manner, which was cut from the front page of Pravda.

Similarly, many teenagers and older boys, even young men of the same age, and in the Red Army, admire our comrade Lao Ma. Almost all of them regard becoming a great hero like General Malashenko as their life goal, and at least they have to strive for it regardless of whether they can achieve it in the end.

Undoubtedly, this second lieutenant who is two or three years younger than Malashenko is such a person. The most important reason why he voluntarily applied to join the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division was to defend the motherland and fight the enemy under the command of the hero in his mind.