Chapter 707 "Scarecrow Ivan"

After two dull rifle shots, the lonely and young Soviet soldier covered his chest wound and slowly stepped back a few steps, but did not fall down. He leaned on a wooden electric pole behind him, stared at the enemy in front of him with his wounded hands, and tried to use his last bit of strength to raise the pistol that was still tightly held in his right hand.

The slow and laborious action of raising the gun even stunned the German soldiers who surrounded him for two seconds. No one understood what kind of strong will supported this Soviet soldier to do such a move.

A few strange sounds of metal entering the flesh came, and the Soviet soldier who still held the pistol handle tightly was pierced through the chest and right button by two bayonets at the same time. The powerful attacking bayonet pierced through the uniform and flesh and even pierced into the electric pole behind. The German soldier who inexplicably used such a huge force could not draw out his weapon for a while.

The body, which had almost lost its vitality, was still trying to raise the pistol in its right hand, but after only a few seconds of trying, it finally stopped completely because of the loss of life.

After seeing this ending scene in front of him, he suddenly had an idea.

The German commander who led the team ordered the rifle to be taken off, but the bayonet remained in place and the body was nailed to the pole. The confident German commander believed that this approach should have the "deterrence" and "fear" effect he wanted.

The German soldier who received the order tried to take the pistol tightly held in the corpse's hand. After all, if a weapon with ready-to-fire bullets was left here, it would inevitably pose a certain safety hazard to the German army. No one knew whether someone would come here in the middle of the night to steal the gun.

However, no matter how hard the German soldier who went to get the gun tried, his fingers tightly clenched like glue could not be opened. The German soldier who had been busy with both hands for several minutes and was sweating profusely still failed to complete his task.

This situation made the German commander who led the team feel very unhappy. He simply ordered to cut off the entire right hand of the corpse and take it away, and then ordered someone to hang a Russian sign that had been written on the neck of the corpse with its head drooping.

"I tried to protect the bandit leader Stalin"

The German commander left with great satisfaction. Not long after he walked out, a German soldier who had searched the corpse and wanted to find some treasures ran up to him in a hurry and stopped him.

"I found this, Major. I can't read Russian, and I don't know what's written on it. It may be something like a useful list."

After taking the blood-stained paper list and taking a look at it, the German major who also didn't know Russian couldn't make up his mind. In the end, he called a translator to solve the problem.

"Revenge for the motherland and family. Here is a list of Russian names, Major. There are parents, sisters, brothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, regiment commanders, battalion commanders, company commanders, instructors, squad leaders. There are too many names, Major. There must be more than 30. Do you need me to translate them one by one and read them to you?"

Russian names are smelly, long, ugly, and difficult to pronounce. This is the unchanging thought of this German major who fanatically believes in the Führer.

"No need. It has no meaning."

He supported the wrist of his right black leather glove with his left hand, with a look of obvious contempt on his face, and then turned back to look at the body nailed to the pole.

Conquerors do not need to respect the weak conquered. The best way to deal with resistance is brutal suppression and bloody killing. If there is still resistance, it proves that not enough people have been killed.

"When the bodies of the Russians fill the city, they will naturally stop resisting and surrender. Iron and blood will make them understand how stupid their current actions are."

The German major who always insisted on his own ideas left, and more German soldiers could not help but take a few more glances at the bodies nailed to the poles when they passed by here later.

Over time, the German soldiers who did not know the name of the Soviet soldier gave him a nickname, "Scarecrow Ivan".

It is said that not only the German soldiers could not help but take a few more glances when passing by, but even the Soviet refugees in the German-occupied areas would choose to stop and stare for a few seconds to more than ten seconds or even a minute.

No one knows how the Soviet refugees in the German-occupied areas viewed this "alert corpse", but it was a little surprising that the corpse disappeared after being placed for only one night, leaving only the deep scar on the electric pole and the bloodstains that flowed along the pole and spread for several meters on the ground, proving what had happened here.

There are rumors that the remaining Soviet guerrillas in the German-occupied area took the body away, and some people say that the Soviet refugees in the German-occupied area took the body away. Various similar statements can give different conclusions.

In short, it must be the Russians who took the body away, which is beyond doubt in the eyes of the German army.

Although there is no need to go to great lengths to search for a corpse, this "small matter" that seems insignificant to the German high-level officials has still produced some subtle influences in the hearts of the German soldiers fighting on the front line.

"Those Russians refused to abandon even a single corpse, but our superiors told us that the Russians were easily conquerable opponents. Why do I find this statement so funny?"

The Führer said that a kick on the broken door would cause the entire house to collapse. The marshals and generals changed the Führer's will and said that the Russians were easily conquerable opponents and told the soldiers below.

No one questioned that the Führer lied, at least there was no such question in the actual words.

But this house, which the Führer described as a broken door that would collapse if kicked, was too strong. It was so strong that the German soldiers on the front line almost kicked the toes of their shoes and injured their toes. It took dozens of times more time than conquering France, but they still couldn't take down a damn broken city.

The cold wind outside the house blew in from the cracks in the wall caused by the shells. The jumping flames became more and more prosperous under the blowing of the cold wind, and they seemed to be more courageous and go against the current.

But if no one continues to add firewood to the fire or if there is not enough firewood, how long can this seemingly vigorous flame continue? When will it be extinguished by a cold wind due to lack of firepower?

The German soldiers sitting around the fire were not sure.