red moscow

Chapter 2887

Karsokov shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Comrade Commander, I can't guess. I have never seen such a car before."

"What are you doing here?" A familiar voice came from not far away: "What is this car for?"

Sokov looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person coming was Belkin. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the other party walk directly to the back of the truck. He hurriedly shouted, "Deputy Brigade Commander, don't go over there."

But his words were too late. Belkin, who had come to the back of the car, was immediately staggered by the smoke and almost fell down.

Belkin covered his nose, stumbled to Sokov and Karsokov, and asked breathlessly: "What was in the car before, poison gas bombs?"

"Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, the Chief of Staff and I are studying what this van is used to transport." Sokov said helplessly, "But unfortunately, we still haven't figured out what the real purpose of this van is."

Belkin saw the hose in Sokov's hand and asked curiously, "Comrade Brigade Commander, what are you holding in your hand?"

"It's a hose." Sokov handed Belkin the hose. "I don't know what it's used for."

Belkin took the hose and began to study it carefully, eager to find out what this hose with movable joints at both ends was used for.

Soon, he figured out what was going on. He walked to the back of the truck again and pointed the hose at an open door.

Seeing this, Karsokov couldn't help but ask, "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, have you seen anything?"

"I think I found something." Belkin pointed to the door he had checked and said, "Look, there is a hole on this door. The door has a threaded protrusion. Put the hose into the hole and tighten the movable joint, and then you can fix one end of the hose to the door."

Karsokov endured the stench and walked over to take a closer look. He then nodded and said, "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, you are right. This hose seems to be able to be fixed in the hole on the door. But where is the other end fixed?"

Belkin bent down and looked under the car, then turned to the scout standing next to him and said, "Comrade Scout, please use your flashlight to help me."

The scout responded and used his flashlight to illuminate Belkin so that he could see clearly what was under the car.

"I've figured it all out, Comrade Brigade Commander." When Belkin stood up again, the other end of the hose in his hand had disappeared. He turned to Sokov and said, "One end of the hose is fixed to the door of the carriage, and the other end is fixed to the exhaust pipe. It seems that the Germans want to discharge the exhaust gas generated by the car into the carriage."

This statement left everyone confused and puzzled.

Karsokov said with shock on his face: "The Germans are crazy. They discharge the exhaust gas produced by cars in a sealed car compartment. What on earth do they want to do?"

But Sokov's reaction was different from everyone else's. He had already guessed the purpose of the van.

However, he did not give an answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Belkin and asked, "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, what would happen if a group of people were locked in a car and then exhaust gas was released into the car?"

"Oh my God! Comrade Brigade Commander, how could you come up with such a ridiculous idea?" Belkin said with a face full of shock: "If people are locked in this sealed car and exhaust gas is discharged into it, everyone inside will definitely die. If these people are asleep, they may die in their sleep without pain. But if people are still awake, they will die slowly in pain, and they will also suffer from incontinence before death..."

At this point, Belkin stopped talking. He turned to look at the car first, then turned to look at Sokov, and asked in a shocked tone: "Comrade Brigade Commander, are you saying that the Germans drove people into this van and then killed them with car exhaust?"

"Yes, I think this should be the truth."

Belkin's breathing became rapid. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Who did they kill? Our captured officers and soldiers, guerrillas, underground resistance fighters, or someone else?"

Sokov endured the stench and came to the rear of the truck. He looked at the dark compartment and said, "I think the people they locked up in the compartment and massacred were Jews?"

"Jews?" Belkin asked in confusion, "Why were the Jews the target of the massacre?"

"In the eyes of the Germans, the Jews were not human beings at all. Killing them with bullets was simply a waste. Therefore, they chose a cleaner and more sanitary way to clean up these Jews. This should be an environmentally friendly method that the Germans came up with."

What Sokov said was true. The Germans initially cleaned up the Jews in a way that Himmler once went to inspect a concentration camp and watched his subordinates shoot Jews. As a result, he was accidentally splashed with blood, which made him feel sick. In order to avoid a similar situation from happening again, he ordered people to choose a simpler and more direct method.

"But according to the deputy brigade commander, if a person dies in a conscious state, he or she will become incontinent before dying." Romanov asked with interest, "Cleaning the carriage afterwards is a hassle. How can it be considered a clean and hygienic way?"

Sokov smiled faintly: "Romanov, do you think that after dealing with the Jews in the carriage, the Germans will clean up the carriage themselves?"

"If not them, who else could it be?"

"Of course it's the Jews they captured." Sokov explained to everyone based on the movies and TV shows he had watched, "The Germans will select young and strong men and those with special skills to work for them. And those women, the elderly and children who are of no use will be disposed of as soon as possible. If I'm not mistaken, the bodies of the Jews who died in this carriage will be buried by Jewish prisoners, and the dirt left in the carriage will be cleaned up." "Comrade Brigade Commander, you know so much?" Karsokov said with emotion after listening.

Hearing what Karsokov said, Sokov quickly made up a story: "You should know that I once went to Moscow to carry out a special mission. I was able to meet some special people, and from their mouths, I learned some things that ordinary people don't know. I learned from those people that the Germans used poisoning to kill the Jews. If it weren't for the deputy brigade commander's reminder, I wouldn't have connected the two."

"Then what should we do with this vehicle?" Karsokov asked Sokov, "Comrade Brigade Commander, if your guess is correct, then this vehicle obviously can no longer be used to transport the wounded or supplies."

"Or, just burn it down." Romanov suggested.

"It would be a pity to burn such a good car." But Belkin rejected his proposal and said to Sokov, "Comrade Brigade Commander, how about using this car to transport the bodies of the fallen soldiers?"

"Well, I think it's okay, let's do it." Sokov said this, and then asked Romanov: "Romanov, can you drive?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Romanov nodded vigorously and replied in a positive tone: "I can drive!"

"Since you can drive, drive this car to the field hospital and hand it over to the person in charge of the hospital." Sokov instructed: "Tell him that this car can only be used to transport the remains of the fallen officers and soldiers, and cannot be used to transport other supplies. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Commander," Romanov said. "I will convey your words to the hospital director faithfully."

After Romanov drove away, Sokov and others called the scouts and returned to the tent.

While Karsokov was asking the scouts about what they had discovered, Belkin quietly asked Sokov, "Comrade Commander, locking the Jews in the carriages and poisoning them with exhaust gas is not only inefficient, but also only kills a limited number of people each time. Do they have any other quick methods?"

"Of course there were." Although the gas chambers were not yet known to the Allies, it was no secret to Sokov, who came from the future. When he heard Belkin ask about it, he revealed a little of his historical knowledge to him: "I heard that the concentration camps built by the Germans had special gas chambers, which were used to massacre Jews. They could kill hundreds of people at a time. Thousands of people could die in a day."

Sokov's words aroused Belkin's great interest. He approached Sokov and whispered, "Comrade Brigade Commander, can you tell me in detail? Tell me how the Germans killed the Jews with poison gas."

Seeing that Belkin wanted to know, Sokov did not hide anything and began to narrate: "When the train transported the Jews from their place of residence to the concentration camp, a wave of screening would be carried out. The young and strong people with skills would stay, and the rest of the old, young, women and children would be sent to the gas chamber.

In order to prevent the Jews from finding out that they were being sent to be slaughtered, the Germans told them that they had to be disinfected and showered before entering the concentration camps, and then arranged accommodation for them. So they were taken to the gas chamber, which was designed to be like a public bathroom, and people were arranged to cut their hair first, and then everyone was asked to take off their clothes and line up to enter.

When the Germans looked through the observation hole and found that everyone in the room was dead, they would send a body collection team composed of Jewish prisoners into the room to eliminate all traces.

"Damn the Germans!" Belkin slammed his fist on the table, so loud that Karsokov and the scout next to him were startled. Belkin gritted his teeth and said, "If I meet these beasts, I will definitely shoot them all with my own hands."

Seeing Belkin so excited, Sokov was about to say something, but he heard the other party say in a heavy tone: "Comrade Commander, to be honest, I am also a Jew."

Sokov raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, are you also a Jew?"

"Yes, I am a Jew." Belkin nodded and said in a positive tone: "In fact, I am not the only Jew. There are quite a few Jews in the army. There are not only Jewish soldiers, but also officers and even several generals who are Jewish."

Hearing Belkin's words, Sokov immediately remembered that Antonov, who later succeeded Marshal Vasilevsky as Chief of the General Staff, was a Jewish general. And Major General Katukov, who is now the commander of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, is also a Jew.

"Comrade Brigade Commander," Karsokov suddenly said to Sokov, "the scouts reported that they found a concentration camp guarded by the Germans. At first we thought it was a prisoner-of-war camp for our officers and soldiers, but after conducting a close-up reconnaissance, we found that the prisoners were all civilians."

"A concentration camp for civilians?" Belkin turned around and asked Sokov tentatively, "Comrade Brigade Commander, are the civilians held there the Jews we just talked about?"

"That's entirely possible." Sokov agreed with this statement. He turned to look at the scout who had not yet left and asked, "Comrade Scout, how far is the concentration camp from here? How many civilians are there, and how many German soldiers are guarding it?"

"There are probably several thousand civilians, and the guards are about two platoons strong." The scout replied, "It's more than seventy kilometers away from here."

Originally, Sokov had considered that if the concentration camp was not far from here, he could consider sending people to rescue them. But when he learned that it was more than 70 kilometers away from here, he immediately gave up this unrealistic idea. Leading thousands of civilians, marching more than 70 kilometers, crossing the defense line and returning to his own defense zone, the difficulty was no less than that of Liu Bei leading hundreds of thousands of refugees from Xinye to Jiangxia. I am afraid that he would be surrounded by the German army halfway. Not only would he not be able to rescue the people, but he would also be trapped.

Seeing Sokov's silence, Karsokov asked cautiously: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what do you think? Should we save him or not?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov turned to look at Karsokov and said seriously, "The concentration camp is too far away from us. Let's not talk about whether the troops we sent can capture the concentration camp. Even if we eliminate all the guards and rescue the civilians imprisoned inside. But how can you lead thousands of civilians, walk more than 70 kilometers, and pass through the front line and return to our defense zone?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Karsokov fell silent. He had just learned that thousands of civilians were imprisoned by the German army, and he had indeed thought about sending troops to rescue them, but when he heard Sokov's words, he immediately realized that he had thought the problem too simply.

(End of this chapter)