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Chapter 2897 Adventure Plan

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Politik expressed his opinion after Sokov finished speaking: "We must first confirm whether there are any enemies in the freight center. Even if there are no enemies, we must find out whether the locomotive can still be used. This alone is far from enough. We must find a way to ensure that the troops will not be discovered by the Germans during the transfer, so that we can reach the position you mentioned where we can get off the train."

"Yes, that's right." Sokov suggested to Politic, "So I'd like to trouble you to send scouts to the freight center to confirm that there are no Germans inside and that the locomotives are still usable."

Regarding Sokov's proposal, Politic thought for a long time, and finally nodded slowly and said, "Okay, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I will immediately send someone to conduct reconnaissance at the freight center."

Just at this moment, Zhu Kewen and others walked in from outside.

When Politic saw the scout under his command, he quickly called him over and said, "Comrade Sergeant, I have a mission for you."

The scout felt that this was his chance to redeem himself, so he straightened his back and asked respectfully, "Comrade Division Commander, what instructions do you have?"

After taking a look at Sokov, Politic said to the scout: "Comrade Sergeant, take your reconnaissance team immediately to the freight center to check if there are any enemies there and confirm whether the locomotive there is still usable."

"Yes, Comrade Commander!" The scout replied quickly, "I will lead my men out immediately."

Unexpectedly, shortly after the scout and his reconnaissance team left, the commander of the 1069th Regiment, Haranchuk, arrived at the headquarters.

Seeing Haranchuk appear, Politik was stunned at first, and then asked: "Haranchuk, are your troops ready for battle?"

"Of course, of course we are ready for battle." Haranchuk said, "I came here to report something to you."

"whats the matter?"

"There is an air-raid shelter near our regiment's defense line," Haranchuk reported to Politik. "Several local civilians were trapped in the shelter by a dozen German soldiers. Upon hearing the news, one of my battalion commanders immediately led a platoon of soldiers to attack, drove the enemy away, and rescued the civilians trapped in the shelter."

After listening to Haranchuk's report, Politik nodded at him and said in an approving tone: "Well done, Lieutenant Colonel Haranchuk."

"Comrade, I haven't finished what I want to say," Haranchuk continued, "One of the civilians may have been frightened and has become mentally disturbed."

"Nervous error?" Politic was stunned after hearing this, and then asked back: "What kind of performance did he have?"

"What did he say? He is our descendant and comes from the future..." Haranchuk couldn't help laughing when he said this. "It's absolutely ridiculous. If he wasn't mentally ill, he wouldn't have said such a thing."

Politic also laughed out loud.

But Sokov's expression became serious. He wondered what was going on. Could it be that another time traveler appeared here? He asked hurriedly, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, where is your civilian now?"

"He's outside." Haranchuk pointed toward the church door and continued, "My people are watching him to prevent him from talking nonsense and causing unnecessary panic."

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, can you let him in? I want to hear what he said." Sokov thought that Politik was the highest commander and that Haranchuk would only carry out such a thing with his permission, so he turned around and asked Politik, "Comrade Colonel, can you?"

"Of course, of course." Politik turned to Haranchuk and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Haranchuk, bring that civilian in. I want to hear what else he has to say."

A few minutes later, a young man dressed in ordinary clothes walked in.

After seeing the face of the person clearly, Sokov was completely stunned, because the person who came was none other than Anton Khabarov, whom he and Victoria had been looking for.

Anton Khabarov was brought to Politik by Haranchuk and said, "My friend, please repeat what you just said to our division commander."

"Comrade commander." As soon as Haranchuk finished speaking, Khabarov said to Politik in a trembling voice: "Maybe you don't believe it, but what I said is true. I am not from your generation. I am your descendant, from the future more than 70 years later."

After listening to Khabarov's words, Politic turned his head to look at Sokov, then turned to Khabarov and said with a smile: "Since you said you came from the future, then tell me, did we win this war?"

"Victory! Victory!" Khabarov nodded vigorously and said in an affirmative tone: "Just as you expected, we defeated the German invaders and achieved the final great victory!"

"Comrade commander," Halanchuk interrupted as Khabarov finished speaking, "I think he might have been frightened by the Germans. After all, when they were trapped in the air-raid shelter, the Germans fired guns and threw grenades into it, so he said such nonsense."

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Khabarov said to Haranchuk, "you are mistaken. I am not frightened by the Germans. Everything I said is true."

Just as Haranchuk was about to say something else, Sokov spoke up. He looked at Politik and asked, "Comrade Colonel, can I ask him a few words?"

"Sure." Politic made a gesture of invitation: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please feel free to ask."

Sokov nodded and came to Khabarov. He knew very well that his appearance had changed when he came to this era, and Khabarov would not recognize him at all. This way, he would not expose his identity: "Khabarov, is this your name?"

Khabarov looked at Sokov with a confused expression on his face. He didn't know why a man in a German uniform appeared here. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should answer Sokov's question.

Fortunately, Politic came out in time to rescue: "This commander is one of ours. He put on the German uniform in order to carry out the mission."

Khabarov suddenly realized what was going on and quickly replied, "Yes, my name is Anton Khabarov."

"Let me ask you, you said we won the final victory." Sokov asked pretentiously: "Then can you tell us when we won the victory?" Although Politik and Halanchuk did not trust what Khabarov said at all, they still wanted to know what the final outcome of the war was. Therefore, after hearing Sokov's question, they all turned their eyes to Khabarov, wanting to hear how he answered.

"On May 1945, 5, we achieved the final victory," Khabarov replied hastily.

"What happened to the initiator of the war, that damn little mustache?" asked Haranchuk.

“死了。”哈巴罗夫不假思索地回答说：“他在1945年4月30日下午3点30分，与他的新婚妻子爱娃，一起在德国总理府地下室自杀身亡。”

When the two heard the exact time of Xiao Huzi's death, they showed joy on their faces. Although it will take more than three years to confirm whether this statement is true or not, hearing the news of Xiao Huzi's death is still exciting good news.

Sokov confirmed that the person in front of him was Khabarov, whom he was looking for, and the key to his and Victoria's return to the future. Therefore, he had to find a way to keep the other party by his side so that he would have a chance to take the next step.

"Comrade Khabarov," Sokov asked the other party in a nonchalant manner, "Where are you from?"

“I’m from Moscow.”

"My troops are now stationed not far from Moscow." Sokov looked at Khabarov and asked, "Are you willing to become my subordinate?"

Khabarov looked at Sokov, then at Politik and the others, and asked suspiciously: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, aren't you with them?"

"No, I'm just here to make contact." In order to dispel the other party's concerns, Sokov took the initiative to say his name: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, the commander of the 16th Army Infantry Brigade."

After hearing the name said by Sokov, Khabarov widened his eyes in surprise. Therefore, the surname "Socov" is very rare. It would be strange if he was not surprised when he suddenly heard this familiar surname.

"How about it, Comrade Khabarov?" Seeing that Khabarov seemed a little hesitant, Sokov added: "Are you willing to become our subordinate?"

Although Khabarov could not confirm whether Sokov in front of him was his friend in the future, he had to stay with this person in order to figure out the matter, so he nodded and agreed without hesitation: "Yes, of course I am willing."

"By the way, Comrade Commander." Haranchuk remembered that he had just come here and happened to see the reconnaissance team leaving, so he asked Politik curiously: "I just saw the reconnaissance team go out, did you arrange any reconnaissance mission for them?"

"I sent them to the freight center," Politik replied, "to see if there are any Germans there, and also to see if the locomotives inside are usable."

Haranchuk was a little confused after hearing this, and asked in confusion: "What are we going there for? Besides, we are not a train, so what's the point of checking whether the locomotive can be used?"

"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov just discussed with me that we can choose to withdraw troops by rail." Politik glanced at Sokov, then explained to Haranchuk: "So we need to send people to check whether there are any Germans in the freight center and whether the locomotive can be used normally."

"What? The troops are taking the train to retreat from the railway line?" Haranchuk was shocked. He quickly reminded Politik: "Comrade, if we take the train to retreat, once we are discovered by the enemy, we will probably be in great trouble. You must be careful!"

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, don't worry." Seeing how worried Haranchuk was, Sokov quickly comforted him, "As long as the locomotive at the freight center can be used, I will have a way to get the troops to our defense zone smoothly without being discovered by the enemy."

Haranchuk obviously didn't believe what Sokov said. He shook his head and said, "Colonel Sokov, to be honest, someone once proposed this plan, but it was quickly rejected. Returning to our defense line by train is indeed faster than marching on foot, but if we are discovered by the enemy, they can just destroy the railway to prevent our train from moving forward, and then use artillery or aircraft bombing to put us in danger of being wiped out."

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are right. If the troops are discovered by the enemy when they take the train back to our defense line, it will indeed bring danger to the troops." Sokov knew that if he did not convince Haranchuk, then the implementation of this plan would be very difficult. He continued, "But we can find a way to prevent the Germans from discovering our true identity."

Haranchuk looked at Sokov and said in confusion: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, how can we prevent the enemy from discovering our true identity?"

"It's very simple." Sokov pointed to the German uniform he was wearing and said with a smile: "As long as we let the soldiers change into German uniforms, the enemies along the way will definitely think that the train is carrying reinforcements to the front line and relax their vigilance when they see this train."

After listening to Sokov's words, Haranchuk frowned slightly and said, "But, we have almost 4,000 people. Where can we find so many uniforms?"

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Politik also agreed: "I admit that your proposal is very constructive, but where can we find 4,000 sets of German uniforms?"

"We won't need that many." Sokov waved his hand and said, "We only need some soldiers to change into German uniforms and have them stand at certain locations on the train. Even if they are seen by the enemy, they will think that they are all on the train and will relax their vigilance. I think a hundred sets of uniforms at most will be enough."

"Is it really okay to do this?" Haranchuk asked worriedly.

Sokov thought of a movie he had seen in which American prisoners of war escaped from a German prisoner-of-war camp and fled by train. There were only a few dozen soldiers who changed into German uniforms, which confused the German troops along the way and made them not suspicious.

Therefore, facing Haranchuk's questioning, Sokov organized his words in his mind and then said, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I can't guarantee that there is no danger at all. But I can tell you that the risk of doing this is the lowest."

Haranchuk turned to look at Politic and asked for his opinion: "Comrade, do you think this is okay?"

Politik thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Haranchuk, I think Comrade Sokov's proposal may be the only way for us to escape, so we should boldly try it."

"But if our identities are discovered by the enemy, we will be in danger of being wiped out..."

Before Haranchuk could finish, Politic raised his hand to interrupt him: "If we continue to stay here, we will still be in danger of being wiped out. Now that we have a chance to escape, we must boldly try."

Seeing that Politik had made up his mind, Haranchuk knew that no matter what he said, it would be useless. He could only sigh softly and said helplessly: "Comrade, since you have made the decision, I will not say anything more. I will just obey your reputation."

(End of this chapter)