Ulis was a bakery owner. During the war, he secretly took in 32 Jews and hid them in his attic. Fortunately, he ran a bakery and could help these Jews in distress.

Provide necessary food.

When the Soviet army recaptured Klementchug some time ago, Julis couldn't help feeling ecstatic, because this way, the Jews hiding in the attic would have a chance to see the light of day again.

Unexpectedly, not long after he was happy, a group of soldiers wearing blue hats broke into his home and took him away from his home in the name of assisting the Germans during the fall of the city. Fortunately, they came to the bakery.

They only arrested people but did not conduct a search, so the Jews hiding in the attic were not discovered.

After Ulis was imprisoned, he seemed to be forgotten by the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and no one came to interrogate him at all. In this way, he was imprisoned for five days.

Just as he was worried about the Jews hiding in the attic, he heard the prisoners in the same cell whispering: "Did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?"

"Tomorrow we will drag out all our people and shoot them."

"Ah, shoot them all. Why?"

"Why? Their crime is that we helped the Germans during their occupation of Kremenchug."

The conversation between the two frightened Eulis out of his wits. He rushed to the door, shook the iron fence vigorously, and shouted loudly: "Let me out, let me out!" His shouts echoed in the empty corridor.

There were echoes, but not even a single soldier from the Ministry of Internal Affairs appeared.

"Friend, stop screaming." The middle-aged man among the people who had just been chatting said to Yulis: "Even if you scream, no one will pay attention to you."

Yulis quickly returned to the man's side and squatted down, and couldn't wait to ask: "Friend, is what you just said true?"

"Yes," the man nodded and replied: "When I was refreshed today, I heard people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs saying that anyone who has done anything for the Germans should be severely punished. There will be a mobile phone number tomorrow.

The military court will review and approve the people detained in the prison, and after the verdict is over, they will all be shot."

After confirming the bad news, Yulis fell to the ground, as if all the strength in his body had been drained. He never dreamed that he, a bakery owner who had always been indifferent to the world, would end up like this.

fate.

Just when he was heartbroken, he suddenly heard the sound of the cell door opening in the distance, and then a burst of chaotic footsteps sounded in the corridor. The middle-aged man sitting opposite Yulis stood up and came to the cell.

He looked out from the door and said, "It's strange, why are so many people here? Are we going to be shot in advance?"

Yulis heard footsteps stopping at the door, and then there was a loud bang. Someone opened the cell door from the outside, and then a majestic voice came: "Is Yulis in there?" This voice asked Yulis.

It was like a reminder. He was so frightened that his legs became weak and he could not stand up.

The people outside waited for a while and saw that there was no movement in the cell, and then several people came in. The one at the front was a lieutenant general wearing a blue hat, followed by a man also wearing a blue hat.

Lieutenant. And the Lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, whom everyone knew, was following the two of them with a bow and a nod.

The lieutenant standing next to the general took a step forward and asked loudly: "Yulis, who is Yulis?"

However, there was still no reply.

The lieutenant who spoke was Samoilov, and the general who first walked into the cell was naturally Sokov's military commissar Lunev. The two of them came here to rescue Yulis on Sokov's order.

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After Samoylov shouted several times and saw no one answered, he glanced at the dozen prisoners in the cell one by one and said to Lunev in a low voice: "Comrade Military Commissar, is there something wrong?"

Oh, maybe he's not in this cell at all."

Lunev very much agreed with Samoylov's statement. There were only a dozen or so people in the cell. If Yulis was really there, he should have squeaked after hearing Samoylov shouting for so long.

Thinking of this, he turned to the lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, didn't you say that Yulis was locked up in this cell?"

"That's right, Comrade General." The lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was also quite puzzled. According to the prison records, the bakery owner Yulis was indeed imprisoned in this cell. Why did the lieutenant who came with the general shout

After a long time, no one responded? "He is in this cell."

Before Lunev could speak again, the lieutenant turned around and ordered the men outside the door: "Quickly check the records and see where Yulis is being held?"

After hearing the lieutenant's instructions, the soldiers outside quickly looked through the jail records. After seeing clearly the cell where Yulis was held, they looked up at the numbers above the cell door, and then replied in a positive tone: "Lieutenant.

Comrade, yes, he is locked in this room."

"Really?" The lieutenant didn't believe what his subordinate said, so he grabbed the register in his hand and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, he saw Yulis's name on it, and it even matched the cell where he was held. He hurriedly got closer.

Next to Lunev, pointing to the record above, he said: "Comrade General, you see, Yulis is indeed imprisoned in this cell."

"Since it's this cell, why did Lieutenant Samoilov shout so many times, but no one answered?"

The lieutenant rolled his eyes and immediately thought of a good idea, and said to Lunev: "Comrade General, there are only 12 people in this cell anyway. We might as well name them one by one. The remaining people who have not agreed should be the ones you want."

The person you are looking for.”

After obtaining Luniev's consent, the lieutenant asked his subordinates to start calling the names. The prisoners who were called were driven to the other side of the cell. Soon, only Yuri was left sitting on the ground in a daze, his eyes unfocused.

S.

The lieutenant stepped forward and bent over and slapped the other man in the face. The severe pain made Yulis wake up from his dazed state. He looked blankly at the lieutenant standing in front of him, wondering why the other man wanted to hit him.

Seeing that Yulis had regained consciousness, the lieutenant asked sharply: "What's your name?"

"Julis!"

"Ulis?!" When he heard Yulis say his name, the lieutenant couldn't help feeling ecstatic. He stood up straight and said to Luniev: "Comrade General, he is Yulis!"

But Lunev did not express his position rashly, but winked at Samoylov beside him, motioning for him to step forward for questioning. Samoylov, who understood and understood, nodded and walked to squat in front of Yulis.

Next: "You said your name is Eulis?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander."

"What do you do?"

"The owner of the bakery."

After seeing that the name and occupation matched, Samoilov turned to look at Lunev, wanting to see his reaction.

Luniev came to Yulis, looked down at him and asked: "Since you said you are the owner of the bakery, tell me how many Jews live in the attic?"

When Luniev asked about the Jews, Yulis jumped up from the ground and asked in surprise: "Comrade General, have you found the Jews hiding in my attic?" He felt that since the other party asked him this, maybe

I have a chance of survival.

"Yulis," Luniev did not answer his question, but continued: "You said there are Jews hiding in your attic, but you haven't told me the specific number yet."

Although Yulis didn't know why Lunev asked this question, he also knew that this might be an opportunity for him to escape death. He quickly replied: "There are 32 people in total, including 17 adult men and 12 women.

man, and three children.”

Runev knew that there were 32 rescued Jews, but he was not sure how many men and women there were. Seeing that Yulis spoke so clearly, he confirmed that he was the person he was looking for and said to him: "Yulis"

Si, come with us."

Yulis's mind suddenly recalled what the middle-aged man had just said, and he couldn't help asking nervously: "Comrade General, where are you taking me?"

Before Lunev could speak, Samoylov said first: "Of course I'm going back to your bakery. Where else do you want to go?" After saying that, he grabbed the other person's arm and dragged him outside.

Go, "What are you still doing? Do you want to stay here forever?"

Yulis was overjoyed to learn that he could go back to his bakery. He followed Samoilov out of the cell. As he walked along the corridor, he asked Samoilov in a low voice: "Comrade Lieutenant,

Didn’t you say that everyone in the cell will be shot? Why did you let me go?"

"I let you go because you saved the lives of 32 Jews." Samoilov said sternly to Yulis: "You saved their lives out of kindness at that time. But now, it is these things that get you

The Jews who helped saved your life."

Lunev, who was following the two men, heard what Samoilov said and began to murmur in his heart: If a kind-hearted bakery owner like Yulis is imprisoned on suspicion of helping the Germans, then what if he is locked in a cell?

There may be more unjustly accused prisoners among the people inside.

When Runev took Samoilov to rescue Yulis, Sokov received a call from Zhukov.

Zhukov asked straight to the point on the phone: "Misha, I heard Konev say that you plan to organize people to make counterfeit banknotes and then put them into the German-occupied areas to disrupt their economy. Is this true?"

Zhukov's call had long been expected by Sokov. He replied happily: "Yes, Comrade Marshal, I do have such a plan. When the counterfeit banknotes are produced, we can use it..."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he heard Zhukov sternly saying: "Nonsense, it's just nonsense. Comrade Sokov, don't forget your identity. You are the commander of the group army, not the director of the banknote printing factory."

, don’t do this kind of thing that has nothing to do with combat.”

"But, Comrade Marshal." Faced with Zhukov's criticism, Sokov was a little confused, but he still tried to defend himself and said: "A currency war is also a war. As long as the German economy is destroyed, our next war will be affected.

It’s very beneficial.”

Then Zhukov couldn't hear his excuse at all, but continued to say sternly: "This kind of thing should be left to professionals. Your task is to command the troops to fight, strive to eliminate more enemies, and liberate more cities."

, to establish greater achievements. Do you understand?"

Now that Zhukov had spoken to this extent, Sokov knew that no matter whether counterfeit banknotes would be manufactured and distributed in the German-occupied areas in the future, the matter had nothing to do with him, so he could only bite the bullet and reply: "Understood.

.”

Seeing that Sokov agreed, Zhukov lowered his tone and asked: "When will all your troops arrive at Kremenchug?"

Sokov mentally calculated the existing transportation capacity, and then replied: "It will probably take another week."

"It will take another week?"

"That's right, Comrade Marshal." Sokov heard that Zhukov was a little unhappy, and quickly defended: "The main thing is the transportation of artillery and tanks, which takes up a lot of transportation force. They will all arrive at Kleminchug within a week.

It’s already pretty fast.”
To be continued...