The War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country

Chapter 349 The Invisible War (2)

"What! Colonel Anderson was attacked by the Soviet army? Someone pretended to be Colonel Anderson and entered the German Naval Ordnance Department to check the relevant information?!"

Over the past few days, the Allied High Command has seen numerous incidents similar to the Anderson incident. There have been instances of individuals impersonating British, American, and Soviet troops. Perhaps because the Chinese soldiers' yellow faces are difficult to disguise, no instances of impersonating Chinese soldiers have been detected. At this moment, the Allied high command sat together, pretentiously discussing these incidents.

Obviously, everyone knew these stories were true or false, but no one acknowledged them, ultimately blaming the problem on latent Nazi diehards. Consequently, the Military Police Command received the latest order to deploy a portion of its forces to conduct a large-scale sweep of Berlin. Of course, such an operation would ultimately be carried out by the military police of each country, and the ones who would suffer would undoubtedly be the surviving civilians in Berlin, as well as some former government officials, especially those with ties to the former Nazis or the military.

Today, Zheng Shuang personally led a military police unit to conduct a screening operation in a residential area on Reichstraße West in Berlin. He led the unit, apparently on a tip from Liu Molong's team, to cover a talent transfer operation. This unit consisted entirely of members from the 2nd Battalion of the Special Operations Regiment, and the core members were personally trained by Liu Molong. With their support, the effort would be multiplied.

Several Nazi survivors were hiding in a dilapidated building. They had no idea that Allied military police would suddenly appear and conduct a large-scale screening. Without any confirmation that they were the target, these Nazis could only huddle in a seemingly shabby and deserted room, nervously grasping their weapons.

Deng Shuang stood with a German-born police officer, Andrew Hirsin, a former member of the German resistance organization. He had been temporarily appointed as the district's police chief. Under Deng Shuang's command, he led the police station's officers in assisting the gendarmerie in registering and screening people in the area.

Two police officers and three military police formed a screening team. At the police's call, people emerged from their dilapidated shelters. Of course, temporary search areas and community leaders also stepped forward to assist in the screening process. Although the war was over, the occupation forces were still very real. The Chinese and American occupation forces, fortunately, did not harass the surviving civilians. However, the Soviet and British troops were different; they often found excuses to abuse these civilians.

The community leader stood trembling beside Zheng Shuang, unsure why these "flower-growing" gendarmes had suddenly appeared in their neighborhood with such a fuss. After all, civilians in Berlin now not only had to report to the community daily but also had to complete various other assigned tasks besides cleaning up their own living quarters, such as clearing debris from dilapidated neighborhoods, clearing roads, disinfecting with lime, and occasionally digging up a few decomposing bodies. They not only had to clean up these bodies, but also had to identify them.

Only after these civilians completed these tasks could they receive the small amount of food distributed by the Allies. Before the Allies determined the local government, civilians in the Berlin city area and even the entire Germany were restricted by the occupation forces. They were not allowed to move across regions, had no decent jobs, let alone get the opportunity to earn the supplies they needed for life.

Every day, people were taken away from every community. These people were either members of the Nazi Party or their families, or were forcibly relocated for various reasons, their whereabouts unknown. Just like the Nazi purges of the Jews, these people were taken away with their entire families, leaving only a few pieces of clothing and luggage. At this time, even the marks in people's hands were worthless. In the Allied-occupied areas, only the US dollar and the British pound were valid. In the Soviet-occupied areas, they only recognized the ruble...

After the residents of a building were identified and confirmed by community staff, they were temporarily placed aside. A team of military police, led by several police officers, rushed into the dilapidated building and conducted a systematic search. Simultaneously, the military police officer in charge of household registration, holding a list, called out the names of those present. Family members whose names were called were called aside to await further instructions.

Soon, houses were screened one after another. Inside one building, the military police found more than a dozen people of unknown origin. Strangely, among them were two Asians. At Zheng Shuang's signal, his guards immediately stepped forward, took the group to the prepared car, and drove away.

Zheng Shuang saw that his mission had been completed and there was no point in staying here any longer. After whispering instructions to a lieutenant military police captain, he got into his jeep and prepared to leave.

At this moment, a search team entered the dilapidated building where the Nazi survivors were. These Nazi survivors finally couldn't hold back and took the initiative to open fire and attack the search team.

"Bang, bang, bang—" was the sound of old German Mauser rifles and pistols. A policeman was shot, and a military police officer fell to the ground. The sound of gunfire sent panic into the crowd. Under the loud calls of community workers, the civilians hid under the abandoned building, not daring to run. They had experienced this many times before. If they ran around at this time, they would most likely be killed by the military police and police as resistance elements.

The other policemen and gendarmes reacted quickly. The lieutenant also rushed forward to command the gendarmes and policemen to encircle the dangerous building that attacked them. A communications soldier used a walkie-talkie to call the surrounding gendarmes for support.

Zheng Shuang hid beside the jeep, watching all this with great interest. He obviously didn't expect that he would actually encounter real resistance in this operation. He did not interfere with the lieutenant's command. As one of the leaders of the military police, it would be a waste of his talent if he personally took charge of such a scene.

At that moment, another Nazi survivor suddenly burst out of another dilapidated building, armed with an MP-42 submachine gun, and fired wildly at Deng Shuang's jeep. "Da da da—" bullets pelted the jeep, while some whizzed past Zheng Shuang's head. Clearly, this Nazi had been observing from the shadows for a long time and had determined that Zheng Shuang, a high-ranking officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, was the person in charge.

Zheng Shuang pushed aside the aide-de-camp who was restraining her and stood up, cursing. The Nazi who attacked him was shot and killed by the guards. More military police and police rushed over and surrounded the building where the Nazi resistance members had escaped. A series of grenade explosions sent clouds of dust billowing from the building, followed by the crisp crackle of American-made submachine gunfire. The battle was short and intense. Soon, two buildings were captured and the bodies of several Nazi resistance members were dragged out.