" Perry Rhodan 0024 - (17) The Venus Trap" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

She refused to answer any of his questions, let alone advise him how to enter the fortress through the
energy curtain.

Then he turned to Tomisenkow. But this prisoner didnтАЩt treat him much better than Thora, which
dismayed him even more. RaskujanтАЩs character was basically that of a subordinate afflicted with an
inferiority complex. Since he screwed up his courage to attack a general and capture him, he expected
him to behave as a prisonerтАФnot as a general.

Since he had been defeated and brought in with one of RaskujanтАЩs helicopters, Tomisenkow had already
had to undergo five interrogations. For a man who had steeled his nerves for a year against the dangers
of the Venusian jungle, they represented only harmless quizzes, especially as RaskujanтАЩs intelligence
officers seemed to suffer from the same inferiority complex as their superior when confronted with a
general, even though he was stripped of his insignia.

When the storm had calmed down after dusk, Raskujan summoned the prisoner to the command centre
of his flagship.

Raskujan received him with a submachinegun displayed ostentatiously across his knees. He didnтАЩt even
offer a seat to Tomisenkow.

"I understand that you refuse to cooperate with my command," Raskujan began.

Tomisenkow didnтАЩt seem to consider this opening as a question; at any rate, he gave no answer.

"Answer me!" Raskujan bellowed angrily.

"Answer what?" Tomisenkow said calmly.

"Why you donтАЩt cooperate with me!"

Tomisenkow grinned wryly. "Why donтАЩt you co-operate withme? " he countered with the same
question.

Raskujan gasped for breath. Then he made the mistake of giving explanations in reply to Tomisenkow's
question. "Because your division is wracked by dissension and rebellion."

"That doesnтАЩt make it right. YouтАЩve been sent here to bring me supportтАФand to give me moral support
if that is necessary. That was indeed the case. However, instead of making an effort to locate my division
and to help reorganize it, you chose to remain here and to make dozens of crazy attempts to get into
RhodanтАЩs base. And when you finally found out where I was, you had nothing better to do than to assault
us! Us, to whom you were supposed to bring help!"

Raskujan barely managed to keep his composure. "As a former officer you know as well as I do how
demoralizing your men would have been for my troops. I had no other choice than to draw a line
between us. My regiment has nothing in common any more than your division."

Tomisenkow made such a derisive gesture that Raskujan was hard put to control his anger.
 "DonтАЩt try to outsmart me," Tomisenkow interjected. "You forget that you were serving in my company.
IтАЩve known you for years. Even as a young lieutenant you tried to show off whenever you had a chance.