Seeing Sidorin salute him, Koshkin was a little confused. He waved his hands in a panic and said: "Colonel Sidorin, you are so polite. My responsibility is to protect the safety of the commander. These things are all
It’s my responsibility.”
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Kurishenko said from behind Sidorin: "Let the German translator in the division do this. I think we need to interrogate this prisoner."
"There is no need for an interpreter," Sokov said, shaking his head: "He speaks Russian very well, and we can interrogate him directly."
After hearing what Sokov said, Kurishenko gave up his plan to find a translator. Instead, he walked directly in front of the fake captain and asked with a serious expression: "What is your name and why are you pretending to be an officer of our army?"
The fake captain was quite cooperative and answered proactively: "My name is Verscher, with the rank of lieutenant. My mission is to kidnap your commander Sokov and bring him to our army's headquarters."
Kurishenko turned to look at Sokov and continued to ask: "How did you know the commander was here?"
"My companion is a Ukrainian." Verscher answered truthfully: "After he found out where General Sokov was, he happened to see the commander of the 124th Regiment leaving, so I went in pretending to be an officer from the division.
Trick him."
Having said this, he glared at Koshkin with hatred: "But I didn't expect that this lieutenant would find out. When I saw his expression like this, I really thought that he and General Sokov
They’ve all been fooled by me.”
"Is your companion a Ukrainian?" Sokov captured a key word from the other party's words. He raised his chin at the driver and told Koshkin: "Comrade Lieutenant, go and interrogate him."
"Okay." Koshkin agreed, came to the driver, and asked with a straight face: "What's your name? Have you served in our army before?"
But after the driver heard Koshkin's question, he just snorted coldly, and then turned his head to the side, seemingly not bothering to answer Koshkin's question.
Seeing that the other party was not cooperating, Koshkin punched and was about to fight, but Sokov stopped him: "Lieutenant Koshkin, this is the division headquarters, don't do anything here."
Hearing what Sokov said, Koshkin lowered his fist. He understood what Sokov meant. He could use some means to deal with such stubborn die-hards, but it was best not to do anything in the division headquarters.
: "Understood, Comrade Commander, I will take him to another room for interrogation immediately."
Just when Koshkin called to the two soldiers holding the driver and prepared to take the man next door for interrogation, Major Izvikov, commander of the second battalion of the division guard, came in from outside.
Seeing the scene in front of me, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked Kurishenko in a low voice: "Comrade division commander, why did you arrest these two officers? Did they make any mistake?"
"This is not our officer." Sidorin said to Izvikov: "Both of them are our enemies. They pretended to be our officers and tried to kidnap the comrade commander. Fortunately, Lieutenant Koshkin saw through it.
Their identity shattered their conspiracy." He pointed at the stubborn driver with his hand, "Well, this guy is said to be Ukrainian. He used his identity as a disguise to help the Germans spy on military intelligence."
Learning that one of the two captured enemies was actually Ukrainian, Izvikov walked up to that man to see what kind of person this Ukrainian scum was.
After he saw the other person's face clearly, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Nayi, is it you or your ghost?"
The driver, who had never spoken, saw Izvikov shouting out his face, and the muscles on his face twitched violently for a few times, and then said: "I didn't expect that after such a long time, you can still recognize him."
Get out of me."
"When you became my subordinate, there were only more than two hundred people in the guerrillas. I can clearly remember everyone's appearance." Izvikov looked at the other party and asked puzzledly: "Didn't you follow the deputy captain to attack in the open air?"
Did you die in the battle with the enemy when you were in the mine? Why did you suddenly appear here?"
Facing Izvikov's inquiry, Nayi had to say: "Yes, when we went to attack the open-pit mine that day, we were indeed ambushed by the Germans. But I did not die, but was injured and captured.
."
"Captured by the Germans?" When Izvikov heard this, he immediately understood what was going on, and a trace of anger appeared on his face, "Then you became a shameful traitor."
"Captain," Nayi said using Izvikov's original title: "I don't want to surrender to the Germans, but their torture methods are even more powerful, and I really can't bear it, so I can only choose to serve them.
."
"Shameful traitor." After hearing this, Izvikov was furious and pulled out his pistol, pointed it at Nayi, and said through gritted teeth: "I will shoot you."
"Wait a minute, Major Izvikov." Sokov stopped the impulsive Izvikov again: "He can't die yet. We still need to get some useful information from him." After saying this,
After speaking, Sokov told Koshkin, "Lieutenant, take both of them down and see if you can get some useful information from them."
"Don't worry," Koshkin, who was born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is an expert in interrogation. Even if the opponent is a rabbit, he can still ask for useful information, so he assured Sokov: "I will let him
Everything I know is told honestly."
After Koshkin and the soldiers left with the two prisoners, Sidorin stepped forward and apologized to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I'm really sorry. Due to our negligence in our work, we almost put you in danger.
"
Sokov said magnanimously: "You have just occupied the city and haven't had time to eliminate the enemy agents in the city. I can't blame you for this. But you should be careful next time and don't let the enemy take advantage of the loophole."
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Today's events made Sidorin scared when he thought about it. How could something like this happen again? He patted his chest and assured Sokov: "I will immediately arrange manpower to attack the city."
We will conduct investigations here to prevent similar things from happening again.”
For the sake of Sokov's safety, he took the initiative: "Comrade Commander, we don't know how many enemies are lurking in the city yet. For your safety, you should stay at our division headquarters until the group army headquarters talks about love."
.I dare not say anything else, but your safety can definitely be guaranteed."
"Major Izvikov," Sidorin turned to Izvikov and said to him: "The composition of the personnel in the guerrillas is complex. I hope that the personnel you bring to protect the safety of the division will all be reliable."
If the division headquarters were still in the forest, Izvikov would definitely think that Sidorin was provoking these words when he said these words. But now, after hearing this, he felt smart. He thought that he had already been sacrificed in the battle.
A hero actually defected to the Germans, which somewhat prevented him from stepping down.
Therefore, after listening to Sidorin's words, he could only say with a smile: "Don't worry, Comrade Chief of Staff, I will recruit the personnel of the second divisional security battalion. I will conduct repeated screening and review, and I will never let Na Yi do this."
Bad elements sneak in."
"It's good that you understand this." Sidorin nodded to him and said, "You have nothing to do here. You can go and help Lieutenant Koshkin interrogate the two prisoners."
Izvikov was staying in the division headquarters at the moment, feeling awkward. When he heard Sidorin's words, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, I'll be there right away."
Help Lieutenant Koshkin interrogate the prisoners of war."
After calm returned to the headquarters, Sidorin asked Sokov for instructions: "Comrade Commander, all regiment-level commanders are here. Can you say a few words to everyone?"
"I don't have any new combat tasks to give you for the time being, so I don't have to give you instructions." Sokov looked at Kurishenko and said: "General Kurishenko, I just interrupted your speech.
, you can continue now."
The commanders present were whispering to each other, whispering about the fact that Sokov was almost kidnapped by German agents. Starcha's scalp was even more chilly. He thought to himself, what if Sokov was really under his command?
The ministry was kidnapped, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape even if he jumped into the Dnieper River. When Sidorin listened to Sokov's speech, his heart beat faster. He was deeply afraid that Sokov would attack him in public, and he did not know how to deal with it.
Fortunately, Sokov did not pay attention to these details, and instead allowed Kurishenko to continue speaking. Starcha's heart hanging in his throat was put back into his stomach. But what did Kurishenko say next?
, he didn’t listen at all.
After the meeting, Starcha and others were almost gone before they braved themselves and came to Sokov and said tremblingly: "Comrade Commander, I apologize to you for what happened today..."
…”
Unexpectedly, before he could finish speaking, Sokov raised his hand and interrupted what he was saying, "Colonel Starcha, I can't blame you for this. It's because the enemy is too cunning. They actually took advantage of our troops just entering the city.
When the situation was still relatively chaotic, I sneaked into your headquarters to deceive me. But fortunately, with Lieutenant Koshkin, I was able to escape."
While they were talking, a major walked in from outside. He didn't even look carefully when he entered, and asked: "Is Comrade Commander here?"
Perhaps because he was once bitten by a snake and was afraid of well ropes for ten years, Starcha walked up to Sokov before he could speak and asked loudly: "Comrade Major, which department are you in? See Comrade Commander.
What's matter?"
The major glanced at Starcha's epaulettes and thought he was Colonel Sidorin, the division's chief of staff, and said with a smile: "Are you Chief of Staff Sidorin? I am the staff officer of the group army headquarters, Comrade Chief of Staff.
I was sent to invite him."
"Really?" Starcha asked with a smile: "Is it really the Chief of Staff, General Smirnov, who sent you here?"
"Yes, it was Comrade Chief of Staff who sent me to ask for the Commander."
After hearing what the other party said, Starcha decided in his heart that the other party was another German impersonating him. He put his hand directly on his waist and was about to draw his gun. But his hand was held down by someone. When he turned around, he found that
The person who grabbed his hand was Sokov, and he couldn't help but said in shock: "Comrade Commander, what are you...?"
"Colonel Starcha, don't get me wrong, he is indeed the staff officer of the headquarters." Sokov said to Starcha with a smile: "You are a little too nervous."
Although Sokov had already identified the other party, Starca still asked uneasily: "Comrade Commander, is he really the staff officer of the Army Headquarters?"
"Yes, he is the staff officer of the Army Group Headquarters." Sokov explained to Starcha: "He came with me from the Frunze Military Academy. If Lieutenant Colonel Miresiev and Og
If Major Nev is present, they will definitely recognize that it is their classmate."
After confirming the identity of the visitor, Starcha explained to the other party with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Comrade Major, I just misunderstood you. Please forgive me."
The staff officer couldn't understand the situation at all, but it was difficult to ask, so he could only agree vaguely, and then said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the group army headquarters is now in the church in the center. Comrade Chief of Staff asked me to invite
You go over."
After Sokov followed the staff to the central church, he saw a busy scene here. The communication soldiers were busy setting up antennas and laying telephone lines, and the staff was busy pasting up maps.
"Comrade Commander," when he saw Sokov entering, Smirnov came up to him, glanced behind him, and asked curiously: "Why don't you see Lieutenant Koshkin?"
"He stayed at the headquarters of the 41st Guards Division for something to do." Sokov said casually: "You just happened to send your staff to find me, so I came over."
"It's really outrageous." Smirnov was a little angry when he learned that Koshkin stayed at the headquarters of the 41st Guards Division: "Lieutenant Koshkin's mission is to protect your safety. Since you have returned
Headquarters, why didn't he come back with you? It's so outrageous, it seems I have to teach him a lesson."
As he spoke, Smirnov called the staff officer in front of him and told him: "Comrade Major, please run to the headquarters of the 41st Guards Division again to find Lieutenant Koshkin."
Just as the staff officer agreed and was about to leave, Sokov stopped him: "Major, there's no need to go."
Seeing that Smirnov and the staff looked confused, he explained: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the situation is like this. Not long ago, a German spy pretended to be a staff officer at the division headquarters and pretended to invite me to a meeting at the division headquarters.
In fact, he wanted to kidnap me. As a result, Lieutenant Koshkin discovered his identity and arrested him. Now, Lieutenant Koshkin, under my order, stayed in the municipal building to conduct an investigation on the two captured enemy personnel.
Where is the interrogation?"
When he learned that Sokov was almost kidnapped by enemy agents, Smirnov was suddenly frightened and broke into a cold sweat. He hurriedly asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, are you not injured?"
"No, no." Sokov shook his head and said: "Fortunately, Lieutenant Koshkin was smart and saw the opponent's flaws from some details..." He told Smirnov in detail what happened.
After going over it, I found that Shtemenko seemed not to be seen in the headquarters, so I asked curiously, "By the way, where is Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff?"
"Before we set off, General Shtemenko received a call from the General Staff, saying that there was an emergency and he needed to return immediately." Smirnov said: "Just like that, General Shtemenko took his superiors to
The plane sent to pick him up returned to Moscow."
When he learned that Shtemenko had left, Sokov couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and said with relief: "It's good to leave. This way, we don't have to worry about his safety."
This chapter has been completed!