As soon as he heard that there was something suspicious about Alia, Koshkin immediately raised his alarm and asked: "Comrade Commander, do you need to bring her here again for interrogation?"
"No need," Sokov waved his hand and said, "As long as you know this in your heart, there is no need to alert the enemy for the time being."
"Okay then." Since Sokov was unwilling to take action for the time being, Koshkin couldn't say anything more and could only bite the bullet and agree. After a pause, he asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, can you tell me
,Are there any doubts about Aaliya?"
"Do you still remember how she met the director of our headquarters?"
"You may remember this." Koshkin nodded and said: "She entered the military store without makeup, met the chief of staff who was buying food there, got close to him, and then found an opportunity to sneak into the kitchen.
"
"Koshkin, as far as I know, the time when the Chief of Staff goes to the military store to buy food is not fixed." Sokov smiled and said to Koshkin: "According to the timeline at that time, she should have just been sent by you.
When I was sent back from the countryside, I immediately changed into our military uniform, went directly to the military store, and then 'encountered' the Chief of Staff."
When referring to the Secretary of State, Sokov deliberately emphasized the word "accidental encounter" to attract Koshkin's attention.
The person who could be favored by Lunev, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, would naturally not be too stupid. After only a minute or two, Koshkin realized the problem: "Comrade Commander, I understand, Ai
The encounter between Liya and the Chief Secretary was not an accidental encounter at all, but a premeditated one."
"That's right, if she hadn't taken you to the outskirts of the forest to suppress the airborne team, and there was no sniper mission that day, then there would still be a chance of meeting the chief of staff in the military store." Sokov said: "But plus I just said
With those conditions mentioned, her 'accidental encounter' became a premeditated incident. I suspect that someone familiar with the Division Chief tipped her off, and this person may be a spy who sneaked in."
Hearing that there were spies sneaking into the headquarters, Koshkin couldn't help but take a breath: "Comrade Commander, if this is really the case, then it will be difficult to guarantee your safety. I think, after daybreak, we will
A major review will be conducted in the headquarters, and this latent agent must be caught."
"This agent is lurking very deep. It is not easy to catch him." Sokov shook his head and said: "The war is tense now. If we carry out a large-scale review in the headquarters with great fanfare, it will definitely upset the hearts of the people.
Being anxious will not be good if it affects the battle."
"Then let this agent lurk in the headquarters?"
"Judging from the current situation, this is the only way."
"Then how did he lurk in?" Koshkin asked curiously: "Could it be that the agents were lurking among the commanders and fighters who were rescued from the prisoner of war camps?"
"Koshkin, don't make blind guesses." Koshkin's statement made Sokov's heart skip a beat, and he thought that this possibility completely existed. But even if the agent was mixed in with the rescued commanders and fighters, he could enter his own body.
At the headquarters, Sokov also felt that this matter should not be made public, otherwise he would definitely be criticized by some people, saying that he should not integrate the rescued commanders and fighters into the army: "What you said will be over with me, don't do it again
Mention it to a third person, do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Commander." After hearing what Sokov said, Koshkin immediately realized the problem and quickly assured him: "I will never say similar words to the second person."
"Let's talk about the second biggest doubt." Sokov continued: "Why did Alia smash the radio and burn the code book before carrying out the sniper mission? Did she know that the sniper mission that day would never succeed?
, so even the communication tools to keep in touch with the outside world were destroyed?”
"You are right, Comrade Commander." Koshkin nodded and said, "When I was interrogating her, I felt that many of the things she said sounded too coincidental."
"Koshkin, I thought about the whole thing over and over for a long time, and suddenly I came up with a bold idea."
"what idea?"
"For Alia, the value of sniping me or other members of the headquarters is not too high." Sokov said with a sneer: "The target she sniped must be a more important person."
"A more important person?" Koshkin looked at Sokov and asked curiously: "Who could that be?"
"Koshkin, my unit should have a better record than other friendly forces, so there are many senior commanders who come to inspect us." Sokov gave Koshkin an example: "For example, Marshal Zhukov, Marshal Kone
Marshal Husband, Vasilevsky, and maybe other senior commanders will come over in the future. If Alia really came for these important goals, then she pretended to surrender to us just to dispel our trust in her.
suspicion, thereby creating particularly favorable conditions for her for future sniper missions."
After hearing this, Koshkin raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Comrade Commander, after hearing your analysis, I broke out in a cold sweat. If Alia's sniper target is really those marshals
, once something happens, it will be irreparable losses for our army."
"This possibility exists." After Sokov analyzed Aliya for Koshkin, he solemnly told him: "Now that Aliya is under your control, you must keep her under my guard."
Yes. If anything goes wrong, I will ask you."
"Comrade Commander, don't worry." Koshkin assured Sokov: "I will order people to guard her strictly and never let her have contact with any outsiders."
"Judging from the information we have obtained, Alia is an excellent sniper and has not received any special agent training." Sokov continued: "I think there should be some content in the information we obtained that is not true.
Complete, which leads to misjudgment on our part. But this is not a bad thing for us. You can monitor her by loosening it from the outside and tightening it from the inside. It seems that the supervision is not strict, but in fact there are people
Stare at her 24 hours a day without blinking."
"Comrade Commander, you can rest assured on this." After listening to Sokov's instructions, Koshkin showed a very proud expression on his face: "We are all experts in this aspect."
After Koshkin was sent away, Sokov was just lying on the camp bed when suddenly the communications staff came to wake him up and whispered: "Comrade Commander, General Afunin's reply has arrived."
Sokov hurriedly sat up, took the telegram from the other party's hand, and asked casually: "What did the telegram say?"
Although he saw that Sokov had lowered his head and browsed the telegram, since the other party asked, the staff could only repeat the contents of one telegram: "General Afnin said that the location where German snipers are gathering is still in an area controlled by the enemy.
, he simply couldn’t send someone to verify it.”
"Well, I understand." Sokov nodded and waved to the staff officer, "Go and do your work."
Sokov lay back on the cot, stared at the roof, and began to think about the authenticity of the information provided by Alia.
After thinking for a long time, he felt that Aaliya might have played another trick on him. She should clearly know the progress of his northern and southern troops, so he specially provided the assembly points for the other two new sniper teams.
After the German sniper operating near Chernivtsi in the north killed a Soviet commander and caused the defense line to collapse, it would not be easy for him to achieve such a result again. According to Alia
It is entirely possible to betray their character and the location where they gathered to gain their trust.
The assembly point of the sniper team in the south is not only within the area controlled by the Germans, but also the location where they plan to carry out sniper killings is also under the control of the Germans.
Don't worry about these things. After thinking about it carefully, you found more and more doubts. Sokov raised his hand and looked at the time. It was already three o'clock in the morning. He sat up from the cot and sent a telegram to himself in the distance.
The staff officer shouted: "Comrade staff officer, please call the front army headquarters and ask if Marshal Konev or Zakharov is on duty?"
"Okay, Comrade Commander." The staff officer agreed: "I will put you through the phone right away."
A few minutes later, the staff reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the phone call to the front headquarters has been connected, and the chief of staff, General Zakharov, is on duty."
Sokov stood up, walked over, took the phone, put it to his ear and said politely: "Hello, Chief of Staff of the Front Army, I am Sokov. I'm sorry to disturb your rest."
"You didn't bother me at all, Comrade Sokov. I happen to be on duty tonight." Zakharov looked at the clock on the wall and felt that if Sokov didn't have anything important to do, he wouldn't be on duty in the early morning.
I called myself for a chat at three o'clock and asked directly: "Do you have anything to ask me about?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, I want to ask you something." Sokov asked cautiously: "I want to ask where the information you provided me about the German female sniper came from?"
"Oh, the information you mentioned was provided by one of our comrades lurking inside the enemy." After Zakharov briefly introduced the origin of the information, he asked curiously: "Comrade Sokov, what's wrong?
?"
"The female sniper has become our prisoner." Sokov said: "She confessed during the interrogation last night that in addition to her sniper team, the Germans also sent troops to Chernivtsi and Wingene.
Each sent a sniper team. Among them, the sniper team that went to Chernivtsi successfully intercepted and killed the commander of the 115th Infantry Brigade, which caused the brigade to lose its unified command and the Germans broke through the defense line."
"What do the Germans want to do?" Zakharov waited for Sokov to finish and then raised a question. "Not only did they send their ace snipers to Otats to kill you, but they even sent out weapons like Chernivtsi.
He and Wenger each sent a sniper team to perform the same important sniper mission."
But as soon as Zakharov finished speaking, he realized a problem and quickly added: "Isn't Wenger still in the hands of the Germans? What are the Germans doing sending snipers there? If they want to snipe, it's valuable.
target, shouldn’t they sneak into the activity area of the 18th Guards Army or the 6th Tank Army and send them to Wenger to do what?”
Zakharov's words suddenly opened up the doubts in Sokov's mind. He quickly said into the microphone: "Thank you, Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, thank you for helping me solve a problem. Thank you very much. I wish you good luck."
!" After saying that, Zaharov hung up the phone without waiting for him to speak again.
Zakharov held the microphone from which the blind tone came, with a confused expression on his face: "Thank you to me, what did I say?"
After Sokov put down the phone, the ideas in his mind gradually became clearer. When Aaliya was being interrogated at night, he told the truth and lies again in order to confuse the audience and dispel his doubts about her. Now. Now
All it takes is one question to Bogdanov to find out whether Alia is telling the truth or a lie.
"Comrade Staff Officer," Sokov waved the staff officer over, looked at him and asked: "Can we call Chernivtsi from here?"
"Comrade Commander, I'm not sure, but I can try."
Although it is possible to communicate with Bogdanov through telegraph, it is too inconvenient and is not as convenient as talking on the phone: "Then try quickly. If you can get through, pick up the tank for me immediately."
Second Army Headquarters, I want to speak to General Bogdanov."
I didn't even think of giving it a try, but the call actually got through.
The person on the other end of the phone heard that he was looking for General Bogdanov and said impatiently: "Comrade General is still resting. If you need anything, please call me after dawn."
Sokov heard the conversation between the staff officer and the other party, and anger appeared on his face. He reached out to take the phone and said sternly: "I am Sokov, let Bogdanov answer the phone immediately. I have important things."
Find him."
"I don't care whether you are Sokov or Zhukov," the other party said arrogantly: "Comrade General is resting, no one can disturb him..." Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he stopped abruptly. After a while,
Then he asked tremblingly, "Are you the commander, General Sokov?"
"Yes, it's me." Seeing that the other party knew his identity, Sokov deliberately asked teasingly: "Do you need me to wait until dawn before calling?"
"Comrade Commander, how can I ask you to call after dawn?" The staff officer who answered the phone said respectfully: "I will immediately ask Comrade General to answer the phone."
A few minutes later, Bogdanov's feeble voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Comrade Commander, please call me at this time. Do you have any instructions?"
"General Bogdanov, I'm calling you just to ask you a few questions." After Sokov finished speaking, he didn't talk in circles, but asked straight to the point: "Have you regained the positions you lost?
"
"Yes, Comrade Commander, we restored our position before dark and drove the Germans far away from our position."
"Did you confirm that the German sniper team you eliminated killed the brigade commander of the 115th Brigade?"
"It's absolutely certain, Comrade Commander." Bogdanov replied in a positive tone: "From the information we captured, we can see that they did appear near the 115th Brigade headquarters during that time period and obtained
The results of the battle. The number of people recorded in their data is exactly the number of casualties of the brigade."
"How much casualties will you pay to eliminate this sniper team?"
Bogdanov was obviously stunned when he heard Sokov's question, and then replied: "It's just a very ordinary sniper team. We wiped them all out easily."
This chapter has been completed!