As Rokosovsky tore off the telegram, the commanders present forgot about this matter and listened attentively to Malining to assign combat missions to his troops. Only Sokov seemed a little absent-minded, and was still thinking about this inexplicable clear telegram.
Rokosovsky noticed Sokov's strangeness, but he did not point it out in public. After Malining finished the task, he stood up and asked, "Do you have any questions?" After saying this, he waited for a moment, and saw that no one was talking, and announced, "Since everyone has no problems, let's break up and go back to their respective troops to prepare for the battle."
When he saw Sokov standing up and going out, Rokosovsky called him specifically: "Major Sokov stay, I have something to say to you." When the officers walking outside heard Rokosovsky say this, they couldn't help but slow down and cast envious eyes at Sokov.
When all the officers who were in the meeting were exposed, Rokosovsky came to Sokov and asked with concern: "Misha, I saw that you were a little absent-minded when you saw the meeting. Are you worried?"
"Is this a matter of course? Comrade Commander, he must have something to worry about." Malining interrupted, "He must be considering when will we remove the 'agent' in front of his position and make him legitimately a true commander." As soon as Malining finished speaking, a kind laughter sounded around him.
After the laughter stopped, Sokov shook his head and said, "As long as he can defeat the invaders, whether he is a division commander or a battalion commander, it will be the same for me. I am considering something else."
"What else?" Rokosovsky's face showed a curious expression: "Can you tell me what's going on?"
"Telecom, that clear telegram." Sokov looked at Rokosovsky and said, "I think this telegram appears strangely, and it happened that we were about to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and the telegram appeared."
"Major Sokov, I think you'd better forget about the telegram." Orel said with a serious expression: "I think this is a conspiracy of the Germans, trying to disrupt our combat deployment."
"Misa, I think General Orel is right." As soon as Orel finished speaking, Malinin continued: "The Germans must have seen us break through their Jizdra line, and in a hurry, they were unable to draw enough troops to fill this gap. Therefore, this fake telegram was created to confuse our audio-visual and prevent us from sending troops to advance to their defense in time. In this way, they have enough time to draw new troops to consolidate their defense."
If he was another commander, he would question this unidentified telegram, which had unknown origin, and would definitely be criticized or even scolded by the leaders of the group army. But Sokov was a different situation. He was not only an excellent commander who made many achievements on the battlefield, but also the son of his old comrades in the army. Therefore, everyone showed enough patience to him.
After Rokosovsky and Orol and Malinin finished speaking, he looked at Sokov and asked, "Misha, do you think there is anything wrong with this telegram?"
"I can't say it." Sokov remembers that he watched a German TV series in later generations, in which there was a female radio operator lurking inside the German army. In order to convey intelligence to the Soviet army, she had no communication password and could only send it in a clear telegram. Fortunately, she finally met a Soviet reconnaissance team, and the intelligence was successfully transmitted. Sokov felt in his heart that the explicit telegram received by Rokosovsky might be similar: "I think this may be the information sent by the comrades lurking inside the German army at the risk of their lives. We should attract the necessary attention."
After Sokov finished speaking, Rokosovsky couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He felt that his handling of this clear telegram seemed a bit too hasty. After thinking for a while, he raised his head and said to Malining: "Comrade Chief of Staff, call General Zhukov and report the telegram to him. By the way, ask if we have any guerrilla activities near Korenievo."
When Malining turned around and called, Rokosovsky asked Sokov with some surprise: "Misha, if according to what you said, it was the information sent by our comrade lurking inside the enemy who risked his life, why did he use clear code instead of password?"
"Comrade Commander," Sokov heard Rokosovsky's question and immediately replied: "In my judgment, it may be that some urgent incident happened. The radio operator in charge of sending the newspaper was unable to send this information for various reasons. The comrade who obtained the information did not know the password, so he could only use this most dangerous method to send us a warning."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, has the phone been connected?" As soon as Sokov finished speaking, he immediately turned his head to ask Malining, who was dialing the phone. Seeing that the other party nodded and said that the phone had been connected, he stood up and walked to him, took the microphone and said, "This matter is of great importance, so I'd better report it to General Zhukov in person."
But when Zhukov's voice came out in the earpiece, Rokosovsky immediately said to the microphone: "Hello, Comrade Zhukov. I have an important thing to report to you. A few hours ago, we received a clear telegram saying that the enemy had deployed an armored division in the forest near Korenievo..."
"I also received this telegram." Zhukov asked without hesitation after Rokosovsky finished speaking: "Comrade Rokosovsky, how do you view this matter?"
"My comrades in the headquarters and I believe that this is a conspiracy of the Germans, an attempt to slow down our army's advance so that they can get valuable time to draw troops from other areas to fill the gap opened by our army." Rokosovsky said in one breath and said for a moment, and then hesitated for a moment, "But..."
"But what?" Zhukov asked briefly, "Does anyone have a different opinion?"
"Yes, comrade General." Rokosovsky stared at Sokov, who was sitting beside him, and said to the microphone: "Major Sokov felt that what the clear telegram said might be true."
After hearing this, Zhukov ordered briefly: "Tell him the phone and I want to talk to him."
As soon as Sokov put the earpiece in his ear, he spoke, "I am Sokov..." Zhukov quickly interrupted his words, but asked directly: "Major Sokov, tell me your guess."
"Comrade General," Sokov saw that Zhukov was personally inquiring about the matter, so he could only bite the bullet and say his guess: "I think it may be the comrades lurking inside the enemy who obtained this top secret information. According to the regulations of underground work, he should hand over the information to a special radio operator for issuance. The reason why we see a clear code telegram. According to my analysis, there may be some accidents in the radio operator who sent the radio operator, such as sacrifice or arrest, and the comrades who obtained the information did not know the radio station's password, so they could only risk the secret code to send this clear code telegram."
"You have made a good analysis." Zhukov thought Sokov's statement was reasonable, so he asked Sokov to hand over the microphone to Rokosovsky again. He then explained the telegram plan to Rokosovsky: "You immediately send scouts to the forest area near Korenievo to reconnaise and figure out what's going on. Since the German army is an armored division, no matter how hidden they are, there will always be clues, do you understand?"
"I understand, comrade general." Rokosovsky asked back after a loud answer: "Will we temporarily postpone our attack in Bryansk for a while and wait for the reconnaissance results to take offensive action? "
Chapter completed!