Sokov put down the phone and said to Cydolin: "Chief of Staff, I don't know how long it will take to wait for Lieutenant Samoilov. You might as well arrange manpower first and build fortifications on the east side of Nangang."
"The only troops that can be drawn out at present is Captain Vasily's Second Battalion." Sidolin said to Sokov: "I think the work of building fortifications will be left to the Second Battalion to complete."
"Yes." Sokov nodded after Sidolin finished speaking, and said, "Let them go to repair the fortifications."
Before Sidolin called Vasily to come to accept the mission, a telephone set on the wall rang not far away. After the staff standing nearby came over and answered the phone, he reported to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the observation post reported that a convoy was driving towards Mamayev's hill from the city center."
Convoy? Sokov heard that a convoy was heading towards Mamayev. He was stunned at first, then remembered the front command that had been missing for a long time, and hurriedly said to Sidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, it may be that the front command has arrived. I will go out to greet you. Here I will leave it to you."
Sokov and Bellkinon came out of the tunnel and saw a huge convoy driving over, leading an armored vehicle. Perhaps seeing Sokov and the others standing on the side of the road, the armored vehicle drove not far from them and stopped, while the other vehicles continued to drive towards the dock.
After the car door opened, Khrushchev walked out of it, came to the two of them, looked at Sokov coldly, and asked in a long voice: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I ordered you to send troops to serve as a warning along the way, why didn't anyone see it?"
Seeing Khrushchev's unhappy expression, Sokov quickly explained: "Comrade Military Commissioner, I had already sent troops, but the enemy suddenly launched an attack towards Beigang."
"So you withdrew all the troops on guard to Mamayev." Khrushchev's expression softened after hearing Sokov's explanation: "Am I right?"
"Comrade Military Commissioner, the reason why you didn't see the task of being on guard is because I sent them to carry out the task." Sokov considered that his plan was too risky, and if he was not careful, he might lose the Nangang position in Mamayevgang. Therefore, he would pretend to be an officer from the Front Command and falsely send orders to withdraw from Mamayevgang. He reported to Khrushchev and finally said: "In order to quickly capture the secret agents hidden nearby, I temporarily mobilize the troops on guard to carry out the arrest mission."
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, you did it right." After hearing Sokov's explanation, Khrushchev was not good at criticizing the other party, but changed the topic in time: "How is it, have the spy caught it?"
"There are seven men in total," Sokov said: "Five of them died, except for one who died of too much injury after being tortured, the rest were shot dead in the battle."
"Where are two left?"
"One is a radio operator who is being interrogated. I plan to ask him to cooperate with us and set a trap for the Germans."
"Set a trap?" Sokov's words aroused Khrushchev's curiosity. He asked with interest: "I wonder how you plan to set a trap?"
"Comrade Military Commissioner, I have just said that the spy pretended to be an officer sent by the Front Command and issued a false order to evacuate Mamayev's post." Sokov smiled and said to Khrushchev: "I plan to use the tricks and ask the German radio operator to send a false information to the German army, saying that our army had withdrawn from Mamayev's post. I think after the German army gets the information, they will immediately send troops to occupy Mamayev's post. After they occupy the surface positions, our troops will unexpectedly attack from the tunnel and catch them off guard."
"This plan sounds pretty good." Khrushchev thought for a moment, smiled and patted Sokov on the shoulder, and said in an approving tone: "I believe that as long as the German radio operator is willing to cooperate, the Germans will definitely fall into the trap."
After Khrushchev left, Sokov and Belkin returned to the command center in the tunnel. As soon as they saw Sidolin, Sokov couldn't wait to ask: "Chief of Staff, how is the situation with Lieutenant Samoilov?"
"There is no news yet. I guess it will not be easy to convince the German radio operators." Cidolin said: "I have just agreed with the second battalion commander and ordered him to immediately lead the troops to build fortifications on the east side of Nangang."
After Sidolin finished speaking, seeing Sokov remained silent, he added: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the more I think about it, the more I feel that the German radio operator sends a newspaper, the more I feel that it is not so reliable. Think about it, even if the radio operator agreed to us on the surface, but when we were not paying attention, he alerted the German army when we were not paying attention. Will our plan fail soon?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you don't have to worry about this." Sokov said in response to Sidolin's concerns: "In the process of sending the newspaper, our radio operator will monitor the whole process. Once he tries to send a warning signal to the German army, he can be killed on the spot." Whether the German army can get into the trap depends on whether the radio operator is sincerely cooperating with him. On this point, Sokov dare not take it lightly.
After waiting for another twenty minutes, Lieutenant Samoilov hurriedly walked in from outside. As soon as he saw Sokov, he said excitedly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, everything is done."
Although Sokov looked confident, he was extremely nervous inside. When he heard Lieutenant Samoilov say this, he still asked carefully: "Did the other party agree?"
"Yes, comrade comrade commander." Lieutenant Samoilov nodded vigorously and replied, "He promised to cooperate with us and send the telegram we had prepared to the Germans."
Sokov put down the huge rock in his heart and urged Samoilov: "Since you have agreed, Lieutenant Samoilov, why are you still doing here? Why don't you bring him here quickly?"
After Samoilov left, an incredible expression appeared on Cidolin's face: "My God, this is simply incredible. It is unimaginable that the German spies will take the initiative to cooperate with us."
Chapter completed!