Asiya quickly turned around and asked nervously: "Misha, what happened?"
"I think there is something wrong with the officer who came over." Sokov lowered his voice and said: "He always looked around when walking, as if he was worried that someone was following him behind. Now Moscow has got rid of the threat of war, and there is no danger at all, but
He acted like he was on the cutting edge.”
"Then what should we do?"
Seeing that the officer was only a dozen steps away from him, Sokov suddenly had a bold idea in his mind: "Asia, help me up, let's go back."
"Go back?" Asiya asked puzzledly, "Why?"
"I'll explain it to you later." Seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer to him, Sokov urged: "Hurry up and help me up!"
Asiya hurriedly bent down to help Sokov, but she didn't expect that there was ice on the ground. As soon as Sokov stood up, he slipped and sat back on the bench. He accidentally shocked the wound, which caused great pain.
Cove bared his teeth.
When Sokov tried to stand up again, a man's voice came from next to him: "Friend, your leg is injured, let me help you." Then, Sokov felt someone grabbing his arm and trying to
Help yourself to stand up.
Sokov turned around and saw that the person speaking was the officer he suspected. He quickly put a smile on his face, pretended to be grateful and said to the officer: "Comrade Commander, thank you.
!”
The officer helped Sokov stand up from his seat, then watched him take a few steps forward with Asiya's help, and asked tentatively: "Friend, where was your leg injured?"
Hearing what the officer said, Sokov realized that the other party was testing him, and quickly put on a regretful expression and said: "Hey, it's so embarrassing to say that. Three months ago, the militia annihilation battalion from our factory arrived.
When I went to clear obstacles on the road outside the city, my colleagues and I accidentally stepped on a landmine while moving a triangle frame to the roadside. My colleague was killed on the spot and I was also seriously injured. After such a long time,
After treatment, I was finally discharged from the hospital today."
After listening to Sokov's explanation, the officer asked some indirect questions about some details. Fortunately, Sokov had already prepared his answer and answered it in a flawless manner, which completely eliminated the other party's suspicion.
"Friend," the officer nodded to Sokov and said in a kind tone: "I have urgent matters and can't continue to accompany you. You can only go back slowly."
"Comrade Commander," Sokov said with a smile: "If you have anything to do, just go and do it. We will walk back slowly by ourselves. Thank you for helping me stand up just now."
When the officer turned around and left, Sokov suppressed the smile on his face and sneered as he looked at the other person's back.
"Misha," Asya leaned close to Sokov and asked in a low voice, "What should we do next?"
"Follow him." Sokov said: "Find out where his destination is?"
In this way, the two of them followed the officer from a distance and walked forward along the sidewalk.
After walking for seven or eight minutes, Sokov saw the officer stop at the door of a building. After looking around, he opened the closed iron door and walked in.
"Misha, did you see that? The officer entered the house in front."
"I saw it." Sokov nodded and asked, "Asia, do you know where there is a phone?"
"Misha, what are you going to do?"
"I think there's something wrong with this officer," Sokov replied: "I'm going to call Lunev and ask him to send someone to arrest this officer."
When the two approached the iron gate through which the officer entered, Asiya couldn't help turning her head and looked there. Sokov quickly reminded her: "Asiya, don't look around, maybe the officer is hiding somewhere.
Watching us."
In this way, the two slowly passed the iron gate and continued walking forward.
The two of them walked a full five or six hundred meters before they saw a large bookstore. According to Sokov's experience, bookstores of this size often have the phone numbers they want.
Sokov walked into the bookstore and saw that there was no customer in the store except the salesperson sitting behind the counter at the door. He limped to the salesperson and asked politely: "Comrade, may I ask?
Do you have a phone here?"
The salesperson glanced at Sokov and replied calmly: "We have a phone number, but we don't keep it open to the public."
Although the salesperson said that the phone could not be used by outsiders, Sokov was not willing to give up. He quickly took out his ID, placed it in front of the salesperson, and said with a serious expression: "Comrade salesperson, this is my ID. I am now
If you have urgent matters, please contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I hope you can provide me with some convenience."
The salesperson did not reach out to take the ID from Sokov's hand, but said seriously: "I'm sorry, I have no right to check anyone's ID. I've already told you that the phone number here is not open to the public, so you should go elsewhere.
.”
"Comrade salesperson," Sokov saw that the salesperson was not willing to cooperate with him at all. He smiled bitterly and said to him: "I suggest you look at my ID carefully, otherwise you will not be able to bear the responsibility if something happens in the future.
.”
The salesperson opened Sokov's ID card carelessly. After seeing the content clearly, he was stunned. He stood up suddenly, held the ID card in both hands and handed it back to Sokov, and said in a panic: "Comrade General
, you are wearing casual clothes, I thought you were an ordinary citizen, please forgive me for being rude."
Naturally, Sokov would not care about such a small person. After taking back his ID, he asked the other person: "Comrade salesperson, I wonder where your phone number is?"
The salesperson quickly bent down and picked up the phone from under the counter, put it on the counter, and said respectfully to Sokov: "Comrade General, this is our phone, please feel free to use it."
Sokov picked up the phone, dialed the telecommunications office directly, and said to the operator: "Hello, please help me get through to the Lubyanka Ministry of Internal Affairs and find Deputy Minister General Lunev."
Unexpectedly, after listening to Sokov's words, the other party said coldly: "Sorry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a special line. The phone you are using is a civilian line and cannot be connected to you."
Seeing Sokov put down the phone, Asiya quickly asked with concern: "Misha, why didn't you call?"
Sokov smiled bitterly and said: "Asya, the operator said that the phone I used belongs to the civil line and cannot help me connect to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which belongs to the special line."
"Then what should we do next?" Asiya glanced at the salesperson behind the counter, and lowered her voice and said to Sokov: "How about we go directly to the police station and ask them to come forward to arrest that person."
"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "I just have suspicions, but I'm not sure. It would be bad if the wrong person is arrested."
"Then what should we do?" Asiya asked: "Are we going to go home like this?"
"No, we can't go home yet." Sokov shook his head and said, "Since I think there is something wrong with this person, I must find a way to figure it out."
"But the operator won't help you connect to the Ministry of Internal Affairs at all, so you can't contact General Lunev." Asiya said anxiously: "We can't just go catch that suspicious person, right?"
"How is this possible?" The officer has a burly figure. Not to mention that Sokov is still lame on one leg. Even before he was injured, he may not be his opponent. Now that this situation has passed, even if Assi is added
Ya, it will also end in losing one's life. Sokov will not do such a stupid thing. "Do you think the two of us can beat each other in our current situation?"
"Can't beat him." Asiya also knew herself. When she heard what Sokov said, she immediately shook her head and said, "Even if the two of us are tied together, I'm afraid we won't be his opponent."
Sokov tapped his hand lightly on the counter, thinking about where to find someone to arrest the suspicious officer.
Seeing that Sokov was unable to make a decision, Asiya said from the side: "How about we go home first, and then call Yakov and ask him to contact Lunev for you?"
The speaker is careless, but the listener is interested. Asya's words reminded Sokov that yes, Lunev could not be contacted, and he could still contact Yakov. Although the phone line of the Weapons and Equipment Department is also a military line,
However, since workers in the factory often have to contact the outside world, the management is naturally not as strict as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and even civil lines can be dialed in.
"Asia, I remember that the weapons and equipment department has a special guard force, right?"
"Yes." Asiya was stunned for a moment when she heard Sokov's question. Then she understood what he meant and said quickly: "Yakov has the right to mobilize these security forces."
After Sokov got the answer he wanted, he called the telecommunications office again and said to the operator: "Please help me pick up the switchboard of the Weapons and Equipment Department!"
This time the operator did not embarrass Sokov, but successfully connected him to the switchboard of the Weapons and Equipment Department.
Soon, another voice came from the receiver: "This is the switchboard of the Weapons and Equipment Department. Where do you want it?"
"I am Lieutenant General Sokov." Sokov took the initiative to identify himself because he was worried that the operator at the switchboard would not answer the call for him. "Please help me get through to Colonel Yakov's office."
Sure enough, after the operator learned that the caller was Sokov, he immediately showed due respect: "Comrade General, please wait a moment, I will connect you to Colonel Yakov's office immediately."
The phone rang for a long time before someone picked up the phone, and then a strange voice came from the receiver: "Hello, who is this?"
"I am Lieutenant General Sokov!" Hearing that the person who answered the phone was a stranger, Sokov once again revealed his identity and asked directly: "Who are you? Where is Yakov?"
"Hello, General Sokov." The person on the other end of the phone replied: "I am Captain Ignat, Colonel Yakov's assistant. Comrade Colonel Yakov has gone to report to work. I don't know when he will be back."
After a pause, Ignat asked again: "General Sokov, if you have anything to say, you can tell me. I will tell him when the colonel comes back."
Sokov thought for a while and did not explain the specific situation to Ignat. He just told him directly: "Comrade Captain, can you send a group of people to come with me to do something?"
Ignat was stunned for a moment: "Comrade General, how many people do you need?"
Sokov said: "You don't need many soldiers to recruit a group of trustworthy soldiers. Twenty or thirty people are enough."
Regarding Sokov's need for twenty or thirty people to help, Ignat asked curiously: "Comrade General, what's the matter?"
Sokov said: "Don't worry about anything. I'll give you twenty minutes. After twenty minutes, I hope to see you and your men appear in front of me. By the way, let all the soldiers change into civilian clothes."
,Don’t forget to bring weapons!”
When Ignat heard that Sokov specifically told him not to forget to bring weapons, he immediately understood that this was no small matter. Since Sokov didn't tell him, he stopped asking, proving that the other party didn't want him to know the secret for the time being.
.After specifically asking about Sokov's location, he said: "General Sokov, we will arrive on time within twenty minutes."
After putting down the phone, Ignat thought for a moment that this matter was of great importance and he still needed to talk to Yakov, so he wrote a note and put it in the most conspicuous place on his desk, waiting for Yakov to come.
You can see it immediately when you come back.
Ignat summoned thirty soldiers from the security force of the Weapons and Equipment Department, and after asking everyone to change into civilian clothes, he personally led the team in an ordinary-looking bus and headed towards where Sokov and the others were.
drive to the position.
Sokov and Asiya stood at the door of the bookstore, looking around, wondering from which direction Ignat would lead people. At this time, an ordinary-looking bus stopped in front of them, and then someone came from
He stuck his head out of the window and asked Sokov: "Is that General Sokov?"
Sokov looked at the man who asked the question. He was a stranger. But when he saw the passengers sitting in the car, although they were all wearing plain clothes, they were all sitting upright. At first glance, they were well-trained soldiers. Sokov thought to himself
Could this man be Yakov's assistant Captain Ignat?
He took a step forward, looked up and asked the other person: "Do you know me?"
"General Sokov, I am Captain Ignat, Colonel Yakov's assistant." The man said with a smile: "Although I have never seen you, Asya next to you is our weapons and equipment.
She is a military doctor in the army, and I once went to see her for medical treatment."
Sokov turned to look at Asiya, trying to get the answer he wanted from her. Although Asiya couldn't name Ignat, she did see him in the infirmary many times. When Sokov
When the questioning eyes came over, she nodded slightly, indicating that this person was indeed from the weapons and equipment department.
After confirming Ignat's identity, Sokov got into the car through the open door.
Ignat asked: "General Sokov, where should we go next?"
"I just discovered a suspicious person." Now that Ignat and his men had appeared in front of him, Sokov decided to tell him the truth: "I asked you to bring people here just to capture him."
Hearing what Sokov said, Ignat smiled bitterly and said: "General Sokov, arresting suspicious elements is a matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You should contact them."
Sokov said: "I just called the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the operator said that I was using a civilian line and refused to help me get through. I had no choice, so I thought of calling Yakov."
"Then you can also ask the police or patrolling militiamen." Ignat said with a bit of laughter: "As long as you reveal your identity, you can mobilize enough troops to arrest the suspicious person."
"Captain Ignat," Sokov explained to Ignat: "I only have a preliminary suspicion that there is something wrong with the other party, but I have no concrete evidence. If I rush to ask the police or militia for help, I am afraid it will have adverse effects.
