"Also," Sokov continued: "Immediately carry out a secret arrest of the German tailor, and then interrogate him overnight to see if what he said is consistent with what Alia said."
"Comrade Commander, please rest assured about this." The special service chief assured Sokov: "I have sent people to arrest the tailor. If everything goes well and there are no accidents, he will be arrested soon.
Bring our soldiers back."
When Sokov heard what the other party said, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. According to his common sense, if someone says "if there is no accident", it means that an accident will happen soon.
Thinking of this, he looked at the special service section chief and asked: "Comrade section chief, how many people did you send to arrest that tailor?"
When the special service chief heard Sokov's question, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then replied: "Comrade Commander, I don't have many people at my disposal. I only sent a team, including the driver, a total of four people."
, they took a car to the tailor's shop, and I believe it won't take long to bring the tailor back to assist in the investigation."
"Comrade Section Chief." Sokov said to the Special Service Section Chief with a straight face: "To tell you the truth, I feel very uneasy at the moment. I feel panicky. I always feel like something is going to happen."
The special service chief smiled: "Comrade Commander, what can happen? You know, the people under my command are all smart and capable. Let alone three people who went to participate in the arrest at one time, even if only one person went, the tailor
Want to escape."
"Underestimating the enemy is a taboo in the military." Sokov looked at the special service chief and said, "If you think this way, the people under you will definitely become more careless. I'm worried that there will be problems with this arrest operation."
Seeing Sokov's serious expression when he spoke, the special service chief couldn't help but take the matter seriously: "Comrade Commander, since you said so, I will immediately send another team to pick them up and ask them to bring the tailor back safely.
"
"Comrade Section Chief," Sokov said expressionlessly: "Even though Alia was extremely cooperative during the interrogation tonight, I think she concealed a lot of facts from us."
"Yes, Comrade Commander, I have also noticed this." The special service chief said: "The explanation she gave us about military uniforms, radio stations, and how to sneak into the headquarters kitchen did not sound true at all.
of."
"Comrade Chief," Sokov said, looking at the special service chief: "Since she can betray her companions to divert our attention, it proves that she is a ruthless person. But from her capture to now, we
All I see is her pitiful and lovable side. It is hard to imagine that she would betray her companions without hesitation in order to achieve her own goals."
There was an expression of surprise on the face of the special service section chief: "Comrade Commander, I think so too." But as soon as he said this, for some reason, he suddenly fell silent again.
"Speak, Comrade Section Chief, why don't you say anything anymore?" Seeing that the other party was hesitant to speak, Sokov said in an encouraging tone: "Just say whatever you think of, even if you say it wrong,
I won’t blame you either.”
The special service chief, who was encouraged by Sokov, plucked up the courage and said: "I think the reason why Alia was so cooperative in the later period was entirely because she found that she could not complete the tasks assigned to her by her superiors, so she prepared to use other methods.
However, before she recovered from her injuries, she deliberately provided us with some half-truths and half-false information to eliminate our doubts about her. In this way, by the time her injuries healed, I'm afraid we would have completely relaxed
Be wary of her. If she takes any new actions, we will be unable to guard against her."
"Yes, yes." Sokov nodded and said: "Some of the information she provided us today, such as the situation of the other two sniper groups and the location where they gathered. Such valuable information can definitely be
Let us put down our guard against her, and when the time comes, maybe she will make a new plan."
"Comrade Commander, do you think we need to send someone to monitor her?" the special service chief asked tentatively: "This way, we will know whoever approaches her as soon as possible."
"It won't be used for the time being." Sokov waved his hand to the special service chief and said: "I have told Captain Koshkin to send someone to stay with Aria 24 hours a day to monitor her every move. I
I think she must have guessed that we will strengthen the supervision of her, and she will not take any action until the injury heals."
"Then how will she contact the outside world after she recovers?" the special service chief asked curiously.
Sokov thought for a moment, and then said: "I guess she made all the arrangements before she went on the sniper mission. For example, the person who helped her get military uniforms, and the person who helped her meet the chief of staff by chance at the military store.
Of course, there were also the destroyed radio station and the burned code book, which were all specially arranged by her.
While she is recovering from her injuries, these people who are in contact with her will temporarily hibernate, waiting for her to be awakened after she recovers and is discharged from the hospital."
Regarding one of Sokov's statements, the head of the special service section expressed doubts: "Comrade Commander, didn't she say that the military uniforms were made for her by a tailor? How could there be someone who specifically provided military uniforms for her?"
"I think the tailor was just a smoke bomb thrown by her to eliminate our suspicions about her." Sokov said in a contemptuous tone: "If I am not wrong in my estimation, when your subordinates find the tailor, they will probably see
Just a cold corpse."
The special service chief was shocked: "No way, Comrade Commander. Do you think someone will kill and silence the tailor?"
"That's right." Sokov nodded and said in a positive tone: "Comrade Section Chief, ever since you told me that your men were going to arrest the tailor, I have been uneasy and always thought that something would happen.
What happened? Now it seems that the tailor was silenced first."
More than half an hour later, a rush of footsteps came from outside, and then a soldier from the Special Service Section hurriedly walked in. Watching him approach the Special Service Section Chief's ear, as if he was about to say something, Sokov
He raised his voice and said, "Comrade soldier, if you have any problem, just say it out loud and don't fight with your section chief."
When the soldier heard what Sokov said, he stood up straight in a hurry. He didn't know for a moment whether he should continue to report to the special service chief, or follow Sokov's instructions and say what he wanted to say out loud.
"Comrade Section Chief," Sokov looked at the Special Service Section Chief and asked, "Is he one of the people you sent to arrest the tailor?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander."
After Sokov confirmed the identity of the other party, he did not talk in circles with him, but asked directly: "Comrade soldier, did something happen during your arrest? Did you find that when you entered the tailor shop, you found that the tailor had accidentally
Dead?"
Sokov's words made the soldier's eyes widen in surprise, and he couldn't help but said: "Comrade Commander, how do you know?"
"Comrade Section Chief," Sokov turned to look at the Special Service Section Chief and said proudly, "How about it? Is my analysis correct?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander, your analysis is completely correct. The tailor was indeed silenced." After the special service chief said this in a serious tone, he turned around and asked the soldier: "Have you investigated the area nearby?
Before the tailor died, were there any suspicious persons coming in and out?"
The soldier replied: "Comrade Section Chief, as soon as we found out that the tailor was dead, we immediately asked our neighbors to find out about the situation."
"What did the tailor's neighbors say?" the special service chief asked, "Have they seen any suspicious people coming in and out?"
"Comrade Section Chief," the soldier said, "there is a shoe store on the right side of the tailor shop. According to the owner of the shoe store, when there was a fierce quarrel in the tailor shop in the evening, he thought it was a dispute between the tailor and the customer.
He didn't pay any attention to it. Only when we went to find him to find out the situation did he find out that the tailor next door had been killed."
"Comrade soldier," Sokov interrupted when he heard this and asked curiously: "What inspiration did you get from the shoe store owner's confession?"
Hearing Sokov asking himself, the soldier quickly straightened up and said: "Comrade Commander, I think the death of the tailor shop owner should be related to the customer who had a dispute with him in the evening."
"That's it?" Sokov then asked: "Have you ever thought about why the customer killed the tailor?"
"Comrade Commander, the reason is very simple. Maybe he was not satisfied with the custom-made clothes and the two had a dispute. The customer was so excited that he killed the tailor on impulse." In order to prove that his analysis was correct, the soldier also volunteered
Some useful clues were found: "There were no signs of fighting in the tailor shop. It seemed that the customer suddenly killed the tailor when he was unprepared."
Regarding the soldier's statement, Sokov asked without comment: "What is the murder weapon?"
"Scissors!" the soldier replied in a positive tone: "It's a pair of tailor's scissors. The scissors were inserted into the throat, and the tailor died without even a chance to call for help."
"What about you, Comrade Section Chief?" Sokov waited for the soldier to finish speaking, then turned to the Special Service Section Chief and asked, "What do you think of this matter?"
"Comrade Commander," the special service chief said with a grimace: "If a customer loses control and kills someone because of an argument, stabbing the throat directly with scissors would be difficult to kill with one hit unless you are a professional.
"
"Yes, Comrade Section Chief, your analysis makes sense." Sokov was thinking in his mind, if he were the murderer, even if the tailor was unprepared, he would stab the tailor directly in the throat with scissors.
, and it took several attempts to do it. He told his guess to the special service chief: "I think the murderer should be a strictly trained agent, otherwise he would never be able to kill with one blow."
"Comrade Commander, you are right." The special service chief nodded and said: "If an ordinary customer had a conflict with the tailor and suddenly attacked him, then the stabbed part should be the chest and abdomen. How could it be possible?
What about the throat? You must know that it is impossible to stab that part without repeated practice for a long time."
After speaking about his analysis, the special service chief asked Sokov for instructions: "Then what should we do next? Let Alia stay in the hospital or put her in jail?"
"Let her stay in the hospital." Sokov was already sure at this moment that the cooperation shown by Alia not long ago was just to win his sympathy in order to dispel his vigilance against her. But she
Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that arranging for someone to kill the tailor would be a mistake, and he would be exposed instead.
"Comrade Section Chief," Sokov said to the Special Service Section Chief: "Although there are people from Koshkin guarding the hospital, and although they are all excellent soldiers, they are not as professional as you in certain matters. So I hope
You can send two people to stay in the hospital and monitor Aaliya closely."
Regarding Sokov's arrangement, the head of the special service section did not immediately agree, but raised his concerns: "Comrade Commander, if we do this, we won't conflict with Captain Koshkin's men, right?"
"Don't worry, Comrade Section Chief." In order to dispel the concerns of the Special Service Section Chief, Sokov comforted him and said, "I will say hello to Captain Koshkin and ask his subordinates to fully cooperate with your work."
After receiving Sokov's assurance, the head of the special service section suddenly felt much more at ease. He nodded and said, "Comrade Commander, don't worry, I will definitely arrange this matter properly."
After sending away the special service chief, Sokov called the communications staff officer on duty and asked: "Comrade staff officer, have you received any responses to the several telegrams we sent?"
"Comrade Commander, half an hour ago, General Bogdanov sent a telegram saying that they carried out an encirclement and suppression operation according to the location we provided them, and indeed annihilated a sniper group. The number of Germans killed was also the same as the number of Germans killed.
The numbers we provided match exactly."
Upon learning that the German sniper team in Chernivtsi had been annihilated, Sokov's face suddenly showed a smile: "Comrade Staff, this is really good news. So what about to the south, Vasily and the old man, Kravchenko and A.
General Funing, did they send a telegram?"
"No, Comrade Commander." After the staff officer answered the question simply, he felt it was inappropriate and quickly added: "But please don't worry, Comrade Commander, as soon as a new telegram arrives, I will be there."
We will deliver it to you as soon as possible, please rest assured."
After Sokov waited for the staff to leave, he picked up the phone on the table and called the guard camp: "I am Sokov, is Captain Koshkin here? Ask him to come to me immediately."
In order to conveniently accept the orders given to him by Sokov, Koshkin usually lived in the headquarters of the guard camp. When he heard that Sokov wanted to see him, he immediately got out of bed, put on his boots and ran all the way over.
When Koshkin came to Sokov, he said breathlessly: "Comrade Commander, I have been ordered to come. Do you have any important instructions?" He has been responsible for Sokov's security for a long time, and he knows
If there was nothing particularly important, Sokov would not call him in the middle of the night. Since he called, there must be something important.
"Captain Koshkin, before you came here, I had a long chat with the special service chief." Sokov had nothing to hide from his confidant Koshkin, so he said truthfully: "After talking, we found out
