"What, the person arrested is an intelligence agent in the defense area under the jurisdiction of our army group?" Sokov did not know clearly whether to send reconnaissance personnel deep into the German army. "Comrade Marshal, please wait a moment, let me ask.
what happened."
Sokov stuck his head out and shouted to the people outside: "Come here, Chief of Staff, and the Director of Intelligence and Reconnaissance, come in too."
After all three people came in, Sokov, still holding the microphone in his hand, asked straight to the point: "I want to ask you, who has sent reconnaissance personnel to the Danzig area?"
"No, Comrade Commander." The Director of the Intelligence Division and the Director of the Reconnaissance Division replied in unison: "We are still far from Danzig. There is no need to send scouts in that direction at this moment."
Sokov turned his attention to Sidorin again, trying to figure out whether his chief of staff had done this behind his back. But Sidorin also shook his head and indicated that no reconnaissance personnel had been sent to the Danzig area.
After receiving the confirmation, Sokov said into the microphone: "Comrade Marshal, I have already understood the situation. No one has sent reconnaissance personnel to the Danzig area. It should be that the intelligence agents of the underground organization made a mistake."
"It can't be wrong." Rokossovsky said with certainty: "The intelligence agent of the underground organization said that the man came from your defense area."
Seeing Rokossovsky speaking so firmly, Sokov couldn't help but hesitate a little. He asked tentatively: "Comrade Marshal, do you know the name of that person?"
"Wait a minute, let me ask." Then Sokov heard Rokossovsky ask on the other end of the phone: "Chief of Staff, what was the name of the intelligence agent who was reported to have been killed by the Germans?
The same one who was arrested today in Danzig and quickly killed."
A moment later, Sokov heard Rokossovsky's reply: "The chief of staff said that according to the list provided by the underground organization, the man's name was Henrik, his father's name was Germon, and he was also killed together.
My mother and sister..."
"It turns out it's him." After figuring out who it was, Sokov's face showed a smile: "Comrade Marshal, I know who it is."
"who is it?"
"Do you still remember the fake defense map we provided to the Germans?" Sokov said with a smile: "It was passed to the Germans through this Polish man named Henrik. He and his brother-in-law were
The Germans sent to our defense area to spy on intelligence..." Although he had already reported this matter to Rokossovsky, he was worried that the other party had forgotten it, so he recounted what happened at that time.
"Oh oh oh, it turns out it's this person, I know it." After listening to Sokov's story, Rokossovsky nodded and said: "He provided false information to the Germans, which caused the Germans to attack us.
He suffered heavy losses during the attack, it would be strange not to kill his whole family."
When Sokov put down the phone, Sidorin asked with some urgency: "Comrade Commander, what happened?"
"Chief of Staff, the situation is like this." Sokov told the contents of the call between Rokossovsky and himself to the three people present. Anyway, they were all participants in this plan.
There is talk of a leak.
After listening to Sokov's story, Sidorin laughed: "Henrik even betrayed his brother-in-law in order to get the German bounty. And his father Germon is not a good person either.
, it is inappropriate for a good village to follow his son to the German side, now it’s okay, the whole family’s lives are involved, it is simply deserved.”
The matter was over, and Sokov didn't want to say more, so he said to the three of them: "Okay, let's go out and continue the meeting. The commanders outside should be waiting in a hurry."
The meeting continued. Ponedelin, who was sitting next to Sokov, leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, what happened just now? Why did I see you put the director of the reconnaissance department and the director of the intelligence department?"
Have you all been called in?"
Considering that Ponedelin was also a participant in this incident, Sokov did not hide it from him and told him the story in a low voice.
After hearing this, Ponedelin's expression did not change at all. He could only nodded slightly, then sat up straight and listened to the speech of Nikitin, commander of the 120th Guards Division.
After the commanders of each division had finished summing up, Sidorin asked Sokov for instructions: "Comrade Commander, the commanders of each division have finished summarizing the battle. Do you have any other instructions next?" His words were hidden behind his words.
, if nothing happens, I will adjourn the meeting.
Sokov stood up and said to the division commanders: "Comrade commanders, in today's battle, although there are still problems of one kind or another, everyone has successfully completed the combat tasks set by the headquarters. In the following days,
In a few days, your first task is to consolidate the occupied areas, and at the same time, if conditions permit, carry out limited development into the depth of the enemy. You must not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. Do you understand?"
"Comrade Commander." After Sokov finished speaking, Kirillov stood up and asked puzzledly: "We are now fully capable of launching a large-scale attack deep into the enemy's defenses. Why do we need to slow down the pace of the attack in order to defend the defense?
Where is the Lord?”
"The reason is very simple." Sidorin rushed to say: "Now the progress of our 3rd Army on the left and the 2nd Assault Army on the right is not smooth enough. If our army continues to push into the depth of the enemy's defense at the current speed, and
Huge gaps will appear between the friendly forces on both wings. Once the German army concentrates its forces to launch assaults from these gaps, we may fall into an enemy encirclement. Once such a bad situation occurs, it will bring negative consequences to the entire front army.
Influence."
Kirillov had been dealing with Sokov for a long time, so he didn't understand the seriousness of the matter. He just heard a commander next to him discussing the matter in a low voice, so he simply made it clear to Sokov.
The husband gave everyone a clear answer.
Sure enough, after Sidorin finished his explanation, those commanders who had doubts in their hearts shut their mouths and did not intend to question Sokov anymore.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Sidorin officially announced: "Today's meeting is over. Everyone should go back to their respective troops."
After all the commanders who attended the meeting had left, Ponejelin asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I wonder if we have any underground intelligence agents lurking in Danzig?"
"I don't know." Sokov shook his head and replied simply: "I'm afraid only Comrade Marshal knows about this kind of thing. After all, even if the intelligence personnel in the city want to provide any information, they will be the first to know the situation.
At the front level, I don’t think we have to worry about this kind of thing.”
"Comrade Commander," Sidorin asked from the side: "How to deal with that old man?"
"Which old man?" Sokov asked in confusion at first, and then he understood who Sidorin was talking about: "You are talking about Odzansky. His son is a German intelligence agent.
He himself also supported the Germans overtly and covertly. This kind of person cannot be left here, so he immediately sent someone to arrest him and then sent him to the front army headquarters. As for how to deal with it, it is up to the superiors to decide."
Ponejelin asked worriedly: "The Poles here are very close to the Germans. If we arrest a Pole so blatantly, won't it cause protests from other people?"
"What are you afraid of? Anyone who protests will be arrested." Sidorin said with a strong attitude: "I found that the people here bully the weak and fear the strong. When the Germans occupied this place, they were humble and obedient people; now we are here
, they are confronting us overtly and covertly. I think we are just too kind to them."
"The Chief of Staff is right." Sokov agreed with Sidorin's statement: "Being nice to them will be seen as weak and can be bullied by them, so when necessary, we still have to show our toughness.
one side."
"Comrade Commander, I think this matter should be left to Captain Koshkin." Sidorin suggested to Sokov: "After all, he is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and handling this kind of matter is what he is best at.
.”
That night, Koshkin led a security company into the village. First, he entered Djemon's house to search. After the search, he sealed the doors and windows. Then he led people into Odzhansky's house and put seals on them.
The old couple were captured.
The arrest process directed by Koshkin was watched by villagers from the beginning. Some soldiers asked for instructions whether to disperse these villagers, but Koshkin shook his head and said, as long as they do not interfere with our actions, there is no need to pay attention to them.
.The villagers who were watching saw that Germon's house was raided and Odzhansky and his wife were arrested. Not only did they not point out the actions of the Soviet army, but on the contrary, some clapped their hands and applauded.
Koshkin was a little surprised by the villagers' reaction, but as long as the other party did not affect his performance of the task, he did not interfere.
But when he took Odzhansky and his wife away, Koshkin couldn't help but call a few villagers to understand the situation and find out why they didn't resist when they saw him leading people to the village to search and arrest people.
, and even the reason why it was praised.
After Koshkin brought his people back to the headquarters, Sokov asked curiously: "Captain Koshkin, when you went to the village to perform tasks, did you encounter any resistance from the village?"
"No, Comrade Commander." Koshkin shook his head and replied: "While we were carrying out the search and arrest mission, although there were a large number of villagers watching, they did not cause us any trouble. On the contrary, they were still applauding us.
.”
After hearing this, Sokov asked curiously: "Comrade Captain, why is this?"
"I asked the people in the village." Koshkin replied: "Half of the people in this village are Ukrainians. Although they were all born and raised here, their status is very low and they are often attacked by Djemon and Oder.
Bullied by people like Zhanski. It is precisely because of this that they will naturally applaud when they see Germon’s house being raided and Odzhanski being arrested by us.”
"Oh, so that's it." Sokov nodded, and then said to Koshkin: "Comrade Captain, since there are so many Ukrainians in the village, you can take the time to contact them and let them choose from them.
Find a suitable candidate to serve as the new village chief of the village."
"Comrade Commander, this is not appropriate." Ponedelin heard what Sokov said and quickly came over to remind him: "You know, although the number of Ukrainians is large, their status in Poland is very low.
In their concept, the Poles are the masters and they are inferior people. Now if they are asked to elect someone to manage the masters of the past, I am afraid no one would dare to take the limelight, right? I think it is better to let the Poles choose one of them.
A suitable candidate should take up the position of village chief."
"Comrade Deputy Commander, if you don't try something, how can you know whether it will work?" Sokov did not deny Ponedelin's statement, but he also did not adopt his suggestion. Instead, he said to Koshkin: "
Comrade Captain, you will go to the village again during the day tomorrow and convey my wishes to those Ukrainians to see if they are interested in electing a village chief. Of course, if they are unwilling, there is no need to force it, just refer to the Deputy
Based on the opinions of Comrade Commander, the new village chief was selected from among the Poles."
After Sokov chatted with a few people for a while, he left the headquarters.
As the officer responsible for his security, Koshkin naturally would not let him go out alone, but immediately caught up with him and asked: "Comrade Commander, where are you going?"
Hearing Koshkin ask himself, Sokov smiled and replied: "I'm done with my work today. I want to go to the field hospital and see Asya."
Knowing that Sokov was going to visit Asiya in the field hospital, Koshkin quickly said: "Comrade Commander, please wait a moment while I find a few people to go with you."
"No need to bother." Sokov shook his head and said, "Just stay with me. After all, this is within my defense zone, and there should be no enemy infiltration."
Seeing that Sokov was unwilling to let too many people follow him, Koshkin didn't know what to say. He could only gesture to the nearby soldiers to ask him to find a few people, and he followed Sokov silently.
Behind him, he walked towards the field hospital.
Not far away, a dozen people ran over not far away, led by a sergeant. Koshkin saw clearly that the person coming was a subordinate he trusted, so he nodded to him, and then said to Sokov: "
Comrade Commander, there is a long way from here to the field hospital. If Germans infiltrate, they will definitely ambush you in this area. I can ensure your safety along the way with these soldiers."
Seeing that Koshkin had already arranged all the things that should be arranged, Sokov did not want to displease the other party, so he nodded and said: "Okay, Koshkin, since you are here, let me
Let them follow us."
"Okay." Koshkin agreed, and then divided the arriving soldiers into three groups. One group was leading the way, and the other group was walking at the end. He and a group of soldiers surrounded Sokov to protect him at all times.
his safety.
The journey was uneventful and we arrived at the field hospital smoothly.
Sokov didn't know where Asya was, so he ordered Koshkin to go to the dean's office to find out where he could find Asya. Koshkin agreed and ran quickly to the dean's office.
A few minutes later, Sokov saw Koshkin coming back, and with him was the director of the field hospital. Seeing this, Sokov couldn't help but shook his head secretly, he just wanted to visit Asya.
, but Koshkin created such a big fight that he even invited the dean out.
