After Felix Gerchkov spent five minutes listening to Beria's story, he couldn't help but feel silent. He felt that if the Germans dared to launch such an attack in Moscow, there must be internal personnel who provided them with intelligence.
Otherwise, this attack would never have been done so neatly. As a former police major, I had no problem investigating ordinary people, but if the leaker was a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I would have no way to start.
"Comrade Gerkov, are you still here?" Belia couldn't help but ask when she saw that Felix Gerkov had not spoken for a long time.
"Comrade of the People's Committee," Felix Gerchkov replied cautiously: "If I preside over the investigation of ordinary criminal cases, there should be no big problem. But this matter involves the Ministry of Internal Affairs, my work
I'm afraid it's not easy to carry out."
Learning about Felix Gerchkov's concerns, Belia pondered for a moment, and then said, "Comrade Gerchkov, I will send an officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assist you in your work. In this way, you are
There will be no obstacles in the detection work."
Just when Felix was about to hang up the phone, Romanchenko snatched the microphone: "Comrade of the People's Committee, I have one more thing to ask for your opinion."
"What's the matter?" In order to solve the attack case as soon as possible, Belia felt that as long as the conditions raised by the other party were not excessive, she could agree: "Is there anything I need to help?"
"Comrade of the People's Committee!" Romanchenko looked at Felix standing beside him and said cautiously: "Gerchkov was originally the rank of major police. Now that he has come out to work again, can I restore his rank?
”
When Belia heard this, it turned out to be such a small matter, so she said carelessly: "Comrade Romanchenko, whether to restore Comrade Gerchkov's rank is an internal affairs of your police station. There is no need to ask me for instructions.
Just decide for yourself.”
Hearing Beria say this, Romanchenko naturally understood that the other party agreed to restore Felix's rank. He couldn't help but feel secretly happy. Finally, he asked: "By the way, you are going to send an officer to assist us in the criminal investigation work, I don't know.
When will it arrive?”
"Don't worry, it's ready within an hour."
"Major Felix!" Romanchenko put down the phone and said to Felix: "From now on, you will officially restore your original position and police rank. How about it, are you confident in solving this case?"
"I'm alone, surely not," Felix asked cautiously: "Comrade Director, can you provide me with a few assistants?"
"No problem." Romanchenko replied readily: "Who do you want? Choose yourself. But I would like to remind you, I just drew personnel from various bureaus yesterday and formed a police detachment to the defense zone of the 16th Army.
To assist in the battle, some of the candidates in your mind may be in this detachment.”
"The 16th Army?" Felix was arrested and imprisoned in August last year because he was implicated by others. A month before he was imprisoned, the 16th Army had already begun to be formed. Lu Jin, who is now captured by the German army, had already been at that time.
He took office immediately. Therefore, when he heard Romanchenko mention the 16th Army, he asked casually: "Is it the 16th Army commanded by Comrade Lu Jin?"
Hearing Felix's question, Romanchenko hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and denied: "Comrade Lujin has disappeared in the Battle of Viazima, and now the commander of the 16th Army is Rokosovsky.
General, before the war he was the commander of the 9th Mechanized Army and the commander of the garrison in Zhitomir."
Felix had no impression of Rokosovsky. For him, Romanchenko's introduction was to play the piano against a cow. After all, in his heart, one was the commander of the army before the war, and the other was the mechanized army before the war.
Army commander, there is not much comparison between the two.
An hour later, a female lieutenant from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to Romanchenko's office under the leadership of a police officer.
A female lieutenant with a brand new medal hanging on her chest came to Romanchenko and raised her hand to salute: "Hello, Comrade General Director, I am Lieutenant Arina of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I am ordered to come here to assist you in handling the case.
of."
When Romanchenko saw that the officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who came to report to him was actually a woman, he couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "Is Comrade Belia who sent you?"
"Yes, Comrade General." Alina replied in a positive tone: "It was Comrade Beria who personally gave me the order."
Romanchenko was full of doubts, thinking that Beria had a special identity, how could she give orders to a small lieutenant himself?
Arina saw Romanchenko's doubts and immediately showed an unhappy expression on her face: "Comrade General Director, although my military rank is not high, my ability is not bad. Comrades of the People's Committee may be interested in this.
, so I personally assigned tasks to me.”
Romanchenko was in a hurry to solve the attack, so he no longer had to worry about Arina's identity. He pointed to Felix next to him and said, "I'll introduce you to you. This is Felix Gerchkov.
Major, he will be responsible for solving the case this time.”
Arina turned to Felix and raised her hand to salute him: "Hello, Comrade Major. I am Lieutenant Arina. From now on, I will obey your command."
Felix stared at the brand new medal on Arina's chest and asked coldly: "Comrade Lieutenant, is the chance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs better than other departments?"
Arina heard the contempt in the other party's tone and said seriously: "Comrade Major, this medal is because I took a special team a few days ago to go deep into the Mogilev area and carry out a danger.
obtained from a special mission.”
Hearing Alina say this, Felix was stunned and realized that he had misunderstood the other party. After all, he had been in the prison of Lubiyanka for so long and was beaten to one leg. He wanted to talk about the internal affairs.
It is obviously impossible for the people of the ministry to have no resentment. However, he is also an open-minded person. After knowing that he had blamed Alina for his mistake, he quickly admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry, Comrade Lieutenant, I apologize to you for what I just said."
Alina didn't want to talk nonsense to Felix. She waved her hand and asked straight to the point: "Comrade Major, my superiors ordered me to assist you in the investigation work. I wonder what we should do now?"
"How many people do you have?"
"I'm the only one." Arina explained to Felix: "But I was authorized by Comrade Belia to let other departments help us during the investigation."
"Since that's the case, please take it to see the bodies of the victims."
Instead of agreeing to Felix's request, Arlena asked curiously: "Comrade Major, are we the only two of us here to solve this case?"
"Of course not." Felix shook his head and said, "In the period when I was waiting for you to arrive, I have formed a special task force. They are waiting outside. We can set up a new task force as soon as you arrive.
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After saying goodbye to Romanchenko, Felix took Alina out of the General Administration building.
Two black cars were parked on the side of the road outside the building, and five or six policemen in police uniforms or casual clothes stood beside the car. Seeing Felix and Alina come out, everyone quickly stopped talking.
, stand in front of them and salute them.
Felix saw a young policewoman standing next to the car, and frowned slightly, then quickly came to her and asked with a stern face: "Comrade Sergeant, who are you? It's also a special project.
Members of the group?”
The policewoman who was asked about his name quickly stood at the spot, straightened his back and replied loudly: "Report to Comrade Major, I am Sergeant Victoria and a member of your task force."
After Felix looked at the other party carefully, he frowned and asked, "Have you ever been engaged in criminal investigation before?"
"Of course, comrade Major." The policewoman asked by Felix was Major Victoria who came from later generations like Sokov. Naturally, she had rich experience in criminal investigation, so she replied without hesitation: "I have participated in many cases before."
The detection work.”
Felix looked at the other policemen and continued, "Comrade Sergeant, the cases you have participated in in the past are simply pediatrics compared to this case. I would like to remind you here, this time
The case is of great importance, and we may encounter danger during the investigation process. If you are afraid, you can choose to quit."
This statement was an insult to Victoria, who solved countless cases. However, Victoria tried hard to restrain her emotions and tried her best to say in a steady tone: "Comrade Major, don't worry, I will never let you down.
”
Felix stared at Arina for a long time, then waved his hand and announced: "Time is tight, we must act immediately, everyone get in the car!"
After saying that, Felix called Arina and Victoria to get into the first car.
After the car door was closed, the driver asked Felix for instructions: "Comrade Major, I wonder where we will go next?"
Felix turned his head and asked Alina: "Lt. Alina, do you know where the dead are?"
"I know!" Alina asked back, "Do you want to go for an autopsy first?"
"Yes, go for the autopsy first, and then go to the crime scene to see if you can find useful clues."
After figuring out Felix's intention, Alina told the driver an address and the vehicle started.
More than ten minutes later, everyone arrived at the place where the bodies were parked.
Before entering the morgue, Felix asked Victoria specifically: "Comrade Sergeant, if you are scared, you can stay outside."
Victoria was able to obtain the rank of major in later generations, naturally because she solved countless cases. As a senior detective, there is no reason to be afraid of corpses. When she saw Felix looking down on him, she snorted coldly and said:
"Comrade Major, I haven't seen the body before, what's scary?"
"Since you are not afraid, come in with me. And you, Comrade Lieutenant, come in with me, too." Felix turned around and said to the other policemen: "You are waiting outside."
The morgue was converted from a small auditorium.
When they entered the house, the three of them saw dozens of stretchers neatly placed on the ground, and corpses covered with white cloth were placed on the stretchers.
Felix came to a corpse and squatted down, raised his hand and lifted the white cloth covered it, carefully checking the part of the shot. The deceased was a soldier in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with his head, chest and abdomen,
There are many bullet holes, and they are obviously unfortunately shot and died when they are shooting against the attacker.
After checking the corpse, Felix looked up and told Alina and Victoria to ask them to check the other corpses as well to see if they could find any clues. Unexpectedly, when he looked up, he found that the two of them had not received his order.
The autopsy work has begun.
Felix stood up, came behind Victoria, and asked, "Comrade Sergeant, what did you see from this body?"
"Gay Major," Victoria said, looking up at Felix, "This body was shot on the forehead, and should have been killed by a sniper."
Felix approached and looked carefully. He felt that Victoria's analysis was correct, so he nodded, then walked behind Alina and asked curiously: "What about you, Comrade Lieutenant, what else did you find?
Is it?"
"The deceased is a military expert. He was shot on the shoulder and head. Judging from the shape of the bullet hole, he should have been scattered by a submachine gun and unfortunately died."
Seeing that both of them were correct in their examinations, Felix pointed his hand and said, "You are responsible for checking the bodies of these two rows, and I will be responsible for checking the rest."
Half an hour later, the autopsy was completed.
After recording the deaths of all the deceased based on his own observations and the reports of the two, Felix said to the two: "Okay, we're going to check the scene next."
The group arrived at the crime scene by car, which was blocked by people from the garrison headquarters and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and no one was allowed to approach.
Seeing two cars coming, an officer in charge immediately came forward, raised his hand to stop the car, and then trotted to the next to the first car. The officer bent down and looked into the car and saw it before
The platoon was a driver and a female policewoman wearing the rank of sergeant. He turned his eyes to the back row again. When he saw a man in casual clothes and a female officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he asked tentatively: "You are here."
Did you survey the site?"
"Yes, lieutenant." After seeing the other party's military rank, Alina replied: "I am surrounded by Major Felix of the General Police Bureau. He was ordered to come to solve the attack tonight. I am Elina Lieutenant Alina.
, it was the order of the superior to assist the major in carrying out their work."
"Hello, Comrade Major." The officer quickly raised his hand to salute Felix and asked politely: "What can I do to serve you?"
Felix pushed open the door and got out of the car, walked around from the rear of the car to the officer's position, and then asked, "Are you responsible for protecting the scene?"
"Yes, Major." The officer nodded and said, "We are responsible for protecting the crime scene together with the comrades of the garrison headquarters."
"Who ordered the body of the victim to be taken away?"
"I don't know much about this," the officer shook his head and said, "Anyway, when I led the team to block the place, all the bodies on the ground were taken away."
"Nothing is nothing, nothing." Felix said angrily after hearing this: "If the body is still parked at the crime scene, then I can judge the incident based on the part of the body being shot and the position where it fell.
After roughly passing by. Now that the bodies have been pulled into the morgue, how can I restore the scene at the time of the incident?"