When Belkin and Ozor followed the police lieutenant into the director's office, they unexpectedly found Sokov and Asia were also sitting inside.
When the director saw Belkin and Ozor come in, he asked curiously: "Two commanders, comrades, are you doing anything?"
Berkin pointed at Sokov, who was sitting opposite the director, and said, "I am Berkin, the political commissar of the 73rd Infantry Brigade. I am the brigade commander who came to pick us up. Comrade Director, I want to ask, why do you want to detain him?"
When Sokov saw Belkin and Ozor appearing here, his face showed his usual expressions. He asked unexpectedly: "Comrade Political Commissar, why are you here?"
"Comrade of Deputy Battalion-level Political Commissar." Before Belkin could answer Sokov's question, the director had already wiped the sweat from his forehead and began to explain to Belkin. "This is all a misunderstanding. I am apologizing to comrade Lieutenant Colonel."
"Misunderstanding, what misunderstanding?" Belkin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the director say this, and asked back: "Your man caught a lieutenant colonel here, but you told me it was a misunderstanding."
When the director was about to continue to explain, the phone on the table suddenly rang. After saying apologies to everyone, the director picked up the microphone. Seeing that the director was busy answering the phone, Sokov said to Belkin: "Comrade Political Commissar, this is really a misunderstanding. The day before yesterday, comrades from the Ministry of Internal Affairs found an ambulance attacked in the suburbs. The driver, wounded and medical staff in the car were killed. Through investigation, they learned that the injured person in the car was a lieutenant colonel, and his military uniform and documents were missing. In addition, the female health officer who died in the car was also stripped of his military uniform and took away his documents. Therefore, they initially suspected that the German spy who was about to sneak into Stalingrad for sabotage should be a man and a woman. The man was wearing the lieutenant colonel uniform and the woman was wearing the uniform of a female health officer, so they used this judgment to issue a notice of investigation to the police stations."
Speaking of this, Sokov smiled bitterly and continued: "It's a coincidence that Asia and I are wearing lieutenant colonel uniforms and a military uniform of a female health worker. They fully meet the notice standards issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so the lieutenant of the police tried to force us back to the police station."
"So that's how it is." After Sokov's explanation, Belkin understood that this matter was purely a mistake. The police officers patrolling the 17th branch regarded Sokov and the others as German spies.
After answering the phone, the police chief looked at Belkin and asked nervously: "Comrade Deputy Battalion-level Political Commissar, I heard that the branch was surrounded by an army. May I ask, did you bring the troops here?"
"Yes, I brought it here." Belkin naturally would not deny the question asked by the director. He said carelessly: "Since I have figured out what is going on now, I will immediately withdraw the troops. I apologize for the inconvenience we have caused to your comrades in the bureau."
The director's complaint was blocked by these words from Belkin. He smiled wryly and said, "Comrade Deputy Battalion-level Political Commissar, since he has figured out that this is a misunderstanding, please withdraw the troops as soon as possible. Otherwise, it may cause unnecessary trouble over time."
Sokov knew very well that the trouble the director mentioned should mean alarming the internal affairs department staff in the city. If they gave Belkin the charge of mobilizing the troops without authorization, Belkin would be in a big trouble. So when the director finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Comrade Director, don't worry, I will immediately withdraw the troops. As for the internal affairs department..."
"Don't worry, comrade Lieutenant Colonel." The director knew very well that although Berkin led his troops to besiege the branch, after all, it was still trouble caused by his own people. He could only calmly say: "People from the Ministry of Internal Affairs should already know this. If they ask, I will explain it to them."
"Comrade Director," Sokov extended his hand to the Director and said friendly: "Maybe in the future, we will fight together one day, and hope that today's events will not cause any gap between us."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, we are wrong first." The director said with a smile: "Now the misunderstanding has been explained clearly. I believe that it will not have any impact on our future cooperation."
Perhaps to express his apology, the director personally sent Sokov and the others to the door. As soon as he left the door, he was scared and sweated. He saw two trucks parked in front of him, each with an MG34 machine gun on the roof. The black muzzle was aimed at the entrance of the branch. He thought to himself that even those wooden doors that were more than one inch thick would be easily penetrated by bullets. Fortunately, this matter has been successfully resolved, otherwise the consequences would be really serious.
Sokov only knew that Belkin brought people to rescue him, but he didn't expect that he would bring the entire guard company. The guard company is the best equipped unit in the entire brigade. In addition to a few MG34 machine guns, half of the soldiers were equipped with MP40 submachine guns. If they wanted to attack for a strong attack, this branch would only have dozens of police officers without combat effectiveness, even if there was a regular army in a company, it would not be able to stop the attack of the guard company.
"Comrade Political Commissar, thank you." Sokov whispered to Belkin: "I didn't expect you to put on such a big stance to save me."
Belkin smiled faintly and lowered his voice to Sokov: "If I hadn't ordered the four battalion commanders to stay, I'm afraid that it would be more than a guard company that surrounded this branch. There might be two or three thousand people, and there would be more heavy weapons. But in that case, things might not end well."
Since Sokov has come out, there is no need to set up such a formation. So Selyosha quickly stepped forward and called on the soldiers to withdraw the team. When the soldiers started to board the car, Selyosha personally opened the car door for Sokov and said respectfully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, please get in the car."
The director standing at the door of the branch looked at the convoy away, raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead again, thinking to himself: Thank God, fortunately, I explained the misunderstanding clearly. Otherwise, with the dozens of people and dozens of guns in our bureau, could these wolves and tigers be blocked?
The police officer standing guard next to him saw the director standing at the door in a daze, and said carefully: "Comrade Director, you said, what should we do if the fight really starts?"
"What should I do? What else can I do? Of course, I will raise my hand to surrender immediately." The director said angrily when he heard the stupid questions of his subordinates: "Do you think the broken gun in your hand can block the attack of this army?" After that, he snorted heavily, turned his head and walked back into the building.