"You really make me sick!" Major General Mstislav scolded Colonel Ovich until he was furious: "How can you take your subordinates' suggestions as your own, and they are suggestions that you deny!"
"Comrade General, please listen to my explanation!" Colonel Ovich said: "I was about to explain that it was Major Gavrilov's suggestion..."
"No, it was the suggestion of my subordinates!" Gavrilov said: "I was going to take him to see you, but you refused to see him!"
"Yes, that's what happened!" Colonel Owich wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to explain: "I have not forgotten this..."
"So you agree with this tactic, Comrade Colonel?" Major Gavrilov asked.
"Of course, of course I agree!" replied Colonel Ovech.
"When did you agree?" Major Gavrilov obviously didn't want to let go of Colonel Ovich so easily.
Colonel Ovitch was speechless because he could not answer the question.
Political Commissar Fomin seemed to hear something, and then Major Degavrilov asked: "Comrade Colonel, you knew it was right when we used the 'log cabin camouflage' tactic to repel the German attack, didn't you?
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"No... I don't think things will be that simple!" Colonel Ovech: "I thought you couldn't withstand the Germans' second attack!"
"So, you knew you were wrong when we repelled the second attack?" Political Commissar Fuming said, "But you didn't report it to your superiors in time? As a commander, you should know what this means.
, it has been proven to be an effective tactic in actual combat and has the potential to reverse the entire war situation, but you did not report it to your superiors in time?!"
Major General Mstislav also understood the reasoning and understood that this matter might not be as simple as taking credit.
"We were retreating at the time!" Colonel Ovech explained: "You know, the Germans were attacking very fiercely, and I didn't have time..."
"You mean you are retreating after we repelled the enemy's second attack?" Major Gavrilov found another loophole.
"When you were shamelessly escaping, you ordered us not to retreat even one step?!" Political Commissar Fuming said angrily: "And I still believed you, thinking you had some counterattack plan..."
"Wait!" Major General Mstislav raised his hand to silence everyone. He looked at Political Commissar Fomin and asked: "Comrade Political Commissar, what did you just say? Who ordered you not to retreat even one step?"
"Colonel Ovič!" Political Commissar Fomin replied.
"That's not what he said just now..." Major General Mstislav turned his doubtful eyes to Colonel Ovich and said word for word: "This guy, he told me... you refused to retreat several times!"
There was silence in the headquarters. At this time, everyone understood that Colonel Ovich intended to let the 333rd Regiment be surrounded.
Colonel Ovich reached for the gun in his waist, but Major Gavrilov grabbed him and knocked him to the ground with a punch... Although Major Gavrilov's left hand was injured, he came out of the battlefield to deal with only
A colonel who stays in the office and directs is more than enough.
"This is a serious act of treason, Comrade General!" Political Commissar Fomin said: "I demand a thorough investigation of this matter, and I believe that Colonel Ovich is not the only one who knows about this matter!"
"That's right, Comrade Political Commissar!" Major General Mstislav nodded: "We will handle this matter. If you are willing, you can also participate in our investigation!"
"Of course!" Political Commissar Fuming replied: "This is my duty, Comrade General!"
The look in Political Commissar Fomin's eyes when he said this made Major General Mstislav feel nervous for no reason.
As a result, except for the 333rd Regiment, the entire 79th Division officers and soldiers were brought under control.
This is because Major General Mstislav suspected that Major Oovich was a German spy, and there were probably his cronies or accomplices in the army who would take the opportunity to escape after learning that Major Oovich was arrested.
Therefore, the news of Major Ovich's arrest did not spread for the time being. Major General Mstislav ordered the 79th Division to retreat and rest, but other troops were responsible for peripheral security.
This is rare in wartime as it would of course affect the morale of the troops.
But the Soviet army would never let go of its internal traitors because of this, and it was no different this time.
What's more, if Ovich is a traitor or a spy and has accomplices, the entire army may be instigated to rebel. Of course, Major General Mstislav will not take this risk.
Then, the division's staff, guards, logistics and other personnel were all taken away from the unit and conducted isolation training.
The truth soon came to light: the three staff officers were insiders to varying degrees, and two signal soldiers knew something was wrong, but had no suspicion.
But this was only the result of Major General Mstislav's interrogation. After receiving a phone call, Major General Mstislav was ordered to escort all suspects to Kiev for further interrogation.
Even Major General Mstislav was nervous, because several officers wearing blue military caps went to the military headquarters to talk to Major General Mstislav several times... If their subordinates committed treason, then
Could it be because of orders from his superiors?!
For the soldiers on the front line, they only vaguely felt that something was wrong with the 79th Division. Other than that, they knew nothing else and did not dare to ask more questions.
But just because of this, people feel a wave of fear and uneasiness.
What they knew was that no one would be able to see Colonel Ovech from now on.
Not long after, Major General Mstislav was transferred.
Of course, instead of being interrogated, he became the commander of another unit, which was stationed in Kiev far away from the front lines... obviously just in case.
Those who understand will know that this means that the official career has been affected, that is, the major general has been cast a shadow of distrust, and it is obviously very difficult to get out of this shadow.
Shulka knew what was going on, and he could guess some of it from his conversation with Major Gavrilov.
"We almost died at the hands of our own people!" Major Gavrilov said to Shulka.
"What?"
"The reason for being surrounded this time!" Major Gavrilov said: "It is man-made. I can only tell you so much!"
But these are enough, Shulka is not that stupid, and he can make a big guess by linking them up.
What Shulka didn't expect was that the impact of this incident would be so large and widespread.
"But we are lucky!" Major Gavrilov said: "We successfully broke through with your suggestion, otherwise... who knows what would have happened?"
"And this!" Major Gavrilov said and handed Shulka a brand new military uniform: "Congratulations, Comrade Shulka, you are already a staff sergeant!"