"Uh... it's just a little trouble!" Shulka replied: "As you can see, the 51st Group Army is blocked here by the enemy and cannot move. Thousands of casualties are suffered every day, and the situation is getting worse as time goes by.
It’s getting less and less optimistic!”
Shulka did not tell Akadievich the truth.
This is not because Shulka does not trust Akadievich, but because Shulka understands that even if Akadiyevich knows about something like this, it will not help, and it will even make things difficult for him... You must know that
Shevchenko was sent by the Supreme Command, and he could even represent Stalin to a certain extent.
So Akadiyevich would feel very embarrassed when he knew about this... He couldn't help Shulka and had to explain more.
Akadiyevich failed to notice the strangeness in Shulka. He laughed and said: "I am not worried about this at all, Comrade Shulka! No enemy can stop you or touch you.
I only worry about your enemies!"
Shulka smiled bitterly.
Maybe Akadiyevich is right. If we really want to break through the line of defense in front of us, it may not be difficult. The difficulty is that the 51st Army cannot break through. At the same time, Shevchenko is driving the soldiers from behind to die...
…This has become a knot that cannot be untied.
At this time Shulka suddenly frowned, raised his head and asked: "Comrade Akadiyevich, why don't we develop our own 'spies' like our enemies?"
"Develop your own 'spies'? What do you mean?" Akadiyevich was somewhat confused by Shulka's words.
"I mean the prisoners, the German officers we captured... I don't think their value is just to be sent to Siberia to do hard labor!"
"You mean... putting them back like the Germans used their prisoners?"
"Yes!" said Shulka, "Why not? If they can provide us with intelligence!"
"A very good idea!" Akadiyevich nodded heavily and said: "Before this, we only thought that they were invaders and enemies. We must give them the cruelest punishment and never allow them to escape.
!I never thought that they could be used to a greater effect..."
At this point, Akadiyevich hesitated for a moment, and then said: "But this requires the consent of the superiors, even the consent of Moscow!"
"Of course!" Shulka replied.
If you do this privately, you will most likely be charged with "collaborating with the enemy."
But this should not be a problem, because to the wasteland of Siberia, an officer is no more valuable than a soldier, but on the battlefield, or to be precise, the role he can play in the intelligence system is obviously much greater.
Sure enough, not long after, Akadiyevich, who had been in contact with his superiors, came back.
"The superiors support this plan very much, Comrade Shulka!" Akadiyevich said excitedly: "You have opened up a new intelligence direction for us! Also, I wonder if you have time?"
"What?" Shulka pretended not to understand what Akadiyevich meant.
"I hope you can organize this plan with me!" Akadiyevich looked at Shulka with sincere eyes: "You know, we usually rarely deal with combat troops, even those of the enemy. So.
, this plan needs more people like you to participate, and now I’m not sure who is trustworthy and proficient in this!”
Akadievich was right.
The plan was first to break through the psychological defenses of the prisoners, and Akadiyevich and others in the intelligence department were not good at this... because they did not understand the psychology of the officers and soldiers fighting on the front line.
Secondly, you need to know some basic military knowledge so that you can know what aspects of intelligence the military or frontline combat troops need most.
And all of this requires the participation of people like Shulka.
In fact, this was what Shulka was waiting for, but he still frowned and said, "I don't know, Comrade Akadiyevich! The superiors..."
"I will deal with this problem!" Akadiyevich immediately replied: "I will arrange everything for you and your subordinates, at least for these few days, I mean before I find the right person!"
"Okay!" Shulka nodded.
"Great!" Akadiyevich hugged Shulka excitedly.
There is a reason why Akadiyevich is so anxious.
There is a time limit for developing prisoners to become spies. It is impossible to capture a German colonel a month ago, then develop him into a spy, then release him, and then let the Germans believe that he escaped on his own... German army discipline
Unlike the Soviet army, which was so lax, they would record and register the missing and dead in detail, and would also conduct interrogations on the returning officers and soldiers, and only send them back to the army after confirmation.
Therefore, this kind of thing should be done as quickly as possible.
It would be best to take a newly captured prisoner, develop him into a spy within a few days and then release him, telling them that he was not captured at all, but just hid in the forest or somewhere and found an opportunity to escape.
The Germans often do this, because there are indeed many Soviet officers and soldiers in this situation... The main reason is that this is Soviet land and there are Soviet civilians everywhere, so there are many officers and soldiers who are injured or separated from the main force among the civilians.
Or they escaped back to Soviet-controlled areas under the cover or protection of underground guerrillas, and Mikhailovich was one of them.
And among the officers and soldiers who escaped, there were actually many spies developed by the German army, so the Soviet army was always hard to guard against.
Now that Akadiyevich wants to do this, he must do it as soon as possible.
Soon, a piece of information about the prisoners was placed in front of Akadiyevich and Shulka.
The two of them were looking for candidates, and Shulka picked out one and handed it to Akadiyevich, saying: "Major Bauer, commander of the 8th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion!"
"Well, is there anything special about it?" asked Arkadyevich.
"His anti-aircraft artillery unit was wiped out by us, almost no one was left alive!" Shulka replied: "Do you know what this means?"
Akadievich said "Oh" and said: "No one knows whether he was captured!"
"Yes!" Shulka said: "All he needs is a lie, such as where to hide, how to escape after the enemy leaves, and what route to take to return!"
Akadiyevich looked at the end of the information, then frowned and said: "This guy is a party member. I hope he has not been executed. Maybe... he is not so easily persuaded!"
"We have to at least try!" Shulka said. (To be continued)