Shortly after Trufanov resigned from Shevchenko, the German Frontline Propaganda Department received an urgent telegram.
The telegram was quickly delivered by the Propaganda Department to the front-line propagandists as quickly as possible, and then the loudspeakers were turned on.
A German soldier held a telegram and read loudly into the microphone: "Russian soldiers! On behalf of Colonel Edelman, I say hello to your Comrade Shevchenko and wish his son and two daughters good health! Edelman
The colonel remembered that when we met last year, Comrade Shevchenko was still the political commissar of the 1st Division of the 7th Army of the Northwestern Front. At that time, he knelt in front of Colonel Edman and begged us to let him go. But now, he has become the political commissar of the army.
I will guide you around and drive you to the battlefield to die. Do you want to know more details? Well then! Your political commissar comrades once revealed to us the deployment of the 7th Army, which enabled our armored forces to successfully surround the 7th Army.
6th Division and 41st Division, Colonel Edman would like to thank you again..."
The Soviet soldiers on the front line were stunned when they heard this, and even the planned charge was suppressed.
Because frontline commanders all agree on one thing: if the political commissar is a traitor, should they still obey the political commissar's orders and attack the enemy?
Then, the news was quickly reported to the group army headquarters.
The person who answered the phone was a staff officer. His jaw almost dropped after hearing the news.
The staff officer was quite smart. He looked at Shevchenko who seemed fine (in fact, Shevchenko was really fine), then walked over to Trufanov who was sitting at his desk and whispered a few words.
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Trufanov couldn't help but be stunned after hearing the news, and asked habitually: "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure, Comrade Trufanov!" the staff officer replied: "If necessary, I can go and verify it!"
Trufanov nodded and motioned to the staff to ask for clarification.
At this time, the information Trufanov knew was still very limited, because the content of the report was very simple: "The Germans say Shevchenko is a traitor!"
So Trufanov couldn't think of anything.
A few minutes later, the staff officer handed Trufanov a more detailed document, which listed the detailed information the Germans said about Shevchenko.
Trufanov looked at this information and immediately felt that it looked so familiar. After thinking about it again, most of this was what he had told Shulka before, only the section about Shevchenko's arrest was different.
Therefore, Trufanov immediately knew that this was Shulka's fault.
This shock to Trufanov was no less than the moment he learned that Shevchenko was a traitor.
Then immediately there were several questions rolling around in Trufanov’s mind:
“How did Shulka get the message to the Germans?
Is Shulka the traitor?
impossible!
If he was a traitor, he wouldn't have asked for information about Shevchenko so blatantly!
In other words, Shulka deliberately leaked this information to the Germans in some way!
Good guy! I thought he just wanted to get to know Shevchenko, but I didn’t expect to make such a big move!
This guy is really a bastard. He actually thought of such a method and didn't even talk to himself. Why does he think I won't expose him?
What should we do now?
Shevchenko is obviously innocent, I should tell him the truth!
No, you can't do that!
Because the result of doing this is that the 51st Army will be finished..."
Suddenly, Trufanov understood why Shulka was so confident: before Trufanov was a multiple-choice question, either the 51st Army or Shevchenko.
As for this multiple-choice question, it should be said that there is no suspense. Trufanov will definitely choose the 51st Army.
Thinking of this, Trufanov nodded, lowered his voice and said to the staff: "Let the guards in!"
The staff officer understood and turned around and called several guards into the headquarters, and carefully told them before the guards came in: "I will obey Comrade Trufanov's order and must resolutely implement it. Do you understand?"
The action of the staff officer makes sense, because the political commissar has greater power than the army commander. If he does not explain this, even if these guards are Trufanov's people, they may not dare to take action when facing the political commissar.
After the guards came in, Trufanov immediately ordered: "Comrade Shevchenko is a traitor, arrest him immediately!"
Trufanov said this with profound meaning, and began to point out that Shevchenko was a traitor, so that the guards dared to take action.
But the guard was still stunned for a moment, and Trufanov urged with an unquestionable order: "Execute the order!"
Only then did the guards react, swarm forward, grab Shevchenko and unload his gun.
"What's going on!" Shevchenko struggled and looked at Trufanov angrily: "Trufanov, are you going to rebel?"
"You are the one who wants to rebel!" Trufanov handed the document to the staff officer.
The staff officer flashed the document in front of Shevchenko, and then loudly said to the surrounding people: "News came from the front line, and the Germans used loudspeakers to announce Shevchenko's information! Obviously, Shevchenko announced it in November last year.
Already captured by the Germans and mutinied..."
"No, this is a rumor!" The confused Shevchenko vaguely understood what was going on: "I have never been captured by the Germans, let alone rebelled!"
No one believed Shevchenko's words, because basically all the "spies" whose information was released by the Germans stated that they had never been captured.
"So, why do the Germans know this?" The staff officer asked Shevchenko holding the document: "They know your details and the intelligence you once betrayed to them! I checked, in Leningrad
In that battle, the 6th Division and the 41st Division did suffer heavy losses because they were surrounded by the enemy! Only now do we know that the enemy already knew their troop deployment! You shameful traitor!"
As he spoke, the staff officer punched Shevchenko hard.
Shevchenko is more unjust than Dou E, but in this case, even if you are full of words, you can't explain it clearly.
He could only calm down and say to Trufanov: "Comrade Trufanov, this must be a conspiracy of the enemy. They are trying to divide us. Don't be fooled!"
"I very much hope so, Comrade Shevchenko!" Trufanov said: "But..."
Trufanov raised his head towards the document and said: "These are not things I can decide. I think I should hand everything over to the Security Bureau!" (To be continued)