Red Moscow

  Chapter 1953

  As soon as he heard that there was something suspicious about Aliya, Koshkin immediately raised his vigilance and asked: "Comrade Commander, do you need to bring her back for interrogation?"

   "No need," Sokov waved his hand and said, "You just need to know this in your heart, and you don't need to startle the snake for the time being."

   "Okay." Since Sokov was unwilling to take action for the time being, Koshkin couldn't say anything more, so he could only bite the bullet and agree. After a short pause, he asked curiously, "Comrade Commander, can you tell me what are the doubts about Alia?"

   "Do you still remember how she met the chief of our command?"

"Maybe I remember." Koshkin nodded and said, "She didn't put on makeup and went into the military store, met the chief secretary who was buying vegetables there, approached him and made friends with him, and then found a chance to sneak into the kitchen. "

"Koshkin, as far as I know, the chief secretary goes to the military store to buy vegetables, and the time is not fixed." Sokov said to Koshkin with a smile: "According to the timeline at that time, she should have just been sent by you." After being sent back from the suburbs, I immediately changed into our military uniform, went directly to the military store, and then 'ran into' the Chief of Staff."

   When referring to the Secretary Chief, Sokov deliberately emphasized the word "encounter" in order to attract Koshkin's attention.

The person who can be favored by Lunev, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is naturally not too stupid. After only a minute or two, Koshkin realized the problem: "Comrade commander, I understand, Ai The encounter between Li Ya and the Chief Secretary was not a chance encounter at all, but premeditated."

"That's right, if she hadn't taken you to the outskirts of the forest to encircle the airborne team, and there hadn't been any sniper missions that day, then there was still a little chance of encountering the chief of staff in the military store." Sukov said: "But plus I just With the conditions mentioned, her 'encounter' became a premeditated incident. I suspect that someone who is familiar with the Chief Secretary tipped her off, and this person may be a secret agent who sneaked in."

Hearing that there were secret agents in the headquarters, Koshkin couldn't help taking a deep breath: "Comrade commander, if this is really the case, then your safety will be difficult to guarantee. I think, after dawn, after A major review will be conducted in the headquarters, and this hidden spy must be caught."

"This spy is lurking very deep, and it is not an easy task to catch him." Sokov shook his head and said, "The war is tense now, if we conduct a large-scale review in the headquarters with great fanfare, it will definitely win the hearts of the people." Be anxious, it will not be good if it affects the battle."

   "Then let this spy lurk in the headquarters?"

   "Judging from the current situation, this is the only way to go."

   "Then how did he lurk in?" Koshkin asked curiously: "Could it be that the spies were lurking among the commanders and fighters rescued from the prisoner-of-war camp?"

   "Koshkin, don't make wild guesses." Koshkin's statement made Sokov's heart skip a beat, thinking that this possibility completely existed. But even if the spies mixed in with the rescued commanders and entered his headquarters, Sokov felt that this matter should not be made public, otherwise he would definitely be criticized by some people, saying that he should not incorporate the rescued commanders into the army: "You What you said, it’s over with me, don’t mention it to the third person, understand?”

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." Hearing what Sokov said, Koshkin immediately realized the problem, and quickly assured him: "I will never say similar things to the second person."

"Let's talk about the second biggest doubt." Sokov continued: "Why did Alia smash the radio station and burn the code book before carrying out the sniper mission? Did she know that the sniper operation that day would never succeed?" , so even the communication tools to keep in touch with the outside world have been destroyed?"

   "You are right, Comrade Commander." Koshkin nodded and said, "When she was being interrogated, I felt that many of the things she said sounded too coincidental."

   "Koshkin, I've been thinking about the whole thing over and over for a long time, and suddenly I have a bold idea."

"what idea?"

   "For Aliya, killing me or other members of the headquarters is not too valuable." Sokov said with a sneer: "The target of her sniping must be a more important person."

   "A more important person?" Koshkin looked at Sokov and asked curiously: "Who could it be?"

"Koshkin, my unit should have a better record than other friendly units, so there are many senior commanders who have come to inspect us." Sokov gave Koshkin an example: "For example, Marshal Zhukov, Kogne Marshal Vasilevsky, maybe there will be other high-level commanders coming in the future. If Aliya really came for these important goals, then she pretended to surrender to us in order to dispel our respect for her. Suspiciousness, thus creating particularly favorable conditions for her in the future sniper missions."

After hearing this, Koshkin raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Comrade Commander, I'm in a cold sweat after hearing your analysis. If Alia's target is really those marshals If something happens, it will be an irreparable loss for our army."

"This possibility exists." After analyzing Alia for Koshkin, Sokov solemnly told him: "Now Alia is under your control, you must keep her in my custody." Yes. If something goes wrong, I'll ask you."

   "Comrade commander, don't worry." Koshkin assured Sokov: "I will order someone to guard her strictly, and absolutely prevent her from contacting any outsiders."

"According to the information we obtained, Aliya is an excellent sniper and has not received any training as a special agent." Sokov continued: "I think there should be some content in the information we obtained. Complete, which led to our misjudgment. But this is not a bad thing for us. You can monitor her in a loose and tight way. It looks like the surveillance is not strict, but in fact there are people Staring at her 24 hours a day without blinking."

   "Comrade Commander, you can rest assured about this." After listening to Sokov's instructions, Koshkin showed a very smug expression: "We are all experts in this respect."

   Koshkin was sent away, and Sokov was just lying on the camp bed, when suddenly the communications staff came to wake him up, and said in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, General Afunin's call back has arrived."

   Sokov sat up in a hurry, took the telegram in the other party's hand, and asked casually, "What did you say in the telegram?"

Although seeing Sokov bowing his head to browse the telegram, since the other party asked, the staff could only repeat the contents of one telegram: "General Afunin said that the location where the German snipers are assembled is still in the area controlled by the enemy. , he couldn’t send someone to verify it at all.”

   "Well, I see." Sokov nodded, and waved to the staff officer, "You go to work."

  Sokov lay back on the camp bed, staring at the roof, and began to think about the authenticity of the information provided by Alia.

   After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that Alia might have played a trick with him again. She should clearly know the progress of his northern and southern troops, so he specially provided the gathering place for the other two new sniper teams.

  The German sniper who was active in the north near Chernivtsi killed a Soviet commander and caused the collapse of the defense line. It will not be easy for him to achieve such a record. With Alia's personality, it is entirely possible to betray the place where they gather and gain their trust.

  The assembly point of the sniper team in the south is not to mention the area controlled by the German army, and the location where they are going to carry out the sniper kill is also under the control of the German army.

  If you don't want to think about these things, you can do it. After careful consideration, you will find more and more doubts. Sokov raised his hand to check the time. It was already three o'clock in the morning. He sat up from the camp bed and shouted to the communication staff officer who sent a telegram to him in the distance: "Comrade staff, please call the front army headquarters." , ask whether Marshal Konev or Zakharov is on duty?"

   "Okay, Comrade Commander." The staff officer agreed, "I'll put you through the phone immediately."

   A few minutes later, the staff officer reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the phone of the Front Army Command has been connected, and the chief of staff, General Zakharov, is on duty."

   Sokov got up and walked over to take the microphone, and said politely in his ear: "Hi, Chief of Staff of the Front Army, I'm Sokov, I'm sorry to disturb your rest."

"You didn't bother me at all, Comrade Sokov, I happen to be on duty tonight." Zakharov looked at the wall clock on the wall, and felt that if Sokov had nothing important to do, he probably wouldn't At three o'clock, I called myself to chat, and asked bluntly, "Is there anything you need to talk to me about?"

   "Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, I would like to ask you one thing." Sokov asked cautiously: "I would like to ask, how did you get the information on the German female sniper that you provided me?"

"Oh, the information you mentioned was provided by one of our comrades lurking inside the enemy." Zakharov briefly introduced the origin of the information, and asked curiously: "Comrade Sokov, what's wrong?" ?"

"The female sniper has become our prisoner." Sokov said: "She confessed during the interrogation last night that in addition to her sniper team, the Germans also sent to Chernivtsi and Wengeny. Each sent a sniper team. Among them, the sniper team that went to Chernivtsi successfully intercepted and killed the commander of the 115th Infantry Brigade, which caused the brigade to be broken through by the Germans because of the loss of unified command."

"What do the Germans want to do?" Zakharov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, and questioned, "Not only did they send their ace snipers to Otatz to kill you, they even sent them to kill you like Chernivtsi He and Wengen each sent a sniper team to carry out equally important sniper missions."

But as soon as Zakharov finished speaking, he realized a problem, and quickly added: "Isn't Wengen still in the hands of the Germans? Why did the Germans send snipers there? If it is worthwhile to sniper Shouldn’t they sneak into the activity area of ​​the 18th Guards Army or the 6th Tank Army and send them to Wengen?”

Zakharov's words made Sokov's doubts clear, and he quickly said into the microphone: "Thank you, Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, thank you for helping me solve a difficult problem. Thank you so much, I wish you good luck !” After speaking, before Zakharov could speak again, he hung up the phone.

   And Zakharov held the microphone from the blind voice, with a confused expression on his face: "Thank you, what did I say?"

  After Sokov put down the phone, the thoughts in his mind gradually became clearer. When Elia was interrogated at night, he told the truth and lied together again, in order to confuse the public and dispel his doubts about her. Now it only needs to check one question with Bogdanov to find out whether Aaliyah is telling the truth or not.

   "Comrade Staff Officer," Sokov beckoned the staff officer over, looked at him and asked, "Can we call Chernivtsi?"

   "Comrade Commander, I'm not sure, but I can try."

Although it is also possible to communicate with Bogdanov through telegrams, it is too inconvenient. Instead, it is not as convenient as talking on the phone: "Then you try it quickly. If you can connect, immediately pick up the tank for me." Second Army Command, I want to speak to General Bogdanov."

   Didn't expect the staff to give it a try, but the call was really connected.

  The person on the other end of the phone heard that he was looking for General Bogdanov, and said impatiently: "Comrade General is still resting. If you have anything to do, call after dawn."

Sokov heard the conversation between the staff officer and the other party, and anger appeared on his face. He reached out to take the phone and said sharply: "I'm Sokov, let Bogdanov answer the phone immediately, I have something important find him."

"I don't care if you are Sokov or Zhukov," the other party said arrogantly: "Comrade General is resting, and no one can disturb..." Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he stopped abruptly. After a while, he Cai asked tremblingly, "Are you the commander, General Sokov?"

   "That's right, it's me." Seeing that the other party knew his identity, Sokov deliberately asked jokingly, "Do I need to wait until dawn before calling?"

   "Comrade Commander, how can I ask you to call after dawn?" The staff officer who answered the phone said respectfully, "I will ask Comrade General to answer the phone immediately."

   A few minutes later, Bogdanov's weak voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Comrade Commander, call me at this time, do you have any instructions?"

"General Bogdanov, I called you just to ask you a few questions." After Sokov finished speaking, he didn't go around in circles, but asked straight to the point: "Have you regained your lost positions? "

   "Yes, Comrade Commander, recovered the position before dark and drove the Germans far from our position."

   "The German sniper team you eliminated, are you sure that they killed the commander of the 115th brigade?"

"It is absolutely certain, Comrade Commander." Bogdanov replied in an affirmative tone: "From the information we have seized, they did appear near the 115th Brigade headquarters at that time, and obtained The results of the battle. The number of people recorded in their data is exactly the number of casualties of the brigade."

   "Will you pay a lot of casualties for eliminating this sniper team?"

  Bogdanov was obviously taken aback when he heard Sokov's question, and then replied: "It's just a very ordinary sniper team. We wiped them all out easily."

  (end of this chapter)