Red Moscow

Chapter 2548

The patrol leader who accompanied Agelina asked Sokov respectfully: "Comrade General, do you need me to send someone to search the ruins? Maybe the enemy who attacked you has accomplices hiding inside."

"There is a Lieutenant Udika, who is searching inside with his soldiers." Sokov said: "However, the area of ​​​​the ruins is so large, the manpower he brings is definitely insufficient. You can send someone in to help him."

The captain agreed and personally led a dozen soldiers into the ruins, cooperating with friendly forces to search for enemies who might be hiding inside.

 “Misha,” Agelina said with lingering fear, “Fortunately you are okay.”

"Don't worry, Agelina." Sokov said to Agelina with a smile: "I am lucky, I always save the day, everything will be fine."

 But when Agelina heard what Sokov said, she did not say a word, but fell into deep thought. After a while, she said with difficulty: "Misha, maybe you should return to Moscow immediately. Berlin is too unsafe here."

If the attack had not occurred today, Sokov might have chosen to return to Moscow immediately if he encountered the right opportunity. But after this attack, Sokov couldn't leave. He didn't want anyone to say behind his back that he fled Berlin because he was afraid of being attacked by saboteurs.

Two ambulances drove over, along with a jeep and three trucks full of soldiers.

After the convoy stopped, a major officer jumped out of the jeep and quickly came to Sokov. He raised his hand and saluted: "Comrade General, I am from the garrison headquarters. I heard that there was an attack here. I came here specially." Come and bring someone here to see if you are injured?"

"Major, I'm not injured." Sokov pointed his hand towards the two bodies of soldiers and the injured soldier lying on the roadside, and said to the major: "Two of my men sacrificed their lives and one was wounded. You immediately arrange for manpower to take care of them." The wounded were sent to the hospital, and the bodies of the soldiers were also brought there.”

"Okay, Comrade General!" The major called the nurse who came out of the ambulance and asked her to treat the wounds of the wounded. At the same time, he asked with concern: "Comrade General, are you really not injured?"

"No." Sokov shook his head and said in an affirmative tone: "It was my accompanying vehicle that was attacked by the enemy's rockets. When the rockets flew over, my adjutant, Major Vaserigov, promptly took down the vehicle. I threw myself on the ground and used his body to cover me."

Then, Sokov pointed in the direction of the ruins and said to the major: "Comrade major, the captains of two patrol teams have led people to search, but they have not come back yet, and I don't know if they have caught them." The attacker’s accomplices did not.”

The major pulled out his pistol and said to Sokov: "Comrade General, I will take someone to take a look." However, after leaving, the major told another officer, "You go with the ambulance and collect the bodies of the wounded and martyrs." , sent to the hospital."

As the third group of people entered the ruins and started searching, Vaserigov asked Sokov: "Comrade General, are we still going to Marshal Zhukov's place?"

“Major Vaserigov, we must go to Marshal Zhukov.” Sokov replied: “But before that, we have to finish things here.”

The search for the ruins ended after half an hour. When the major led Udika and others out of the ruins, they also detained several civilians in civilian clothes, including men, women, and children.

The major asked the captured civilians to stand in a row, then came to Sokov and reported to him: "Comrade General, when we searched in the ruins, we captured a total of six people, and there must be attackers among them. Accomplices. Please identify who is the accomplice of the attacker."

Sokov just saw the man who attacked him with a rocket launcher, but not his accomplices. Therefore, Sokov didn't know whether there were any accomplices of the attacker among these people. He came to a few people and looked at them carefully.

The first person in line was a middle-aged woman wearing a headscarf. She was holding a cloth bag in her hand and her face was full of panic. Seeing Sokov walking towards him, he became more and more nervous and kept mumbling something.

Sokov turned his head and glanced at Agelina beside him, motioning for her to translate for him and listen to what the middle-aged woman said. Agelina nodded with understanding, and then translated and said: "Misha, she said she came out to buy things and didn't know anything. Don't kill her."

Sokov could tell at a glance that the middle-aged woman was just an ordinary housewife. She might have just been passing by and was caught by the patrol by chance. After confirming this, Sokov said to Vaserigov: "Major, there should be nothing wrong with this middle-aged woman. Let her stand aside first and wait until I see the others before I deal with her."

 Vaseligov nodded and pulled the middle-aged woman aside.

Unexpectedly, Vaselgov's actions caused the middle-aged woman to misunderstand. She actually knelt down and said something quickly. Fortunately, Agelina translated in time, and Sokov understood what she said: "Sir, I am innocent, please don't kill me."

After Agelina finished translating for Sokov, she comforted the middle-aged woman before Sokov finished speaking: "Don't worry, we are just arresting an accomplice of the murderer. After we find out that there is no problem with you, we will I’ll let you go home.”

　　After hearing what Agelina said, the middle-aged woman finally calmed down and stood aside without saying a word.

Among the remaining five people, there was a seven or eight-year-old boy, and Sokov excluded him without thinking. He felt that such a young child might not be able to load a rocket into a rocket launcher. After he pulled the boy aside, he continued to observe the remaining four people.

 Among the four people, three were young men. They were the most suspicious, and Sokov saw hatred in their eyes. It would probably not be a problem to say that these people were accomplices of the attackers.

"Comrade General," Vaserigov leaned close to Sokov's ear and whispered: "Among the remaining four, one is an old man who is missing an arm. He will definitely be fine. The attacker's accomplice, It should be between these three people.”

Sokov agreed with Vaselgov's statement in his heart. The eyes of these three young men were full of hatred. If given the opportunity, they would definitely choose to attack him without hesitation. Just when Sokov was about to let the one-armed old man leave, he noticed something strange. The old man's eyes flickered, deliberately avoiding eye contact with his, and even kept looking at the attacker's body. The reaction of the one-armed old man made Sokov realize that something was wrong. The other five people all focused their attention on themselves and did not dare to leave at all, but the old man seemed absent-minded, indicating that there must be something wrong with him. And he kept looking at the corpse. Even if he was not an accomplice, he was inextricably linked to the attacker.

Sokov stepped back, pointed at the one-armed old man with his hand, and told Vaserigov behind him: "Major, arrest this old man, he is an accomplice of the attacker."

 Hearing what Sokov said, everyone was stunned. Everyone thought that the attacker's accomplice should be one of the three young men, but Sokov chose the most inconspicuous one-armed old man. But now that Sokov has issued the order, Vaserigov will naturally execute it unconditionally. After all, two of his soldiers were killed and one was injured in the attack just now. He personally led two soldiers forward and captured the one-armed old man.

“Misha,” Agelina was very surprised to see Sokov let Vaselgov arrest the one-armed old man. She asked in surprise, “Did you arrest the wrong person?”

"No, you won't catch the wrong person." Sokov said with a sneer: "After the patrol brought them back from the ruins, other people's eyes stayed on me, eager to know what I planned to do with them. But the one-armed old man’s eyes were wandering and he tried his best to avoid meeting my eyes. More importantly, he kept looking at the attacker’s body on the ground, indicating that there was some connection between him and the attacker.”

After Sokov’s reminder, everyone felt it made sense. After these civilians were brought out from the ruins, they all looked at Sokov nervously, wanting to know what the other party planned to do with them. Only the old man's eyes kept dodging, and he was afraid of meeting anyone's eyes, which showed that he was a person. There is a problem.

The major from the garrison headquarters came over and asked Sokov for instructions: "Comrade General, what do you plan to do with them?"

"Except for the one-armed old man, let everyone else go." After Sokov said this, he asked: "Major, I want to ask you, how do you usually deal with such saboteurs when you catch them? of?"

"The method is very simple." The major sneered and said, "Either, shoot them directly on the roadside. Or," at this point, he looked up and continued, "Just hang them on the wire poles, and at the same time Hang a sign on your chest that says 'saboteur'."

"Major," Sokov expressed his opinion after waiting for the major to finish: "If it were still during the war, the methods you mentioned could indeed deter the enemy. But now that the war is over, many of the past All methods can no longer be used, otherwise it will deepen the conflict between our army and the local residents.”

“Comrade General, what should we do with them?” the major asked.

“Bring him back to the garrison headquarters for interrogation.” Sokov said: “As for what to do with him after the interrogation is over, that’s your business and has nothing to do with me.”

"Okay then." The major nodded and said, "Just do what you said." Then he ordered the soldiers to put the old man on the truck and prepare to take him back to the garrison headquarters for interrogation to see if he had anyone else in Berlin. of accomplices.

“Comrade General,” the major continued, “where do you plan to go?”

 “I’m going to Marshal Zhukov’s headquarters to report to him.”

Hearing Sokov said he was going to Zhukov's headquarters, the major took the initiative and said: "Comrade General, I will send someone to **** you there."

"No need." While the patrol was still searching in the ruins, Vaserigov had already ordered the jeep and guards on standby at the hotel, which were enough to protect Sokov's safety, so Sokov rejected the major's offer. Good intentions: "I have enough people around me to protect my safety, so I don't need to trouble you."

Seeing that Sokov didn't want to be protected by himself, the major didn't waste any words. He raised his hand in salute and left in a car with his men. The other two patrol teams also continued to perform patrol tasks according to their own patrol routes.

The convoy set off again. Vaserigov, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, turned to ask Sokov: "Comrade General, I don't understand, since you can identify the attacker's accomplices from the crowd, why don't you let the garrison headquarters The people executed him on the spot, but why did he have to be sent to the garrison headquarters? "

"The reason is very simple, Comrade Major." Although Sokov had just said the reason why he could not kill people in the street, when Vaserigov asked again, he naturally had to explain again: "Although we have occupied Berlin for half a year, For a long time, the relationship with the local residents is not harmonious. If we deal with the attacker's accomplices on the street, once they are seen with ulterior motives, and then spread rumors that we massacre innocent people, this will not only harm the people. The image of our army will also make the relationship between our army and civilians more tense."

After listening to Sokov's explanation, Vaserigov nodded and echoed: "Comrade General, you are still thoughtful. If I encounter this kind of situation, I will definitely kill him first without saying anything, so as not to worry about it in the future." There will still be attacks on our army.”

“Major, where do you think the attacker’s weapons came from?”

Sokov’s question confused Vaserigov. He shook his head and said, "I don't know, Comrade General. Do you know?"

"I don't know either." Sokov sighed and said: "If they are using the rocket launcher I designed, I can confirm that the weapon he uses comes from within our army. But the one he used was a rocket launcher. Zuka rocket launchers are anti-tank weapons that are not only available in the U.S. military, but have also assisted us in large quantities, so it is impossible to judge where his weapons come from based on the weapons he uses. "

“Since we don’t know where the weapon came from, and who sent it, we naturally can’t find out.” Agelina interjected: “Misha, am I right?”

"Yes, Agelina, you are right." Sokov said: "If the one-armed old man arrived at the garrison headquarters and said nothing, we would not be able to find out whether the attacker was injured based on the weapon. Who ordered us to attack?"

“Misha,” Agelina asked with some worry: “Tell me, did the attacker specifically target you, or did he randomly choose a target to attack?”

Sokov struggled to recall the attack, and then said: "I think a target should be randomly selected to attack." To increase credibility, he also added: "The attackers piled a lot of bricks in the middle of the road. Stones and rubble blocked the path of our convoy. After seeing someone get out of the car, the attacker came out of the rubble and attacked us." Thinking of the shocking scene just now, Sokov said again. Expressed his gratitude to Vaserigov, "Thank you, because your response was timely and saved my life."

 (End of this chapter)