Red Moscow

Chapter 2639 Reunion of old friends

"Misha," Lu Jin came over, glanced at the roster in front of him, and then asked in a tentative tone: "Are you really wrong?"

Sokov closed his eyes and began to think about this question. At that time, I just thought that the man's back image was that of Seryozha. Now that I thought about it carefully, I saw that it looked more and more like him. I must have seen it right. As for his name not being found in the labor camp, there are two possibilities. One is that he is not a prisoner, or the other is that he entered the labor camp but used the identity of someone else.

"Lukin, this is what I think." Sokov decided to use the elimination method to determine the reason why Seryosha could not be found: "Could he be transferred here from other places?"

As soon as Sokov's hypothesis came out, he was denied by Lu Jin: "This is impossible. Think about it, with his friendship with you, even if he couldn't contact you during the war, the war has been over for so long, wouldn't he Will I take the initiative to contact you? So I think your guess is wrong."

Seeing that his hypothesis was denied, Sokov was not discouraged and immediately launched a second hypothesis: "Is there such a situation? He did enter a prisoner of war camp, but due to various reasons, he did not Using your own identity instead of someone else’s?”

The reason why Sokov put forward such a hypothesis was because he thought of Gu Zi De in "Assembly". After he was captured by our soldiers wearing the enemy's military uniform, no matter how he defended himself, our personnel remained Call him by the name on the uniform he wears. After Seryozha was wounded and captured, could he have worn someone else's military uniform because his military uniform was too tattered? As a result, during the subsequent screening, others determined his identity based on the information of the owner of the military uniform?

After hearing this, Lu Jin did not immediately express his opinion. Instead, he asked the older information officer sideways: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, is there such a situation?"

Hearing Lu Jin's question, the data officer pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly and said in a positive tone: "Yes, Comrade General. And I can responsibly say that such situations are not uncommon."

"Why?" Vitaly next to him heard what his subordinates said, and he suddenly became interested: "Why do they borrow other people's identities?"

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," seeing that it was his superior who was asking the question, the information officer did not dare to be negligent and quickly replied: "Among the captured commanders and fighters, not all were wounded and captured. Some of the troops had run out of ammunition and food. Afterwards, they had no choice but to surrender; there were also a few panicked elements who took the initiative to surrender when they saw the enemy's strength. When our army liberated the prisoner-of-war camp, these people were worried that their identities would be exposed and they would be punished accordingly. They would assume other people's identities. Since most of the commanders and fighters whose identities were assumed were killed in German prisoner-of-war camps, their disguises were difficult to reveal. "

After listening to his subordinate's explanation, Vitaly turned to face Sokov and said: "Comrade General, is it possible that the person you are looking for also surrendered to the enemy on his own initiative and was worried about being liquidated by us, so after being rescued, he deliberately risked his life?" Using someone else’s identity?”

"No, Seryosha will not take the initiative to surrender to the Germans under any circumstances." Sokov was worried that Vitali would not believe his words, and deliberately raised his voice: "I led the troops to hold on to Mama. The situation was the most dangerous at Yevgan. At that time, he did not take the initiative to surrender to the enemy. How could he surrender to the enemy when our army had already turned to counterattack? Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, if you were in his position? position, will you surrender to the Germans?"

"I definitely won't." Vitali said decisively: "Even if I am surrounded by the Germans, I will fight until the last bullet and will never surrender to the enemy."

"I believe Seryosha is in the same situation." Sokov continued: "I guess he was captured because he was seriously injured and lost consciousness before being captured by the Germans. Otherwise, the rumors I heard later "

"Unless you can see the photos, there is no way of knowing whether he entered the labor camp under someone else's name." After Lu Jin said this, he turned around and asked the data clerk: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, do you have detailed information on the labor camp prisoners? "

"Comrade General, there are some, but there are too many." When the data clerk said this, he couldn't help turning his head and glanced at Vitali, and said hesitantly: "If we conduct inquiries one by one, I'm afraid it will take a day at the earliest. time."

Sokov, who was eager to find the whereabouts of Seryosha, heard the information officer say: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, since you have detailed information here, can you please send it over? Even if it takes me two or three days, I still have to find me." That good friend.”

"General Sokov," Vitali said quickly when he heard that Sokov wanted to check all the information: "If you want to check the detailed archive information, you can only go to the archives. You know, there are thousands of people The archives occupy a large area, and it is unrealistic for them to move them here.”

Hearing what Vitaly said, Sokov immediately realized that he had oversimplified the problem and quickly said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, it was my lack of thinking. I will follow these two documentaries now." Archives, go there and find the person I'm looking for."

When Sokov stood up to leave, Lukin also stood up with difficulty and wanted to follow Sokov, but was stopped: "Your legs and feet are not good, you should stay here to chat with Lieutenant Colonel Vitaly, maybe I Be back soon.”

Seeing that Sokov didn't want him to follow him, Lujin didn't force him. Even though he was wearing a prosthetic leg, the amputation area still hurt badly after walking or standing for too long: "Okay, I'll stay here. Wait for you."

Sokov and Vaserigov followed the two data clerks to the archives room not far away. After entering the room, Sokov was stunned by the crammed files. With so many files, it would take him forever to finish reading them?

But even if you want to find someone to help you at this moment, it's not possible. Except for yourself, no one here has experienced Seryozha's true face in Lushan. If you ask them to help, you can only help them more and more. There was no other way, so Sokov asked the document clerk to bring over a stack of files, open them one by one, and check the photos of the people inside to see if Seryosha was among them.

Unconsciously, Sokov checked seven to eight hundred documents, but still no photo of Seryosha was found among them. He raised his head and glanced at the mountains of files in the distance, feeling a little regretful. If he had known that he would have to look at so many files, he might not have come here. You know, Seryozha went to the labor camp here, which is just my guess. Maybe I spent a day looking through all the files and still couldn't find any record about Seryozha.

Although the two data clerks didn't say anything, Sokov could guess from the expressions on their faces that they were very impatient. If he hadn't seen that his military rank was too high, and even Lieutenant Colonel Vitali had to salute him with three points, I would have thought of a reason to dismiss him.

When Sokov read the thousandth piece of information, he couldn't help but retreat: Otherwise, if he still couldn't find Seryosha's photo after reading a hundred more, he would give up completely to avoid causing trouble for the people here. .

Just like that, he picked up the pile of files that were newly brought to him and looked at them one by one. The first copy, no; the second copy, no; the third copy...the tenth copy...the thirtieth copy, none of the photos in it are of Seryozha.

When he saw the ninety-fifth copy, Sokov didn't even see the photo clearly and threw it aside. When he reached for the ninety-sixth copy, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He quickly picked up the file that was thrown aside, opened it and looked at the photos inside.

The next moment, an extremely familiar photo appeared in front of him. He also looked at the name specifically and saw that it was not "Seryozha" but "Bogdan". He slapped the file hard and said excitedly: "I found it, I found it, this is the file!"

The older document clerk came over to look at the file and asked Sokov cautiously: "Comrade General, are you sure this is the person you are looking for?" "Yes, Comrade Second Lieutenant." Sokov said in a positive tone. Said: "He is not only my neighbor, but also one of my best friends. I will never admit his mistake." He glanced at the note below and continued, "He was released last month. Do you know his current whereabouts?"

"Of course I know, Comrade General." The information officer replied: "Usually, only a few of the people who are released will choose to leave here and return to their hometowns. Most of them will stay and be arranged by us to work in tanneries or food factories. . For example, this Bogdan, no, he should be the Comrade Seryosha you are looking for. He is working in a food factory. "

"Comrade Second Lieutenant, can you give me his address?" Sokov asked tentatively.

"Of course." The data clerk agreed readily. He found a register book, opened it, and found the place where Seryosha currently works. Then he copied the address and handed it to General Sokov: "Comrade General, this is his current address."

"Great, Comrade Second Lieutenant, this is really great." Sokov grabbed the document clerk's hand, shook it vigorously, and said in a grateful tone: "Thank you, on behalf of Seryozha, thank you, thank you for everything we do.”

Sokov happily returned to Vitali's office with the address in hand.

Seeing Sokov entering, Lukin immediately asked with concern: "Misha, have you found any clues?"

Sokov raised the small note in his hand and said proudly: "I found it. This is where Seryosha is now."

When Lu Jin took the note and looked at the address on it, Vitaly also came over. He only glanced at it and said in surprise: "What, he actually works in a food processing factory?"

"Yes." Sokov nodded and said: "Fortunately, you have arranged work for these released commanders and fighters, otherwise Seryosha and I would have missed it again. If we really missed it, would we have the opportunity to meet in this life? I can’t tell.”

After Sokov and Lukin came out, they immediately ordered the driver to drive to the address on the note.

After nearly an hour of bumpy driving, Sokov found the car parked not far from where he fell. He pointed ahead and said to Lukin: "Lukin, that's where I fell today."

But at this moment, Lu Jin's mind was focused on where Sokov saw Seryosha: "Misha, were you here when you saw Seryosha's back?"

"That's right." Sokov pointed forward again and continued: "He just turned into that alley, but when my men chased after him, they didn't see him."

"There is a food processing factory there." Lu Jin seemed to be very familiar with the terrain here. He said without thinking: "You also know that the weather here is too cold. After people enter the house, they will definitely close the door. And the tiles When Major Serigov led his men to chase him, Seryosha must have just entered and closed the door, so they didn't see anyone in the alley. However, if we continue to have an accurate address, we will definitely find the person. ”

This time the jeep stopped at the entrance of the alley. After Sokov got out of the car, he turned around and supported Lu Jin who had just got out of the car. He said, "Lu Jin, your legs and feet are not good. I think it is better to stay in the car." Wait for me here."

"Misha, you said that Seryosha is your best friend. It is completely necessary for me to accompany you to see him." Lu Jin said: "If I stay in the car, you will see Seryosha." After the wedding, I was worried that I would be too anxious to stay and talk about old times for a long time. In that case, I might as well go with you, so you can chat as long as you want."

Seeing that Lu Jin was so considerate, Sokov couldn't refuse, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's go there together." In order to prevent Lu Jin from falling, he also stretched out his hands to support Lu Jin, carefully Walk towards the alley.

Entering the alley and arriving at the door of one of the houses, Lukin said to Sokov: "Misha, the food processing factory is here, let's go in."

When I opened the door, I saw a long corridor. Near the door, there was a duty room with a soldier holding a weapon sitting in it. He saw so many people suddenly pouring in outside, and he quickly stopped in front of them with a gun: "Stop, what do you do?"

"Comrade soldier," Lu Jin said to the soldier with a smile: "I am Lieutenant General Lu Jin, and this is General Sokov. We are here to find someone."

Hearing Lu Jin reveal his identity, although the soldier put down his gun, he still stood in front of everyone: "Looking for someone, who are you looking for?"

"Where is the person in charge here?" Sokov felt somewhat dissatisfied when he saw that the soldier was always blocking the way and not letting anyone in. "Tell him to come out and see me."

After hearing what Sokov said, the soldier did not dare to neglect, and quickly returned to the duty room, picked up the phone and reported to the person in charge inside.

A few minutes later, two people hurriedly walked out.

Walking in front was a lieutenant, who should be the person in charge of the food processing plant. Behind him was a middle-aged man in military casual clothes. The two of them were walking hurriedly towards the door.

After Sokov clearly saw the middle-aged man behind the lieutenant, a shocked expression appeared on his face. If before coming here, he was still a little uneasy, worried that he would not see Seryosha here. But at this moment, when he saw the familiar face, his heartbeat could not help but accelerate. He quickly took two steps forward and asked loudly to the person opposite: "Seryozha, is it you? Is it you or your ghost?"