Red Moscow

  Chapter 374 Trap (2)

  Second Lieutenant Samoilov quickly brought in the German operator. To be precise, he was dragged in by two soldiers. When the soldiers put the bruised operator in front of the radio station, Sidolin asked a little worriedly: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, he has become like this, can he still send a report?"

   "Don't worry, Comrade Chief of Staff." Samoilov quickly replied: "His hand is not injured, so there should be no problem sending the report."

   Hearing that the telegraph operator could send the telegram normally, Sidolin handed over the drafted telegram and told Samoilov: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, let him send this telegram."

  Samoilov took the telegram from Sidolin's hand, and slapped it in front of the German operator, making him tremble with fright. He said viciously: "Send this telegram immediately, and I warn you, don't play tricks."

  The German radio operator did not speak, but nodded in horror, then looked down at the telegram in front of him. Sidolin winked at a radio operator, who immediately came over, sat opposite the German operator, picked up a pair of earphones and put them on his head, ready to monitor the content of the other party's telegram to see if he was there Hands and feet in the process of sending the report.

  Sokov stared at the German radio operator who was preparing, and thought to himself: It seems that the interrogation methods of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are really well-deserved, and even this kind of well-trained German agents can only obey obediently. If it were him, he might be cowarded in less than two minutes, and then he would confess whatever the other party asked him to confess.

   As a special agent, the German radio operator has undergone special training. Not only can he speak fluent Russian, but also reading books and newspapers is not a problem, let alone a simple telegram. After reading the content of the telegram, he immediately put his finger on the key and began to send a telegram.

  The telegram was sent quickly, and the communications soldier sitting opposite the German operator took off his earphones and nodded to Sokov, indicating that there was no problem with the telegram just sent.

  Now that the telegram has been sent, it's time to wait for the other party's call back. Sokov turned his head and asked Belgin: "Comrade Commissar, do you have any cigarettes?"

   "Yes," Belkin took out a pack of seized German cigarettes from his pocket, and said apologetically to Sokov, "But there are only German cigarettes, and I don't know if you are used to them."

  The taste of German cigarettes is different from that of Soviet cigarettes. Many people are not used to smoking and feel that it smells like horse manure. Even an old smoker like Belkin would not smoke German cigarettes if he hadn't really had no cigarettes. Sokov took the cigarette case, walked to the radio operator, and handed the cigarette over: "Have a cigarette!"

   Seeing that Sokov offered himself a cigarette, the radio operator instinctively wanted to refuse. But when Sokov said it was a German cigarette, he reached out and pulled out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and put it in his mouth. Sokov put the cigarette case aside and struck a match to light the operator's cigarette.

  After taking a puff of cigarette, the radio operator looked up at Sokov who was standing in front of him: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, what do you plan to do with me? After you receive the call back, will you order someone to drag me out and shoot me?"

"Don't worry," Sokov raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him, "Since you cooperate with us so well, we will also treat the prisoners preferentially. After everything is over, I will send someone to send you to the prisoner-of-war camp , to give a prisoner of war his due. But..."

  Sokov only spoke half of what he said, which aroused the operator's great curiosity. He asked nervously, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, but what?"

"But if you are willing to surrender to our army, I can not send you to a prisoner-of-war camp, but stay in my army." Sokov shrugged his shoulders after saying this: "You know, now During the war, the conditions in the prisoner-of-war camp may not be very good, and it is unknown whether they can survive until the end of the war."

  ...

   The German unit responsible for attacking Mamayev Gang was the 295th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Autokofes. Kofes was in his headquarters, studying with several of his subordinates how to attack Mamayev Post, when suddenly a staff officer hurried in and handed him a telegram he had just received.

   Kofes took the telegram, and after seeing the contents clearly, he asked, "Who sent this telegram?"

"It's a special operations team we sent near Mamayev Hill." The staff officer obviously knew a lot of inside information, so he was able to answer Kofes's question: "They gave the Russians a fake order and succeeded in making the troops stationed in the Mamayev area The defenders on the south of Mayev Konk retreated."

   After Kofes waved the staff to leave, he handed the telegram to the division chief of staff, and said at the same time: "Chief of staff, here is a telegram just sent back by the special operations team. Take a look and talk about your views."

The chief of staff of the division took the telegram from Koface's hand, and after browsing the content, he looked at Kofes and said, "Your Excellency, the Russians have retreated from the southern hill of Mamayev Hill. Do you think it is possible?" ?”

Regarding the question of the division chief of staff, Kofes said in an uncertain tone: "This special operations team was sent by the Group Army Command. I believe their report is true. But to be on the safe side, we still send someone to verify it." Just a moment." After finishing speaking, he instructed a regiment leader sitting at the conference table, "Colonel, I just received a telegram from the special operations team, saying that they sent a report to the Russians who were standing on the southern hill of Mamayev Kurgan. People, issued a fake retreat order. Judging from the telegrams they sent, the Russians seem to have been fooled and are withdrawing from the Nangang position. You immediately call the forward observation post of your regiment and let them take a look Are the Russians retreating?"

   "Understood, sir." The head of the regiment who was named by him said respectfully: "I will call the regiment headquarters immediately and ask them to report the situation over there."

  The German colonel went out to call his regiment headquarters. Less than ten minutes later, he returned to the conference room and reported to Kofes excitedly: "Your Excellency, good news, good news!"

   "What good news?!" Hearing what the colonel said, Kofes's heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and he asked a little nervously, "Did the Russians really retreat?"

"Yes, sir." The colonel nodded and said, "When I called back to the regiment, the chief of staff of the regiment had just received a report from the forward observation post, saying that the Russians deployed in front of Nangang had withdrawn from their defensive positions. .”

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I didn't expect the Russians to really retreat." Seeing the intelligence sent by the Special Operations Team, it was confirmed, and the Division Chief of Staff said emotionally: "This is a rare and good opportunity. We should send troops immediately. Go and occupy the southern post of Mamayev Post. In this way, we will divide the Russian defenders in Stalingrad into two parts that are not connected to each other, and we can attack the port and the central railway station at any time."

   "That's right, your Excellency, the chief of staff, the chief of staff is right." The colonel waited for the chief of staff to finish speaking, and immediately asked Ying to say: "Our regiment is the closest to Nangang, please let us go and occupy there."

For the colonel's request, Kofes agreed without hesitation: "Yes, colonel. You immediately send a battalion to occupy the southern hill of Mamayev hill and build fortifications on it to prepare for the Russian counterattack. "

   "What, only send one battalion?" Whether it was the division chief of staff or the colonel, they couldn't help being stunned when they heard what Kofes said: "Is the strength of a battalion too small?"

"A lot." Kofes waved his hand and said, "Our battalion has more than 800 people. As long as they occupy Nangang, even if the Russians send out two regiments, they may not be able to take back the highland." After these few words, he paused for a moment, and then ordered the division chief of staff, "Immediately send a report to the special operations team, saying that our army will enter the Nangang position at eleven o'clock tonight, and let them prepare for the response."

  ...

   Seeing the call back, Sokov knew that the Germans had taken the bait, so he ordered Samoilov to take the operator down. After passing the telegram to Belkin and Sidolin, he said: "The Germans will send a battalion of troops to enter the Nangang position at eleven o'clock tonight. In addition, they also demanded that the special operations team that we uncovered, Send someone to meet them."

   "Cunning enemy." After seeing the telegram, Sidolin said indignantly: "We prepared such a large piece of bait, but they only came with one battalion."

But Belkin considered other issues: "Comrade Chief of Staff, Nangang's surface area is limited, and it will not be able to deploy if there are too many troops. The enemy's battalion has more than 800 people. Use this kind of force to occupy the Nangang position." , is more than sufficient. Comrade Brigadier Commander, I am worried about another problem now."

"what is the problem?"

"The enemy asked people from the special operations team to meet them." Belkin said with a frown, "but five of the seven spies were killed by us. As for the two who survived, one radio operator was bruised and bruised, and he couldn't even walk. , and the other one is stubborn and refuses to cooperate with us. Who should we find to pretend to be someone from the special operations team to lure the Germans into the bait?"

   "Comrade Commissar," Sokov asked, "Do you know where Corporal Ernst is?"

   "Corporal Ernst?" When he heard the name, Belkin hesitated for a moment, and then a dazed expression appeared on his face: "Are you talking about the German corporal who surrendered to our army?"

   "Yes, that's him." Sokov asked again: "Where is he?"

"Squad leader in Lieutenant Grisa's 2nd Battalion 4th Company." Belgin told Ernst's whereabouts, and said before Sokov ordered, "I'll call him right away. "

While Belkin was on the phone, Sokov said to Sidolin again: "Chief of Staff, find two more soldiers with good German and let them go with Ernst. Make sure Ernst is safe. Understand?"

   "Comrade Brigadier, leave this to me." Sidolin assured Sokov, "I will definitely not let you down."

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