Chapter 1069 The Spy in the City (Part 2)

When Sokov brought Anisimov to Gorishny's headquarters, Gorishny, who was chatting with his subordinates, immediately stood up, raised his hand to salute Sokov, and asked curiously: "Comrade Commander , why do you come to me when you have time?" As he spoke, he planned to drive out all the commanders who were chatting with him just now.

"You don't need to leave." Sensing Gorishne's intentions, Henry stopped them and continued, "I came here because I have an important task for you. You all stay and listen carefully, maybe you can still Give me some advice."

  The commander present saw Sokov saying this with a serious face, and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and quickly stood at attention, straightened his back and waited for Sokov's order.

"Comrades, according to the monitoring team under General Zhukov, there is a German radio station in the city." When Sokov said this, he did not immediately show the surprised expressions on the faces of the commanders, but said to himself Said: "The general direction is located in the west of the city. That is to say, the German spies hiding in the city are hiding not far from your headquarters. If he detects that this is a division headquarters, he will directly lead the German army to If the planes come to carry out the bombing, I'm afraid you will suffer heavy losses."

"Comrade Commander, I think you are overthinking." A lieutenant colonel said disapprovingly: "If the enemy's planes come, we will be able to spot them from a long distance. If we go into the air-raid shelter, even if the enemy wants to blow them up, we will be able to find them." Can't blow us up."

   "I think it is unlikely that the enemy will bomb during the day. What we have to beware of is that it happens to be at night."

   "However, after dark, the location of our headquarters cannot be seen at all in the night." The lieutenant colonel retorted: "The enemy can't even see where we are, so how can they bomb us?"

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Sokov recognized that the person speaking was one of Gorishny's regiment commanders. Instead of using his identity to suppress the opponent, he picked up a teacup on the table and said to everyone: " If this is your division headquarters," he put the teacup in the middle of the table, picked up three cups in turn, and placed them in different directions of the cup representing the division headquarters, and then said: "If I were an enemy, I might I will find a way to set fire in these three directions, so that no matter how dark it is, I can guide the bombing targets for the night bombers in the sky."

  Sokov's explanation was simple and clear. After listening to the commanders present, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Since they entered the city, they were very vigilant during the day because they were worried about the German air strikes; but at night, they felt that the German pilots could not see the targets on the ground at all, so they would inevitably relax their vigilance.

  After hearing Sokov's analysis at this moment, they all realized their mistake. If the German spies in the city really set fire in three different directions at night, they would expose the location of the division headquarters to the German night bombers. After the lieutenant colonel realized his mistake, he blushed and apologized to Sokov: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, we underestimated the enemy too much."

  Sokov came here today not to criticize anyone, but to hope that the troops of the 75th Guards Division can assist the police station in the city to eliminate the German spies hiding in the city. "We currently have limited information. We only know that the enemy's spies may be hiding in the west of the city. Due to the lack of manpower in the police station, we may need your help when arresting the German spies."

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." The lieutenant colonel replied loudly, "As long as you give an order, I will immediately take people to the west of the city to conduct a comprehensive search. Even if the enemy is hiding underground, I will definitely find him. "

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, even if we go to the west of the city to search at this moment, I am afraid we will not be able to catch the enemy. On the contrary, it will cause unnecessary panic among the residents." Sokov said to the lieutenant colonel: "I just hope that after the police When the sub-bureau carries out the arrest mission, you can send troops to support it."

   "Comrade Commander, please rest assured. You only need to give an order to do what you need our regiment to do, and all the commanders and fighters of our regiment will definitely complete it even if they risk their lives."

"Very good." Sokov was very satisfied with the lieutenant colonel's statement. He nodded and continued: "If the German spies hiding in the city are not captured as soon as possible, then they will arrest our army. information to their masters by telegram. This will be very detrimental to us."

"Comrade Commander." Gorishny, who had been silent all this time, felt that it was time for him to stand up and say a few words, so he coughed heavily, stood up and said, "Don't worry, as long as the police station has any needs, our division All commanders and fighters will fully cooperate."

  After negotiating with Gorishne about cooperating with the police station, Sokov and Anisimov went to the police station not far away.

  The police sub-station is located in a two-story building. There is no fortification at the door, only two policemen with Mosin Nagant rifles on their backs. Seeing Sokov and Anisimov approaching, they quickly raised their hands in salute.

  One of the policemen recognized Anisimov, and quickly said with a smile: "It turned out to be Lieutenant Colonel Anisimov. Are you here to find our chief?"

   "Yes, Comrade Civil Police." Anisimov nodded and replied, "We have something very important, and we need to talk to your chief."

   "Please wait a moment, I will call the chief out immediately." After the policeman finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards the inside.

   After a few minutes, a tall young captain walked out quickly following the police. When he saw the two people standing at the door, he couldn't help being stunned. On one side was the Lieutenant Colonel Anisimov he knew, and on the other side was a young colonel with a higher rank than Anisimov. For a while, he didn't know who to report to.

"This is Colonel Sokov, the commander of our 41st Guards Division and the commander of the combat group." Anisimov introduced Sokov to the captain of the civilian police, and then said to Sokov: "Comrade commander, this The first one is Captain Kester, the chief of the Civil Police Sub-bureau."

   "Hello, Comrade Commander." Knowing that the young colonel standing in front of him is Colonel Sokov, the commander of the combat group, Captain Kester immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Welcome to my branch."

   "Hello, Comrade Captain." Sokov reached out to hold the other's hand, and while shaking hands, asked with concern: "Are you still used to living here?"

   "Many houses in this building collapsed during the German bombing." Kessel said with a wry smile: "Except for a few necessary offices, our dormitories are all arranged in the basement."

   "Your environment is very difficult." Sokov said with emotion: "After a while, I will ask the political commissar to arrange better accommodation for you."

"Compared with the soldiers stationed outside the city, our environment here is still very good." Kester stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, inviting Sokov to enter the room for a chat: "Comrade Commander, it's not just talking outside." I think we'd better go to the office first."

"Comrade Captain," Sokov said as he stood still, looking at the two sentries at the door, "I think the defense force is a little weaker if only two sentries are placed at the door. A machine gun. This way, even if the enemy wants to attack you by force, you can resist them for a while, so that the reinforcements have enough time to arrive."

   "Yes, Comrade Commander." Captain Kester quickly agreed: "I will immediately order people to pile up sandbags at the door."

  (end of this chapter)