Chapter 1080 Hidden Enemies (Part 1)

  Sokov confirmed that the enemies inside and outside the hotel had been completely wiped out before entering the hotel to meet Zhukov.

  Unexpectedly, as soon as he saw Zhukov, the other party asked sternly: "Colonel Sokov, I want to ask you, why are there so many enemies in your defense zone?"

After receiving Sivakov's report, Sokov always thought that the number of German troops sneaking into the city was no more than a dozen people, but he did not expect that there were as many as fifty people who attacked the hotel last night. Wearing the uniform of the Soviet army, and all equipped with submachine guns.

  Hearing Zhukov's question at this moment, Sokov could only lower his head and reply: "Comrade General, please give me a day, and I will definitely investigate this matter to the bottom."

   "Okay, then I will give you 24 hours, I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer."

"Comrade General," Seeing that Zhukov was willing to give himself 24 hours to thoroughly investigate the matter, Sokov couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and he continued, "It's too dangerous here, let's live in another place. "

   "Which place do you think is safer?"

"Go to my command post." Sokov was very relieved about the security work near his command post, so he said without hesitation: "The various defensive measures there are better than the hotel here. Don't say More than 50 Germans, even if they came to a battalion, they would never expect to rush into my command post in a short time."

   "Since you say so, let's go to your command post."

   Sokov returned to the command post and was about to settle Zhukov and his subordinates. Witkov sent someone to report that the interrogation of the prisoners had been completed and he had received an important piece of information, asking him to go back immediately.

Knowing that the results of the interrogation had come out, Zhukov also became interested. He said to his adjutant: "You must have been very tired after staying up all night yesterday. Go rest with the comrades in the communication team." Sokov said, "Misha, take me to see what important information you have obtained."

Vitkov, who was looking at the interrogation records in the command post, saw Zhukov and Sokov walking in together, and quickly got up to greet him. After raising his hand and saluting, he asked respectfully: "Comrade general, when the hotel was attacked last night, Are you uninjured?"

   "I am not injured." Zhukov urged the other party impatiently: "Bring me the interrogation records of the prisoners. I want to know what the enemy confessed."

   "Comrade General, there are too many interrogation records, I think I should report to you."

  After sitting down at the table, Zhukov said to Witkov: "Tell me, Comrade Colonel, what did the Germans recruit?"

"According to the prisoners' confession, they airdropped 60 people this time, but after the parachute jump, some paratroopers lost contact. They may have fallen to their deaths, or they may have been shot dead by our army when they landed." Witkov "The remaining enemy massed north of the city, where they obtained our uniforms which had been prepared," the report said.

   "Wait a minute." Hearing this, Zhukov raised his hand and interrupted Witkov: "Did the enemy say how they obtained our uniforms?"

Witkov nodded: "There are two storekeepers who used to be guerrillas. They were captured by the enemy a few months ago. Yesterday they received a notice to prepare 60 sets of military uniforms and secretly put them in the north of the city. There is a ruin, and someone will pick it up." Before Zhukov could ask again, he continued, "I have notified the police station to go to the clothing warehouse to arrest the two warehouse managers."

"Chief of Staff, call Captain Kester, the chief of the police branch," Sokov immediately recalled when Witkov said that two storekeepers who provided military uniforms for the enemy were actually captured guerrillas. Avdeyev, who was detained in the sub-bureau, quickly ordered: "Let him send someone to bring that Avdeyev here."

  Zhukov once heard Sokov report about Avdeyev, and when he heard that he ordered the police to send this person over, he immediately realized the problem. He tentatively asked Sokov, "Misha, do you think that the reason why the German spies framed Avdeyev was because he refused to cooperate with last night's operation?"

   "Yes, Comrade General." Sokov nodded, and replied affirmatively: "Besides this, I can't think of any other reason. The enemy would deliberately expose a hidden person to us."

"According to my judgment, the number of enemies lurking in the city far exceeds our imagination." Witkov waited for Sokov to finish, and immediately added: "Not only did someone provide them with clothing, but someone also prepared them in advance." A reconnaissance was carried out near the hotel. What is even more outrageous is that after the first batch of sneak attacking enemies were wiped out, the enemies who arrived immediately pretended to be the troops under the command of Captain Sergei Sha. The enemy knew our personnel so well , to prove that they have people lurking inside our army, I think a large-scale investigation should be carried out."

Sokov knew that Witkov's proposal was good, but he was worried that specific personnel would easily go to extremes when carrying out this order. By then, the hidden enemy would not be found out, and on the contrary, many of his own people would be accidentally injured. It will affect the morale and morale of the troops. It was precisely because of this consideration that he waved his hand and rejected Witkov's suggestion: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the situation is tense now. If a large-scale cleaning operation is carried out within the army, it will inevitably shake the morale and morale of the army. I think this matter should be investigated privately. Bar."

Seeing that Sokov disagreed with his suggestion, Witkov became a little anxious: "Comrade Commander, if the enemy hiding in the army is not found out as soon as possible, I am afraid that they will send more information to the German army continuously. , then our situation will become more difficult.”

"We recruited a large number of soldiers some time ago, and it is inevitable that some black apples are among them." Sokov explained to Witkov: "If someone tipped off the German army and started a sweeping investigation, in addition to In addition to scaring the snake, it will also affect our army's morale and morale, which is very detrimental to the next battle. Therefore, I do not agree to conduct a major investigation at this moment."

"I agree with Misha's statement." Zhukov, who has been acting as an audience, expressed his support to Sokov in a clear manner: "It is absolutely necessary to clean up the enemies hidden among us. But we must pay attention to methods, Don't make a big fanfare. Lest the hidden enemies are not cleared out when you get it, and instead make people panic, then the gain outweighs the loss."

   "But, Comrade General." Seeing that Zhukov also supported Sokov, Witkov said helplessly, "Are we just going to watch the enemy hide among us?"

   "Don't worry, Comrade Chief of Staff. No matter how cunning a fox is... no, it's a rabbit." Sokov wanted to say: No matter how cunning a fox is, it cannot escape the eyes of hunters. But just halfway through, he suddenly remembered that in Russia, the most cunning animal is not a fox, but a rabbit that looks harmless to humans and animals. No matter how deep it is, there will always be a day when it will be exposed.”

  (end of this chapter)