Chapter 2288

   Sokov came to the jeep and first checked the safety of the car. He found that the hood was raised high and steam was coming out, and the position of the fuel tank was not damaged. There should be no possibility of fire and explosion. After confirming the safety of the vehicle, he said to Assia: "Assia, go and check the captain to see how he is injured?"

  Axia promised, and walked quickly towards the captain who was lying not far away, trying to find out how the other party was injured.

  Sokov checked the major sitting in the back row, and found that he didn't seem to have any injuries on his body. It should be that his head hit the front seat when the car crashed, and he was knocked unconscious. The driver's head was tilted to the side, and the neck was still bleeding continuously. Judging from the shape of the wound, he should have been hit by a bullet.

"Misha, what's going on?" Yakov came to the side, first looked at the major lying in the back row, then at the driver who had no vital signs, and asked Sokov curiously: "What happened?" What happened, how could there be a sudden car accident?"

   "Yasha, look at the wound on the driver's neck." Sokov pointed to the dead driver and said to Yakov, "I think it might have been done by a sniper."

"Sniper?!" Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov immediately looked around vigilantly. There were indeed several two-story houses tens of meters away. If there were snipers, they should be hiding in these buildings. He quickly pulled Sokov with his hand: "Misha, it's dangerous, hide quickly?"

"It's okay." Sokov waved his hand and said, "Judging from the target chosen by the shooter, he should not be a sniper." Before Yakov could ask, he took the initiative to say: "If it is a professional sniper , the target of his shooting will not be the driver, but the two of you and me sitting in the back car."

   "That's right." Yakov had been on the front line for a long time, so he naturally understood how snipers choose their targets. If there is a sniper in a building on the side of the road to carry out a sniper mission, then the target of his shooting must be Sokov or himself. How could he shoot an inconspicuous driver? "Then what should we do?"

"We can only wait until the nearby patrol team arrives." After Sokov said this to Yakov, he asked Assia who was squatting next to the captain: "Assia, Comrade Captain's How's the injury?"

  Asiya, who was squatting next to the captain, heard Sokov's question, turned to him and said, "Misha, his neck is broken, and I can't feel his pulse."

   Hearing what Asiya said, Sokov knew very well that the captain was hopeless. Under today's medical conditions, people who have broken their necks cannot be rescued at all. So he yelled at Assia: "Assia, come and see this major, I think he just passed out."

Assia returned to the car, checked the major sitting in the back seat, nodded and said, "Misha, you are right, this major should have hit his head when the car crashed. The front seat was on the back of the car, and I was knocked out." She pointed to the major's forehead and said, "Look, this is where I got hit."

  Sokov hurriedly probed over to check, and sure enough, he saw a bruise on the major's forehead: "When I checked just now, I didn't find any bruises on his forehead. Why do they suddenly appear again now?"

   "After being hit, some signs of injury will not be immediately apparent." Asiya explained to Sokov: "It takes a while to see the bruised part."

   Just as Sokov and others lifted the major in the back row out of the car, a large patrol team rushed over, led by a lieutenant with medals on his chest. He asked loudly, "What's going on, what's going on, what's going on here?"

But when Sokov and Yakov stood up and faced him, the lieutenant immediately saw the epaulettes of the two clearly, and hurriedly came to stand at attention and raised his hand to salute the two: "Hello, Comrade General. The patrol captain, Lieutenant Udika, is reporting to you that I am on patrol with the troops..."

"Okay, Lieutenant Udika, stop talking. We have seen what you are doing." Sokov pointed to the dead driver and captain, then pointed to the major lying on the ground, and told Ud Ka said: "When our car was driving here, we were suddenly shot from the side of the road. The driver was shot in the neck, causing the jeep to lose control and hit a big tree next to it. Under the huge inertia, he flew out of the seat and broke his neck."

   "What about this major?" Udka asked tentatively when he saw the major lying on the ground motionless, "Is he still alive?"

   "Yes, he is still alive." Assia replied, "I checked him, but he was knocked out."

   "Comrade Lieutenant," Yakov approached Udika at this moment and asked bluntly, "How many people did you bring?"

  Udika turned his head and looked behind him, and then replied: "Comrade General, there are 30 people in my patrol team, what can I do for you?"

"Lieutenant, according to my experience, the Germans who fired the shots must still be hiding in the buildings on the side of the road." Yakov pointed to the buildings not far away, and said in an orderly tone: "I suggest you report to the police immediately." Report to the superiors, send more people there to search. If you are lucky, you can still catch the shooter."

  But after listening to Yakov's words, Udika stood still and turned his eyes to Sokov for help. After all, Sokov's military rank is the highest here.

"Lieutenant Udika, look what I'm doing." Seeing Udka's gaze cast on him, Sokov said dumbfoundedly, "Didn't you hear General Yakov's order to call more troops immediately?" Manpower, search nearby buildings to see if we can catch the German gunmen who shot at us."

   "Comrade General." Udka's eyes continued to stay on Sokov: "Before I report to my superiors, I need to know your identity."

Sokov felt that what Udika said made sense, nodded, and said: "I am Sokov, the commander of the 48th Army, and the general next to him is Yakov, the deputy chief of staff of the Belarusian Third Front. Are you here?" When reporting to superiors, be sure to specify his identity."

  Sokov's words made Udika confused. He couldn't figure out why Sokov insisted on specifying Yakov's identity when reporting to his superiors. But since it was Sokov's order, he didn't dare to disobey it, and immediately ordered the accompanying communications soldier to use the walkie-talkie he carried to report what happened here to his superiors.

  Since this patrol team is directly under the headquarters of the Front Army, the news was soon reported to Bogolyubov. At the beginning, Bogolyubov didn't pay much attention to it. Although the war was over, due to various reasons, no troops had been organized to collect weapons scattered among the German people, and all shooting incidents occurred from time to time. But when he learned that Sokov and Yakov were attacked, he broke out in a cold sweat.

  After he put down the phone, he immediately reported to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, something has happened!"

   Seeing Bogolyubov so panic-stricken, Rokossovsky asked in surprise: "What happened?"

   "A patrol team reported that Generals Sokov and Yakov were shot by German gunmen on their way to the airport."

   "What, what did you say?!" Rokossovsky stood up suddenly from his seat, and asked Bogolyubov loudly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what did you just say, say it again?"

"There is a patrol report." Bogolyubov didn't know the seriousness of the matter, and quickly repeated what he just said: "It is said that Generals Sokov and Yakov were attacked by German gunmen on their way to the airport. shooting."

   Rokossovsky's breathing became short: "Are the two of them injured?"

"No." Bogolyubov shook his head and said, "There were two jeeps taking them to the airport. The driver of the first car was hit in the neck by a bullet, and the major sent to pick them up was hit by a car accident. Dizzy, still haven’t woken up yet; Another captain who assisted him fell out of the car and died of serious injuries. Generals Sokov and Yakov sat in the second car, they were not injured, Even after the car in front crashed, they were involved in the rescue."

   "Did they ask anything?"

  "General Yakov suggested that the German shooter should still be hiding in a building next to the road. He suggested that we send people to search immediately, and maybe we can catch the shooter."

"Then what are you still doing?" Although Sokov and Yakov were not injured, Rokossovsky breathed a sigh of relief, but the two were attacked by German gunmen on their way to the airport. This annoyed him so much that he gave Bogolyubov an order: "Deploy a battalion immediately and search the buildings there. Make sure to catch the shooter."

   After Rokossovsky gave the order, he walked quickly to the door, took off the hat hanging on the coat rack, put it on his head, and was ready to go outside.

  Bogolyubov was frightened into a cold sweat when he saw this, and he quickly stopped Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, it's too dangerous there, you can't take risks!"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, you have to know that Yakov is still there." Rokossovsky turned his head and said to Bogolyubov with a straight face: "If something happened to him, what kind of consequences would it bring? , have you thought about it?"

   "However, there are German gunmen there. It would be too risky for you to go there like this."

"Send the troops to search early, as long as the German gunmen are caught, then I will not be in danger." After speaking, Rokossovsky waved to Bogolyubov, and then walked out of the command department.

Since Rokossovsky was going to the scene, Bogolyubov immediately felt that it was not enough to send only one battalion of troops. He quickly called the security office and ordered the deployment of two battalions of troops. A patrol of the German police rushed to the area to hunt down the German gunmen who opened fire.

Sokov and Yakov were not idle either. Although there were not many fighters around Udika, he still asked the other party to send people to block the intersections around the building, lest the gunmen escape in the chaos and wait until the crowd When the troops arrive, they will be empty.

As soon as Udika's men blocked several intersections, Sokov saw more than 20 trucks approaching quickly, and he said to Yakov, "Yasha, the search troops are here. "

   Soon, the vehicle stopped not far from the two of them.

  As soon as the car stopped, a major got down from the co-pilot position of the first car. The first thing he did after getting out of the car was to shout at the soldiers in the car: "Everyone get out of the car immediately!"

When the soldiers jumped out of the carriage one after another and lined up beside the carriage, the major came to Sokov and Yakov, raised his hands and saluted and said: "Comrades generals, may I ask whether it is General Sokov and Yakov?" General Yakov?"

   "Yes, I'm Sokov." Sokov raised his hand as a salute, and asked, "Which part do you belong to? How many people are here?"

   "We are the security force directly under the Front Army Headquarters." The major replied, "I am Major Bourget, and I was ordered to carry out a search mission here. A total of 600 people have come."

Hearing that 600 people came, there should be no problem in completing the search. Sokov nodded, pointed to several buildings not far away and said, "Major Bourget, the German shooter who shot us is Hiding in those buildings. I have ordered Lieutenant Udika of the patrol to seal off several intersections to prevent the gunmen from escaping."

   "Yes!" Bourget agreed, and then called several company commanders who had just arrived, and deployed tasks to them one by one.

  After accepting the task, the company commanders immediately rushed to those buildings with their own troops. First, they pulled out a cordon outside to prevent anyone from escaping from the building, and then entered the building in squads to search.

  Looking at the cordon outside the building and the soldiers entering the building to search one after another, Yakov asked Sokov curiously: "Misha, do you think they can catch the shooter?"

"I think it should be possible." Based on his own experience, Sokov analyzed that the shooter was definitely not a sniper, but someone who disliked Soviet officers and soldiers. He happened to have a gun in his hand, and happened to Seeing two open jeeps pass by the road, he casually fired a shot. After shooting, he might only feel the anger in his heart, but he didn't think that he had already committed a big lie. As long as he didn't leave, he would be caught sooner or later.

   Before the search results came out, a long line of military trucks drove up in the distance, including two jeeps. Seeing this, Sokov said in surprise, "Why are there still troops rushing over?"

   "Yes." Yakov also said unexpectedly: "More than 600 people have come, and it is more than enough to search these seven or eight buildings. I didn't expect so many people to come again."

  When Sokov saw Rokossovsky sitting in the jeep, his eyes widened in surprise: "My God, why is Marshal Rokossovsky here?"

   "What, Comrade Marshal is here too." After hearing this, Yakov said in an unbelievable tone: "How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible." Sokov remembered Yakov's identity, and immediately felt that Rokossovsky's sudden appearance here was not something incomprehensible, but explained to Yakov with a smile: "I think he may be worried about your safety, so he came here on purpose."

  Yakov originally wanted to refute Sokov, but thinking of the last time he was injured with Cherniakhovsky, the top and bottom of the Third Front Army were also extremely nervous. On the way to the airport today, I and Sokov were attacked by German gunmen. How could Rokossovsky remain indifferent?

  (end of this chapter)