Chapter 2368

Bezikov arrived later than everyone expected. When he walked into the headquarters, the wall clock on the wall had already pointed to twelve o'clock.

Yakov said impatiently: "Major Bezikov, your actions are too slow. You actually spent several hours on a very clear case."

Facing Yakov’s accusation, Bezikov showed an embarrassed expression on his face. Just when he was hesitating whether he should explain to Yakov, he unexpectedly heard Sokov's voice: "Major Bezikov, since you have spent so long trying this case, you must have obtained the answer." Wanted answers. Right?”

“Yes, Comrade Commander.” Bezikov nodded and said, “The case has been cleared.”

 Knowing that the case had been investigated, Yakov asked with some urgency: "Tell me quickly, what happened. Was the hotel owner instructed by someone to poison Misha?"

"No one instigated him. He poisoned the commander in order to avenge his relatives."

"Major Bezikov, don't be anxious." Lukin interrupted: "You must be very tired after interrogating for such a long time. Sit down first, and then tell us slowly."

Bezikov did not sit down immediately. Instead, he handed a folder under his arm to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, this is the interrogation record. Please take a look at it."

Sokov took the folder and opened it. He found that there were dozens of pages of interrogation records and other documents inside, so he had no interest in reading any more. Then he put it aside and said to Bezikov: "Comrade Major, You’d better report to me directly.”

Seeing that Sokov planned to listen to his direct report, Bezikov, who had just sat down, quickly stood up, cleared his throat, and planned to report to Sokov.

But Sokov raised his hand and pressed it down, and said politely: "Comrade Major, you'd better sit down and talk."

After sitting down in compliance with Sokov's order, Bezikov began to tell the results of his investigation: "Comrade Commander, this boss's father is an island native and his mother is Mongolian. He is a Japanese-Mongolian hybrid. Three years ago , with the help of a relative of his father, he opened a Mongolian restaurant in Solon City. Since his relatives were expatriates from the island country and had a certain prestige in the city, many local people went there for the sake of his relatives. He takes care of business in his hotel, so this store is very famous in Sauron City.

A few days ago, prisoners of war and expatriates from the island countries who were detained in the school rioted. After being suppressed by our army, another group of people were executed. One of the expats is a relative of the hotel owner. After he learned the news, he began to ask people to buy guns and prepare to find a suitable opportunity to assassinate you. "

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. You must know that it is during the war, and it may be difficult to get supplies that are in short supply, but it is too easy to get guns. And once the hotel owner has a gun, Sokov's life will be threatened.

 But there was no worry on Sokov's face. He said to Bezikov: "Comrade Major, keep talking."

Bezikov nodded and continued: "But before anyone could deliver the gun he needed, you appeared in his hotel. He recognized your identity, even though the gun hadn't been delivered yet. But he didn’t want to let this rare opportunity pass easily, so he found a poison to deal with rats and poured it into the haggis soup you were drinking.”

 “How did he recognize Misha’s identity?” Yakov asked.

Bezikov fixed his gaze on Sokov's epaulettes: "Comrade Chief of Staff, in the entire city of Solon, the only commander who wears the epaulettes of an admiral is the commander. So when the clerk sees the epaulettes of Comrade Commander, After that, he immediately went in and reported to the restaurant owner. The boss even came out to confirm once and saw the commander’s epaulette before returning to the kitchen and poisoning the soup.”

“Are all the three pots of haggis soup poisonous, or is it only the pot that Asel drank?” Yakov asked nervously.

"After testing, the three pots of haggis soup were all poisonous." Bezikov said: "In other words, the hotel owner not only wanted to poison the commander, but he also did not even intend to poison the accompanying Sergeant Asel and Nurse Sonia. Let it go.”

Hearing this, Yakov's face showed a relaxed expression, "So, this poisoning incident has nothing to do with Sonia?"

"Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, there is no connection at all." Bezikov replied: "It is precisely because of this that after I asked her a few questions, I sent someone to take her back to the field hospital."

"Misha, there's something I haven't bothered to ask." Lu Jin interrupted: "I want to ask, how did you remember to go to that restaurant?"

"Sonia suggested it." Sokov said with a wry smile: "She said she heard from the wounded in the hospital that the haggis soup, Mongolian pie and blood sausage in that restaurant were all excellent, so she went there specially Come to me for a try, but I didn’t expect this to happen.”

Sokov's words gave Yakov a new connection: "Misha, do you think it is possible that the enemy knew that you and Sonia knew each other, and then sent people to sneak into the hospital and pretended to inadvertently reveal information to Sonia? Hotel information.”

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible." As soon as Yakov finished speaking, Sokov waved his hands to reject his speculation: "First of all, the enemy doesn't know whether I know Sonia; secondly, I will send her today You are the one who goes to the field hospital. Even if the enemy wants to attack, you will be the target chosen, not me."

"Major Bezikov," Yakov couldn't help but feel a little confused after hearing what Sokov said. He turned to look at Bezikov and asked: "Did that guy say whether the hotel owner's target is me or Mi? sand?"

Bezikov hesitated for a moment, and then replied decisively: "I have asked repeatedly that his target is Comrade Commander, not you." "That's strange." Yakov touched his chin and said: " Since the hotel owner’s target is me, why did he attack Misha?”

"I think the hotel owner might want to wait for someone else to deliver the gun he bought before looking for an opportunity to attack me." Sokov helped Bezikov explain: "Who knew I entered the hotel by mistake today?" The owner of his restaurant, who was unwilling to miss the opportunity, chose to take a desperate risk and poisoned the soup we drank. Fortunately, I was lucky and did not die of poisoning. "

　　Next, everyone discussed the matter with each other for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion: the hotel owner wanted to avenge his dead relative, and targeted Sokov for revenge. Even if Sokov didn't accidentally enter his hotel today, he would look for other opportunities to get rid of Sokov.

 After analyzing the case, Lukin reminded Sokov: "This matter is of great importance. It is best to report it to the front army headquarters immediately."

Sokov agreed with Lukin's proposal. After all, it is not a trivial matter for a group army commander to be poisoned by a hostile force, and he needs to report it to his superiors immediately. Sokov quickly ordered the director of the communications corps to connect to the front army headquarters, and he planned to report to his superiors in person.

At this moment, there were only a few staff officers on duty at the front army headquarters. After Sokov revealed his identity, the other party said apologetically: "General Sokov, the marshal, the chief of staff and the military commissar have all gone to rest. I don't dare to do that at the moment." If you go and disturb them, why don't you tell me the important things, and I will report to them when they come to the headquarters tomorrow."

Hearing what the staff officer said, Sokov hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you what happened."

After listening to Sokov's story, the staff officer suddenly became uneasy. He originally thought that Sokov's call to the front headquarters at this moment was nothing more than to report how many kilometers his troops had advanced into the enemy's defenses under the cover of darkness. If it was the first day of the battle and Sokov reported such results, he might still be excited. But now all the troops are progressing smoothly, and the battle reports of a troop advancing a few kilometers, ten kilometers or even dozens of kilometers seem unremarkable.

 But what Sokov was reporting at this moment was that he was poisoned by the enemy. Such a situation cannot be delayed and needs to be reported to his superiors immediately. Thinking of this, the staff officer said politely: "General Sokov, please wait a moment. I will contact the commander and the military commissar immediately and report your matter to them."

"You won't disturb them, right?" Sokov said hesitantly: "You just said that they have rested, and if they have anything to report, they need to wait until tomorrow."

Hearing what Sokov said, the staff officer wanted to slap himself hard in the mouth. If it was really something else, he would definitely postpone the report until tomorrow morning when Malinovsky, Zaharov and others came to the headquarters. But what Sokov was talking about at the moment was that he was attacked. If he did not report it in time, once his superiors held him responsible, he, as a staff officer, might be sent to the frontline combat troops to fight face to face with the enemy. Although the troops are making good progress now, war is war, and someone will definitely die. If you go to the front line, your life may be in danger.

It was precisely because of this consideration that after he ended the call with Sokov, he immediately found someone to take his place on duty. Then he ran out of the duty room and went to the room where Zaharov rested, preparing to report the earth-shattering news.

 Fortunately, Zakharov was not sleeping yet and was sitting at the table reading a book. Seeing the staff officer on duty running in in a hurry, he thought there was something wrong with the battle in the army, so he quickly asked: "Comrade staff officer, you came here in a hurry, what's the matter?"

“It’s not good, Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army.” The staff officer on duty said with a grimace: “Something happened, General Sokov was assassinated.”

"What, Misha was assassinated?" Zakharov stood up suddenly and asked sharply: "How is he doing now? Is there any danger?"

Seeing such a big reaction from Zakharov, the staff officer on duty couldn't help but secretly said that he was lucky. With the friendship between the chief of staff and Sokov, if he did not report the matter in time and waited until the next day, he would definitely be severely criticized. . When Zakharov asked, the staff officer did not dare to neglect, and quickly repeated what Sokov said to Zakharov, and finally added: "Comrade Chief of Staff, this is the situation. I I thought this matter was of great importance, so I came here to report to you."

Zakharov originally wanted to read for a while and then go to bed, but now that something like this happened, he could not sleep, so he said to the staff: "Take me to the duty room, I will give Misha a shot in person." Call him and ask him about the real situation."

Sokov was quite surprised when he received a call from Zakharov. He originally thought that after the live broadcast chief of staff reported to Zaharov and others, even if there was any reaction from the other party, it would be after tomorrow afternoon. Unexpectedly, Zaharov's call came just a few minutes after the call was made. He quickly said politely into the microphone: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, I am Sokov. What can I do for you?"

"Misha, I heard that you were attacked by the German army." Zakharov asked with concern: "You are not injured, are you?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, thank you for your concern. I am not injured." In order to prevent Zakharov from worrying about himself, Sokov told Zakharov the details of the incident and finally said: " That's what happened. I reported to my superiors as usual, but I didn't expect to wake you up."

After confirming that Sokov was safe and sound, Zakharov felt at ease. He smiled and said: "Misha, I didn't expect that you would also become the target of assassination by the enemy."

Sokov couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, and then asked: "Chief of Staff of the Front Army, from what you are saying, it seems that any other group army-level commanders have also been assassinated by the enemy?"

"That's right." Zakharov nodded and said: "This afternoon, Kravchenko, commander of the 6th Guards Tank Army, was attacked by a sniper in his headquarters. Fortunately, the enemy sniper was hiding. The place is far away from the headquarters. The bullet that hit the headquarters was two or three meters away from Kravchenko’s head. Although such a far error cannot hurt anyone, it can cause serious injuries. Mentally affected.”

"So that's it." After hearing what Zaharov said, Sokov began to mutter in his heart. It seems that he also needs to strengthen security work, at least near his headquarters to ensure that enemy snipers cannot find lurking positions. , thereby minimizing the risk of being killed by enemy snipers: "General Kravchenko was not injured, which is simply a blessing among misfortunes."

"Misha." Zakharov suppressed the smile on his face and said into the microphone: "Although you escaped the enemy's poisoning today, it shows that you may have become the target of the enemy's attention. You must strengthen your When it comes to security work, don’t let your guard down and fail at the last moment before victory. Do you understand?”

"Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, you can rest assured." Sokov replied: "With today's lesson, I will definitely provide vigilance and will never give the hidden enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. I also want to see it with my own eyes." Until the day we achieve final victory.”

 (End of this chapter)