Red Moscow

Half an hour later, Kester called Sokov. He said in a dejected tone, "Comrade Commander, we are one step late. By the time we arrived at the residence of the deputy factory director, he had already been killed." died."

"What, he was killed?" Hearing the news, Sokov couldn't help being taken aback, and he quickly asked, "Did you find anything of value in his home?"

"Comrade Commander, it is obvious that after he was killed, the murderer searched his home carefully." Kester said helplessly: "You know that the living conditions are very bad now, even if he is As the deputy factory manager, there is only one room, and there is no decent furniture. It is very difficult to hide something in such a room."

What Kester wanted to express was obvious. Even if the deputy factory manager hid something in his home, the murderer who killed him had already taken it away in advance, leaving no clues to arrest the deputy director. The factory manager's policemen.

Sokov knew very well in his heart that since the enemy had already taken the lead, it would be useless for him to blame Kester and the others. So he simply said: "I see." He hung up the phone directly.

"Comrade Commander," Anisimov saw that Sokov hung up the phone, and immediately asked anxiously: "The clue is broken, so how should we find out the enemy hiding in the city?"

"It seems that the enemy is very cunning. We just captured Sergey. In order to prevent us from following the clues, he actually silenced the deputy factory director." Sokov said thoughtfully: "It seems that we We still have to find a way to open a breakthrough from Sergey."

"But Sergey is very stubborn, and he still doesn't admit that he is a spy. I don't think it is easy to open a breakthrough from him." Anisimov suggested to Sukov: "Or Let’s send Lieutenant Samoilov from the Guard Battalion to handle the matter. He used to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is the best at interrogation.”

"No, you can't let Samoilov take charge of the interrogation." Sokov thought to himself that it was because Samoilov used to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs that he couldn't be allowed to take charge of this matter. The confession was obtained from Ergai's mouth, and its credibility is also greatly reduced.

"Why?"

Sokov couldn't tell Anisimov that if Samoilov was put in charge of the case, there might be a lot of unjust, false and wrong cases, so he could only vaguely say: "Comrade Commissar, this kind of thing Let the professionals take care of it. We are the military and we just need to focus on fighting our battles."

Originally, Sokov didn't intend to take care of this matter, but something happened again that night.

Sivakov turned on the phone in the middle of the night and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, an hour ago, a German paratrooper detachment dropped in our defense zone. After some fighting, we killed seven paratroopers. But after a careful search, it was found that no less than five paratroopers had escaped."

Knowing that the German army had actually dropped a small unit in the north of the city, Sokov hurriedly asked, "Which direction did you escape?"

"Our soldiers followed the footprints, but when they approached the city, the footprints suddenly disappeared." Sivakov continued to report: "I have transferred a battalion there and are searching that area."

"I see. If there is any latest situation, remember to report to me at any time."

After Sokov put down the phone, he said to Vitkov who was dozing off at the table: "Comrade Chief of Staff, Colonel Sivakov called me and said that a paratrooper squad was airborne in their defense zone. After a fight, seven were killed, but the rest of the enemy fled in the direction of the city."

"Strange, what are the enemy's paratroopers doing here?" Witkov said blankly, "Apart from a dozen or so warehouses, there aren't any valuable targets in the city?"

"No, Comrade Chief of Staff, you are wrong. There are more important targets in the city than warehouses." Sokov looked up at Vitkov and reminded him, "Did you forget that General Zhukov is still with us?"

After being reminded by Sokov, Witkov immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, grabbed the phone and said, "I will immediately arrange manpower to strengthen the security work of Comrade General."

"No, we can't send people there." Sokov quickly stopped Vitkov's intention: "The enemy may not have figured out where Comrade General is sitting. If we go there with great fanfare, it doesn't mean telling the enemy that you are going to attack. Is the target here? Moreover, the mobilization of troops in the middle of the night, because of the low visibility, even if there are enemies mixed in, it may not be easy to be detected."

"Then what should we do?" Witkov knew that Sokov was right, but he couldn't just ignore Zhukov's safety, so he asked anxiously, "Can't we just do nothing?"

"Call the commander in charge of the general's security work and order him to strengthen his guard. Anyone who tries to approach the hotel should immediately shoot without hesitation." Sokov calmly issued an order to Vitkov: "There is still , send two guard platoons to the street where the hotel is located to stand by, and if there is any accident in the direction of the hotel, they will rush over to support immediately.”

"However, Comrade Commander, you also said just now that mobilizing troops for reinforcements in the middle of the night may cause chaos." Witkov asked curiously: "Then how can we avoid chaos?"

"It's very simple. If there is a battle at the hotel, the task of these two guard platoons is to eliminate all moving figures on the street. They cannot approach the hotel casually before dawn."

"This is a good idea." Regarding Sokov's arrangement, Vitkov immediately expressed his approval, and then he called the security battalion commander Tenev: "Comrade Major, I am the chief of staff entrusted by , immediately call Captain Seryozha to me, I have a task for him."

In less than five minutes, Seryozha, disheveled and a little dazed, appeared in front of Sokov. Sokov said bluntly to him: "Seryozha, I will give you a task now. Immediately take two platoons of troops and rush to the hotel where Comrade General lives. Once there is a battle in the direction of the hotel, your task , is to eliminate those people who are moving on the street. Don’t you understand?”

"What if there are our own people among those moving figures?" Seryozha asked cautiously: "Wouldn't that kill them too?"

"Seryozha, in the dark, are you sure to distinguish between a group of people wearing the same uniform as the enemy or one of your own?" Seeing that Seryozha shook his head to indicate that it was impossible, he said in an unquestionable tone: "Since you can't do it, follow my orders. As for whether you will accidentally injure your own people, I don't care anymore. Your main task is to ensure the safety of General Zhukov. Do you understand?"

"Understood." It was the first time Seryosha saw Sokov talking to him in such a harsh tone, and quickly straightened his body and replied, "I'll take people over there immediately."