Red Moscow

"Send a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Ponegelin," Sokov said to Sameko: "Tell him to dispatch certain troops to monitor these Romanian troops. If they do anything harmful to our army, then The first strike is the best."

"This is not very good, Comrade Commander." Sameko said with some hesitation: "Some Romanian troops have a wait-and-see attitude towards our army. If we send troops to monitor them, will they think it is a war? the prelude?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I think the commander is right, and he should do so." Trofimenko agreed with Sokov's order: "We don't know what these Romanians are thinking. I don’t know whether to treat them as friends or enemies. If we are friends, what should we do if they plot against us behind our backs? So the safest way is to send troops to monitor them, and decide how to treat them based on their actual attitude.”

Sokov remembered a more classic line, and said it casually: "When a friend comes, there is good wine; if a jackal comes, there is a shotgun to greet him."

"Okay, well said!" At this time, a cheering voice came from the door: "When a friend comes, he has good wine, and when a jackal comes, he has a shotgun to greet him. That's really good!"

Sokov looked towards the door and saw Smirnov coming in slowly from the outside with the support of a female hygienist. He hurried forward to greet him, and at the same time asked with concern: "Comrade Chief of Staff, you are still injured. If you don't recuperate in the hospital, what are you doing here at the headquarters?"

"I'm fine." Smirnov waved his hand and said, "The hospital performed an operation on me and took out the bullet. The military doctor said that as long as I rest for about half a month, the injury will heal."

Sokov saw that Smirnov seemed a little unconscious, so he pulled the female health worker who brought him aside and asked in a low voice, "When did Comrade Chief of Staff finish the operation?"

"Two hours ago." The female hygienist replied in a low voice: "The effects of the anesthetic will wear off soon. It is estimated that after a while, the chief of staff will experience drowsiness, dizziness, and vomiting."

"Why did you let him come here when you knew it was going to happen?"

"Comrade Commander, I can't help it." The female health worker said with a sad face, "He is the chief of staff, and I am just a health worker. If he wants to come here, I can only obey."

Sokov also understood the difficulty of the female health worker, so he said to her: "I will advise him to go back to rest as soon as possible, which will also relieve you of some burden."

Hearing what Sokov said, the female health worker said gratefully: "Comrade Commander, thank you so much."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov returned to Smirnov, and said to him in a stern tone: "You have just finished the operation, and the most important thing for you right now is to rest. Rest, understand. ?"

Smirnov smiled at Sokov and said, "Comrade Commander, I am not afraid that there will be too much work in the headquarters and you will be too busy, so I came here to help."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, we have enough manpower to deal with everything that is happening now." Uncharacteristically, Sokov said to Smirnov in a stern tone: "What you can help us now is to go back to the ward and take a good rest. Strive for a speedy recovery and leave the hospital, and come back to assist us in our work."

Hearing what Sokov said, Trofimenko and Sameko realized that something was wrong, and quickly echoed: "Yes, General Smirnov, you should go back to the hospital to rest first. Healing in one day is better than anything."

Seeing that everyone agreed with him, Sokov was about to send Smirnov back to the hospital ward, so he picked up the phone, dialed a number, and said, "I'm Sokov, let Captain Koshkin come to my ward." Headquarters to come."

Koshkin quickly walked in from the outside, stood in front of Sokov, and asked respectfully, "Comrade Commander, what instructions do you have?"

Sokov pointed at Smirnov who was sitting next to him, and ordered, "Take two people and help the female hygienist to send the chief of staff back to the ward."

Koshkin was taken aback when he saw Smirnov sitting on the sidelines. He asked Sokov in surprise, "Comrade Commander, shouldn't the chief of staff be performing surgery in the hospital? Why did he appear here?" "

"He can't let go of his work here." Sokov said helplessly, "Just two hours after the surgery, the effects of the anesthetic hadn't fully passed, so he hurried here."

When Koshkin was about to leave with the soldiers supporting Smirnov, the latter suddenly remembered something and turned to Sokov and asked, "Comrade Commander, I would like to ask about the German female sniper who injured me." Hand, how did you deal with it?"

"After we interrogated her, the Chief of Secret Service suggested that she be shot directly." Sokov replied, "But I think keeping her might have a greater effect."

"Comrade Commander, I think the suggestion of the Chief of Secret Service is correct." After listening to Smirnov, he said unexpectedly: "This is a cruel woman. In order to complete her task, she did not hesitate to sacrifice herself. The life of your companion. If you leave her behind, there may be unexpected troubles."

After Smirnov left, Trofimenko said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I think General Smirnov is right. The female sniper caught by us is a cruel character. A person who diverts our attention and sells out his teammates is simply a scourge."

"Comrade Deputy Commander," Sokov smiled at Trofimenko and explained, "The reason why I kept her is because we also sent two sniper teams. I just wanted to be prepared."

"Be prepared?!" Hearing what Sokov said, Trofimenko showed a confused expression on his face.

And Sameko thought for a moment, and immediately understood Sokov's intention: "Comrade commander, I understand. You are worried that the two sniper teams we sent will have accidents. For example, Lyudmila, Vasily and Any one of the three of the old man may be captured by the Germans. You kept this female sniper for the future exchange of prisoners?"

Regarding Sameko's guess, Sokov nodded and said, "Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, I do have plans in this regard, but this is not the main reason why I keep her."

"Changing prisoners is not your main purpose?!" Sameko was completely at a loss: "Why is that?"

"I think this female sniper named Aliya has excellent psychological quality and superb sniper skills. If you can help us train snipers, that would be the best."

"Comrade Commander, you are too imaginative." Trofimenko shook his head and said, "She is our enemy, how can she help us train snipers."

"The enemy can also be transformed." Sokov said to Trofimenko: "After two days after General Gorokhov comes back, let him do the work of Alia, and see if he has the ability to persuade Alia Leah changed her position."

For Sokov's statement, Trofimenko did not argue, but shook his head with a wry smile, thinking that Comrade Commander would definitely hit a snag in this matter.

"By the way, Comrade Commander, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you." Sameko said suddenly, "I forgot to report to the Front Army Command that the headquarters was attacked by snipers. gone."

Now Sokov is commanding a combat group, unlike the previous group army, who had to report every detail to the front army headquarters, which led to the situation that it is often missed today. Knowing that the headquarters was attacked by snipers, he did not report to the front army headquarters in time, Sokov showed a displeased expression on his face.

Fortunately, Sameko was his old subordinate, and Sokov did not pursue the mistake he made. Instead, he said calmly, "I will report to Marshal Konev in person."

When the phone was connected, Konev learned that Sokov's headquarters had been attacked by German snipers, and he broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly asked with concern, "How is it? Are there any casualties?"

"Chief of Staff General Smirnov was shot in the shoulder." Sokov reported, "However, an operation has been performed to remove the bullet from his shoulder. He only needs to rest in the hospital for a period of time to recover."

"No one died, thank God." Konev said: "I just heard you say that a sniper attacked your headquarters, and my heart was in my throat. I was afraid that any commander would die unfortunately. By the way, how did you deal with that sniper after you captured it?"

According to Konev's idea, the enemy's snipers were either directly shot to death by their own personnel, or they were captured alive, interrogated, and shot after they obtained useful information.

Unexpectedly, Sokov's answer was beyond his expectation: "Comrade Marshal, I left her behind. Now she is recuperating in our hospital. After her injury recovers, I plan to persuade her to become an instructor for our sniper. "

"Confused, Comrade Sokov, you are so confused." Konev burst out after hearing Sokov's words: "She is our enemy, how can you let her be a teacher for our people? Listen In my case, shoot her immediately, presumably she had already made up her mind to die before she came to Otac to carry out the mission. Shooting her is tantamount to helping her settle a worry."

If he could be shot, Sokov would have shot Aliya long ago. It is indeed of great use for him to keep her. Hearing that Konev had let him shoot her at this moment, Sokov couldn't help but panicked, and he quickly explained: "Comrade Marshal, it is actually of great use for me to keep her."

"Great use, what great use?"

"It's like this, Comrade Marshal." Seeing the reason for leaving Alia as a teacher, Sokov was directly denied by Konev, so he could only adjust his strategy to persuade the other party: "I just ordered Lyudmila, Va. Siri and the old man formed two sniper teams and went to the north and south respectively to kill the German snipers.

I left Alia, the enemy's sniper, because I was worried about what might happen to our three most precious snipers when they were on mission. For example, if we are unfortunately captured, we have the trump card of Alia in our hands, and we can exchange prisoners with the enemy. "

Although Sokov's reason was far-fetched, Konev felt that it was impeccable, so he could only nod his head and said helplessly: "Okay, Comrade Sokov, let her live a few more days. You remember, wait for Liu After the sniper team of Demira and Vasily returned safely, they immediately shot the German snipers. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Marshal." Sokov was pondering in his heart, and it seemed that Gorokhov should speed up his persuasion. Otherwise, when the two sniper teams he had sent returned safely, he could only reluctantly order Aliya to be shot. up.

When Sokov put down the phone, Trofimenko looked at him sympathetically, and asked in a gloating tone: "Comrade Commander, I don't know what Marshal Konev said? Should we keep her, or should we leave her behind?" agreed, shoot her?"

Sokov sighed softly, and said helplessly, "The Marshal asked me to shoot Aliya after the two sniper teams returned safely."

"Comrade Commander, according to my experience," Trofimenko said, "if a sniper fails in their mission, they will never be captured alive by the enemy. They will try their best to fight to the last moment. Look, whether it is Lyudmila, Vasily is still a respectable old man, which of the three of them looks like they will be captured by the Germans?"

After saying this, Trofimenko intentionally paused for a moment to observe Sokov's expression. Seeing Sokov sitting there in a daze with a blank face, he continued: "Anyway, we have to be shot. It is better to shoot early than late, so as to save the medicine for her injury. These precious medicines can be left to We need more commanders and fighters to use it."

Sokov fell into a dilemma of contemplation. He chose to keep Aliya because he really liked her ability and hoped that she could be used for him. But judging from the current situation, it may be more difficult than reaching the sky to persuade the other party to surrender. But if he shot her like this, he would feel unwilling.

After Trofimenko finished speaking, seeing Sokov frowning, as if he was trying to think about something, he knew in his heart that Sokov was still worrying about how to deal with Alia. If he wanted to shoot him, he might I have already made up my mind. He didn't want to put Sokov in a dilemma, so he sighed softly and said, "Comrade Commander, since you can't make a decision at this time, let's wait until the two sniper teams sent out are safe." Let’s talk about it when we get back.”

Just at this time, Koshkin sent Smirnov off and came back to report to Sokov. Sokov took the opportunity to say to him: "Comrade Captain, arrange a few more people to guard Aliya, and don't let him run away. Remember, you can't leave people around her for 24 hours, understand?"

"But, Comrade Commander." Koshkin said with some embarrassment: "After all, she is a woman. I think it is sometimes inconvenient to let us a group of big men take care of her."

"Then you can arrange two more female soldiers." Sokov said with a straight face: "There must be someone around her 24 hours a day, so as to prevent her from escaping from our hands."

"Comrade Commander, I don't understand." Koshkin said puzzled, "Usually the snipers who catch the enemy are shot directly. Why did you spare her life?"

"Comrade Captain, this is not something you should worry about. Your task is to send someone to watch her closely. If you let her escape, I will definitely not go around you lightly."