Red Moscow

Seeing the blood on Sokov's body and face, Koshkin asked nervously, "Comrade Commander, are you injured?"

Sokov touched his face and body, then shook his head and said, "No, I have German blood all over me. Come on, stop dawdling, and take someone upstairs to eliminate the remaining Germans ?"

Koshkin left a few soldiers behind to protect Sokov, and then rushed upstairs with his men to destroy the remaining enemies.

Looking at the commanders rushing upstairs from his side, Sokov felt more at ease in his heart. Although I don't know how many enemies rushed into the building, it's not a big problem for my hundreds of subordinates to rush up and wipe out all the enemies.

The fierce gunfire upstairs stopped after only a few minutes. Sokov didn't know what was going on above, and he didn't take the risk upstairs, but stayed downstairs quietly waiting for news.

After waiting for a while, they heard footsteps coming from the stairway. The soldiers who served as guards beside Sokov instinctively aimed their guns at the stairway, ready to open fire immediately if they found something was wrong.

But at this moment, the footsteps stopped, and then came Koshkin's voice: "I am Koshkin, please don't shoot down here."

Hearing Koshkin's voice, Sokov hurriedly called out to the soldiers around him, "It's Captain Koshkin, everyone put down their guns, don't accidentally hurt your own people."

After the soldiers put away their guns, Sokov shouted to the top: "Koshkin, it's all right, come down."

Hearing Sokov's shout, footsteps on the stairs sounded again. Soon Sokov was at the corner of the stairs and saw Koshkin, who was descending with him and Sidorin.

When Sidolin saw Sokov's face was covered with blood, he was taken aback immediately. He came to Sokov in two steps, and asked with concern, "Comrade Commander, are you injured?"

"No." Sokov shook his head vigorously, and replied, "I'm not injured, it's all the blood of the enemy."

Although Sokov had already said this, Sidolin still checked him carefully, and after confirming that he was indeed not injured, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "God bless, you are not injured, otherwise you will die." Trouble."

"Chief of Staff, are you not injured?"

"No, I was not injured." Sidolin said: "According to my observation, the Germans originally wanted to search the room where I was hiding, but luckily you lured them away, which is tantamount to indirectly saving my life."

Sokov turned his gaze to Koshkin: "Comrade Captain, have the enemies upstairs been wiped out?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Koshkin nodded and said in an affirmative tone: "They are all wiped out."

"How many people were killed in total, and what is our casualty situation?" Sokov asked.

"We suffered 15 casualties, 4 of whom died." Koshkin replied: "11 of the enemy were killed."

"Comrade Captain, take someone to search the building carefully to see if there are any fish that slipped through the net."

After Koshkin led the people away, Sidolin said with lingering fear: "Comrade commander, it seems that you are right. The security work of our headquarters is still not good, which led to the Germans being able to rush in so easily. .”

Sokov saw that Sidolin took out the cigarette case, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, but he did not light it after lighting it for a long time. He took the matchbox in the other party's hand, lit the match, lit a cigarette for the other party, and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, this time was an accident. I believe that after this time, the Chief of Security will learn from the lesson and really strengthen his strength." Security work at the headquarters."

"Comrade Commander, I have an idea." Sidolin pulled Sokov aside, and seeing that the soldiers around him could not hear him, he whispered to Sokov, "Why don't you let Koshkin Come to take up the position of Chief of Security. Anyway, he was born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he has a unique side in security work. Moreover, he was brought by you, so there is nothing to say about his loyalty to you. If he is in charge Chief of Security, there will be no problem with your safety from now on."

"Chief of Staff, I don't think it's necessary." Sokov said, "Actually, the chief of security is quite capable. We can't beat him to death with a stick just because of one of his mistakes. I think we'll let him Continue to stay in the post to see the effect. The most important point is that the military rank of the Chief of Security is a colonel, while Koshkin is a captain, and the military ranks are too far apart."

At this moment, the sound of chaotic footsteps came from the other end of the corridor. It sounded like there were quite a few people. The soldiers beside Sokov hurriedly picked up their guns and aimed in that direction.

But after a while, they put down their guns one after another, because they saw that among the people who came, the one who walked in the front was none other than the chief of security who was in charge of the security work of the headquarters.

The head of the security guard stopped in front of Sokov and Sidolin, raised his hand in salute, and blushed and said, "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, I brought someone late, are you okay?"

"We're fine, we're all fine." Sokov worried that the blood on his face would scare the other party, so he took the initiative to say, "I'm not injured, and my body is full of German blood."

Knowing that Sokov was fine, the chief of security felt more at ease. He faced Sokov and said: "Comrade commander, I'm sorry, because of my mistakes in work, you and the members of the headquarters are in danger, please punish me."

In all fairness, Sokov really wanted to remove this stubborn chief of security and replace him with someone who could firmly obey his orders. But now there is no suitable candidate, Koshkin is loyal to him, but unfortunately his rank is too low, even if he removes the Chief of Security, he will not be able to take over the position.

Under such circumstances, Sokov could only pretend to be magnanimous and say: "Comrade Director, learn from this lesson. In terms of security work, no matter how strict the measures are, it is absolutely necessary. The probability of problems is minimized. I can not pursue this time, but next time a similar situation happens, you can wait to go to the military court."

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." The Chief of Security said to Sokov with a blushing face, "I will never let a similar incident happen again. If there is a next time, you don't need to send me to a military court, I will Take a gun and shoot yourself in the head."

"Okay, Comrade Chief, stop talking." Sidolin said to the chief of security with a straight face: "All the enemies who broke into the building have been wiped out. Your job now is to deal with the aftermath. Understand? "

"Understood, Comrade Chief of Staff." The Chief of Security nodded and said, "I will immediately arrange people to deal with the aftermath."

When Sokov and Sidolin returned to the headquarters, all the staff officers and communications personnel inside stopped their work and got up to pay attention to Sokov. They knew very well that if the commander hadn't rushed out to distract the Germans himself, they would have suffered heavy casualties, if not all of them dead in the room. From a certain point of view, Sokov is their savior.

Seeing that everyone was paying attention to him, Sokov immediately understood what was going on, and quickly waved to everyone, saying: "Okay, comrades, it's not like you don't know me, so you don't need to look at me so affectionately. I, keep working."

Sokov's words caused a burst of laughter, and the atmosphere in the room became more relaxed. Sokov asked Sidolin in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, are there any casualties in this room?"

"There is a female radio operator named Lena," Sidolin also replied in a low voice: "She was hiding in the next room, but she was frightened when she saw that the Germans were going to search the room where she was. He screamed and ran into the corridor, only to be shot and killed by the Germans."

"What a pity." Hearing that a female telegraph operator was killed by the Germans, Sokov was full of regrets: "If she could keep calm and hide in the house without making a sound, maybe the Germans would not be able to find her at all. "

"Isn't it? If she hadn't been so panicked, such a tragedy would not have happened."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I think an exercise should be held in the headquarters another day." Sokov said: "The content of the exercise is to simulate what measures all personnel should take to deal with the dangerous situation when the headquarters is attacked today. "

"Comrade Commander, I think your proposal is good, I..."

Before Sidolin finished speaking, the phone on the desk rang. He grabbed the microphone and pressed it to his ear, "I'm Sidolin, where are you?"

"I'm Rokossovsky." Rokossovsky's voice came from the receiver: "I heard that your headquarters was attacked by the enemy. Is it true? How about it? There were a lot of casualties ?"

"Yes, Comrade Marshal." Sidolin replied with a heavy heart: "The Germans rushed into the headquarters building and massacred the commanders and fighters in the building. According to incomplete statistics, the guards outside the building More than 40 people were sacrificed by the soldiers. And the building was full of staff officers, signal soldiers and logistics personnel who had no combat effectiveness, and there were probably 40 or 50 casualties.”

After hearing this, Rokossovsky said sadly: "Comrade Sidolin, it is precisely because of your lack of security measures that the enemy can break into your headquarters so smoothly."

In this case, how dare Sidolin defend himself. Even if he clarified the problem clearly, the image in Rokossovsky's mind would be greatly reduced. In desperation, he could only choose to remain silent.

After Rokossovsky criticized Sidolin for a while, he slowed down and asked, "Is Misha there? Let him answer the phone."

Sokov answered the phone, worried that Rokossovsky would continue to criticize himself, and quickly asked preemptively: "Comrade Commander, the attack on my headquarters has just passed, how did you know?"

Rokossovsky did not tell Sokov how he got the news, but only replied vaguely: "Of course I have my own news channel, so I can keep abreast of what happened there."

When Sokov heard what Rokossovsky said, he immediately understood that there must be personnel arranged by his superiors in his group army, so that they could understand what just happened in the shortest possible time.

His eyes swept over the staff officers and passers-by in the room one by one, and he secretly guessed that it should be someone present who reported what happened to his superior through some means. It is precisely because of this that Rokossovsky was able to know what happened here in such a short period of time.

"How's the situation over there in the fortified area?" asked Rokossovsky.

"I have sent Deputy Commander Ponejelin to take command." Sokov said: "There is no latest intelligence feedback for the time being."

"Well, I see." Rokossovsky said briefly: "When there is news, remember to notify me as soon as possible."

"Yes, Comrade Marshal." Sokov said: "Once there is new progress, I will report to you in the shortest possible time."

"Very good, very good!" After Rokossovsky said two very good things, he finally told Sokov: "Misha, you should pay more attention to safety, otherwise if something happens to you, I'm afraid it will affect the safety of the troops." Morale and morale will be adversely affected."

"Comrade Commander, I would like to ask, when will the troops taking over our army's defense arrive?" Sokov said, "I want to know exactly what to do."

"Soon, soon." Rokossovsky said: "In just two days, the troops taking over your defense will arrive at your defense zone one after another. You have to greet the commanders of those troops in advance, Let them do the handover."

"Understood, Comrade Marshal." Sokov said respectfully: "I will definitely hand over the existing positions to them completely, and then go north collectively to compete with the enemy for a new defensive zone."

After Sokov ended his conversation with Rokossovsky, he said to Sidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I just asked the Marshal, and he said that the troops that will take over the defense of our army will be able to go to the army within two days. Come and take over our defence. By then we will be able to send more troops to the fortified areas and free the besieged cavalry."

"Comrade Commander, I find something very strange." Sidolin suddenly remembered an important matter, and quickly said to Sokov: "How did the German army know where our headquarters is? Could it be that someone leaked the secret?" ?”

"That's for sure, Comrade Chief of Staff."

After pausing for a moment, Sidolin asked Sokov tentatively: "Do you think there is an inventory inside the headquarters?"

"It's not necessary." Sokov shook his head and objected to Sidolin's proposal again: "Doing the investigation at this time will put everyone in the headquarters at risk, and it will affect the normal operation of the headquarters. If it works, I don’t think there is any need to do it.”

Seeing that Sokov was unwilling to investigate the possible German spies in the headquarters, Sidolin opened his mouth and wanted to continue persuading him, but after another thought, once Sokov made a decision, no one could change his decision , then swallowed the words that came to his lips again.