Red Moscow

"What, a general wants to see me." The sergeant stood up and asked in surprise: "Where is he?"

"I'm here, Comrade Sheriff." Sokov took a step forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with the policeman: "I am General Sokov. If you don't believe it, I can show you my ID." He said. Then, he was ready to take out his ID and show it to the other party again.

But the sergeant waved his hand and said: "No need, Comrade General. My subordinate is a cautious man. He must have checked your ID, so there is no need for me to look at it again. You go and pour some wine for the General and his wife." Here are two cups of hot tea." The following words were what the Sheriff ordered his men to do.

"No need, Comrade Sheriff, I'll just say a few words and then leave."

The sergeant made a gesture to his men to leave, and then politely asked Sokov: "Comrade General, what are your instructions?"

"There are no instructions." Sokov knew his identity very well. Even though he was a senior military officer, he was not qualified to dictate police affairs. He said in a consultative tone: "I would like to ask you to help investigate a people."

The sergeant originally thought that Sokov came directly here with some important instructions, but he was still thinking about it. If the other party really gave him an order, he would have to ask his superiors for instructions before deciding whether to carry out the order. . At this moment, he heard that he was only investigating one person, and his mood suddenly calmed down a lot. He asked tentatively: "Comrade General, I wonder who the person you want to investigate is?"

"That's it, Comrade Sergeant." Sokov told the Sergeant about the incident when he met a captain who could not provide his ID when he was shopping in the officer's store, and finally said: "I think this person is very important. Suspicious, I hope you can send someone to check his identity.”

Hearing what Sokov said, the sergeant disagreed in his mind, thinking that maybe the captain was a Madah. Even if he could not provide the salesperson with the necessary identification documents every time he shopped at the officer's store, it did not mean that he was a suspicious person. This general is really neurotic and making a fuss out of a molehill. Although he was complaining in his heart, he said in a very cooperative manner: "Understood, Comrade General, I will immediately send someone to inquire about the details of this captain."

Sokov saw the perfunctory look on the Sergeant's face, but it was difficult to expose him. He could only follow the flow and said: "Comrade Sheriff, I have said everything that needs to be said. I hope you can reveal the true identity of the captain as soon as possible." Find out."

The sergeant sent the two Sokovs to the door. After seeing Sokov drive away with his own eyes, he turned to the policeman at the door and said: "The general just said that when he was buying something in the officer's store, he met an helpless man. The captain who provided the salesperson with a valid ID hopes that we can send someone to inquire about the captain’s true identity.”

"Comrade Chief," the policeman asked cautiously, "Do we need to make inquiries?"

To be fair, the police chief was not willing to do such a thankless thing at all. However, seeing that Sokov was driving a rare German car, he realized that the other person's background might not be simple. If he told him what he had told him, If you don't pay attention, the other party may come to cause trouble for you.

Thinking of this, the police chief said to the policeman: "Kalugin, I'll leave this matter to you. You take Peter around the town and see if you can meet the captain the general mentioned."

"Comrade Sergeant," the policeman known as Kalugin asked the Sergeant cautiously, "I wonder if Comrade General said, what is the name of the captain and what does he look like?"

"No." The sergeant shook his head and said, "He just said he was a young captain. I don't know his name."

"I don't even know the name, how can I find it?"

"If this is an urban area, it may be difficult to find a captain whose name is unknown." The police chief said to Kalugin: "But there are not many officers in Khimki town. It is difficult to find him." , I’m afraid it’s not too difficult. Okay, hurry up and ask Peter to go on the mission.”

Since the sergeant gave the order, Kalugin couldn't say anything, so he could only scold Sokov in his heart for being troublesome while going to the dormitory to find Peter.

Peter, who worked the night shift last night, is sleeping in bed at the moment. After being woken up by Kalugin, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked feebly: "Kalugin, what's the matter?"

"Peter, don't sleep, get up quickly." Kalugin said to him: "Just now a general came to see the police chief, saying that there was a suspicious captain in the town. After buying something in the officer's store, he could not provide any valid information. He asked us to go around the town to see if we could find the captain."

Knowing that it was a task assigned by the sergeant, Peter quickly got up and put on his clothes. At the same time, he asked Kalugin: "What is the name of that captain and where does he live?"

"I don't know." Kalugin replied simply: "Currently we don't know the name of this captain or where he lives. If he knew, the chief would not let us search for him, but would lead him directly." People came to check my ID.”

After the two went out, Peter asked again: "Which way are we going?"

Kalugin thought for a while, then pointed to the west and said: "Let's start from the west. If we can't find it, go to the east of the town and have a look. If there is still nothing, we will go back and report to the police chief. I searched the whole town and couldn’t find the person I was looking for.”

"Okay then, let's do it."

The two of them walked slowly forward along the street.

Peter asked curiously: "Kalugin, you said the person looking for the police chief is a general. I wonder what his name is?"

Although Kalugin had seen Sokov's ID, he didn't dare to look at it carefully. Peter's question stumped him at this moment. He scratched the back of his head and thought for a while, and said in an uncertain tone: "It seems to be General Sokov?"

"General Sokov?" Hearing this surname, Peter was a little surprised and said: "Is he alone, or is he with someone else?"

"He is not alone, and there is a pregnant woman with him. It should be his wife."

After listening to this, Peter clapped his hands suddenly: "Kalugin, I know who he is."

"Do you know who he is?" Kalugin asked in surprise: "Do you know who the captain is?"

"No." Seeing that Kalugin had misunderstood, Peter hurriedly explained: "I said I know who the general is, not who the captain we are looking for is."

Kalugin was transferred from another police station and was not familiar with the situation in Khimki Town. When he heard Peter say that he knew who the general who visited the police chief was, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Peter, do you know who he is?" Do you know the general who is visiting today?"

"Yes, I do." Peter turned to Kalugin and said, "Although you don't know him, you have heard of his deeds."

"I have heard of his deeds? !" Kalugin was confused at first, but the next moment he thought of a possibility: "Peter, he is not the corporal Sokov who led the garrison squad to defeat the German reconnaissance unit, right?"

"Yes, Kalugin, you are right, it is him." Peter nodded and said, "If I am not mistaken, the pregnant woman who followed him to the duty point is his wife Asia. They should have gone to the instrument factory, where Asia's parents live."

When Kalugin and Peter came out for patrol, they were still thinking of going through the motions. Although the town of Khimki is not big, it is not an easy task to find a captain whose name is unknown. But when he learned that the person who had just come to the duty point to see the sheriff was the famous General Sokov, his thoughts suddenly changed. Since General Sokov thought that the captain had a problem, the captain must have a problem, and he must find a way to find him.

The two of them walked around the west side of the town, but they didn't get anything. Although they met several lieutenants on the way, they were all second lieutenants or lieutenants, and none of them was a captain. Since there was nothing to gain in the west, they turned around and walked towards the east side of the town.

When passing the church in the middle of the town, Peter pointed to the church and said to Kalugin: "The garrison squad commanded by General Sokov was stationed in this church. If they hadn't blocked the German reconnaissance troops in time, when the enemy's main force arrived, they would have used Khimki Town as a starting point for an attack and launched an attack on the city of Moscow. If this really happened, I don't know how tragic the battle in the city would be."

If Peter had said such an assumption a few years ago, he would definitely be criticized by others. Such remarks, to put it mildly, are a sign of panic; to put it more seriously, they are defeatist arguments, and the person who said them will definitely be sent to the disciplinary camp.

"Peter, do you know what department General Sokov is working in now?"

"I don't know," Peter shook his head and said, "Now that the war is over, maybe he has retired."

"I don't think so," Kalugin said, "I saw with my own eyes that the ID he used was a military ID, which means he has not retired yet."

The two continued to walk forward while talking.

Suddenly, a captain appeared at the intersection ahead. He was about to cross the road and go to the other side of the road.

After the two looked at each other, Kalugin quickened his pace and shouted at the captain: "Comrade Captain!"

Hearing Kalugin's shout, the captain stopped, turned his head to look at the two policemen walking towards him, pointed his thumb at his nose and asked: "Comrade Policeman, are you calling me?"

"Yes, Comrade Captain." Kalugin raised his hand to salute the captain, and then said politely: "Please show your ID."

"Oh, you want to see your ID, please wait a moment." The captain said, and reached into his pocket, as if he was ready to take out his ID from it.

Just as Kalugin's eyes were fixed on the captain, the other party made an unexpected move and pushed Kalugin's shoulder with his left hand. The huge inertia made Kalugin unstable, and he stepped back two steps and bumped into Peter directly, and then the two fell to the ground.

When the captain saw Kalugin and Peter being pushed down by him, he turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

Seeing the captain running away, if Kalugin and Peter still didn't understand that there was something wrong with the captain, then there was something wrong with their brains.

The two struggled to get up from the ground and chased in the direction of the captain's escape, shouting loudly: "Stop! Stop!!"

The fleeing captain naturally didn't hear their shouts, so he stood still honestly, on the contrary, he ran faster.

Although the two desperately chased, the captain ran around in the streets and alleys and soon disappeared without a trace.

After the two lost the captain's trace, they realized the seriousness of the problem. Kalugin said: "We must go back and report to the sheriff and ask our superiors to send someone to search for this suspicious captain."

After reaching an agreement, the two rushed to the duty point to meet the sheriff.

When the two men came in, the sheriff asked disapprovingly: "How is it, did you get nothing? I told you that General Sokov is a bit nervous, maybe there is no such strange captain in the town."

"Comrade Sheriff," Kalugin said breathlessly: "General Sokov is right, there is indeed a suspicious captain in the town."

"What, there is really a suspicious captain in the town?" The sheriff asked in shock: "Where is he now?"

"He ran away." After Kalugin reported the situation to the sheriff, he finally said: "If there is no problem with this captain, he should take the initiative to show his ID when facing our interrogation, instead of running away after pushing us down."

"This matter is very serious, I must report it to the chief immediately." The sheriff said, grabbed the phone number on the table, and said to the microphone: "I am the chief of police in Khimki Town, there is an important situation, report to Comrade Chief."

But the person on the other end of the phone said: "Comrade Chief is not here, I I am the director of the director's office. If you have any questions, you can report to me. "

"Comrade Director, our police have found a suspicious captain in Khimki Town. We hope that the superiors can send more people to help us arrest this captain."

After listening to the report of the police chief, the director of the bureau office asked impatiently: "Comrade police chief, tell me, what is suspicious about the captain? The police force in the bureau is limited and cannot be wasted on unimportant places."

Seeing that the director of the bureau office did not take the matter seriously at all, the police chief was a little anxious. He hurriedly reported the whole story to the other party and finally added: "In fact, the first person who discovered the suspicious identity of the captain was not the police on duty, but General Sokov."

"General Sokov? !" Hearing that the person who discovered the suspicious identity of the captain was a general, the director of the bureau office had to pay enough attention. He asked back: "Comrade police chief, I wonder which department General Sokov is from?"

The words of the director of the bureau office stumped the police chief. How could he know what position Sokov is currently serving. Just when he was in a dilemma, Peter, who came in with Kalugin, suddenly said: "Comrade Sheriff, just say it was General Sokov who led the garrison to defend Khimki town."

"Comrade Director." Peter's words made the sheriff feel like he had grabbed a life-saving straw. He hurriedly said: "It was General Sokov who led the garrison to prevent the German reconnaissance troops from entering Khimki town. It was he who found that the captain was suspicious."

Hearing that the sheriff even brought up Sokov, the director of the bureau realized the seriousness of the problem: "Comrade Sheriff, although the director is not here, the nature of this matter is very serious. I will personally lead people to help you hunt down this person. What you have to do now is to have people block the exits of the town and never let this suspicious captain escape."

"I understand, Comrade Director. I will arrange people to block all exits of the town and never let him escape."