When Sokov brought Anisimov to Gorishny's headquarters, Gorishny, who was chatting with his subordinates, immediately stood up, raised his hand to salute Sokov, and asked curiously: "Comrade Commander
, why do you have time to come to my place?" With that, he planned to drive out all the commanders who were chatting with him just now.
"You don't have to leave." Henry noticed Gorishny's intention, stopped them, and continued: "I am here because I have an important task to give you. You all stay and listen carefully, maybe you can still
Give me some advice."
Seeing Sokov saying this with a serious face, the commanders present immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly stood at attention, straightening their backs and waiting for Sokov's order.
"Comrades, according to the monitoring team under General Zhukov, it has been determined that there is a German radio station in the city." When Sokov said this, there was no expression of surprise on the faces of the commanders at all, but he was minding his own business.
Said: "The general direction is to the west of the city. In other words, the German spy hiding in the city is hiding not far from your headquarters. If he detects that this is a division headquarters, he will directly lead the German army to
If planes come to carry out bombing, I'm afraid you will suffer heavy losses."
"Comrade Commander, I think you are worrying too much." A lieutenant colonel said disapprovingly: "If the enemy's planes come, we will be able to spot them from a long way away. If we get into the air-raid shelter, the enemy will be able to blow them up even if they want to.
It can’t blow us up.”
"I think it is unlikely that the enemy will bomb during the day. What we need to be careful of is that it happens to be at night."
"However, after dark, the location of our headquarters cannot be seen at all in the darkness." The lieutenant colonel retorted: "The enemy can't even see where we are, how can they bomb us?"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Sokov recognized the speaker as a regiment leader under Gorishny. He did not use his identity to suppress the other party, but picked up a teacup on the table and said to everyone: "
If this is your division headquarters," he placed the tea cup in the middle of the table, picked up three cups in turn, placed them in different directions of the cups representing the division headquarters, and then said, "If I were the enemy, I might
I will find ways to set fires in these three directions, so that no matter how dark it is, I can guide the night bombers in the sky to their bombing targets."
Sokov's explanation was simple and clear. After hearing this, the commanders present could not help but break out in a cold sweat. Since they entered the city, they were extremely vigilant during the day because they were worried about German air raids; but at night, they
I felt that the German pilots could not clearly see the targets on the ground, so they would inevitably relax their vigilance.
After hearing Sokov's analysis at this moment, they all realized their mistakes. If the German agents in the city really set fires in three different directions at night, the location of the division headquarters would be exposed to German night bombers.
After realizing his mistake, the lieutenant colonel blushed and apologized to Sokov: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, we underestimated the enemy too much."
Sokov came here today not to criticize anyone, but to hope that the troops of the 75th Guards Division can assist the city's civilian police station to eliminate German spies hiding in the city. "The intelligence we have obtained so far is limited.
, I only know that the enemy’s spies may be hiding in the west of the city. Since the civilian police branch has too few manpower, your help may be needed when arresting the German spies.”
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." The lieutenant colonel replied loudly: "As long as you give the order, I will immediately take people to the west of the city to launch a comprehensive search. Even if the enemy is hiding underground, I will definitely find him.
"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, even if we go to the west of the city to search at this moment, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch the enemy. On the contrary, it will cause unnecessary panic among the residents." Sokov said to the lieutenant colonel: "I just hope that after the police
When the branch carries out arrest missions, you can send troops to support."
"Comrade Commander, please rest assured. If you need our regiment to do anything, you only need to give an order, and all the commanders and fighters of our regiment will definitely complete it even if they risk their lives."
"Very good." Sokov was very satisfied with the lieutenant colonel's statement. He nodded and continued: "If the German spies hiding in the city are not caught as soon as possible, then they will capture our army.
intelligence and send it to their masters via telegram. This will be very detrimental to us."
"Comrade Commander." Gorishny, who had been silent for a long time, felt that it was time for him to stand up and say a few words. He coughed twice, stood up and said, "Don't worry, as long as the police branch has any needs, our division will be there for you."
All our commanders and fighters will give their full cooperation.”
After negotiating with Gorishny about cooperating with the operations of the police station, Sokov and Anisimov went to the police station not far away.
The civilian police branch is located in a two-story building. There are no fortifications at the door. There are only two policemen carrying Mosin-Nagant rifles. When they saw Sokov and Anisimov approaching, they quickly raised their hands.
salute.
One of the policemen recognized Anisimov and quickly laughed and said: "It turns out to be Lieutenant Colonel Anisimov. Are you here to see our director?"
"Yes, comrade policeman." Anisimov nodded and replied: "We have something very important and we want to talk to your director."
"Please wait a moment, I'll call the director out right away." After the policeman finished speaking, he turned around and ran inside.
A few minutes later, a tall young captain followed the police and walked out quickly. He was stunned when he saw the two people standing at the door. On one side was Lieutenant Colonel Anisimov, whom he knew.
, and on the other side was a young colonel with a higher military rank than Anisimov. For a moment, he didn't know who he should report to.
"This is Colonel Sokov, the commander of our 41st Guards Division and the current commander of the combat group." After Anisimov introduced Sokov to the police captain, he said to Sokov: "Comrade division commander, this is
This is Captain Kester, the chief of the Civilian Police Division."
"Hello, Comrade Commander." Knowing that the young colonel standing in front of him was Colonel Sokov, the commander of the combat group, Captain Kester quickly stood at attention and saluted: "Welcome to my branch."
"Hello, Comrade Captain." Sokov reached out and held the other person's hand. While shaking hands, he asked with concern: "Are you still used to living here?"
"Many houses in this building collapsed during the German bombings." Kesser said with a wry smile: "Except for a few necessary offices, our dormitories are all arranged in the basement."
"Your environment is very difficult." Sokov said with emotion: "After a while, I will ask the political commissar to arrange better accommodation for you."
"Compared with the soldiers stationed outside the city, our environment here is still very good." Kester stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, inviting Sokov into the room to chat: "Comrade Commander, we are not talking outside.
I think we should go to the office first."
"Comrade Captain," Sokov still stood where he was, looking at the two sentries at the door and said, "I think the defense force is a little weak with only two sentries at the door. Can you see if two sentries are deployed somewhere?
Equip a machine gun. This way, even if the enemy wants to launch a strong attack on you, you can resist them for a while, so that reinforcements have enough time to arrive."
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Captain Kester quickly agreed: "I will immediately order people to pile up sandbags at the door."