Sokov couldn't help but frowned and said with a sneer: "Comrade female officer, if you say that one or two of you have accidentally lost their IDs, I believe it. But all five of you have lost their IDs. How is this possible?
Woolen cloth?"
"Really, Comrade General." The female officer quickly defended, "Everything I said is true."
"What's your name?" Sokov asked.
"My name is Lednikova, and I am a second lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." The female officer said, "It's a pity that my ID is lost, otherwise I can show you my ID."
Knowing that the other party was an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lunev walked up to him and suddenly said a few words to him. Although Lunev spoke in Russian, Sokov found that he did not understand what he was saying at all.
However, after hearing this, the female officer named Lednikova showed a shocked expression on her face, and then answered Lunev in the same tone.
"Misha." Lunev turned to Sokov and said: "I have just verified her identity and she is indeed a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If you still want to know anything, just ask, I believe she will tell you
I’ll tell you everything I’m interested in.”
Since the other party was an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sokov naturally could no longer ask what mission they were performing. If he was qualified to know, the major would have told him just now. He coughed lightly, cleared his throat and asked
Said: "Second Lieutenant Lednikova, please tell me how your documents were lost?"
"Comrade General," Lednikova knew very well that if she could not explain clearly about the lost documents, although Sokov would not shoot her again, she would not let her leave easily. She quickly explained: "
After accepting the mission, we took a jeep and rushed to the Oder River. Halfway through, our car broke down. We happened to see a few of our own people in a wooden house on the roadside, so we asked them for help.
The leader of the team was also a major. After he verified our identities, he let us go into the house to rest and arranged for people to help us repair the car. Faced with his enthusiasm, we all expressed our gratitude and thought that we were one of our own, so we relaxed
He was so vigilant that he didn’t even have to be wary of the tea he sent..."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Lednikova." Hearing this, Sokov raised his hand and interrupted Lednikova's words: "You said you drank it without warning and he sent someone to give it to you.
The tea, is there something wrong with the tea?"
"Yes, Comrade General." Lednikova nodded and said in a positive tone: "There is indeed something wrong with the tea. Soon after we drank it, we lost consciousness. When we woke up, we found that we were all tied up.
He picked it up and threw it in the corner of the room. After we helped each other untie the rope, we found that not only the jeep parked at the door was missing, but also the documents and weapons on the body were missing. Major Myschenko,"
She pursed her lips at the major next to her and continued, "He said that the Germans might use our identities to cause sabotage, so we hurried over. Unexpectedly, when we arrived at the checkpoint not far from here, we were caught by that
A lieutenant and his men detained us and prepared to shoot us on the spot."
"Major Mischenko," Sokov waited for Lednikova to finish, then turned to the major and said, "If Second Lieutenant Lednikova is inexperienced and plays into the hands of the enemy, I believe it.
.But as a major in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, how could you make such a stupid mistake?"
"Comrade General, it's all my fault." Myschenko said with a red face: "I thought that there were troops of our army along the way. The Germans must have disappeared long ago. Who knew that they would encounter troops disguised as our troops?
The Germans, who were the commanders and combatants, suffered heavy losses."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Sokov called the lieutenant who was about to shoot Mischenko and Lednikova over and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, it's your turn to speak now. Tell me what happened."
Say it again."
The lieutenant nodded and began to tell the whole story: "We have a checkpoint at the edge of the nearby forest. There are usually four or five soldiers on duty there. An hour ago, I took people to change the defense, but unexpectedly found that there were
The soldiers were all dead, and they were all killed with daggers without defense. I quickly ordered people to search nearby, and found the ID of Major Myschenko. At that time, I thought it must be him.
He killed one of my men, so I wanted to capture him and avenge the sacrifice of my men.
After we buried our fallen comrades and re-arranged sentries at the checkpoint, Myschenko and Lednikova came over. At that time, I found that several officers were on foot and did not even have weapons with them.
Feeling something was wrong, he stopped them for inspection.
After this inspection, I immediately discovered that Major Myschenko had exactly the same photo as the one on the ID I picked up. But when I asked his name, he said his name was Myschenko. When I saw it, the person and the photo on the ID were exactly the same.
The names matched, and there was no doubt that he was the murderer of my men, so I ordered people to arrest them all."
"Comrade Lieutenant, even if they are German spies, what you should do is to hand them over to your superiors." After the lieutenant finished speaking, Runev said with a straight face: "Instead of shooting people without permission, if not
We happened to pass by here, wouldn't they become the dead souls of your gun?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Military Commissar." The lieutenant said to Luniev with a red face: "At that time, I really thought they were Germans in disguise. When I thought about the tragic situation when my subordinates died, I became angry for no reason, and then
Directly order them to be shot."
"Remember this lesson, Comrade Lieutenant." Sokov said with a bit of laughter and laughter: "If you catch any suspicious persons in the future, remember to hand them over to your superiors and let you make your own decisions. Do you understand?
"
"I understand, Comrade Commander."
"Major Myschenko," Sokov said to Myschenko again: "Can you tell me about those people?"
Mishchenko knew that Sokov was asking about the person who stole his documents and weapons. After thinking for a while, he replied: "The leader is a major, there is also a captain, two second lieutenants and a soldier. I
I think they used our documents to try to get past the checkpoint, but they were discovered by the soldiers on duty, and they acted in desperation."
"Yes, that's a good analysis." Sokov nodded and said, "I also think it is possible. The enemy must have used stolen documents and jeeps to try to pass through the checkpoint, but the vigilant soldiers discovered their identity. They were in a hurry.
All he could do was jump over the wall and kill the soldiers on duty."
"Captain Koshkin," Sokov ordered Koshkin: "Contact the chief of staff immediately and ask him to notify the checkpoints on both sides of the Oder River to pay attention to a jeep. Among the five occupants, there is a major and a captain.
Two second lieutenants and one private. If any person matching this description is found, they will be detained immediately and placed under guard on the spot."
"Comrade Myschenko," Lunev looked at Mischenko and asked, "If Lednikova is left behind and the four of you go on a mission, is there no problem?"
Upon hearing Lunev's question, Myschenko shook his head hurriedly and replied: "No problem, Comrade General."
"Well, you take the other three officers to perform the mission, and Lednikova stays." After Lunev said this, he ordered Koshkin: "Captain Koshkin, prepare weapons for them. In addition,
Send another squad of soldiers to follow them."
Koshkin nodded, and then called a subordinate to prepare guns and vehicles for Myschenko and others so that they could continue to perform the mission.
Watching her companions leave, Lednikova asked Sokov with some surprise: "Comrade General, why did you leave me behind?"
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, I think you should have heard the order I gave just now." Sokov explained to Lednikova: "If we catch someone who meets the conditions you said, we must find someone to identify them.
Ah. I think you are the right candidate."
After listening to Sokov's explanation, Lednikova finally understood why the other party wanted to leave her alone. She nodded vigorously: "I understand, Comrade General, I will definitely cooperate with you to the best of my ability."
Here, the expression on her face suddenly became ferocious, "If I catch those German spies, I will definitely cut them into pieces. It is because of them that my companions and I almost died on our own people."
At gunpoint."
Sokov raised his hand to look at the time, then waved his hand and said, "It's getting late, let's keep going."
Originally, he invited Lednikova to sit in the same car with him, but Lednikova seemed extremely restrained when facing a superior like Lunev, so she refused Sokova's kindness and got into a car instead.
The driver's seat of the truck. Seeing that Lednikova was unwilling to sit in the same car as him, Sokov also guessed the reason, so he no longer forced him to get in the car and directly ordered to drive.
Seeing that the convoy was about to reach the Oder River, Sokov suddenly saw a row of brick-concrete bungalows on the roadside. There were seven or eight soldiers lined up in front of the house. Surrounded by them stood soldiers with guns, faintly visible.
Surrounded them in the middle.
Seeing this, Sokov couldn't help but frowned: "What's going on? What mistake did these soldiers make? Koshkin, go down and find out." The reason why he ordered Koshkin to get out of the car to check was because he was worried about showing up again.
The situation between Mischenko and Lednikova.
After receiving the order, Koshkin did not dare to neglect, and quickly ordered the driver to stop, then opened the door and walked out. He quickly came to the bungalow and asked loudly: "Who is in charge here? Come and talk to me."
At this time, a captain walked up next to him. After looking Koshkin up and down, he said, "Comrade Captain, what can I do for you?"
Koshkin pointed at the soldiers and asked: "What's going on with them?"
"They are all shameful people." The captain said through gritted teeth: "They actually entered the Germans' homes and robbed them."
"Robbery?!" Koshkin was stunned, and then asked: "What did they rob?"
"Here!" the captain pointed to several large bundles on the ground and said, "There are valuable clothes, brand-new leather shoes, and silver tableware used by Germans to eat."
After hearing this, Koshkin asked casually: "That's all?"
"Isn't this enough?" the captain said with shock on his face: "You know, before our army entered East Prussia, Rokossovsky had issued an order not to harass and loot civilians, and not to do anything
Anything that is inconsistent with the status of a soldier will be sent to a military court or even directly enforce battlefield discipline."
Sokov was sitting in the car. Because he was a little far away, he couldn't hear clearly what was said between Koshkin and the captain. He opened the car door impatiently, got out of the car and walked towards the two men.
He walked over. Seeing that Sokov had gotten out of the car, Lunev also got out of the car as it was inappropriate for him to stay in the car.
The captain who was arguing with Koshkin was startled when he saw the arrival of Sokov and Runev. Although Sokov and Runev did not know him, he did know the army commander and
The military commissar hurriedly stood at attention, raised his hand and saluted: "Hello, comrade commander, comrade military commissar!"
"Comrade Captain, what exactly happened here?" Sokov asked.
The captain pointed his hand at the soldiers and repeated what he said to Koshkin. After listening, Sokov asked: "Comrade Captain, what are you going to do with them?"
"It goes without saying," the captain said without hesitation: "Of course we will send them to a military court and let them receive the punishment they deserve."
Sokov did not express his opinion immediately, but came to the soldiers, glanced at them one by one, and asked: "Can any of you tell me why you rob the people's things?
"
"Comrade Commander, I don't understand." A soldier standing at the end of the team suddenly said.
Sokov came to the soldier and asked curiously: "Comrade soldier, what don't you understand?"
"Comrade Commander," the soldier said angrily, pointing to the bungalow behind him, "I don't understand that the houses the Germans live in are better than ours, the interior furnishings are better than ours, and even the clothes and boots they wear,
It’s better than ours too. If their lives are so much better than ours, why start this damn war to invade our country?”
For Sokov, the answer to why Germany invaded the Soviet Union is simple. It was because the Soviet Union posed a threat to the Germans. If they wanted to occupy the entire Europe, they must first eliminate this threatening enemy. Although the truth is this,
But Sokov couldn't explain it to the soldiers like this. After all, such an explanation was too empty and unconvincing.
After thinking quickly for a while, he said slowly: "Comrade soldiers, this is because the Germans are greedy. Although they already have a life that is the envy of many countries, they want to obtain more wealth and resources, so they
Start this unjust war. Can you understand what I mean?"
The soldier was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "I understand, Comrade Commander. The reason why the Germans launched a war against us is because of their inner greed and want to obtain more wealth and resources.
And then unify the entire world.”
"Comrade Commander," the captain asked Sokov for instructions: "How should I deal with them? Should I send them to a military court?"
"I don't think it's necessary." Sokov shook his head, and then ordered the captain: "First return all these things, and then lock them up for three days."