Chapter 382 Looking for the missing female scout (Part 2)
"Can you tell me what mission you are performing?" After Gumuyev said this, he was afraid of causing Sokov and the others to misunderstand, so he quickly added: "I just want to provide you with the necessary information."
help."
"We are looking for a missing female scout." Sokov hesitated for a moment and felt that it would be okay to tell Gumuyev the purpose of his trip. Even if the other party was a Soviet traitor, as long as he did not leave his sight.
Even if he wanted to inform him, he had no chance, so he said openly: "Comrade Gumuyev, have you ever seen or heard of such a person?"
"Are you looking for a female scout?" Gumuyev's pupils shrank slightly, and then he asked hesitantly: "Do you know her name?"
"Her name is..." Christopher opened his mouth to say the name of the female scout, but was suddenly interrupted by Sokov: "Her name is Katya, have you heard of this name?"
Hearing the name Sokov said, Gumuyev showed a confused expression on his face. He shook his head and said: "The name of the female scout we rescued is Maria Vedenyeva.
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The commanders and fighters who accompanied Sokov on the mission all knew the name of the female scout they were looking for. When they heard Sokov say the name Katya, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but then they understood that this was
Sokov did not fully trust the other party and was deliberately testing him. Therefore, after Gumuyev said the name Maria Vedenyeva, everyone remained silent and just turned their attention to Sokov.
Want to see his reaction.
Unexpectedly, Sokov did not immediately ask about the female scout's situation, but instead chatted with Gumuyev: "Gumyev, can I ask you what you did before the war?"
"I'm a leatherworker." Perhaps he was worried that Sokov wouldn't understand, so he specifically explained: "It's the kind of fur that women wear in winter, also called fur."
If Gumuyev had said that he was a leatherworker who made leather shoes or saddles, Sokov might have been able to just listen quietly. But the other person was talking about furs, and Sokov was engaged in exactly the same thing before traveling through time.
Being in this industry, the two of them immediately encountered a common topic: "So you are a fur maker. I wonder what kind of fur you use, fox, nutria, otter skin, raccoon dog, seal skin or mink?"
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After Sokov named several types of fur in succession, Gumuyev couldn't help but widened his eyes in surprise: "Comrade commander, I didn't expect you know so much?"
Sokov hurriedly coughed lightly and said covertly: "I have a friend who also works in a fur-making factory. I heard what he said while chatting, so I naturally remembered it. By the way, you haven't answered me yet, you guys
What kind of fur is used to make fur?"
"What we produce in our factory are wooden piers." Gumuyev explained to Sokov: "They are fur clothes made of sheep skin. Although they are very heavy to wear, they are very warm. When we retreated from the factory,
There are more than a hundred pieces of finished clothes in the warehouse, and they are probably in the hands of the Germans now."
Although Sokov has never sold wooden blocks, he knows that this kind of clothing made of sheepskin is not the common leather jacket, but a mid-length coat that feels very bulky and slightly bloated.
If someone wears it, it will look like a bear.
Sokov considered that since Gumuyev's guerrilla group was operating in this area, the factory where he used to work was not too far away. If he could get this batch of clothes back to Mamayev Heights, he would give them to him at night
Soldiers on duty can effectively avoid frostbite if they wear it. Thinking of this, he immediately asked impatiently: "Where is the warehouse of your factory?"
"It's in the northwest of the Mallet Rososhka area, but it's already a German-occupied area." Seeing that Sokov was so concerned about the warehouse in the factory, Gumuyev couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade commander, you ask this
do what?"
Considering that he needed the cooperation of the other party, Sokov said bluntly: "Gumyev, I think about it this way. The weather is getting colder and colder, and my troops are seriously short of winter clothes. If I can get this batch of furs,
, letting soldiers on duty at night wear them to avoid frostbite."
Gumuyev turned his head and glanced at the rear part of the half-track armored personnel carrier, and said with some embarrassment: "Comrade commander, there are many vacancies in the rear part of the vehicle. Normally, it can be put down, but in this way
Come on, just block the door at the back, so you can’t get off from there.”
"It's okay." Regarding Gumuyev's concerns, Christopher said disapprovingly: "The rear compartment of this half-track armored vehicle adopts an upper-side open mode, which in addition to providing a good shooting range for the infantry in the vehicle
and out of sight, more importantly, during battle, it is to facilitate the infantry on the inside of the vehicle to climb over the side wall and get off the vehicle immediately to join the battle. Therefore, even if the back half is filled with things and blocks the narrow hatch on the rear side,
We can also get off the side wall."
"By the way, Gumuyev." After chatting for a while, Sokov suddenly turned the topic back to the female scout: "You just seemed to have said that you rescued a female scout named Maria Vedenyeva.
Officer? Can you tell me the specific process?"
The chat just now made Gumuyev lower his guard against Sokov. He leaned back, squinted his eyes, and began to recall the situation at that time: "In order to prevent the camp from being exposed, our guerrillas moved every other
We will be moving to a new camp in a few days. Yesterday happened to be the day to move. Just halfway, we heard gunfire and the explosion of grenades from the front. The captain guessed that it might be our people and the enemy.
Then he led us and rushed over. We ran towards the direction of the gunfire for five or six minutes, and came to a forest. We saw a woman in plain clothes and a headscarf, running quickly in the forest, and kept shouting from time to time.
She turned around and fired one or two shots, and behind her were fifty or sixty German soldiers. We immediately opened fire without hesitation, catching the Germans off guard and scaring them so much that they hurriedly fell to the ground or hid behind trees to fight back at us.
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The woman was brought to me and the captain and told that her name was Maria Vedenyeva and that she was a scout who was being pursued by the Germans because she had obtained a piece of top-secret information. She asked for our help to bring her to the police station.
Send this information."
When Sokov heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Has the information been sent out?"
"I don't know." Gumuyev shook his head and said: "Although the German army was stunned after the sudden attack, they quickly returned to normal and launched an attack towards our temporary blocking position. To
You know, our guerrillas have only been established for a month. Except for a few people who have served as soldiers, the rest are workers and farmers with little combat experience. Their combat effectiveness is very limited. We cannot suppress the enemy's attack at all. In order to prevent the entire army from being destroyed,
The captain ordered me to stay with eight soldiers to cover, while he and others left with the female scout."
"We blocked the attack for about a quarter of an hour, and then I was injured and fainted." Gumuyev continued: "When I woke up, I found myself lying in a dry creek, and I didn't know who it was.
They put me there. I climbed out of the ditch and happened to meet Uncle Dworkin. He carried me home and bandaged my wounds... You all know what happened next."
"That is to say," Sokov waited for Gumuyev to finish and said thoughtfully: "The female scout may be in your new camp now. Is my understanding correct?"
"It's not clear." Gumuyev shook his head first, then nodded and said, "But we don't rule out the possibility that the captain brought the female scout to the new camp."
"Where is the new camp?" After Sokov asked what he wanted to know, he said directly to Gumuyev: "Take us there immediately."
Under Gumuyev's guidance, the armored vehicle drove for another ten minutes and stopped next to a forest. Sokov ordered Ernst and Vamko to stay and guard the armored vehicle, while he took Christopher with him.
and Samoilov, followed Gumuyev to the guerrilla camp.
As soon as he walked into the woods, Sokov had an ominous premonition for no reason. He only felt that his scalp was numb, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his vest was chilly. He felt hairy in his heart, as if he was being targeted by a wild beast. His footsteps became faster and faster.
He moved slower and slower, his eyes constantly glancing around, his fingers around the trigger of the assault rifle, ready to fire as soon as he noticed something was wrong.
Gumuyev, who was walking at the front, noticed something unusual about Sokov. He slowed down, turned to look at Sokov with confusion, and asked in confusion: "Comrade commander, what's wrong with you?"
"Comrade Gumuyev, don't you think it's too quiet in the forest?" Sokov frowned and said, "And as soon as I walked into the forest, I felt like I was being stared at by a wild beast."
After Sokov's reminder, others also noticed this. Samoylov said vigilantly: "Comrade Brigadier, there may be guerrilla outposts lurking nearby. I think it is better to let Comrade Gumuyev and them
Let’s say hello first to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.”
Samoylov's words made everyone realize that if they continued to move forward, they might really have misunderstandings with the guerrillas in the forest. Although Gumuyev was leading the way, the three following him
They were all wearing German uniforms, which could easily make the soldiers hiding in the woods misunderstand that Gumuyev had rebelled and brought the Germans to wipe out the guerrillas. Maybe if he took a few more steps, the other party would
Shoot without hesitation. We are all battle-hardened people. Although we have put life and death at risk, it would be unjust to die under the gunpoint of one of our own.