"Comrade Gumuyev," Sokov felt that Samoylov had spoken his mind, so he said to Gumuyev: "We are waiting for you here. You go and say hello to the guerrilla comrades first.
, to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.”
Gumuyev also realized the problem at this moment, nodded quickly, and walked forward faster. After walking about 70 or 80 meters, he suddenly stopped and imitated the duck call "Qua~qua~"
Ga!"
A moment later, the same sound came from not far away: "Gah~gah~gah!"
When Sokov heard this voice, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy. This meant that Gumuyev was connecting with his comrades. Soon, he heard human voices coming from there, but because the light in the forest was too dark,
, can't see people clearly, can only see some faint black shadows.
Not long after, Sokov saw Gumuyev coming over with a few people. Gumuyev pointed to the bearded man beside him who was not tall but looked very strong and said: "Commander
Comrade, this is Pilishin, the captain of our guerrillas."
"Hello, Comrade Pilishin." Sokov waited for Gumuyev to finish speaking, then immediately extended his hand to the other party and said politely: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, commander of the 73rd Infantry Brigade.
I came here to perform a special mission."
"Hello, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." When Pilishin saw Sokov wearing a German uniform, he was still vigilant enough. When he heard the other party's proficient Russian and self-reported identity, his face suddenly showed a smile.
Smiling, he quickly held Sokov's hand and said with a smile: "On behalf of all comrades in the guerrillas, I welcome you."
"Comrade Captain." After seeing Pilishin and Sokov shaking hands, Gumuyev reminded Pilishin in a low voice: "Let's rush back to the camp as soon as possible."
In this way, Sokov and the others followed the guerrilla comrades and arrived at their station. Deep in the woods, there were several wooden houses with fires burning in them. Because they were afraid that the fire would expose the target, a thick leaflet was hung on the door.
Bulian Sokov followed Pilishin and entered a room, and immediately felt warm all over.
"Please sit down, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." There were simple wooden tables and benches in the room. After Pilishin asked Sokov to sit down, he poured them hot tea from the samovar himself, and then asked: "Lieutenant Colonel
Comrade, may I ask, what is your special mission this time?"
"Our mission is to find a missing female scout here and bring her and the important information about her back." Sokov thought that since he had told Gumuyev about the mission, even if he didn't say it, he might not be able to tell her.
Lixin also knew about it and said straight to the point: "I heard from Comrade Gumuyev that you once rescued a female scout. Maybe she is the person we are looking for."
Pilishin did not speak after hearing this, but turned to look at Gumuyev sitting next to him. After seeing the other person nodded slightly, he continued: "Yes, we did rescue a female scout. She said that she had
There is important information, I hope we can send someone to the city."
Knowing that the female scout was indeed here, Sokov's heart beat faster. He asked tentatively: "Comrade Captain, can we see her?"
"Here comes someone." Pilyhin did not refuse Sokov's request. He stood up and shouted towards the door.
As soon as he finished speaking, a young guerrilla opened the door curtain and walked in. He straightened his body and asked, "Comrade Captain, do you have any instructions?"
"It's like this," Pilishin said to the team members: "You immediately go and invite the female comrade we rescued today. Someone said that someone wants to see her."
Not long after the team members left, they came back in and reported: "Comrade Captain, she is here."
"Invite her in quickly!"
The team member agreed, opened the door curtain, and made an inviting gesture with his hand: "Please come in, comrade female scout."
After a well-proportioned, slightly plump female scout wearing a turban strode into the room, she found three German officers and soldiers sitting at the table. She was shocked and suddenly pulled out her pistol and pointed it at Sokov.
At the same time, they loudly asked Pilishin: "Comrade captain, please give me an explanation why there are Germans here?"
"There's no need to get excited, Comrade Maria Vedenyeva." Seeing that the female scout was so excited, Sokov didn't do anything to irritate her. Instead, he sat down and said to her: "Put down the gun."
Well, we are our own people, and we are here to find you on orders from our superiors."
After Maria heard what Sokov said, although she was extremely shocked, she did not lower her gun. Instead, she asked vigilantly: "Who are you? Why do you know my name?"
Sokov felt much more at ease when he heard Maria admit her identity. He said slowly: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, commander of the 73rd Infantry Brigade under the 62nd Army.
General Krylov ordered us to look for a female scout named Maria Vedenyeva..."
Maria lowered her gun, but still asked vigilantly: "Are you really sent by General Krylov?"
Sokov stood up, put the assault rifle he was holding in his arms on the table, walked to Maria and said: "He told me that when you sent him the message, the word 'Top Secret' just appeared in the message.
After saying this, contact was suddenly cut off. He was worried that something would happen to you, so he ordered me to send someone to look for you. I was worried about leaving this important task to others, so I personally led someone to look for you."
"My relatives, I have been waiting for you to come." Maria waited for Sokov to finish speaking, then hugged him tightly and said emotionally: "I knew my superiors would not give up on me, so I
I know..." As he spoke, he burst into tears.
Sokov gently patted Maria on the back a few times, comforted her and said: "Maria, don't worry, you are safe now, we will take you back to Stalingrad immediately."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Maria let go of Sokov, took a step back, looked up at Sokov and said, "Do you have a radio? My information needs to be sent out immediately."
When Sokov heard what Maria said, he couldn't help but asked with some surprise: "Comrade Maria, where is the radio station you use to communicate with your superiors?"
"After I got the enemy's information, I originally wanted to send the telegram as soon as possible, but the enemy discovered it just as I turned on the phone." Maria replied: "The enemy used a machine gun to shoot at my position, and the bullets destroyed the radio station, causing
The contact between me and my superiors has been interrupted. If I hadn't happened to meet the guerrillas led by Captain Pilishin, you probably wouldn't have seen me anymore."
"Where is the intelligence?" Sokov said quickly: "The armored car we are riding in has a radio. You can use that radio to send out the intelligence."
Maria took out the information from her body, handed it to Sokov, and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the information is here."
Sokov took it and took a look and saw that it read: "...the enemy forces currently operating in front of the 62nd Army and 64th Army's defense lines include 9 infantry divisions, 3 tank divisions and 1 motorized division.
This enemy group had a total of 500 tanks and provided air support to it with more than 1,000 aircraft of the 4th Air Force.
In addition, they plan to attack the junction of our two armies along the railway from Karpov Truck Station to Sadovaya Station, and capture Stalingrad at all costs..."
For Sokov, who knew the history of the Battle of Stalingrad, it was the same whether he had such information or not. But for the currently overwhelmed 62nd Army Headquarters, it was crucial. Therefore, as soon as he finished reading
According to the contents of the telegram, he said to Pilishin: "Comrade Captain, this is an important piece of information that we need to send out immediately via radio. For your rescue of Maria, on behalf of the 62nd Army Headquarters, I would like to express my gratitude to you.
." As he spoke, he raised his hand and saluted Pilyhin and Gumuyev.
Pilishin and Gumuyev also hurriedly returned the courtesy and said politely: "It's no big deal. Everything we do is to protect our great motherland."
Sokov extended his hand and shook hands with the two of them one by one. "Goodbye, comrades, I hope we can meet again on the day when the Japanese invaders are defeated." Then he waved to Christopher and others who were standing aside.
After a while, he said, "Comrades, it's time for us to go back." After saying that, he took Maria's hand and walked out of the house.