Red Moscow

  Chapter 1945 Praying Mantis Catchers Cicada and Oriole Behind (Part 2)

Watching Koshkin, Lyudmila, and Vasily walk into the headquarters, Sokov immediately stepped forward and hugged the three of them one by one, saying: "Congratulations, comrades, congratulations on your successful elimination German airborne group."

  Hearing Sokov's praise, Koshkin smiled a little embarrassedly: "Comrade Commander, it is my responsibility to protect the safety of the headquarters, and there is nothing worthy of praise."

"If you eliminated an ordinary airborne group, I might not praise you." Sokov said with a smile: "But in the airborne group you eliminated, there were snipers who came to kill us. From a certain angle Say, you are our savior."

  Unexpectedly, as soon as Sokov said that, the expressions of Koshkin and others changed drastically. Koshkin said in surprise: "Comrade commander, what are you talking about? There are snipers in the airborne team?"

   "Yes." This time it was Sokov's turn to be surprised: "Didn't you annihilate the German airborne team? Why, no snipers were found among them."

   "No." Koshkin shook his head and replied in a positive tone: "The nine German soldiers we killed were all equipped with MP40 submachine guns. They absolutely cannot be snipers."

   After a while, Koshkin asked cautiously: "Comrade Commander, will your information be wrong?"

   "How is this possible?" Sokov picked up the document on the table, trembling in his hands: "This is a document sent by the Front Army Command. It contains the information of the German female sniper."

   "Comrade Commander," Lyudmila, who had been silent since entering the door, suddenly said, "Can you let me see the information of the female German sniper?"

  Sokov didn't even think about it, so he handed the information to Lyudmila. Lyudmila only glanced at the photo on the information, and exclaimed: "My God, it's her!"

Vasily also came over, quickly glanced at the photo on the information, and couldn't help frowning, "Sure enough, it's her, but her name is not Katerina, but Alia. I can't think of it, she is actually sent by the Germans." Here comes the sniper."

  Sokov couldn't help being taken aback when he heard what the two said, and then asked, "Why, you two know him?"

"Comrade Commander, you don't know that she took us to the hiding place of the German airborne team outside the city." Lyudmila said through gritted teeth after explaining, "I really didn't expect that. , she was actually a sniper sent by the Germans."

   "How is this possible?" Upon hearing Lyudmila's words, Trofimenko said suspiciously, "Aren't they in the same group? How could she betray her companion?"

  After a short shock, Sokov already figured out the crux of the matter: "I understand, I understand why this German female sniper did this."

  All eyes turned to Sokov, eager to know what the answer was.

Seeing that everyone wanted to know the truth, Sokov explained to them: "The reason is very simple. The enemy may have noticed that Vasily was alert, and even took people to search for their secret sniper location. In order to prevent the mission from failing, this A female sniper named Alia came up with a bold plan.

  If I guessed correctly, those enemies hiding in the forest outside the city are the team that took her out of danger. The reason why she reported to Lyudmila and Vasily where the support team was hiding was to divert our attention.

   You think, she led all the troops responsible for searching in the city outside the city, so that her actions in the city would no longer be hindered. Once the time is right, she will decisively implement her sniper plan. "

  Sokov's statement has been agreed by most people. Especially Koshkin, Lyudmila and Vasily, who had just returned from the battle outside the city. The German airborne team hid in the strong forester's hut and resisted, resulting in the death of three guards and wounding seven. If it wasn't for the use of the bazooka later to destroy the wooden house, I don't know how much time it will take and how many soldiers will be sacrificed.

But Trofimenko still raised his own doubts: "I don't think this kind of statement is reliable, and Aliya should know that as long as our troops are dispatched, no matter how many people they have in the forest, they will not escape the end of being wiped out by us. Since we can figure it out, she should too, so I don't think it's credible."

"Comrade Deputy Commander," Koshkin waited for Trofimenko to finish speaking, and boldly put forward his own opinion: "I think Comrade Commander's analysis should be correct. We found the Germans hiding in the forest. When I was watching the forester's wooden house, I encountered stubborn resistance from the opponent. If I hadn't sent someone back to take the bazooka and directly destroyed the wooden house, I don't know how long this battle will last, and how many soldiers were killed or killed."

"Then let me ask you," but Trofimenko scoffed at Koshkin's statement: "If the person who tipped you off was this German female sniper named Alia, since she brought You went to the forest, so where does she have time to perform sniper missions in the city?"

When Koshkin heard this, his pupils constricted violently. He looked at Trofimenko with a shocked expression on his face: "Comrade Deputy Commander, it was indeed Alia who took us to the forest to find the German parachutist. group, but she didn't stay with us all the time, but left halfway through."

   "She left halfway?" Trofimenko was surprised by Koshkin's words. He asked in amazement, "When did she leave and how did she leave?"

"At that time, I saw that the forest house was too strong, and it was difficult for us to shoot outside the house. It was difficult to pose a threat to the enemies inside, so I sent people back to pick up the rocket launcher." Koshkin explained: "I thought of Alia. Her name is Katerina, if she stays in the fighting area, her life may be in danger, so I ordered the sergeant who went back to the city to pick up the rockets, and brought her back to the city by the way."

   "Where is the sergeant who sent her back to the city?" Trofimenko said impatiently: "Let him in quickly, I will ask him personally."

  The sergeant who escorted Aliya back to the city was quickly called to the headquarters. Seeing a room full of commanders staring at him intently, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

   "Comrade Sergeant," Sokov asked the sergeant in an amiable tone, "You sent the girl who took you to the forest outside the city back to the city?"

   "That's right, Comrade Commander." Seeing Sokov's calm attitude, the sergeant felt less nervous.

   "You guys are on the way, have you talked about anything?"

"Chatted."

   "Did she tell you where in town she works?"

   "She said she was working in a coffee shop on the corner of Shevchenko Street and asked me to drop her there."

"She's lying," Koshkin couldn't help exclaiming when he heard this, "she told us that she was an employee of a tailor's shop, and she accidentally met the Germans when she was delivering clothes to customers outside the city. people."

"Koshkin, don't interrupt my question." After Sokov cast a stern look at Koshkin, he continued to ask the sergeant: "Sergeant, where did she get off in the end? According to According to my analysis, the chances of her getting off on Shevchenko Street are very low."

"Comrade commander, how did you know that?" The sergeant said in surprise: "Our car entered the city, and when we passed the first checkpoint, she suddenly said that she had something important to do and she needed to get off the car immediately. I ordered The driver stopped, let her out and left."

Based on his own experience, Sokov felt that Aliya must have obtained a lot of useful information when talking with the sergeant in the car, so he said to the sergeant in an easy-going tone: "Comrade sergeant, please send your The conversation between the two in the car, please repeat it to me in detail, okay?"

   At this point, if the sergeant doesn't understand that there is something wrong with the woman he sent back to the city, he is a big fool. After organizing the vocabulary in his mind, he recounted to Sokov the conversation between himself and Alia along the way.

   Sokov nodded after listening, and did not express any opinion, but said to the sergeant: "Comrade sergeant, there is nothing for you here, you go out first."

After the sergeant left, Sokov said to everyone with a straight face: "Comrades, the matter is very clear. This German female sniper named Alia deliberately sent our troops who were carrying out secret search missions in the city, Leading out of the city to fight with the airborne team that responded to her, so as to divert our attention, so that she can carry out the next sniper plan calmly."

  Smirnov interrupted and said: "Comrade Commander, if we stay in the headquarters and don't go out, no matter how good she is as a sniper, she will have nothing to do with us."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov looked at Smirnov and said with a wry smile, "According to various analysis, this Arya is not only very cunning, but also a ruthless woman. In order to complete the task, she will use any means. This One point, it can be seen from her unhesitating betrayal of the airborne team outside the city who received her.

  You said that as long as we hide in the headquarters, she will have nothing to do with us. This kind of statement seems reasonable, but Aliya is a person who does not play cards according to common sense. Even if we want to stay in the headquarters and not go out, she can find a way to drive us out of here. "

But Smirnov obviously didn't believe Sokov's statement: "Comrade Commander, you think highly of her. I don't believe that she has any way to get us all out of the headquarters." Get out."

   As soon as he finished speaking, there was a dull explosion outside, and Sokov felt the ground under his feet tremble slightly. "No, it was an explosion." Before Sokov could recover, Koshkin had already rushed in front of him, grabbed his arm and pulled him away, and said loudly: "Comrade Commander, Move quickly."

Hearing Koshkin's shout, the staff officers in the headquarters also felt that something was wrong, they stepped forward and surrounded Trofimenko, Sameko, Smirnov and others, and led them towards the outside of the headquarters. run.

   When Sokov was pulled into the corridor by Koshkin, he saw billowing black smoke coming from the other end of the corridor, and many soldiers were fleeing from that direction. He reached out and grabbed a soldier running past him, and asked loudly, "What happened?"

The soldier who was fleeing for his life was caught suddenly. Just as he was about to explode, he saw clearly that the person who was arresting him was Sokov. There was an explosion."

   "What are the casualties?"

"I, I don't know," the soldier replied truthfully, "I happened to pass by outside the kitchen at the time, first I heard an explosion, and then I saw billowing smoke coming out of the kitchen, so I ran this way , As for the casualties inside, I don’t know at all.”

"Comrade Commander," Koshkin saw Sokov standing here chatting with the soldiers. He couldn't help feeling anxious, so he increased the strength in his hands, pulled Sokov and ran outside, and said in his mouth: "Here It's too dangerous, let's go out first."

  At this time, other people in the headquarters also rushed out. Sokov couldn't stand still at all, and was pushed towards the exit of the headquarters involuntarily.

   When approaching the door, Lyudmila, who squeezed up from behind, grabbed Sokov's arm and pulled him to the wall, forcibly preventing him from being pushed out of the building by the crowd. He said anxiously: "Comrade Commander, you are right, Aliya did have a way to drive us out of the headquarters, and then she hid outside and killed the target."

Koshkin, who was still angry at Lyudmila's actions, suddenly woke up when he heard Lyudmila's words. The explosion in the kitchen must have something to do with Aliya. Pulling Sokov out like this is not equivalent to providing a target for Alia who is hiding in the dark?

   With the help of Koshkin and Lyudmila, Sokov stayed in the corridor and did not go out. But Trofimenko, Sameko, Smirnov and others were dragged out of the building by the staff and prepared to take them to a safe place.

   But at this moment, Smirnov, who was being dragged away by the staff officer, suddenly groaned, and then fell limply. The staff officer reached out to help, but touched the blood on his hand, and couldn't help but yelled: "Comrade Chief of Staff is injured, Comrade Chief of Staff is injured! Health worker, where is the health worker?"

From the noisy voices, Sokov heard the staff shouting that the chief of staff was injured. He didn't know if it was Sameko or Smirnov who was injured. He was eager to go out to check, but Koshkin held him tightly: "Commander Comrade, there are German snipers outside, you must not go out, or you will become their target."

Vasily squeezed in from the outside and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I can see clearly that the window of the attic in the distance is open, and Alia should be hiding there to snipe. Liuda," behind him One sentence is to Lyudmila, "We will bring someone to arrest her now."

When Koshkin learned of Alya's hiding place, he drew his pistol and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I will take someone to arrest her immediately. If I can't bring her back to you, I will never come back alive." .”

   Just like that, Koshkin, Lyudmila, and Vasily headed for the attic where Alia was hiding with more than 20 temporarily assembled soldiers.

  After they left, the commanders and fighters who escaped from the headquarters knew that there were German snipers outside, so they stopped running around, but each found a place to hide, so as not to become the next sniper target.

  (end of this chapter)