Red Moscow

  Chapter 594 Soldiers of the Eastern Battalion

"Guchakov!" Sukov felt that Yakov's words made sense, so he called Guchakov and said to him, "Go and tell Second Lieutenant Samoilov to tell him what we said yesterday. The seized ammunition will be supplemented to Captain Gesant and the others. Remember, only give ammunition, not weapons.”

"The batch of ammunition seized yesterday?" Guchakov couldn't help being taken aback when he heard Sokov say this, and then asked in puzzlement: "Comrade Brigadier, the batch of ammunition seized yesterday was used by German equipment. Not the same caliber as our Mosin Nagant."

Seeing Guchakov whimpering, Yakov said with some displeasure: "Corporal Guchakov, since your brigade commander asked you to deliver the order, go quickly and don't dawdle here. .”

After Guchakov left, Yakov gave Sokov a thumbs up: "Misha, your move is really amazing. According to the captain Gesant, they are all rifles. , each gun only has five or six bullets, even if they get 7.92mm bullets, they can't use them. If they are really sent by the Germans, it will be very easy for us to get rid of them. "

Sokov picked up the phone and connected to Gurdiyev's headquarters, and asked straight to the point: "Comrade Colonel, this is Sokov. I would like to ask about the 120th Guards Regiment that retreated to your position yesterday. Commanders, how many people are there now?"

"There are still more than 30 Guards soldiers on the ground, and the rest are either sacrificed or injured." When Gurdiyev reported the number of troops last night, he deliberately ignored this small army of more than 80 people. So as not to be transferred by Sokov. Hearing Sokov suddenly ask about this unit at this moment, he couldn't help but ask with a guilty conscience: "Comrade Brigadier, why are you asking this?"

"We just came here with a small army," Sokov continued without noticing the guilty conscience in Gurdiyev's tone, "I want two soldiers from your guard regiment to come over to see if these people It's their comrades in arms."

After figuring out Sokov's intentions, Gurdiyev couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and quickly replied: "Comrade Brigadier, the leader is a lieutenant named Tushik. If you need him to help you identify If there is someone, I will send him there immediately."

  Sokov glanced at where Gurdiyev's division was, and seeing that there was no fighting there, he said decisively: "Okay, Comrade Colonel, let him come over immediately."

Ten minutes later, a medium-sized lieutenant with a dark face appeared in front of Sokov. He straightened his body and reported: "Comrade Brigadier, Lieutenant Tushik, commander of the Eighth Company of the 120th Guards Regiment, is reporting to you." , I obey your orders, please instruct!"

   "Comrade Lieutenant, are you the commander of the Eighth Company?" Sokov asked in surprise after hearing the other party's report: "Then can you tell me, what are the names of your third battalion commander and deputy battalion commander?"

  Tushik replied without hesitation: "The battalion commander is Captain Andreev, and the deputy battalion commander is Captain Gesant."

   "Yakov," Sokov turned his head and said to Yakov, "The name matches. It seems that we are too suspicious."

   "Comrade Brigadier," Tushik said with a puzzled expression on his face, "Can you tell me what's going on?"

"That's right, Comrade Lieutenant." Since Sukov called Tushik over, the system used him to find out whether the sudden appearance of the troops was one of his own, so he truthfully said to him: "Not long ago, There is a troop coming from the south, it is said that it has withdrawn from the fourth line of defense, so I asked you to come over and find out the situation."

"It's impossible, Comrade Brigadier." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Tushik called out: "Only the small army I led withdrew from the position, and the rest of the comrades were sacrificed. How could it be possible?" Troops come out again."

   "What, Comrade Lieutenant, is there something wrong?" Sokov asked vigilantly: "You know, the commander who led the team claimed to be Captain Gesant, the deputy commander of the third battalion. Could it be wrong?"

"Comrade Brigadier, you must have been fooled." Tushik grabbed Sukov's arm and said excitedly: "Before we retreated, the deputy battalion commander, Captain Gesant, died. It's fake."

Even though Yakov was the first person to have doubts about Gesant, but at this moment when he really heard what Tushik said, he still asked cautiously: "Comrade Lieutenant, you said that Captain Gesant has died. Did you hear it, or did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Of course I saw it with my own eyes." Tushik said anxiously: "Captain Gesant was wounded in many places in the battle. Before he died, he ordered me to lead the rest of the troops to retreat north and come to look for you. He stayed in the position, detonated the explosives planted in advance, and died together with the enemies who rushed up."

  When Tushik said these words, Sokov had been watching him carefully. Seeing him talking, his eye circles were red, and he knew that what the other party said was definitely not a lie. He took him to the top of the hill, pointed to the location of the small army, and said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, take a closer look, are those people from your third battalion?"

  Yakov handed a telescope to Tushik from the side, and said in a friendly tone: "Comrade Lieutenant, take a closer look and see if there is anyone you are familiar with?"

  Tushik took the binoculars, raised them to his eyes, and carefully observed the army at the foot of the hill through the lens. After watching for a while, he put down the binoculars, slowly shook his head, and said to Sokov, "Comrade Brigadier, I don't know any of these people, and they probably aren't from our third battalion."

  As a company commander, Tushik certainly couldn't know everyone in the third battalion, but among the forty or fifty people at the foot of the hill, he didn't know anyone, which is very telling. Sokov took the telescope, handed it to Yakov, and said to Tushik: "Thank you, Comrade Lieutenant. When these people first appeared, I felt something was wrong, so I asked you to come and identify them. Now basically It can be confirmed that they are from the Eastern Battalion of the German Army, and the next thing has nothing to do with you, you can go back to Colonel Gurdiyev first."

"Comrade Brigadier, can I stay?" Unexpectedly, Tushik said unexpectedly: "These people are pretending to be commanders and fighters of our battalion. I want to stay and watch them be wiped out with my own eyes. Okay? "

"Let's stay." Sukov thought about letting others come from such a long distance, so he sent him away after asking, somewhat unreasonable, and said reasonably: "Look at how we solve the problem." These damned enemies."

"Misha, what are you going to do?" Seeing that Sokov had decided to get rid of this fake enemy army, Yakov began to ask about the next steps: "You know, although they don't have much ammunition, they really In a fight, our troops will still suffer a lot of casualties."

"Leave this matter to Second Lieutenant Samoilov," Sokov said confidently: "He is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and knows how to deal with similar incidents." After finishing speaking, he called Guchakov over and ordered , "Go and call Samoilov, I have something important to tell him."

  Samoilov soon appeared in front of Sokov. He glanced curiously at Tushik who was standing next to him, then looked at Sokov and asked, "Comrade Brigadier, what instructions do you have?"

"That's right, Comrade Second Lieutenant." Sokov told Samoilov about the fact that the troops below the hill were disguised by the Eastern Battalion, and then asked, "I'm going to give you a task, which is Get rid of them asap."

   "The army under the hill is actually the Eastern Battalion?" Samoilov was very surprised by what Sokov said, and he asked cautiously: "Comrade Brigadier, you can't make a mistake, right?"

"No mistake." Sokov said and pointed at Tushik: "This is Lieutenant Tushik from the 120th Guards Regiment. He is the commander of the 3rd Battalion and 8th Company. Anyone in this team. Moreover, Captain Gesant died in the battle yesterday, how could he come back from the dead?"

  Samoilov glanced at the troops at the foot of the hill, and replied unequivocally: "Understood, Comrade Brigadier Commander, I will immediately take the soldiers of the third platoon to deal with them."

"Wait a minute," Yakov stopped Samoilov when he saw that he was about to leave, and said: "Our current strength is limited. When we deal with this enemy, you must find a way to get rid of it." Casualties were kept to a minimum.”

   "Minimize casualties?!" Samoilov scratched the back of his head, looked at Sokov, and asked with some embarrassment: "Comrade Brigadier, do you have any good ideas?"

Sokov did not immediately answer Samoilov's question, but asked tentatively: "Second Lieutenant Samoilov, when you took that fake Gesant to collect ammunition, did you give them a rotary machine gun? "

"No." Samoilov shook his head like a rattle, and replied: "When you sent Guchakov to inform me, I was extra cautious and only let them receive ammunition for German equipment. , did not give them the rotary machine gun."

"This is really great." Knowing that Samoilov did not hand over the rotary machine gun to the fake Gesant, Sokov immediately came up with a good idea: "Second Lieutenant Samoilov, you can now Take three platoons to find them, bring some more seized German weapons, and say that they will all be replaced with German-style equipment, first collect the guns in their hands, and then take them by surprise."

Sokov's deployment made Samoilov's eyes shine. He knew very well that if he really did this, he might be able to eliminate this group of enemies without firing a single shot. He quickly and loudly agreed, "Understood, Comrade Brigadier Commander. I'll take three platoons of soldiers to disarm them."

"Comrade Second Lieutenant, you must remember." Sokov finally told Samoilov: "Even if there is a firefight, we must find a way to save the life of the fake Gesant. I want to get more useful information from him. intelligence."

   According to Sokov's plan, Samoilov led three platoons of soldiers to the location of the Eastern Battalion with a batch of German equipment. Looking at the fake Gesant, Samoilov laughed and said loudly: "Captain Gesant, I'm really sorry, the soldiers who just managed the weapons made a mistake, and all the ammunition given to you is German ammunition. Make your weapons unusable. Comrade brigade commander asked me to send you a batch of German equipment after learning about this, so that you can carry out a comprehensive change of equipment."

  Fake Gesant believed Samoilov's words so much that after the other party brought people over, he took the initiative to ask his subordinates to hand over their weapons and prepare to receive new equipment. Unexpectedly, after they handed over their weapons, they saw countless black holes pointing at themselves. Seeing this situation, the fake Gesant asked calmly, "Comrade Second Lieutenant, what do you mean?"

  Samoilov sneered, and said, "Don't pretend, I know you are from the Eastern Battalion, and you want to sneak into our defense zone. When the Germans attack, we will cooperate with them..."

   "Comrade Second Lieutenant, what are you talking about?" Although his identity was exposed, the fake Gesant was still quibbling: "How could we be from the Dongfang Camp? You must have made a mistake!"

"Is there any mistake? I will understand when I see the brigade commander." Samoilov shook his head at the soldier next to him, and ordered: "Bring this fake captain to the headquarters, and the brigade commander will interrogate him personally. .”

  After the fake Gesant was escorted away by the soldiers, a soldier looked at the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion who had been captured without a fight, and asked Samoilov in a low voice: "Comrade platoon leader, how should these enemies be dealt with? Are they all executed on the spot?"

  If Samoilov could make a decision, he would definitely order the shooting of all the traitors of the motherland without hesitation, but now he cannot do so without further orders from Sokov. He thought for a moment, and then replied: "Tie them all up. As for how to deal with them, we have to wait for the order of Comrade Brigadier."

The fake Gesant was escorted in front of Sokov by two soldiers. He didn't know where he showed his flaws, so that Sokov saw through his identity, so he continued to defend himself and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I I think you must be mistaken, we are not enemies but our own people."

  Sokov pointed at Tushik next to him with his hand, and asked, "Captain Gesant, do you know him?"

  Fake Gesant looked at Tushik carefully, then shook his head blankly, and said, "I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I've never seen this person before. Who is he?"

   "Aren't you the deputy battalion commander of the third battalion?" Before Sukov could speak, Yakov sneered and said, "Don't you even know your own subordinates?"

Knowing that the lieutenant standing in front of him was the commander of the third battalion, Fake Gesant couldn't help but thump in his heart, but he reacted quickly and immediately thought of a response: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, It’s only been a few days since I became the deputy battalion commander, and everyone in the battalion hasn’t recognized him yet. Even if you don’t know him, there’s nothing wrong with it, right?”

  (end of this chapter)