Chapter 526

Seeing the arrogant captain and his subordinates disappearing at the door, Colonel lyudnikov leaned down and asked in a low voice, "Comrade deputy commander, do you think we need to report this matter to the headquarters of the front army immediately?"

Instead of answering his question immediately, trakov stared sternly at the door and said nothing.

After a long time, he sighed softly, looked at the line of scouts standing by the wall, looked up at lyudnikov and said, "Comrade Colonel, let's arrange for the scouts to have a rest. We'll wait until daybreak if there's anything

Lyudnikov was disappointed with his performance, so he had to say helplessly, "OK, I'll let them have a rest first." With that, he reached for the phone on the desk.

"Wait a minute, comrade colonel." I held his hand and stopped him from calling.

"What are you doing, commander o'shanina?" Lyudnikov, confused by my sudden action, looked at me and asked.

"We can't let the scouts rest for the time being. I have a task to assign to them." I drew my hand back and explained to lyudnikov and to trekov at the table why I had just done that.

"O'shanina, the engineer is missing, even if these scouts are sent to continue the mission. They don't have the relevant expertise, and they can't detect the intelligence we want to know. " Trekov may have been a little displeased by my action of preventing lyudnikov from making a phone call, so he flatly refuted my statement.

"Comrade commander, comrade colonel." I pointed to the Scout by the wall and patiently said to him and lyudnikov, "listen to me, you two. It's because the key person in the reconnaissance team, the engineer, is missing that these soldiers can't rest. They should all be sent out immediately to look around for the engineers. You know, it's not far from the enemy's position here. The engineer ran away in panic. Maybe he would bump into the German side by mistake. If the Germans catch them, our plan to recapture the settlements will be leaked to the Germans. In order to ensure the victory of the counterattack, we must not let him fall into the hands of the Germans. "

After listening to my explanation, trikov nodded thoughtfully and said with approval, "Comrade oshanina is right. The engineer must be one of the people who understand the attack plan. If he is really captured by the Germans, it is quite possible for him to reveal our plan to the Germans. " At this point, he stood up and told lyudnikov: "Comrade Colonel, you immediately send the most capable small troops to search for the missing engineer with these scouts. I want to see people alive. Even if I die, I want to see his body."

I then added, "Comrade Colonel, I suggest you divide the search team into groups of ten and search in several directions at the same time. Each group is equipped with a scout of our division, because not only do they know engineers, but engineers also know them. Only when they see them, engineers will relax their vigilance and follow the search team back obediently. "

"Sir, comrade!" The wounded soldier leaning against the wall suddenly said, "can I report a situation to you?"

I quickly walked up to him and asked faintly, "Comrade soldier, if you have anything to say, just say it."

The wounded soldier came close to my ear and wanted to whisper to me. I quickly stepped back, frowned and said to him, "Comrade soldier, there is no outsider here. If you have anything to say, you can say it in public."

The wounded soldier blushed for a moment, looked left and right, and said boldly: "report to Mr. division, I think our engineers may have gone to Germany!"

"What?" His words shocked me. It's unbelievable that the engineer we entrusted might have gone to the German side after he disappeared.

"Why? Comrade soldier. Why are you so sure? " First of all, Colonel lyudnikov, who came back to himself, asked the wounded soldier loudly.

The wounded soldier glanced at lyudnikov's rank and said mysteriously, "when I was in Gulag concentration camp, I lived in the same shed with an engineer. I once heard him say that he was a top student in the Department of architecture of Technical University of Munich in Germany. After graduation, he worked in Berlin for two years, and later he was ordered to return home."

"You can't just say that he will go to Germany. You know, in our country, there are many people who have studied in Germany. As far as I know, except for a few scum who are working for the German people, most of the rest are still on the side of the motherland and fighting tenaciously against the German invaders. " After listening, lyudnikov said with disapproval.

"Comrade Colonel," seeing that lyudnikov did not believe what he said, the wounded soldier became impatient. He raised his voice and said, "do you know why he was sent to Gulag concentration camp? It was because he had been in Germany for several years and was suspected of collaborating with the enemy that he was arrested by the interior ministry. He was supposed to be shot at that time. Later, someone suggested that he should be locked up first. After defeating the bandits, he and the aggressors should be dealt with together. Only then can he save his life. "

I can't laugh or cry at what the wounded soldiers say. Because the engineer had studied in Germany, he was arrested as a suspect of cooperating with the enemy and put into Gulag concentration camp. I believe that he must have suffered a lot of inhuman torture in the concentration camp. He had a chance to escape from his life and was almost killed as a deserter by his own people. Now he is missing in the area not far from Germany. With his proficient German, even if he really goes to the past, he will be accepted there smoothly.

Thinking of this, I turned to trakov and lyudnikov and said, "commander, Colonel, we can't delay any longer. Let's act now. If we really wait for this engineer to run to the enemy, then our plan will be in vain. "

Trikov nodded, stood up and said to lyudnikov, "Comrade Colonel, take these scouts out and assign them to the search teams. Don't hesitate and act immediately."

Lyudnikov agreed and was about to walk out. Suddenly he saw the wounded soldier. He stopped and asked trakov, "Comrade deputy commander, what about the wounded soldier?"

Trikov rolled his eyes at him and said angrily, "find him a place to rest, and then ask the health worker to bandage his wound. Go ahead and carry it out

Lyudnikov came to the scouts and said to them, "boys, I think you must be tired and hungry. Well, let's go out and have some food and tea, and have a rest before we start. Come on, come with me. " With that, he took the lead and went out.

The scouts clattered closely behind him and went out. The two soldiers who had helped the wounded also left the wounded and went straight out. Seeing that there was no one to help him, the wounded soldier got flustered and cried out: "comrades, brothers, you can't leave me, I am a wounded man!"

He cried for a long time, and none of the scouts turned back. Seeing that all his companions had left, he had no choice but to leave the division headquarters with one foot and one hand on the wooden wall.

When the back of the wounded soldier disappeared from the door, trakov snorted heavily and muttered, "damn Judas!" Listening to him say so, I guess he is disgusted with the wounded soldier who betrayed his colleagues.

Trekov and I were the only two people left in the headquarters. I felt very uncomfortable when I thought that lyudnikov had asked him for instructions just now about whether he would report the misdeeds of the Ministry of internal affairs to the higher authorities and was politely rejected by him. I deliberately turned my head to one side, pretending to look at the map on the wall, ignoring him.

"O'shanina, are you still angry that I won't stand out for the scouts and report the misdeeds of the officers and men of the Ministry of internal affairs to the higher authorities?" Trekov asked suddenly behind me.

I quickly turned around and looked at him, thinking about how to answer his question. Without waiting for me to speak, he had already said: "as you know, the power of the Ministry of internal affairs is too great, and ordinary people have no way to deal with them. Besides, the supervisor team of the Ministry of internal affairs was set up by the Supreme Commander himself. I can't help myself. Comrade o'shanina, can you understand my helplessness? " Trekov looked straight into my eyes, with a twinkle of desire to be recognized.

I looked at him with mixed feelings. I understand that what he said is true. For the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of interior, he is really powerless. I was silent for a while before I responded to him and said, "Comrade commander, I understand your difficulties. I don't blame you. I'm worried about the missing engineer. I don't know if the search team can find him

Trekov thought about it and then said to me, "o'shanina, I don't have much hope that the search team can find an engineer. Maybe he's gone. However, our reconnaissance work can not be stopped. We should seize the time to make clear the enemy's defense situation in the residential areas. "

With a smile on my face, I tentatively asked: "Comrade commander, since we can't expect the search team to find engineers, do you need me to go back to the station immediately and bring another engineer?"

Trekov listened to me, nodded and agreed: "what you said is reasonable. Do as you say. You leave immediately, return to the independent division's base, and bring two or three engineers. Before the Germans are aware of our reconnaissance operation, we should finish this reconnaissance mission as soon as possible. "

"It shouldn't be too late. I'll start right away." Seeing that it was time to race against the clock, I didn't dare to delay any longer. After talking to trekov, I hurried back.

Trekov's jeep and the truck carrying the guard class were still parked outside. I left the headquarters and rushed to the jeep directly. I opened the door of the co driver's side and chased sidtorin down. Then I sat on it and urged the driver to drive quickly.

After the car started, I specially looked back. Fortunately, the truck driver was still smart, and also drove up.

Although the driver of the jeep drives the car very fast, I still think it's too slow. I'm afraid that the missing engineer has fallen into the hands of the German. In that case, the difficulty of our reconnaissance will be greatly increased.

As soon as the car stopped outside the forest, I pushed the door open and jumped down. Without waiting for the guard behind me, I ran to the headquarters of the shejerikov regiment.

As the guard class was taken away by me, there were no soldiers on duty at the moment at the gate of the headquarters, so I rushed in. Maybe the noise of me entering the door was too loud, which startled both sheijerikov and razumeyeva in the headquarters. The captain even pulled out his pistol and pointed it at me.

Seeing that it was me, the captain put the pistol back into the holster and asked with concern: "Comrade division, you are back. Are you clear about the deserters? Which regiment is it from? "

I sat down on the stool, panting for breath, and told razumeyeva: "sergeant, you and the three commanders come in immediately, and let them come here for a meeting immediately. I have an important military information report!"

While razumeyeva was in contact with the other three operators, I looked up and said to shejerikov, who was standing beside me: "what deserter? It's the reconnaissance team that captain Gaidar sent to the residential area for reconnaissance. Because they didn't have a pass, people from the Ministry of interior thought they were deserters, and they shot and killed two soldiers

Originally, I thought that when I said this, shijerikov would be filled with indignation and attack the internal affairs department. After hearing this, he went to my opposite and sat down in silence, staring at the map on the table in a daze.

In less than ten minutes, the three commanders who received the notice came to the headquarters together.

As soon as he entered the door, Captain kosga could not wait to ask on behalf of all the people, "Comrade commander, what's the matter with calling all our commanders in the middle of the night?"

Instead of answering immediately, I asked them to sit down first. After they were all seated one by one, I stood up and said solemnly, "two hours ago, general trakov told me very angrily through the telephone that the interior department's supervisors had captured more than a dozen deserters who claimed to be independent divisions in the defense area of the 70th division of the guards. After they were caught, they tried to escape. As a result, two of them were killed and several others were injured by the supervisors. The rest of them were all arrested. Originally, the overseers wanted to shoot them all on the spot. Fortunately, they were found by the patrol of the guard division. They took these deserters to the division headquarters, and their division commander, Colonel lyudnikov, reported the news to general trakov. " When I spoke, I had been observing the expressions of the four of them. No matter when I talked about the 70th division of guards or Colonel lyudnikov, they didn't react at all. Obviously, they didn't connect the desertion incident with the reconnaissance unit at all. However, it's not surprising that they are ignorant. Except for my division commander, they don't know who the commander of other troops is.

"What happened after you and general trakov went to the division headquarters of the guard division?" Shijerikov is one of the four commanders who most wants to know the truth. After all, he is one of those who knows why I left in a hurry in the middle of the night.

With a sneer, I continued: "general trakov and I went to the division headquarters of the guard division, and with the help of the division commander, Colonel lyudnikov, we saw these deserters detained by the overseers. After a careful inquiry, we found out that these so-called deserters were originally Scouts of our division. "

"Scout?" When Gaidar heard the word, he jumped up from his seat and asked anxiously, "Comrade division, are those scouts I sent?"

I nodded at him and answered positively, "yes, the so-called deserters are the reconnaissance units you sent to scout the residential areas. Because they had no identification, they were arrested as deserters by the internal affairs department's supervision team. If it were not for the patrol of the 70th division of the guards, they would have been shot now. " At this point, I couldn't help slapping the table heavily and yelling at him: "Comrade captain, since you have sent a reconnaissance team to the orlovka area, why don't you report to me?"

Gaidar lowered his head in embarrassment. Instead of answering my question, he asked with a gloomy look: "Comrade division, are there many casualties in the reconnaissance unit?"

I hurled a heavy hum at him and said: "fortunately, only two people were killed and one was injured." Although I have been hearing about several injured people, I only saw that the informant was injured in the leg in the headquarters, and the rest of them were in good condition. So now when I report to my subordinates, I only say that one person was injured.

Captain Oleg looked at the stupefied shejerikov and dejected Gaidar, got up and asked, "Comrade division, what shall we do next? Do you want to continue reconnaissance or withdraw the reconnaissance unit? "

I waved my hand and said firmly, "it's impossible to withdraw. The construction engineer in the reconnaissance unit is missing in the chaos. I have asked Col. lyudnikov to send someone to assist in the search. As engineers are the key to this reconnaissance mission, we can't sit and wait for the results of the search team. We should send new engineers to go there and then conduct detailed reconnaissance on the residential areas. "

When he heard that he was sending engineers back, Gaidar stood up and asked me to replace the missing engineer to complete the reconnaissance mission

"You?" I looked him up and down in disbelief. "Can you do it?"

Gaidar nodded in affirmation and answered me, "Comrade division commander, I was a construction engineer before the war. Besides building houses, I also participated in the construction of many national defense fortifications. I am confident that I will finish the task well. "

I kindly reminded him: "Comrade captain, this reconnaissance mission is dangerous, and you may lose your life. You should think it over before you answer me."

"I think it over. I'm confident that I can finish this task well." Gaidar said firmly.

"You really think about it, don't you regret it?" I'll ask again.

"Think about it!" Gaidar's tone is unprecedented firmness.