Chapter 1313

When we discussed the disposal of cultural relics in the base, we inevitably mentioned travkin, who was reconnoitred in Lutsk. Hearing the name of travkin, chisgakov could not help saying to himself, "it's strange that the major hasn't heard from them these two days, and they don't know whether they have successfully entered the bank and found the whereabouts of the amber room."

"Major akhromeyev," when I heard what chisgakov said, I immediately called him over, frowned and asked, "have you contacted major travkin these two days?"

"Contacted." With an expression of embarrassment on his face, akhromeyev replied, "according to the reports of the remaining members of the guerrillas and the detachment, major travkin, Lieutenant gretka and the cultural relic experts have lost contact with them since they entered Lutsk."

"What, the whereabouts of travkin are unknown?" When I heard akhromeyev say that, I couldn't help but feel a thump. I said that the team was really full of disasters. First, the plane was shot down, and then the leader, travkin, disappeared again. "When did this happen?"

"Information received last night." Akhromeyev replied.

"Major, since I received the information last night," although I highly value akhromeyev, it does not mean that I can tolerate his behavior of not reporting his information. Therefore, I asked sternly, "why not report in time?"

"Comrade commander," akhromeyev replied somewhat flustered, "at that time, you were busy deploying troops to defend Zhitomir and transporting materials. I think since major travkin's whereabouts are unknown now, we might as well wait a little longer. I will report to you when we have his exact whereabouts!"

"Well, Rita, don't blame him. From what I know of major ahlomeyev, he's not an irresponsible staff officer." After pleading for akhromeyev, kirilov narrowed his eyes, looked at each other and asked kindly, "Comrade major, do you have the latest information about the detachment?"

"No, comrade military Commissar." Akhromeyev looked gratefully at kirilov, who had rescued himself, and shook his head vigorously. "So far, we haven't received any new telegrams."

"It's strange that the guerrillas who stayed outside the city lost contact with major trafkin." Chisgakov was puzzled and said: "normally, if three people go to the city together, even if there is any accident, there will always be someone out of danger. Why do three people disappear at the same time?"

As soon as chisgakov finished, bzikov immediately told akhromeyev, "major, go to the communication room and tell major lophov to keep in touch with the team. Report to us as soon as you hear from major travkin. "

At noon, watujing called us. "Comrades o'shanina, it seems that you have taken the right risk. The convoy of cultural relics has successfully entered Kiev," he said in a relieved voice on the phone

It is said that the team has successfully arrived in Kiev, and my heart is hanging on the ground. After a long breath, I asked carefully, "Comrade General, are all the cultural relics transported back by the motorcade stored in Kiev?"

"Although we have assembled several army groups in Kiev, it is still uncertain whether we will be able to hold on to the fierce German offensive." "Therefore, I intend to let the team make a stop in Kiev and rush to Moscow in the snow. Under the present circumstances, there is no better place to store the goods than Moscow. By the way, major trafkin, have they found the amber room? "

I was really more and more afraid of something. I was hesitating about how to report the disappearance of travkin to vatujing, but he asked about it first. My brain was spinning fast, trying to figure out how to answer his question.

It may be that I haven't heard my answer for a long time. Vatukin was a little impatient. He raised his voice and asked, "Comrade oshanina, are you deaf? Why don't you answer my question? "

"Yes, Comrade General." I knew that I didn't hide it any more, so I just said with a stiff head and trembling: "according to the reports of the remaining members of the guerrillas and the detachment who stayed outside the city of Lutsk, major trafkin, Lieutenant gretka and the cultural relic experts, they completely lost contact after entering Lutsk."

"What, major travkin and the heritage expert are missing?" Watujing said in surprise. I noticed that when he spoke, he missed a gretcar, and I don't know whether he meant it or not.

Vatukin was silent for a moment, and said slowly, "Comrade oshanina, if I remember correctly, this second lieutenant gretka surrendered to our army during the battle of Stalingrad?" After getting my approval, he went on, "is his loyalty guaranteed? I think the first thing you need to know is whether there is any necessary connection between major trafkin's disappearance and him

"Comrade General, I can assure you with my reputation that there is absolutely no problem with lieutenant gretka." When I heard that vatukin suspected gretka, I quickly explained to him, "there is absolutely no problem with his loyalty. There may be other reasons for the disappearance of major trafkin this time."

"What's the reason, then?" "Major travkin went to the enemy's rear to carry out reconnaissance missions, not once or twice. Why didn't anything happen before? But this time, he lost contact with the guerrillas outside the city when he worked with this second lieutenant gretka“ Chief general, major travkin reported last time that he saw a truck carrying cultural relics outside the bank in the city. " In order to dispel vatujing's suspicion, I patiently explained to him, "at that time, the major wanted to sneak into the bank to have a look. However, because the military uniform and fake documents you prepared for them were burned when the plane crashed, they in ordinary soldiers' uniforms could not get close to the heavily guarded bank, so they had to find another way to enter." Vatukin may be busy with his work, and he doesn't want to entangle with me on this matter any more. "Since you think gretka is trustworthy, I'll give you another day to find out the whereabouts of major travkin anyway." Then he hung up. After I put down the phone, I said to chisgakov, who has been following me all the time: "the senior general is very concerned about the disappearance of major travkin. He has given us a day to find out the whereabouts of the major. To be exact, it means to live to see people and to die to see corpses. What should we do? "“ Send a telegram to the guerrillas immediately, let them try to sneak into the city, and find out what happened to the major After listening to this innocuous proposal, I immediately shook my head and rejected it: "no, comrade deputy commander, if this method is feasible, I think the guerrilla comrades will have entered Lutsk long ago."“ What shall we do then? " "I can't think of any other way than waiting for the latest telegram from the guerrillas to find out the whereabouts of major travkin in the shortest possible time," he asked anxiously I thought about it. If I continue to wait for the news from Lutsk, I don't know that it will take me a long time to get the news about travkin. It's better to take the initiative to attack than to wait. Thinking of this, I said to chisjakov, "Comrade deputy commander, I don't think it's a good way to wait like this. We should send another reconnaissance team to Lutsk to establish contact with the guerrillas and jointly find the whereabouts of major trafkin."“ Comrade commander, we are more than 200 kilometers away from Lutsk, and we have encountered heavy snow blocking the road. " "Even if we send a reconnaissance team immediately, they will not be able to get to Lutsk in one day, let alone establish contact with the guerrillas," bezikov added“ Yes, commander watujing left us too little time. " "If you give us three days, then our reconnaissance team will be able to send back the information we need within the specified time," chisjakov sighed I looked up to see akhromeyev coming in from the outside and said to him, "major, it's very nice of you to come. You call the division heads and ask them, "who has a reconnaissance team near wallensky?"“ Yes Akhromeyev agreed briefly, turned and walked to a telephone beside the wall, picked up the receiver and began to dial. Bzikov took a look at akhromeyev, who was on the phone, and said to me with some worry: "Comrade commander, even if we have a reconnaissance team near the new city of vorensky, they are still more than 100 kilometers away from Lutsk. They can't reach their destination without a day or a night."“ Not so much. We have to find major travkin by all means When I said this, I stopped for a moment, and then said, "as for the senior general, you don't have to worry. His main focus now is on how to protect Kiev. If we don't remind him of the disappearance of major travkin, he can't remember it at all. " At this time, akhromeyev, who was on the phone next to him, suddenly said in surprise: "Comrade commander, commander of the 51st division of the guards, Colonel xiejerikov reported that they had a reconnaissance team near Rovno."“ That's great. That's great. " Bezikov pointed to Rovno on the map and said excitedly: "there are only dozens of highways from luzk here. If the reconnaissance team acts quickly, it will only take more than ten hours to get outside luzk and get in touch with the guerrillas hiding there."