Chapter 1363

Tavartkilaze and sivakov finally reached an agreement on the distribution of soldiers and weapons after a fierce argument.

Seeing that the two people who had just been fighting with each other were looking at me as usual, waiting for my final decision, I couldn't help laughing to myself. But I didn't ask them to wait. I got up from my seat and announced, "since your two opinions have been unified, let's do it according to your agreement." With that, I turned to look at bezikov, "chief of staff, you are responsible for the supervision of the distribution of troops and weapons and equipment."

"I understand." Bzikov nodded in agreement“ I will draw up a distribution plan as soon as possible and monitor the progress of the distribution work. "

I nodded with satisfaction at bezikov's reply, and then ordered the meeting to end.

In the next few days, I had the most relaxed life since the beginning of the battle of Kursk. Since the task of the army is to recuperate and coordinate with the local residents to rebuild their homes, commanders at all levels only need to carry out the long established plans step by step, so the whole headquarters is very idle.

It was not easy to meet a sunny day. After I got up, I moved a chair and sat in front of the window, lazily basking in the sun. I was thinking about whether I should call kirilov or chisgakov in the afternoon and go to some place to inspect. Just then, there was a knock on the door.

I got up and went to the door. When I opened the door, akhromeyev was standing at the door anxiously. Seeing his expression, I couldn't help clapping in my heart. Did something big happen?

Before I could speak, he said, "Comrade commander, there is an emergency. Comrade deputy commander is waiting for you in the headquarters."

I reached out and took off the coat hanging on the coat rack beside me. As I put it on my body, I asked, "is the deputy commander alone in the headquarters?"

"Yes, the deputy commander is alone." Akhromeyev quickly replied: "according to the supply plan, a group of new soldiers will arrive at yarcevo today, and the chief of staff will arrive early in the morning."

I took off my military cap, closed the door behind me, walked along the corridor, and asked in a hurry, "where are the comrades of the military commissar?"

Akhromeyev then replied, "half an hour ago, a factory delegation from Moscow came to Smolensk. Comrades of the military commissar received them."

Since we arrived in Smolensk, some representatives of Moscow's factories and party and League organizations have come to visit us, party workers, political activists, writers and journalists have visited us frequently, and even the higher authorities are preparing to arrange actors to perform in our troops. Kirilov is responsible for the reception of visitors. He hopes that through these interactions, we can establish a valuable and solid contact with visitors.

It was said that kirilov and bezikov had gone out to work, and chisgakov hurriedly asked me to go to the headquarters. I felt very uneasy. I thought something important must have happened, so I asked with a sidelong face: "major, do you know why the deputy commander wanted to see me?"

Originally, I thought I could get the answer I wanted from akhromeyev. Unexpectedly, he just shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. Originally, I was sorting out information in the war room. It was the deputy commander who came to see me in person and asked me to ask you to come and report important things to you immediately. And he told me that it's better not to disturb too many people. "

Although I didn't get what I wanted to know from akhromeyev, I at least heard the key point from his words, that is, this matter is very important, important enough to control the insiders in a very small range.

As soon as I entered the headquarters, I saw chisgakov sitting at the side of the long conference table, looking solemnly at the pieces of paper in his hand. As I walked towards him, I asked, "Comrade deputy commander, what's the matter?"

Hearing my voice, chisgakov put down the document in his hand, got up to shake hands with me, and said politely, "Comrade commander, here you are!"

"Good morning, comrade deputy commander," I reached out and shook him gently, then immediately released, "you asked major akhromeyev to come to me, I don't know what happened?"

"Comrade captain, I think it is more appropriate for you to report to the commander." Unexpectedly, she suddenly turned to her rear and said, "because she has the final say for everything in the sixth group of guards."

I looked behind chisgakov and was surprised to find that there was still a soldier with a blank face. As soon as I saw the blue cap on the other side, I couldn't help frowning. My heart said, "what are the people from the interior department doing here?"

The soldier stepped forward two steps, raised his hand to salute me, and then politely reported to me, "Comrade General, I'm captain yevgeni, chief of Smolensk special service section. The reason why I'm here today is that I feel obliged to report this matter to you and get your assistance."

I nodded at him as a compliment, and then asked faintly, "tell me, comrade captain, I want to hear what's important, which is worth your visit."

"I suspect there are German spies in your headquarters." After Eugene had said this, he must have felt that it was too arbitrary, and immediately added: "this is only our guess, but there is no doubt that there is a German spy's accomplice."

When I heard what Eugene said, my heart suddenly became anonymous. The army had a chance to rest, but you came to tell me that there were German spies in my army, and they were still in the headquarters. If I could do what I wanted, I would have pulled out the gun and killed the chief of the secret service standing in front of me without saying a word. But now, I can only suppress the anger in my heart and pretend nothing happened and ask, "Comrade captain, do you have any evidence?"

"Yes, Comrade General." Eugene said confidently, "the evidence we have has been given to general chisgakov. If you want to see it, let him show it to you. "

"Yes, comrade commander. It was after reading the materials given to me by Captain Evgeny that I asked major akhromeyev to call you Said chisgakov, turning to pick up the papers from the table and handing them to me. I think you will understand why I am so anxious to invite you here after reading the above contents. "

When I took the materials in the hands of chisgakov, I wishfully thought that they must have listed the criminal evidence of my so and so commanders, in order to prove that they were suspected of colluding with the enemy and treason. But after I read a few lines, my expression became serious immediately. It's not what I imagined, but the garrison, strength and equipment of the divisions of the group army. Even the distribution plan drawn up by bezikov a few days ago is in it.

After reading it, I looked up at Eugene and asked in surprise, "Comrade captain, where do you come from?" The reason why I ask this is that many of the contents involved in the information are confidential, which can not be known by outsiders except for a limited number of people in the headquarters of the group army. But now it appears completely in the data I read. How can I not be surprised.

Eugene looked at me and replied humbly, "Comrade General, this is a mysterious telegram that we intercepted in the early morning. After decoding, we found that it was actually information related to the garrison, so I sent it to you immediately!"

"Thank you, thank you, comrade captain!" Because of my prejudice against the Ministry of the interior, I almost missed the big event. In order to make up for my mistake, I took the initiative to shake hands with Eugene and said warmly, "please sit down, comrade captain. You are in a hurry to send us the documents. I don't think you have breakfast yet? Akhromeyev, "I said to the major," bring the captain breakfast and a pot of hot tea for us. "

After akhromeyev left, I looked around the room and found that except for the three of us, there were no other staff officers or signalmen. They should have been sent away by chisgakov. So I confidently asked Eugene, "Comrade captain, when did you discover this mysterious radio station?"

"Three days ago," Eugene said succinctly, "radio signals first appeared in Lenin District, then in post Dnieper district and industrial district."

I didn't ask the other party why they didn't catch the sender, because I know that in the city full of ruins, people can be hidden everywhere, not to mention a few people from the Ministry of interior, even if hundreds of people surround an area to search, it's hard to gain. I thought for a moment, then asked, "did you intercept their last two messages?"

Evgenie shook his head and replied, "because they've been sending messages for a short time, almost as soon as we've locked in their radio waves, it's over."

"Comrade commander," chipped in chisgakov, "I think it may be their superiors who are giving them some tasks. If they only accept messages and don't send them, we can't intercept them. "

Thinking of German spies in the city, I felt like I was stuck in my throat. I immediately asked Eugene, "Comrade captain, what can we do to eliminate this hidden danger?"

Hearing my question, Eugene quickly stood up and replied without expression: "first of all, all the people in the headquarters must be examined to find out who leaked the secret..."

"No, it can't be that way." Before Eugene finished speaking, I interrupted him and said in an indisputable tone: "if we review the personnel of the whole group army command, it will cause people panic and scare the snake. Therefore, we must not adopt this method. Is there any other way? "

"Comrade General, do you have another way?" Eugene asked respectfully when I had finished.

His reaction surprised me. When did the people in the interior department become so talkative? In particular, he is also a chief of secret service with amazing power? I was so busy thinking about Eugene's attitude that I forgot to answer his question for a moment.

"Comrade General." Seeing my delay in speaking, Eugene guessed the reason and quickly added: "I have received orders from my superiors. Since you are a person trusted and valued by Comrade belia, as long as you are in your place, the staff of the local Ministry of internal affairs should obey all your orders! "

What, belia told the interior to obey my orders, didn't I hear you right? When I heard Eugene say that, I almost hit my chin on the ground. Is that ridiculous? However, I soon recovered from my shock. I remember that when I visited o'shanin and Kulik, belia did give me such authorization. It's just that I didn't use it all the time, so I forgot about it. If Eugene hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have remembered that. The people of the Ministry of internal affairs may not be able to fight, but they have a unique way to detect and solve cases. It's impossible to dig out the German spies hidden in Smolensk and leave them. After organizing the words in my mind for a while, I said to Eugene, "Comrade captain, although I have rejected your proposal to censor the members of the whole group army headquarters, the headquarters is really the key to find the source of the information leakage." As I said that, I raised the information in my hand. "As for the distribution plan of soldiers and materials, no more than seven people, including me, know the details. You can start from this point, and you may soon get the information you want. "“ That's great. That's great. " Eugene hurriedly took out a pen and paper from his satchel, prepared for the record, and then asked, "Comrade commander, please tell me which seven people knew the details of this plan." I answered very cooperatively, "the people who know about this plan are me, deputy commander chisjakov, comrade kirilov, military Commissioner, Colonel bezikov, chief of staff, akhromeyev, director of operations, lophov, director of communications, and Archivist of the reference room." After yevgeni finished recording, he bowed to me and said, "Comrade General, you, deputy commanders, military commissars and chief of staff can be excluded from this list. I just need to review the last three people. "“ I think the chief of operations and the chief of communications can also be ruled out. " "They didn't work with us for a day or two," chisjakov replied calmly. "Since they haven't leaked secrets before, it's not them. As for the archivist, we were transferred from Moscow after we arrived in Smolensk. We don't know much about her. You can take her as the focus of your investigation. " Yevgeni did not immediately agree after chisgakov finished, but asked me: "Comrade General, I don't know how you think about it?" I took a look at chisgakov, and then answered decisively, "do as the deputy commander says."