I don't have any opinions about the possible German spies in the army, but I don't want Eugene to make too much noise. In this way, it is not only easy to scare the snake, but also make people in the team panic, so we must find someone to restrict him. Thinking of this, I picked up the phone on my desk and dialed the regiment headquarters of the guard regiment. The person who answered the phone said directly, "I'm o'shanina. Let your commander answer the phone."
Soon, Yushchenko's voice came from the receiver: "Comrade commander, it's me, major Yushchenko. Do you have any important instructions?"
"Major, come to my headquarters at once." With that, I hung up without giving him a chance to speak.
When Eugene saw me calling others, he might have guessed that I was arranging staff to handle the case with him. He couldn't help looking embarrassed: "Comrade General, this matter can't be known to too many people, otherwise there will be the possibility of leakage."
"Don't worry, comrade captain. Major Yushchenko used to be in the Ministry of the interior. " I knew what he was worried about and quickly gave him a reassurance: "more importantly, he was personally sent by the supreme commander to our army."
When I said that Yushchenko used to be a member of the Ministry of interior, Eugene's face was relaxed; But as I went on to say, he was sent here by the Supreme Commander himself, which immediately made the officer of the Ministry of interior respect him. He stood up from his seat, straightened up and said to me, "Comrade General, I think this major should be in charge of this clean-up operation. After all, his rank is higher than mine."
Seeing that Eugene was so wise, I nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "well, comrade captain, since you think it's more appropriate for major Yushchenko to direct this operation, I'll let him take charge of it. And now he's the head of the guard under me, and it's more convenient to move troops. "
Just then, Yushchenko came in from the outside. He came to us, looked at evgenny standing beside him with a strange look, raised his hand, saluted chisgakov and me, and then asked, "Comrade commander, major Yushchenko, head of the guard regiment, has been ordered to come. I'm at your command, please give me instructions!"
"It's very nice of you to come, major. Let me introduce you. This is captain Eugene, chief of Smolensk's secret service I first introduced Yevgeny to Yushchenko, a senior officer, and then I introduced Yushchenko to Yevgeny: "Comrade captain, this is major Yushchenko, my head of security."
After they shook hands, I said, "major, I called you here because some radio station appeared in the city and sent out the stolen information of our army. It's up to the captain to give you a detailed account of the specific situation. "
After listening to Eugene's introduction patiently, Yushchenko turned to me and asked, "Comrade commander, what should we do?"
"We should do it in two steps." I went up to Yushchenko and said to him, "first, immediately investigate where the secret was leaked; Second, let the Communications Department of the group army cooperate with the comrades of the secret service section to locate the enemy's radio station and try to eliminate him. " At this point, after a pause, I continued, "now you and captain Eugene will go and cross examine the new archivist to see if the leak is related to her. Pay attention, don't make too much noise, so as not to scare the snake. "
Just as Yushchenko and yevgeni were about to leave, akhromeyev, who was ordered to get breakfast, finally appeared. Seeing that they were going out, he said to Eugene, "Captain, you haven't had breakfast yet."
Eugene quickly reached out and picked up two pieces of bread from the plate, put a few pieces of cut sausages in it, then gave akhromeyev a polite smile, and sped up to catch up with Yushchenko.
After akhromeyev came and put the plate on the table, I asked him to sit down, and then told him in detail what Evgeni had reported.
After hearing this, he had an incredible expression on his face. He was surprised and asked, "Comrade commander, you can't make a mistake. How can we have German spies in our troops? "
"Not before, not now." Then I picked up the information on the table, put it in front of him, and said, "have a good look. This is a telegram intercepted by comrades of the secret service. All the information on it is our army's secret. At present, we are still in the process of recuperation. Even if the Germans get the information, it's not a big deal. But once our group army rejoins the battlefield and such a leak happens again, the situation will be serious. Therefore, we must find out the leaker in the shortest time to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. "
After listening to me, akhromeyev asked anxiously, "Comrade commander, will these things be self defeating if they are handed over to those guys in the Ministry of interior?"
"Don't worry, comrade major." Akhromeyev, like me, has prejudice against the Ministry of internal affairs. I have to say a few good words for Smolensk's special service section from an objective point of view, in case akhromeyev is resistant when I arrange for him to cooperate with them. "The comrades of the special service section are quite good at handling cases. Although I don't like dealing with them very much, I sometimes have to express my admiration for their efficiency in solving cases. "
Akhromeyev put forward his own views on my two plans: "Comrade commander, you ask major Yushchenko and captain yevgeni to examine the archivist. With my understanding of the major, he will be able to examine what he wants without knowing it. As for the cooperation between the communications department and the secret service, I don't know who you are going to put in charge of this? "
"Who do you think is more suitable?" Instead of answering his question, I asked with a smile, wondering in my heart whether he would name the person in my mind.
Fortunately, akhromeyev didn't disappoint me. He only thought for a moment, and then he did not hesitate to name the candidate I had long thought of: "I think it's more appropriate for captain razumeyeva to be in charge. She's proficient in her business. No one is more suitable than her for the work of targeting the area where the enemy's radio station is located."
"Comrade commander," after listening to the candidate recommended by akhromeyev, chisjakov couldn't help interrupting: "although I haven't dealt with Comrade razumeyeva for a long time, I think the candidate recommended by the major is very suitable."
"Well, comrade deputy commander." Seeing that chisgakov also agreed with akhromeyev's opinion, I pushed the boat forward and said, "since you agree, it's up to the major to give an account to captain razumeyeva. Remember, during this period of time, comrade razumeyeva should be provided with a separate room to facilitate her work and prevent the leakage of secrets. "
Yushchenko and Eugene, who went to examine the archivists, came back. I looked at them and asked, "what did the archivists say?"
"She said that when she received the document, she would archive it according to the category, and she would not open the document to see what was in it at all." After finishing these words, Yushchenko took the initiative to defend for the archivist: "according to my observation, what she said should not be a lie, and her suspicion can be ruled out."
Yushchenko quickly handed me a bunch of keys and said, "Comrade commander, please see, this is the key to the archives."
I took the key and looked back and forth for a long time, but I didn't see why. So I asked Yushchenko, "major, what do you want me to see?"
"Comrade commander, look at the traces left on the surface of these keys." seeing that I didn't see a name, Yushchenko quickly explained to me, "according to captain Yevgeny's judgment, someone should have copied these keys with impressions, and then secretly opened the archives room with the key after the archivist got off work, stealing our secrets."
After I put the key aside, I frowned and said, "if, as the captain analyzed, the situation is that the key was stolen, then the Archivist's suspicion can be ruled out. Now we need to figure out who has access to the keys to the archives. "
"Comrade General, I have taken this into consideration." Eugene said confidently: "the only person who can get access to the keys of the archives is the person who has been to the archives. All of these have detailed levels in the archivists. I've got the list of people who have been in the archives this week. "
When I took the list that Eugene had handed me, I suddenly felt black in front of me, and it was covered with two pages. I counted roughly, and there were about 200 people. But at the same time, I was also secretly glad that I arranged Yushchenko to be in charge of this matter. If Yevgeny was in charge, he would certainly detain more than 200 people for examination. At that time, he would not only scare people, but also cause panic in the army.
I put the list on the table and asked calmly, "Comrade captain, what are you going to do with these people?"
"They should all be isolated." Yevgeni replied decisively, "then we will screen them one by one to find out the hidden enemies."
"Captain, have you ever thought about what would happen if so many people were isolated?" I was worried that Eugene only wanted to eliminate German spies, but he didn't pay attention to ways and methods. In the end, he was kind-hearted and did bad things, so he specially reminded him, "at that time, we will not only paralyze the work of many departments, but also create a kind of panic in the army, and everyone will feel threatened. How can we carry out our work?"
When I said this, Eugene scratched the back of his head and said in great embarrassment, "Comrade General, what shall we do? We can't let the enemy, who is hidden among us, go unpunished, can we
"Don't worry, he can't run. As long as we find the man who stole the key to the archives, the problem will be solved. Is that right, comrade captain? " Seeing that he nodded in affirmation of my statement, I went on to analyze it for him: "according to my judgment, the person who stole the key should have been in the archives before yesterday, so the person who went to the archives today can be directly excluded." With that, I crossed out the names of more than ten people registered today with a pencil.
My demonstration inspired Eugene. He patted his forehead and said, "yes, I'm so confused. Judging from the mark on the key, it should have been made yesterday, so people before yesterday can be ruled out."
After my exclusion and his exclusion, the original list of more than 200 people was reduced to more than 20. I carefully looked at the rest of the list, then crossed out the commander of the 51st division of the guards and commander Lukin of the 375TH division of the infantry. Then I pushed the list to Eugene and said to him, "well, comrade captain, now there are only 20 people left. I believe that with your ability, you can complete the screening work in the shortest time."
"But, comrade general," said Eugene, somewhat embarrassed, "what should I do next? You know, even if there are only 20 or so people, if you want to isolate them, there will be no small disturbance. " In fact, his concern has been puzzling me all the time. Whether it's isolating 200 or 20 people, it will cause a big stir in the army. What's a good way to isolate these people without disturbing more people? When I was in a dilemma, chisgakov suddenly got up from his seat, went up to Eugene, picked up the list on the table, looked at it carefully several times, and said, "Comrade commander, I have an idea that these people can be isolated temporarily without causing suspicion from the outside world."“ Comrade deputy commander, what can I do for you? " Listening to chisgakov's words, I was like a drowning man holding on to a straw, and hastened to say, "come on, listen!"“ It's very simple "I looked at the list and the positions of these people, and they were almost all staff officers of the headquarters or divisions," chisjakov said lightly. We can publicize to the outside world that because of the heavy casualties of the army commanders some time ago, we plan to promote some of them from the grassroots commanders, so we plan to organize some promising commanders to the headquarters for a three-day short-term training. "“ That's great. That's great! " After listening to chisjakov's proposal, I gave him a thumbs up and said sincerely, "Comrade deputy commander, your proposal is really wonderful. It is estimated that none of the staff members who have been informed would have thought that they came here to be examined. Even if there were German spies inside, they would relax their vigilance. Well, comrade deputy commander, it's up to you to send this notice. "