Chapter 1365

That night, Yushchenko and Evgeny came to report to chisgakov and me that they had caught the leak. The leaker was a combat staff officer of the 77th division of Jinwei. When he went to the archives the day before yesterday to collect the information, he secretly printed the key with the impression when the archivists were not prepared. Then he used the key to steal the information of our army in the middle of the night.

When I heard this news, my first reaction was that I made a mistake. Maybe the so-called spy was tortured by Eugene. So after a while of silence, I tentatively asked Yushchenko, "major, are you sure that the person you arrested is the one who leaked our military information?"

"Yes, comrade commander, there is no mistake." Yushchenko said, took out a bunch of keys from his satchel, put them in front of me, and added: "this is the key we found on him, and he confessed to his crimes during the interrogation."

When I look at the key placed in front of me, I can't help feeling: as a passer-by, I always like to make a mistake. I feel that the people I deal with are not as smart as myself, and my thinking is too rigid. I don't know how to use tactics when fighting, and I often lose some victorious battles. However, recent facts show that my view is very wrong. For example, on how to eliminate internal spies, I have more experience in bringing out any officer at school level. The reason why I can stand out in this era is that I can't rely on my own understanding of the history of later generations. If this factor is removed, I think even an ordinary monitor is inferior.

I picked up the key, looked at it casually, handed it to chisgakov, then turned to Yushchenko and asked, "major, when was he betrayed by the German army?"

"Early November." Yushchenko reported: "at that time, the troops of the 77th division of the guards, under the cover of tank troops, met the German troops who escaped from Kiev. At that time, the staff officer and two soldiers captured several SS members, one of whom was an intelligence officer. The man slipped his gold watch and ring to the staff officer when the soldier didn't pay attention. After accepting the German advantage, the staff officer asked the soldiers to escort the other prisoners away, but he quietly let them go. "

"Hell," I could not help frowning when Yushchenko said this, "the staff officer let go of the prisoners without permission. After the battle, no one found out?"

"No one found out that the staff officer had let the prisoners go." Yushchenko continued: "at that time, the situation was very chaotic. There were defeated Germans all over the mountains and valleys. After releasing the prisoners, the staff officers arrested several other prisoners and took them back to hand over, cleverly covering up his crime of secretly releasing the prisoners."

When it comes to releasing prisoners privately, I seem to have done it, so when I heard Yushchenko say that, my face turned red. I quickly cut off the topic and asked, "major, it seems that he just released the prisoners privately, which has nothing to do with being instigated?"

"Comrade commander, I will talk about that next." Yushchenko stopped for a moment, as if recalling the contents of the confession, and then said: "shortly after the 77th division of the guards entered korostwev, the released SS officer disguised himself and sneaked into the city. After several rounds of turnover, he found the staff officer and threatened him. Because the staff officers had the handle in the hands of the German officers, and the German forces of fastiev were constantly carrying out counter attacks against Kiev at that time, the staff officers could not see our hope of victory, so they wavered and agreed to the request of the German officers to provide information for the other side. "

After I took a sip of the tea on the table, I said with great dignity, "major, go on. I want to know if this staff officer provided any information about our army to the Germans during the battle of Zhitomir. "

"Not at all." Yushchenko affirmed: "I have checked with the chief of staff of the 77th division of Jinwei. As a representative sent by the division, the chief of staff has always been at the forefront of the fighting forces and has no chance to contact secrets. It was not until our group army withdrew from Ukraine and entered Smolensk that the German contacted him again and asked him to find out the strength and garrison situation of our army. "

"How did he get the information out?" When I said this, I thought to myself that maybe I should transfer the 77th division of Jinwei and leave an 89th division in the city.

"Near the division headquarters of the 77th division of Jinwei, there is a piece of ruins that is not within the scope of clearing up for the time being. The staff officer hid the stolen information in a corner of the ruins, and then marked it. When the Germans see the mark, they will try to get the information out. "

"Has he met the German he met?" I continued.

Yushchenko nodded his head slightly: "once, the German told him that once he got the information about our army, he would put it in the designated place and there would be a special person to get it. And there will be a note for him if there are any instructions. "

After hearing this, I asked thoughtfully, "so he doesn't know how many Germans there are in Smolensk and where these people are hiding?"

"I think so." Yushchenko said with disapproval, "but it doesn't matter. As long as we cut off this way of divulging secrets, it will not be so easy for the Germans to obtain our army's intelligence."

I waited for Yushchenko to finish, then I turned and looked at Eugene, who was standing by without saying a word. Although Yushchenko was also born in the Ministry of interior, he has been fighting with me for the past two years, and his original major is a little strange. If you want to solve the latent German in the city once and for all, you can only rely on professionals like Eugene: "Comrade captain, what do you want to say?"

Hearing my question, Eugene quickly stepped forward and said, "Comrade General, I feel that if we want to eradicate the German lurking in the city, we must take advantage of this arrested spy."

"Oh, comrade captain," Eugene's words aroused my interest, so I asked with great interest, "what are you going to do?"

"We have to block the news of German spies and give the enemy lurking in the city the illusion that we have not noticed their existence at all, so that they can move boldly and safely." As soon as Eugene talked about his profession, he kept on saying: "at the same time, we can let this staff officer continue to provide German intelligence, of course, the false intelligence after our audit..."

"Just a moment, comrade captain." When I heard that he asked the staff officer to provide false information for the German, I had an idea and stopped Eugene immediately. "This matter is very important. I want to ask the superior for instructions. You and major Yushchenko should avoid it first. I'll call you when I get a reply from my superiors. "

After watching them go out, chisjakov, who kept silent all the time, said, "Comrade commander, do you still plan to use this staff member?"

"That's right." I had a complete plan in my mind. Anyway, there were only two of us in the room, so I confidently and boldly told chisjakov: "if we deliberately leak some false information to the Germans through this staff officer to mislead them in their judgment of the war situation, in the next battle, The pressure on us can be greatly reduced. " When I finished this sentence, seeing that chisgakov was still a little hesitant, he quickly added, "don't forget that when our army was liberating Kiev, in order to surprise the enemy, they deliberately sent out false news to make the Germans think that our attack direction was in the south. When the enemy's attention was focused on the south, our troops launched an attack from their unexpected north and captured Kiev in the shortest time. "

"Since you said that," chisjakov heard me mention the Kiev campaign and knew that I had made up my mind, he could not oppose it any more, so he nodded his head and reluctantly agreed, "then call Moscow and see what the upper authorities mean."

Seeing that chisgakov and I had reached an agreement, I went to the high-frequency telephone, picked up the receiver, dialed a number, and then said to the operator inside, "connect me with Moscow and find Marshal Zhukov!"

After waiting for two or three minutes, when I heard Zhukov's familiar voice coming out of the receiver, I said politely, "good evening, comrade marshal."

"What can I do for you, Rita?" Zhukov knew that I was the kind of person who didn't have to go to the three treasures hall and didn't care to talk to me, so he asked directly.

"Well, comrade marshal." I quickly told him about the leak and some of my plans.

After hearing this, Zhukov was silent for a long time and seemed to be thinking about my proposal. It wasn't until I lost patience that I heard him say in a low voice, "Rita, you're very thoughtful. I think you can try. As long as you are sure that you can firmly control that staff officer, then every once in a while, he will provide some true and false intelligence to the Germans, so that the Germans mistakenly think that this is a reliable intelligence source. In this way, when our army takes important actions, it can effectively divert the enemy's attention and let them concentrate their forces on unimportant areas. "

After getting Zhukov's Shangfang sword, I called Yushchenko and yevgeni back, and first asked them, "where are the other commanders participating in the training?" I am deeply afraid that some of their measures will involve innocent people and hurt these valuable staff members.

"Don't worry, comrade commander." Yushchenko is the person who knows my mind best. When he heard me asking, he knew what I was worried about. He quickly said, "in order to prevent leakage, I temporarily locked them up."

I thought about it, and then told Yushchenko: "major, we should arrange three days of training for them according to the original plan. After the training, ask everyone to sign a confidentiality agreement, and then send them back to their respective units. Remember, before they leave, you can hint to them that the superior will check their performance in private, and those with outstanding performance will be promoted to higher positions. Do you understand? "

"I see."

"Now you go and bring the staff officer here, and I'll talk to him." I also specially told Yushchenko, "be careful not to be seen on the way here. Because no one can guarantee that there are no enemy spies in our team. "

More than ten minutes later, Yushchenko personally came in with a young officer who was not wearing a military cap, his military uniform looked a little shabby, and his face was black and blue.

"It seems that people from the Ministry of internal affairs have done a lot of work." Chisgakov suddenly came close to my ear and whispered, "if the key to the preparation had not been found from this man, I would have worried that he would have been beaten."

The staff officer came up to us and suddenly made an unexpected move. He fell on his knees, opened his hands, and cried to us in despair: "two commanders, please forgive me, I was forced."“ Hum, forced. " Chisgakov snorted coldly and said, "I don't know what you have to do with the German people. They will be threatened by him."“ When I caught the German officer, he quietly gave me a watch while the soldiers were not paying attention, and begged me to let him go The staff officer bowed to the ground and murmured, "I was greedy for a while, so I sent the soldiers who followed me to carry out the task, and then let him go."“ Fool, you fool. " Chisgakov stood up, pointed to the staff on his knees and scolded: "as a rule, you hardly have to hand in anything you find from the prisoners. You don't have to let him go even if you've got everything on him? "“ I'm too confused. " The staff officer cried bitterly and said, "I saw that it was a very good watch. In addition, I was so soft hearted that I let the German officer go. It wasn't long before he came to the city in disguise and found me. He said that my watch was actually a camera, and there was film in it. If I didn't cooperate with him, he would tell me that I was a spy in the army. " After hearing the staff officer's statement, I really want to kick his feet. For this kind of threat and inducement, why don't you be polite to him? When he doesn't pay attention, just give him two shots in the back and finish him up. Do you still need to be threatened? But from this point, I think my plan is feasible. Just let the staff know that if they want to continue to live, they must choose to continue to cooperate with us, or they will die. Thinking of this, I coughed heavily, and then asked, "do you want to die, or do you want to live?"