When Sokov brought Anisimov to the command center of Gorishne, Goreshne, who was chatting with his subordinates, immediately stood up, raised his hand to salute Sokov, and asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, why are you free to come to me?" As he said that, he planned to drive out all the commanders who were still chatting with him.
"You don't have to leave." Henry noticed Gorishne's intentions, so he called them and continued, "I have important tasks to hand over to you here. You all stay and listen carefully, maybe you can give me some advice."
Seeing Sokov saying this with a serious expression, the commander present immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and quickly stood attentively, straightened his back and waited for Sokov to order.
"Comrades, according to the monitoring team under General Zhukov, there is a German radio station in the city." When Sokov said this, he did not immediately express the surprise on the faces of the commanders, but said to himself: "The general direction is located in the west of the city. In other words, the German spies hidden in the city are hiding not far from your command. If he reconnaissed this place, he directly led the German planes to carry out the bombing, I am afraid you will suffer heavy losses."
"Comrade Commander, I think you're over-concerned." A lieutenant colonel said disapprovingly: "If the enemy's planes come, we can find them from afar. Whenever we drill into the air raid shelter, the enemy will not be able to blow us even if we want to."
"I think the enemy may not be bombing during the day. What we need to be wary of is that it happens to be night."
"But after dark, the location of our command was in the night," the lieutenant colonel retorted: "The enemy can't even see where we are, how can they bomb us?"
"Lieutenant Colonel," Sokov recognized that the person who spoke was a regiment commander under Gorishne. Instead of using his identity to suppress the other party, he picked up a teacup on the table and said to everyone: "If this was your division headquarters," he placed the teacup in the middle of the table, and then picked up three cups in turn, respectively, and placed them in different directions of the cup representing the division headquarters. Then he said: "If I were the enemy, I might find a way to set fire in these three directions. In this way, even if it was dark, I could guide the bombing targets for the night-avalent bombers in the air."
Sokov's explanation was simple and clear. After hearing this, the commanders present were shocked and sweated. Since they entered the city, they were very vigilant during the day because they were worried about the German air strikes. But at night, they felt that the German pilots could not see the targets on the ground at all, so they would inevitably relax their vigilance.
After hearing Sokov's analysis, they all realized their mistakes. If the German spies in the city really set fire in three different directions at night, they would expose the location of the division to the German night bombers. After realizing his mistakes, the lieutenant colonel blushed and apologized to Sokov: "Sorry, comrade Commander, we underestimate the enemy too much."
Sokov came here today not to criticize anyone, but to hope that the troops of the 75th Guard Division could assist the police branch in the city to eliminate German spies hiding in the city. "We currently have limited intelligence and only know that the enemy spies may be hiding in the west of the city. Since the police branch has too few people, you may need your help when arresting German spies."
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." The lieutenant colonel replied loudly, "As long as you give me your order, I will immediately take people to the west of the city to carry out a comprehensive search. Even if the enemy is hiding under the ground, I will definitely pull him out."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, even if we go to the west of the city, we may not be able to catch the enemy. On the contrary, it will cause unnecessary panic among the residents." Sokov said to the lieutenant colonel: "I just hope that when the police branch performs the arrest mission, you can send troops to support it."
"Comrade Commander, please rest assured. What do you need our regiment to do? Just the next order is needed. Even if all the commanders and soldiers of our regiment have sacrificed their lives, they will definitely complete it."
"Very good." Sokov was very satisfied with the lieutenant colonel's statement. He nodded and continued: "If the German spies hiding in the city are not arrested as soon as possible, they will send our army's intelligence to their masters by telegram. This will be very unfavorable to us."
"Comrade Commander." Gorishne, who had not spoken, felt that he should stand up and say a few words, so he coughed heavily, stood up and said, "Don't worry, as long as there are any needs in the police branch, all the commanders and soldiers of our division will cooperate with each other."
After discussing with Goreshne to cooperate with the police branch, Sokov and Anisimov went to the police branch not far away.
The police branch was set up in a two-story building with no fortifications at the door, only two policemen carrying Mosinnagan rifles. When they saw Sokov and Anisimov coming, they quickly raised their hands to salute.
One of the police officers recognized Anisimov and hurriedly said with a smile: "It turns out to be Lieutenant Colonel Anisimov. Are you here to find our director?"
"Yes, comrade policeman." Anisimov nodded and replied, "We have something particularly important to talk to your director."
"Please wait a moment, and I will call the director out immediately." After the policeman said that, he turned around and ran inside.
A few minutes later, a tall young captain followed the police quickly out. When he saw the two people standing at the door, he was stunned. On one side was Lieutenant Colonel Anisimov whom he knew, and on the other side was a young colonel with a higher rank than Anisimov. For a moment, he didn't know who to report to.
"This is the commander of our 41st Guard Division, Colonel Sokov, the commander of the combat cluster." After introducing Sokov to the police captain, Anisimov said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, this is Captain Kester, the director of the police branch."
"Hello, Comrade Commander." Captain Kester quickly stood attentively and saluted: "Welcome to my branch office."
"Hello, Comrade Captain." Sokov reached out and held the other party's hand. While shaking hands, he asked with concern: "Are you used to living here?"
"Many houses in this building collapsed during German bombings." Kessel said with a wry smile: "Other than a few necessary offices, our dormitories are all arranged in the basement."
"Your environment is very difficult." Sokov said with emotion: "After a while, I will ask the political commissar to arrange a better place for you."
"Compared with the soldiers stationed outside the city, the environment here is still very good." Kester reached out and made a call, inviting Sokov to enter the house and chat: "Comrade Commander, it's not a place to talk outside. I think we'd better go to the office first."
"Comrade Captain," Sokov still stood there, looking at the two sentries at the door and said, "I think only two sentries were arranged at the door, and the defense was a little weak. Do you see if you were to arrange two machine guns somewhere. In this way, even if the enemy wants to launch a strong attack on you, you can resist them for a while so that reinforcements have enough time to arrive."
Chapter completed!