Half an hour later, Kester called Sokov and said in a frustrated tone: "Comrade Commander, we are one step late. When we arrived at the deputy director's residence, he had been killed."
"What, he was killed?" Sokov was shocked when he heard the news. He asked quickly: "Have you found anything valuable in his home?"
"Comrade Commander, it is obvious that after he was killed, the murderer carefully searched the house." Kester said helplessly: "You also know that the living conditions are very bad nowadays. Even as the deputy factory director, he only has one room and does not have any decent furniture. It is very difficult to hide something in such a room."
Kester's meaning was obvious. Even if the deputy factory manager had something hidden in his home, the murderer who killed him had taken away the things in advance, leaving no clues to the police officers who came to arrest the deputy factory manager.
Sokov knew very well that since the enemy had taken the lead and took the lead, it would be useless to blame Kester and others. So he simply said: "I understand." Then he hung up the phone directly.
"Comrade Commander," Anisimov immediately asked anxiously when he saw Sokov hung up the phone: "The clue is broken, so how should we find out the enemy hiding in the city?"
"It seems that the enemy is very cunning. We just arrested Sergei. In order to prevent us from following the clues, he actually silenced the deputy factory director." Sokov said thoughtfully: "It seems that we still have to find a way to open a breakthrough from Sergei."
"But Sergei is very stubborn and has never admitted that he is a spy until now. I don't think it's easy to open a breakthrough from him." Anisimov advised Sokov: "Or, send Lieutenant Samoilov from the Guard Battalion to deal with this matter. He used to be from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was the best at interrogation."
"No, Samoilov cannot be held responsible for the interrogation." Sokov thought to himself that it was because Samoilov was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs before that he could not be held responsible for this matter. According to their style of betrayal, even if he received a confession from Sergei, his credibility would be greatly reduced.
"Why?"
Sokov could not tell Anisimov that if Samoilov was asked to be responsible for the case, a lot of unjust, false and wrong cases might be created. He could only say vaguely: "Comrade Political Commissar, let's leave this kind of thing to professionals. We are the army, so we just need to concentrate on fighting our wars."
Originally, Sokov didn't plan to take care of the matter anymore, but what happened again that night.
Shivakov opened the phone in the middle of the night and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, an hour ago, a German paratrooper squad was airborne in our defense zone. After some battle, we shot and killed seven paratroopers. But after careful search, we found that no less than five paratroopers had escaped."
When Sokov learned that the German army had actually dropped a small team in the north of the city, he hurriedly asked, "Which direction did you escape?"
"Our soldiers followed the footprints to chase, but near the city, the footprints suddenly disappeared." Shivakov continued to report: "I have transferred a battalion and are searching for that area."
"I understand. If there is any latest situation, remember to report it to me at any time."
After Sokov put down the phone, he said to Vetkov, who was dozing off at the table: "Comrade Chief of Staff, Colonel Sivakov called me and said that a paratrooper squad was airborne in their defense zone. After some battle, seven people were killed, but the remaining enemies ran away in the direction of the city."
"Strange, what are the enemy's paratroopers doing here?" Witkov said with a blank look: "There are no valuable targets in the city except for a dozen warehouses?"
"No, Comrade Chief of Staff, you are wrong. There are more important goals in the city than warehouses." Sokov looked up at Vitkov and reminded him, "Did you forget that General Zhukov is still here with us?"
After Sokov reminded him, Vitkov immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, quickly grabbed the phone and said, "I will arrange personnel immediately to strengthen the security work of the general."
"No, we can't send people there." Sokov quickly stopped Vitkov's intention: "The enemy may not have figured out where the generals are sitting. If we go there with great fanfare, isn't it equivalent to telling the enemy that the target you are going to attack here? Moreover, the troops are mobilized in the middle of the night, because the visibility is low, even if the enemy infiltrates, they may not be easily noticed."
"What should we do?" Vitkov knew that Sokov was right, but he could not sit idly by Zhukov's safety, and asked anxiously: "You can't do nothing, right?"
"Call the commander in charge of the General's security work and order him to strengthen his guard. Anyone who tries to approach the hotel will immediately shoot without hesitation." Sokov calmly issued an order to Vitkov: "Also, send two guard platoons to the street where the hotel is located. If any accident occurs in the direction of the hotel, immediately rush over to support."
"But, Comrade Commander, you just said that mobilizing troops to reinforce in the middle of the night may cause chaos." Witkov asked curiously: "Then how can we avoid chaos?"
"It's very simple. If a battle occurs in the hotel, the task of these two guard platoons is to eliminate all the people active on the streets. You cannot approach the hotel before dawn."
"This is a good idea." Vitkov immediately agreed with Sokov's arrangement, and then he called the guard battalion commander Tenev: "Comrade Major, I am Fang Kai, the chief of staff, and immediately call Captain Seryosha to me. I have a task to hand over to him."
In less than five minutes, Seriosha, who was dressed in dishevelled and confused, appeared in front of Sokov. Sokov said to him directly: "Seryosha, I will give you a task now. I will immediately take two platoons of troops to wait for a while near the hotel where the general lives. Once a battle occurs in the direction of the hotel, your mission is to eliminate the figures of those who are moving on the street. Do you understand?"
"What if there are our own people among the people in the active figures?" Seriosha asked carefully: "Didn't that beat them to death?"
"Seryosha, in the dark, are you sure to distinguish between an enemy or your own people among a group of people wearing the same uniform?" Seeing that Seryosha shook his head and said that he could not do it, he said in an unquestionable tone: "Since you can't do it, then follow my orders. As for whether you will accidentally hurt your own people, you can no longer care about it. Your main task is to ensure the safety of General Zhukov. Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!