The cook stared at the map for less than ten seconds, then pointed at one of the positions with his fingers and said in a positive tone: "It's here."
When Sokov saw that it was a post office located on the left bank of the Lugan River that passed through the city. After the Soviet army recovered the city, the buildings there were destroyed by war, so the new post office moved to a block 800 meters away. If the enemy really used this place as a contact point, it would be really not easy to arouse suspicion.
Even if the patrol team finds strangers appearing nearby, the other party can explain that they are looking for the post office, which will not arouse the patrol team's suspicion at all.
"Then tell me, who revealed some information about our army to the Germans?" Sokov couldn't help but feel angry when he remembered the second group of German troops who attacked the Germans, who actually pretended to be the guard battalion of the division. The Germans who took the lead even pretended to be Selyosha.
"I don't know much about this." The cook replied: "After I arrived in Lugansk with the troops, an old man named Sergei came to contact me. I asked me to find someone to prepare fifty sets of military uniforms and send them to the ruins of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau. I didn't know anything about the rest."
Sokov asked a few more questions, and when he saw that he could not ask any more questions from the cooks, he waved his hand and asked someone to take him out. He said to Vetkov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, judging from the interrogation, the old man named Sergei was the key to the whole incident."
"Comrade Commander." Witkov asked in confusion: "Why do you think so?"
"I'll sort out your ideas for you: First, we learned that the German paratroopers were airborne in the north of the city, with a few being shot dead, and the rest running away. Now it seems that they were hiding in the ruins of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau by the Lugan River. Although the enemy had occupied Lugansk, the paratroopers who came were not necessarily familiar with the terrain. If no one responded, they would not be able to easily get rid of the pursuit of the Sivakov division and successfully sneak into the contact point.
Secondly, in order to complete these assassinations, the enemy mobilized their forces lurking in the city. Avjeev was afraid and unwilling to help the Germans anymore. Unexpectedly, he was framed by Sergei and caught as a thief. When we went to search his residence, the deputy factory manager actively cooperated with us and found the hidden radio station, which made us even more consider him a German spy to divert our attention."
"I don't understand," Vetkov asked his own question when he heard this: "Sergey deliberately exposed Avdiev. Avoid worrying that we followed this clue and pulled him out from behind? You know, it was based on this clue that we caught Sergey."
"I think Sergei was instructed to do this." Sokov continued to analyze: "Maybe he had never thought of touching Avdev. After all, someone was exposed, and he would definitely be implicated in the end. But his superiors still issued this wrong order in order to achieve the goal of killing the chicken to warn the monkey."
"So, just pry Sergei's mouth open," Vetkov immediately realized the problem when he heard this: "Find out the person who directed him behind him and you can figure out the whole thing."
"Yes, it's true." Through this attack, Sokov realized that there were many enemies hidden in the city. If they were not cleared, the consequences would be even more serious in the future: "I will ask Kester to bring Sergei over and I will interrogate him personally."
When Sokov learned that Kester had brought Sergei, he asked straight to the point: "Comrade Captain, did he confess?"
"No." Kester shook his head and said, "We used a lot of methods, but his tone was very tight and he refused to say anything."
"Bring him up," Sokov said with some confidence: "Let's try again, what can I do to make him speak."
Soon, Sergei was brought up, he was much haggard than yesterday. But because the police officers who interrogated him did not torture him, there was no problem with his health. "Sergei, I want to ask you, how did you bring those Germans into the ruins of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau?"
Sergei, who originally wanted to pretend to be confused, heard Sokov mentioning the post office, and panic flashed across his face, but soon returned to calmness. He also asked calmly: "Comrade Commander, I don't understand what you mean."
The expression on Sergei's face did not escape Sokov's eyes. He felt more and more that the Post and Telecommunications Bureau was the key to prying Sergei's mouth open, so he deliberately said to Kester in front of Sergei: "Comrade Captain, please send a few people to the Post and Telecommunications Bureau on the left bank of the Lugan River to search. Maybe the old man Sergei still left something there."
Sokov's method was indeed effective. When he heard that Sokov planned to send someone to the post office for search, Sergei immediately panicked. He quickly said loudly: "Comrade Commander, I have either admitted that I am a spy sent to the city by the Germans. My daily work is to check your defense situation everywhere, and then report it to the Germans through telegrams."
"That's not enough. Although we seized the transmitter you hid at home, we didn't find the password book at that time." Sokov asked with a sneer: "Can you tell us now where the password book is hidden?"
Seeing Sergei bowing his head again, Sokov immediately realized that the codebook that he had not found should be hidden in the ruins of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau. But he asked quietly: "Sergei, what did you do before the war?"
"Before the war," Sergei narrowed his slit and began to recall his past experience: "I am a radio operator in the Post and Telecommunications Bureau and am ready to send newspapers."
"How did you serve the Germans later?" Sokov continued.
"When the city fell, my family fell into the hands of the Germans." Sergei's face showed a painful expression: "The Germans said that if I don't serve them, I will kill all my family. In order to save my whole family's life, I could only bite the bullet and agree to the Germans' request.
Originally, I wanted to serve the Germans secretly, but no one would find me. But since I retreated to the rear and sent a report to the Germans, they used this to threaten me and asked me to continue to serve them, otherwise I would inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I was scared and could only do it according to his wishes."
Seeing Sergei's expression becoming dazed, Sokov asked unexpectedly: "Sergei, I ask you, is your password book hidden in the post office?"
"Yes, right, at the Post Office." After Sergey said this without thinking, he immediately realized something was wrong, but it was too late to change his words. He could only lower his head and answered in an inaudible voice: "You guessed that I was indeed hiding there."
Even if you know that Dong XZ is in the Post and Telecommunications Office, it will be very difficult to find out if you don’t ask for the specific location. Sokov hurriedly asked: “Where is the location in the post office?”
"In the information room on the second floor, in the cabinet against the wall on the left side of the door, the cabinet door has been burned black." Sergei lowered his head and said, "Open the cabinet, you can see in the corner there is something wrapped in a handkerchief, and the password book and list are hidden inside."
Sokov originally wanted to find the password book, but when he heard that there was a roster, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic. He quickly turned around and ordered Kester: "Comrade Captain, you personally take someone to the information room of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau to search, you must find the password book and list. Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!