With the issuance of Sokov's order, no lieutenant-level officers appeared on the streets of Luhansk for a time. However, this phenomenon did not attract the attention of the citizens. For them, the number of soldiers on the street was still so many, who would have noticed that there were few people of certain types of military ranks?
Sokov, who was in charge of the command, closely followed the news from the street patrol. Then most of the day passed, but there was no news at all. Vitkov was a little impatient and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I think this Lieutenant Bohr may have been shot dead by our army in the battle to attack the hotel."
Sokov was a little unsure about Vitkov's statement. After all, there were dozens of German soldiers killed in the battle that night, and some of the German corpses were still bombarded incompletely during the shelling, so they could not be distinguished. Perhaps this Lieutenant Bohr was really dead in the chaos.
But then I thought about it, those who could be sent to the city by the Germans to take charge of the overall situation will definitely not be ordinary people. Instead of following the troops to charge, it is better to stay in the dark and continue to control the overall situation until the German army recaptured Lugansk. After thinking about this, Sokov felt more and more that Lieutenant Pole should still be alive and was hiding in the city at this moment.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov told Vetkov: "From what we have at present, Lieutenant Bohr should be a very cunning person. He will definitely not participate in the dangerous missions such as the hotel."
"Why?" Witkov asked back.
"According to my judgment, this person should be good at intelligence rather than charging into battle." Sokov explained: "A good intelligence officer is far better than an army. If I were his superior, he would never let him take risks. Therefore, he should be hiding somewhere in the city and observing the movements of our army."
"Then can we catch him?"
"Don't worry, no matter how cunning a rabbit is, it cannot escape the hunter's eyes." Although Sokov was not sure at this moment, in order not to affect everyone's confidence, he pretended to be calm and calm: "I think no matter how deep he hides, he always has to come out to supplement food and daily necessities. If he doesn't go out, he will not escape our net once he goes out."
"Comrade Commander," Sokov just finished speaking, Major Tenev, the guard battalion commander, rolled in and reported to Sokov with panting: "Our patrol was attacked."
"What, our patrol was attacked?" Tnev's report moved Sokov: "Where is it? How many people are there?"
"In the south of the city," said Tnev, somewhat angry: "A five-man patrol team in our guard battalion found a captain officer wandering the streets, and went forward to stop him. Unexpectedly, while checking his ID, he suddenly pulled out his pistol, knocked down the three of us soldiers, snatched a jeep and fled eastward."
"Escape east?" Witkov was puzzled by Tnev's report: "If the enemy wants to escape, they should flee westward so that they can return to the German defense zone in the shortest time. How could they escape east? Could it be that he was too nervous to get the wrong direction?"
"To the west, although it is the shortest route to return to the German defense line, our army has the strictest defense in this direction." Sokov explained to Vetkov's question: "While the east, although the direction is opposite to the German army, our defense there happens to be the weakest. After he escaped from the city from the east, he could find a place to lurk, and when the time is ripe, he would detour back to the German defense area."
"It seems that he is the Lieutenant Bohr we are looking for," Sokov asked Tenev after making this affirmative judgment: "What have you taken?"
"The two surviving soldiers of the patrol followed the jeep for a distance. Not only did they not catch up with the car, but another soldier was injured in a gunshot wound." Tnev reported: "They immediately contacted the nearby patrol team and notified the patrol team in the east to intercept the jeep."
"The patrol in the east?" Sokov heard this and immediately realized that it seemed to have become a difficult task to capture Lieutenant Bohr. He clearly remembered that the patrols in this direction were composed of police officers or militias. It was very difficult to stop a German officer who was driving away.
However, since the enemy has shown up, he must try every means to catch him. Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the phone on the table and dialed the headquarters of the 75th Guards Division. After hearing the voice of Gorishne came from the receiver, he immediately said: "Comrade Colonel, a German spy in our uniform attacked our patrol, seized a jeep, and was running towards the east. It seems that he wanted to leave the city and immediately ordered your division's post to strengthen the vigilance and ensure that the enemy must not escape."
"I understand, Comrade Commander." Gorishne replied loudly, "I will immediately send elite troops to intercept the enemy who was fleeing."
But less than half an hour later, Goreshne called Sokov and said in frustration: "I'm sorry, comrade Commander, I have let you down. The enemy driving the jeep has broken through our checkpoint and rushed out of the city."
"What, the enemy has broken through your level?" Sokov couldn't help but be angry, "Comrade Colonel, please answer me, how many enemies are there, how many troops are there in your checkpoint?"
After a while of silence, Goreshne replied: "Comrade Commander, there are fifteen people at the checkpoint east of the city. However, they were basically recruits with no combat experience. After stopping the jeep, they saw that there was only one person in the car, so they relaxed their vigilance. But unexpectedly, at this time, the people in the car picked up the submachine gun placed in the passenger seat and fired at them. Several veterans in the checkpoint were killed on the spot, and the recruits had never seen this scene. Their first reaction was not to shoot back, but to look for a place to hide. The enemy took the opportunity to drive the car and broke the horizontal railing and rushed out of the city."
When he learned that Lieutenant Boer had broken through the 75th Division of the Guards so easily, Sokov almost smashed the receiver in his hand. Fortunately, he controlled his emotions in time and asked with a resentment: "You just let him escape?"
"A dozen police officers from the Police Branch, along with a militia patrol, took two trucks and chased them out." Gorishne said with little confidence: "But the enemy had left for a long time, and I was worried that I would not be able to catch up."
Sokov put down the phone and said to Vetkov: "The jeep driven by Lieutenant Boer has broken through the checkpoint in the east of the city and rushed out of the city. Although the police and militia from the police branch chased them out in a car, there is little hope of catching up."
Just when the sky was getting dark, Sokov received a call from the political commissar of the artillery division, Makmutov, on the phone, he said anxiously: "Comrade Commander, Colonel Miakotin, the division commander, encountered the enemy on his way out of the city and returned. After the battle, seven soldiers who accompanied him were injured and killed..."
"What did you say? Colonel Miakotin was attacked?" Sokov was frightened by the amazing news. He asked quickly: "Where did he be attacked?"
"In the east of the city." Makmutov replied hurriedly: "He went to patrol the heavy artillery regiment deployed in the east of the city. Unexpectedly, on the way back, a jeep that came out of the city collided with a vehicle that was driving the way in front. When the soldiers got off the car to check, they were fired by the other party with a submachine gun. At that time, three soldiers were shot and died. In the following battle, four more casualties..."
When Sokov learned that Miakokin had encountered an attack in the east of the city, he was overjoyed. He thought Lieutenant Bohr had successfully escaped, but he did not expect that the net of sky was wide and he actually encountered Colonel Miakokin's convoy returning from outside the city. Sokov hurriedly asked: "How about Colonel Miakokin? Are you not injured? Also, where is the person who was shooting at your soldiers now?"
"According to the notice of the division commander, the accompanying soldiers, the police officers and militiamen who arrived from the city, had surrounded the man in a small house where the foresters were watching."
"Comrade Political Commissar, please tell Colonel Miakokin immediately, be sure to tighten the hut and never let the people in the room escape." Sokov said to the microphone: "I will take people to support immediately."
Chapter completed!