Early in the morning of March 8, Sokov, who was about to set out for Suxinic, suddenly received a call from Malining. The Chief of Staff of the Army asked directly on the phone: "Comrade Major, have you set off?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I'm about to set off." Sokov knew that Malining was calling at this time, and there must be something important, so he asked carefully: "I wonder if you have any instructions?"
"That's right, didn't you capture a female lieutenant of the German communications soldier in the battle two days ago?"
"Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov, holding the microphone, looked across the hall and saw the beautiful female lieutenant, who was now covered with a thin blanket, curled up in the corner and sleeping soundly. "She has been imprisoned in my battalion command post."
"Take her with you when you come to Sushinic."
"What, bring her with you?" When Malining said this, Sokov's heart sank and said secretly whether he was going to send her to the prisoner-of-war camp? If a woman like her was really sent to the prisoner-of-war camp in Siberia, she would probably die in less than two months. Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Chief of Staff, can I ask, why should I bring her to Sushinic?"
After Sokov asked, he noticed that Malining seemed to be covering the microphone with his hand and was whispering to ask the person next to him for advice. He guessed that Malining might be asking the other party if he could let him know the truth. After a while, Malining's voice came from the receiver again: "Major Sokov, you are about to go to the Army Command anyway. You will know about this sooner or later, so I will not hide it from you. This female lieutenant named Elizabeth, her fiancé Andreas, is an anti-***ist and a leader of the underground resistance organization, was killed in a German concentration camp two weeks ago."
The fiancé of a German female lieutenant was a member of the underground organization and was also killed by the Germans. According to Malining's account, Sokov immediately thought of a possibility and asked hurriedly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, so she may also be on our side?"
"We need to do further verification of this matter." Malining did not say more, but just urged Sokov: "Major Sokov, hurry up and hurry up, Comrade Commander is ready to set off at about nine o'clock."
After learning that Elizabeth might be his own, Sokov suddenly felt much better, because in this way, she would not be sent to the labor camp in Siberia, and what he was worried about would not happen. He quickly came to Elizabeth, leaned down, gently pushed the other person's shoulder a few times, and whispered: "Wake up, Elizabeth, wake up..."
Elizabeth, who was sleeping, was awakened by Sokov, suddenly sat up. She hugged the blanket to her chest and asked vigilantly: "Mr. Major, what are you going to do?"
"Elizabeth, don't be afraid." Sokov grinned and said to her, "I'm here to send you on the road." As soon as he said that, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be wrong. He was going to send her to the Army Command, but he felt like he was going to send her to the execution ground.
When Elizabeth heard Sokov say this, he put the blanket in his arms next to him, tidied up his hair with his hands, stood up, and said righteously to Sokov: "I'm ready, where are you going to shoot me?"
Seeing that the other party had indeed misunderstood his meaning, Sokov was a little amused. He quickly waved his hands and explained to the other party: "You have misunderstood. What I said was to send you to the Army Command, not to shoot you."
After saying this, he saw that Elizabeth was still vigilant and quickly added: "I know if your fiancé Andreas is an anti-***ist or a leader of an underground organization..."
The name Andreas immediately made Elizabeth's vigilance disappear without a trace. She exclaimed, grabbed Sokov's arm and asked excitedly: "Where is Andreas now? Is he okay?"
Sokov was eager to bring Elizabeth to the Army Command, so he naturally would not tell her the news that Andreas was killed by the Germans, but said vaguely: "Elizabeth, I am ordered to take you to the Army Command. Regarding the specific situation of Andreas, when I arrive at the place, I think someone will tell you."
When Elizabeth learned that the Army Command had received the exact news about her fiancé, she could no longer stay. She grabbed Sokov's arm and walked out of the church, while anxiously saying, "Mr. Major, then let's go now."
There was a jeep parked outside the church. It was sent by Zhukov after the Istrian camp occupied the town of Marklaki, saying that it would facilitate Sokov's trip.
Sokov and Elizabeth got into the back row of the car. As soon as they closed the door, Sokov instructed the driver: "Comrade Driver, drive! You must arrive at Sushinic within an hour."
"Don't worry, Comrade Battalion Commander." The driver said without looking back: "I will definitely send you to Susinic on time."
"Mr. Major," Elizabeth changed from being taciturn in the past, but said to Sokov in a little chattering manner: "Since last October, I was ordered to be transferred to the Eastern Front, I have never seen my fiancé again. I have written more than a dozen letters to him, but he has not replied a single one, and I don't know what happened to him, which has made me feel uneasy..."
Although Sokov knew that Elizabeth's fiancé died in the concentration camp, he could not tell the other party, and could only pretend to be enthusiastic and listen carefully to the story Elizabeth told. By the end of the story, Sokov's heart was completely sure that Elizabeth had already become a staunch anti-***ist like Andreas. She had definitely had some special tasks to work in the German communications department. If it weren't for the fact that her level was not enough and Elizabeth did not have full trust in him, he would have broken the casserole to ask the end.
The jeep came to the door of the Army Command and stopped. The officer on duty at the door saw Sokov coming out of the car and immediately walked over and asked, "Is it Major Sokov?"
"Yes, I'm Sokov."
"Hello, Comrade Major." The officer saluted Sokov, turned his head to look at Elizabeth behind him, and asked, "Is this the Lieutenant Elizabeth you brought?"
When Elizabeth heard the officer ask about his name, he quickly stepped forward and replied: "Yes, I am Elizabeth!"
Chapter completed!