Although Gerchkov knew in his heart that the myth of Regalin killing 75 German officers and soldiers with his own strength, with extremely low visibility and complex environment, was most likely true, in order to prove this, after leaving Romanchenko's office, he still took Regalin to the underground shooting range of the police station, wanting to personally check the other party's shooting level.
After Gerchkov left with Regalin, Romanchenko picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number. When he heard a sound from inside, he spoke, "Operator, I am Romanchenko, the director of the General Police Bureau of the Civilian Police. Please help me answer Comrade Beria from the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"
"Comrade Director, please wait." The operator said in a polite tone: "I will connect you right away!"
When Belia received a call from Romanchenko, her first thought was that the case had made a breakthrough, so she asked urgently: "General Romanchenko, do you have any clues?"
Romanchenko was stunned at first, and then replied in shame: "I'm sorry, Comrade Belia, we have not yet obtained useful information."
"Comrade Director," Beria changed his name and asked coldly: "What's the point of calling me?"
From Belia's tone, Romanchenko heard the indifference and alienation. He glanced at Lobachev, who was sitting on the chair next to him, and explained to Belia: "Comrade of the People's Comrade of the Internal Affairs and Comrade Lobachev, the Military Commissioner of the 16th Army, is here with me. He sent us a sharpshooter, which may be helpful to the task force."
"Comrade Director, I need to remind you that what we are going to deal with is the German agents who sneak into the city, and not fight face to face with the enemy. What should we do if a sharpshooter?"
"Comrade of the People's Commissar of the Internal Affairs," said Romachenko. "Major Gerchkov reported to me that one of our patrols had encountered German agents during the day and had a gunfight. Because the agents were wearing a special clothing, the soldiers of the patrol shot their bodies without causing any harm to them. Later, I discussed with Major Gerchkov that although our bullets did not cause any harm to them, if they hit their heads, they might be able to destroy them. And this sharpshooter from the 16th Army should be able to do this."
Hearing Romachenko say this, Beria slowed down: "General Romachenko, do you really think that this sharpshooter from the 16th Army can play a huge role in the next action?"
"I have such confidence." Romanchenko said confidently: "This sharpshooter was recommended to me by General Rokosovsky. He said that during a reconnaissance operation a few days ago, he was surrounded by hundreds of German troops. He single-handedly wiped out 75 enemies, and all the guns hit the enemy's forehead. I think with such a magical shooting technique, I'm afraid I can't find a second one. With his assistance, it should be no big problem to eliminate the German agents who infiltrated Moscow."
"The 16th Army is really a place where evil spirits come from." Belia said with emotion after hearing this: "In the past, there was a Sokov who captured an armored column of the German army and obtained a Lenin Medal. I really didn't expect that another sharpshooter has emerged, and 75 enemies were wiped out by his own strength. I think if the Supreme Commander himself knew about this, he might have met him in person. By the way, what is the name of the sharpshooter?"
"Called by Regalin!" Romanchenko quickly replied: "It was originally just an ordinary soldier. After establishing his meritorious service, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant."
"Who promoted him?"
Romanchenko quickly covered the microphone with his hands and asked Lobachev: "Comrade Lobachev, I don't know who promoted Comrade Regalin to the military rank."
"It's Major Sokov," Lobachev replied quickly, "He is now the commander of the infantry brigade, and Regalin is his subordinate."
To figure out who was promoted by Regalin, Romanchenko let go of his hand covering the microphone and reported to Beria: "It is Major Sokov, the commander you just mentioned who received the Lenin Medal. He is now the commander of the Infantry Brigade of the 16th Army. Lieutenant Regalin was promoted by him."
"Oh, it's him." Beria smiled on her face: "It seems that I'm not wrong. The 16th Army is a place where evil spirits are. Not bad. Major Sokov has a good vision and can find such excellent talents. General Romanchenko, you're right. The addition of this sharpshooter may help us eliminate the German agents who sneaked into Moscow as soon as possible."
After a moment of pause, Belia continued to ask, "Where is this Lieutenant Regalin?"
"He followed Gerchkov to the underground shooting range," said Romanchenko. "Although we all know that his record cannot be faked, he still wants to see it with his own eyes, as the leader of the task force."
After finishing the call, Belia stared at the phone in front of her and thought for a while, then picked up the microphone and dialed a number.
When a sound came out of the earpiece, Belia said bluntly: "Comrade Colonel, do you know where Lieutenant Arina is?"
"Report to the People's Committee," the person on the other end of the phone replied respectfully: "Lt. Alina is now in the joint task force. Are you doing anything to ask her?"
"That's right." Beria said to the microphone: "General Romanchenko, the Director of the General Police Bureau, accepted a sharpshooter from the frontline today. It is said that his shooting skills are amazing. He is now following Major Gerchkov to test his shooting skills in the underground shooting range of the General Bureau. You ask Lieutenant Arina to go over and see how this person's shooting skills seem to be as magical as they said."
"Okay, Comrade People's Committee." The other party replied: "I will contact Lieutenant Alina immediately and ask her to rush to the underground shooting range of the General Police Bureau as soon as possible."
Arina, who was checking information in the office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was a little annoyed after receiving the order from her superiors. She was so busy checking the information herself, but she wanted to go to the underground shooting range of the General Police Bureau to check the shooting skills of a sharpshooter from the front line. Isn’t this a matter of nothing to be sought?
Although she felt a lot of dissatisfaction in her heart, since it was the order from her superiors, she could only execute it unconditionally.
She packed her things and drove to the door of the General Police Bureau. After showing her ID to the police guarding the gate, she entered the compound of the General Bureau.
After finding a place to park the car, she grabbed a passing policeman and asked politely: "Comrade Policeman, where is your underground shooting range?"
When the police saw that the direction was an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he dared not be negligent, so he hurriedly took her to the entrance of the underground shooting range.
After Alina thanked the police, she pushed the door and walked into the underground shooting range.
As soon as I entered the door, I heard a series of gunfire and continuous cheers.
Arina looked in the voice and saw twenty or thirty police officers standing behind the design stand, and the cheers were exactly what they made. She quickly stepped forward, grabbed a female policeman and asked, "What's going on here?"
After the policewoman turned around, he saw clearly that the person who was asking was Alina, and said to her with a smile: "Lieutenant Alina, there is a sharpshooter from the front line who is performing shooting for everyone. He fired more than 40 guns in a row, and the guns were all at the ten-ring position, so everyone is cheering for him."
"It's more than that." Another policeman added: "He forced the submachine gun with the Mosinnagan rifle."
"What a joke?" Arina couldn't help frowning after hearing this, thinking that the policeman's statement was simply too exaggerated. She squeezed into the crowd and muttered, "Who can fire a rifle to the effect of a submachine gun?"
But after she squeezed into the front row and saw the scene in front of her, she was shocked.
A lieutenant stood in front of the shooting table, holding a Mosinnagan rifle and shooting. There were several Mosinnagan rifles on the shooting table in front of him. After firing five bullets, he put the rifle in his hand on the platform, grabbed another rifle and continued to shoot. The rifle he put down was immediately taken to the side to load the bullets. The half-body target in the distance had been crippled with holes.
Arina looked at it for a while and agreed with the police officer just now. This unknown lieutenant not only had a very accurate marksmanship, but also could shoot by picking up the gun without loading bullets by herself. She did shoot the rifle as a submachine gun.
"Stop! Stop!" When the lieutenant finished firing the bullets in a rifle again and was about to change the gun, Gerchkov, who was standing next to him, stopped in time: "Okay, don't shoot anymore. Lieutenant Regalin, I think everyone should have no questions about your shooting level."
Hearing Gerchkov say this, Rhegalin stopped changing his guns and asked Gerchkov: "Comrade Major, what are we going to do next?"
"This is not a place to talk, let's change the place." When Gerchkov pulled Rhegalin away, he happened to see Alina and said to her: "Comrade Lieutenant, come with you too."
A few minutes later, the three of them arrived at Gerchkov's temporary office.
Gerchkov closed the door, then turned to Regalin and said, "Lt. Regalin, let me introduce you to you. The lesbian in front of you is Lieutenant Arina from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she is the deputy leader of the task force. Lieutenant Arina, who is Lieutenant Arina, who is from the 16th Army."
"Hello, Lieutenant Regalin." Alina had seen Regalin's magical shooting skills and was very enthusiastic about him: "Not long ago, I also worked with a very outstanding commander of the 16th Army. I had a good impression of that unit. I really didn't expect that you were from that unit."
Hearing Alina say this, Gerchkov couldn't help but ask curiously: "Lieutenant Alina, I don't know what the name, military rank, and position you are talking about?" This was the first time he heard Alina praise others in front of him, and felt that if the commander that Alina values ​​could be recruited into his special task force, then it would be even more certain that the German agents sneaking into Moscow would be eliminated as soon as possible.
Arina turned to look at Gerchkov and said, "Comrade Major, the commander's surname is Sokov, and he also has the rank of Major. I don't know what position he holds in the 16th Army. But it is impossible for you to transfer him to our task force."
"Why is it impossible?" Gerchkov asked in confusion: "How can I know it is impossible without trying?"
Arina smiled and continued, "Comrade Major, the Major Sokov I know, although I don't know what position he holds now. But I can tell you that he has been in the 37th Army and the 16th Army. Not long ago, he was transferred to the 16th Army, which shows that he is a very popular commander. Do you think you have the ability to transfer him back to Moscow?"
The conversation between Arina and Gerchkov was heard by Regalin. He took advantage of the gap between the two of them and interrupted and said, "I'm sorry, two, I'll interrupt it. I want to ask, is the Major Sokov you mentioned the brigade commander of the Infantry Brigade of the 16th Army?"
Hearing the question of Rhegalin, Arina and Gerchkov couldn't help but look at each other, and both saw confusion in each other's eyes.
"Lieutenant Regalin," said Arina to Regalin. "I only know that Sokov is a major, but it is really unclear what position he holds in the 16th Army. Do you know him?" When Arina brought Yakov back to Moscow, Sokov had not held any position in the 16th Army, so she had no idea whether the commander of the infantry brigade was the Sokov she knew.
"By the way, Comrade Lieutenant, what does Major Sokov, the brigade commander of the infantry brigade you mentioned, look like?" Gerchkov asked.
"Major, do you have paper and pen here?" Regalin said to Gerchkov: "I can draw it for you."
"Yes, of course." Gerchkov quickly walked to the back of the desk, bent down and opened a drawer, took out a notebook and a sharpened pencil from it, and handed it to Regalin: "Lieutenant Regalin, please draw him."
Regalin nodded, took the paper and started drawing. Arina and Gerchkov stood beside him, staring at the pencil in his hand with nervous expressions.
A few minutes later, the portrait of Sokov appeared on paper.
At this moment, Arina could be sure that the Sokov she knew and the Sokov mentioned by Rhegalin were the same person, and quickly said, "That's right, that's him."
Gerchkov picked up the portrait of Sokov, looked up for a while, and asked, "Lieutenant Alina, you are an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. How could you work together with an officer on the front line?"
"Comrade Major, what task are we carrying out? Because your confidentiality level is not enough, I cannot tell you, please forgive me." Arina said to Gerchkov: "But one thing I can make clear is that without Major Sokov's assistance, the first action team I took would never be able to complete this task." She pointed at the brand new medal on her chest and added, "It would be even more impossible to get this medal."
Chapter completed!