Red Moscow

   "Hello, Comrade Commander." Seeing Sokov, the dean immediately stepped forward to greet him warmly: "Are you here to visit Assia?"

   "Yes, Comrade Dean." Sokov didn't hide his intention at all. He nodded and asked, "Where can I find her?"

   "Comrade Commander, your trip may have been in vain." After confirming Sokov's purpose, the dean said apologetically, "Assia is not in the field hospital right now."

  Sokov couldn't help but thumped in his heart, and then asked back: "Could it be that she went to the frontier again?"

   "That's right, I did go to the front." The dean explained to Sokov: "Our army launched an attack on the enemy today, and the number of wounded at the front is a bit high, so Assia requested to go to the front."

   Knowing that Asia had gone to the front line, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little nervous: "Where is it on the front line?"

"Pultusk Town." The dean replied: "I considered that the entire town is now under the control of our army, and Assia should not be in danger there, so I agreed to her request and let her go to guard the town. The field hospital of the 6th Division is helping."

"Oh, the field hospital of the 6th Guards Army." Sokov remembered that in today's battle, the 6th Guards Division had suffered a lot of casualties because of the reinforcements sent to the town by the German 5th Jager Division. The workload of the field hospital must have increased, so medical staff had to be transferred from the field hospital of the group army to help. He had long wanted to visit the town of Pultusk, and this time he took the opportunity of visiting Assia to visit the town: "I see, Comrade Dean, thank you!"

  After shaking hands with the director and saying goodbye, Koshkin asked Sokov tentatively: "Comrade Commander, are you going to go to Pultusk just like this?"

   "Of course." Sokov nodded, and then asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Koshkin turned his head and looked at the guards and soldiers around him, and said in a low voice: "There are still more than 30 kilometers from here to the town of Pultusk, and we have too few people with us. Difficult to deal with…”

   "A dozen people are enough." Sokov didn't wait for Koshkin to finish, and interrupted him, "Find a few cars, and then we will go to Pultusk Town."

   "Okay, Comrade Commander, I'll arrange it now."

   Koshkin called for four jeeps, and at the same time called one of his most trusted subordinates, asking him to follow up with a company of guards and keep a distance of two kilometers from his convoy. In this way, Sokov will not be discovered, and when his convoy encounters something, he will be able to rush for reinforcements in time.

   The jeep arrived quickly, Sokov and Koshkin sat in the second car, and the rest of the fighters were divided into three other jeeps. After everyone got in the car, the convoy of four jeeps headed towards the town of Pultusk.

  The convoy drove along the road for half an hour and entered a forest area.

   Koshkin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, opened the safety of his assault rifle and stared vigilantly outside the car. Seeing this situation, Sokov thought that if Koshkin found anything unusual, he would definitely shoot without hesitation.

   Right at this moment, the car in front stopped suddenly, and all three cars, including the jeep in which Sokov was riding, stopped.

  Sokov quickly asked: "What's going on, what happened in front, why did you stop?"

   Koshkin half turned around and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I'll go down and have a look." After speaking, he opened the car door and went down.

Arriving at the position of the vehicle in front, Koshkin immediately understood the reason for the stop. It turned out that a carriage pulling the artillery had overturned, and the artillery was stuck in the soil on the roadside and could not move. Four or five soldiers were pushing the artillery. Attempts were made to push the cannon out of the earth, with a captain officer standing by and directing them.

  Seeing Koshkin approaching with a gun, the captain quickly ordered his subordinates to stop their actions, and raised his hand to salute Koshkin: "Hello, Comrade Captain!"

   Koshkin glanced at the overturned carriage and the jammed artillery, frowned and asked, "Comrade Captain, what's going on?"

"Comrade Captain," the captain replied with a smile when he heard Koshkin's question, "We belong to the artillery regiment and were ordered to go to the town of Pultusk. Unexpectedly, as soon as we got here, there was an enemy plane. Flying through the air, startling the horse, causing it to run around. And as you saw, the wagon overturned, and the cannon got stuck on the side of the road."

   Koshkin glanced at the cannon and said, "This is a 105mm cannon. You guys alone can't push it out. I'll ask my subordinates to help you push the cart."

   "No need, Comrade Captain." Faced with Koshkin's enthusiasm, the captain waved his hands and said in a panic, "We can push it out by ourselves."

"Don't blot the ink." Koshkin turned his face hard and said, "Didn't you realize that you have blocked the road?" After finishing speaking, he turned and shouted at several jeeps: "Everyone! Yes, get out of the car and help the friendly troops push the cannon."

  Following the shout, the accompanying dozen or so guards got out of the jeep and walked towards the head car. But when Sokov opened the door and was about to get out of the car, he was stopped by the driver: "Comrade Commander, you must not get out of the car, those people in front have problems."

   "What, there is a problem with those people in front?" Sokov couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the driver say this: "How do you know?"

"Captain Koshkin said it." The driver pointed to the front of the lead car and said, "Comrade Commander, you see, although he is talking to the captain, his hands are behind his back and he is looking towards us." gesticulating."

Sokov looked in the direction of the driver's finger, and sure enough, he saw Koshkin with his back to this side, hands behind his back, desperately gesticulating, and couldn't help asking the driver curiously: "Comrade driver, I don't know what Captain Koshkin's gesture means?"

   "He said these men in front of him were dangerous, probably fake Germans, and got everyone ready to shoot."

Sokov looked at the guards who were approaching the lead car, thinking in his heart that Koshkin used to be Lunev's subordinate, an authentic member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his observation ability in some aspects far surpassed his own. , He said that these people have problems, so there must be problems. Although the possible battle ahead would not affect him in the slightest, he still drew his pistol and prepared for battle.

When the guards from the three jeeps came to the front of the lead car, Koshkin felt that the time was ripe, and immediately raised the assault rifle in his hand, aimed at the captain and his subordinates, and shouted loudly: "Don't move, put your hands up!"

   As soon as he shouted, a soldier who was pushing a cannon moved a few steps to the side, then took off the rifle on his shoulder, and was about to shoot at Koshkin and others. His movements are not slow, but they are not as good as Koshkin and others who have already prepared. After a series of gunshots, he lay on his back on the ground. He didn't understand until his death what happened. Negligence, why would you wear it yourself?

  The rest of the camouflaged German soldiers tried to resist, but they could only raise their hands obediently because of the black muzzles in front of them, and became prisoners of the Soviet army.

Seeing that all the enemies in disguise had been captured, Sokov came to Koshkin with a pistol in hand, and asked curiously: "Koshkin, can you tell me how you knew they were Germans in disguise?" ?"

"The reason is very simple, Comrade Commander." Koshkin said, pointing to several Germans who were tied up: "When I saw them push the gun, they all grabbed the weapon with one hand, and they didn't use all their strength to push the gun." Pushing the cannon, this is obviously unreasonable. More importantly, it is the captain." He sneered and said, "He may not have noticed that when he spoke, he had a German accent. It is based on these factors that we Only then did I boldly judge that they were disguised by the Germans."

After listening to Koshkin's explanation, Sokov nodded with a smile, and said approvingly: "Koshkin, now it seems that your judgment is very accurate. They should be scattered Germans, dressed as our army or It was to escape, or to attack the lone commander. Now you have seen them through and made their plot come to nothing, which is a credit."

   Regarding Sokov's praise, Koshkin smiled shyly, and said modestly: "Comrade Commander, I just did what I should do."

  The captain who was **** couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise when he heard Koshkin call Sokov the commander. He never dreamed that he would accidentally stop Sokov's convoy. It's a pity that there are too few people around me. If I can have a few more people, I can order them to ambush nearby. When the convoy is stopped by me, I can shoot in time and cause serious damage to the opponent.

Sokov naturally wouldn't pay attention to the expression on the face of a small person, but at the moment he was anxious to go to Pultusk Town, and he still felt a little troublesome about how to deal with these prisoners: "Koshkin, how should we deal with these prisoners? "

   "Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Koshkin raised his hand to look at the time, and then said, "In five minutes, someone will come to take these prisoners."

   Seeing what Koshkin said so firmly, Sokov immediately understood that Koshkin must have made some arrangements behind his back. Considering that the other party's starting point was good, he did not criticize the other party, but nodded slightly, and then stood by the car patiently waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive.

   A few minutes later, another convoy arrived.

   The convoy consists of a jeep and six trucks.

   After the convoy stopped, a lieutenant stepped out of the jeep. He walked quickly to Koshkin, raised his hand in salute, and waited for the other party to assign him a task.

Koshkin pointed to the German prisoner sitting on the ground with his hand, and said: "Comrade lieutenant, these are the prisoners we just captured. You send someone to take them back to the headquarters. These people are very cunning, be careful on the way, Don't let them run away. Also, this cannon is lying across the road, blocking our way, you immediately arrange for people to remove it."

Taking advantage of the time when the new soldiers moved the artillery, Koshkin explained to Sokov: "Comrade commander, these are the guards of the headquarters. I am worried that the road to Pultusk will not be safe, so Order them to follow us, and if they encounter any danger, they will be able to rush over to support us as soon as possible."

   "Koshkin, you've done a good job." Sokov nodded at Koshkin and said approvingly: "Your arrangement is very appropriate, let's continue."

  Now that Sokov already knew the existence of the follow-up troops, Koshkin stopped hiding, merged the two convoys, and drove along the road towards the town of Puutusk.

The checkpoint outside the town was jointly set up by the 1st and 6th Guards Divisions. Seeing a convoy approaching, the soldiers on duty quickly prepared for battle. The machine guns in the sandbag fortifications on the roadside were loaded and aimed at the approaching convoy. convoy. A sergeant and two soldiers came to the middle of the road and signaled each other to stop for inspection.

   Seeing the signal from the checkpoint, the convoy slowed down and finally stopped in front of the sergeant. The lieutenant sitting in the first jeep opened the door and stuck his head out and asked, "Sergeant, what department are you in and what are you doing here?"

   "We are the joint duty unit of the 1st and 6th Guards Divisions." The sergeant asked neither humble nor overbearing: "Comrade Lieutenant, which department do you belong to? What are you doing in town?"

   "We are the security force of the headquarters," the lieutenant replied, "We are escorting Comrade Commander to inspect the town. Quickly pull up the crossbar to let our convoy pass."

   The sergeant was dubious about the lieutenant's statement. He stared at the jeeps in the convoy and asked tentatively, "Comrade Lieutenant, you said that Comrade Commander is in the convoy?"

"That's right, Comrade Commander is in our convoy." The lieutenant saw that the sergeant did not immediately order someone to raise the crossbar, but was still asking questions, and said impatiently, "Quickly pull up the crossbar." , if you delay things, you will be responsible for all the consequences."

   Facing the lieutenant's threat, the sergeant was somewhat guilty, but he was loyal to his duty and said cautiously: "Comrade lieutenant, please show your ID. If you don't have the ID, I can't just let you go."

   Just when the lieutenant was about to get angry, Sokov, accompanied by Koshkin, came to the checkpoint. Lieutenant Koshkin asked: "Lieutenant, what is going on, why haven't you raised the crossbar yet?"

   "Comrade Captain, the sergeant wants to check our documents." Hearing what Koshkin said, the lieutenant said aggrievedly: "It is estimated that we will not be released until our documents are checked."

"Koshkin, calm down." Seeing that Koshkin was going to get angry at the sergeant, Sokov quickly stopped him, and then said to the sergeant in an amiable tone: "Comrade sergeant, I am Sokov, the commander of the army group." , I have something to do until Konoe 6, I hope you can make it easier for us to go there, okay?"

   There are not a few people in the 48th Army who know Sokov, and this sergeant is one of them. When he saw clearly that the general standing in front of him was Sokov, the commander of the group army, he suddenly panicked. He raised his hand and saluted Sokov: "Sorry, Comrade Commander, please forgive me for not recognizing you. Please Please wait a moment, I will order them to let you go." After finishing speaking, he turned and shouted at the checkpoint, "What are you doing there, I didn't see Comrade Commander arrived, quickly raise the crossbar .”