Red Moscow

  Chapter 373 Trap (Part 1)

  Sokov put down the phone and said to Sidolin: "Chief of Staff, I don't know how long it will take for Lieutenant Samoilov to wait there. You might as well deploy your manpower first and build a fortification on the east side of Nangang."

   "At present, the only troops that can be drawn out are Captain Vasily's second battalion." Sidolin said to Sokov: "I think the work of building fortifications should be handed over to the second battalion."

   "Yes." Sokov waited for Sidolin to finish speaking, nodded, and said, "Let them repair the fortifications."

   Before Sidolin called to notify Vasily to accept the mission, a telephone hanging on the wall not far away rang. The staff officer standing nearby went to answer the phone and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Brigadier, the observation post reports that there is a convoy coming from the direction of the city center towards Mamayev Post."

  Fleet? Sokov heard that there was a convoy heading towards the Mamayev Hill. He was taken aback for a moment, then remembered the Front Army Command that had been out of touch for a long time, and quickly said to Sidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, it may be the Front Army Commander." The headquarters is coming, and the political commissar and I will go out to meet you, and you will be in charge here."

   When Sokov and Belkin came out of the tunnel, they saw a massive convoy approaching, led by an armored vehicle. Maybe seeing Sokov and the others standing on the side of the road, the armored vehicle stopped not far from them, while the other vehicles continued to drive towards the pier.

After the car door was opened, Khrushchev came out from the inside, came to the two, looked at Sokov coldly, and asked in a drawn-out voice: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, I order you to send troops to serve as soldiers along the way." Be alert, why didn't anyone see it?"

   Seeing Khrushchev's displeased expression, Sokov hurriedly explained: "Comrade Military Commissar, I had already dispatched troops, but the enemy suddenly launched an attack in the direction of Beigang."

"Therefore, you withdrew all the security troops back to Mamayev Post." Hearing Sokov's explanation, Khrushchev softened his expression: "Am I right? "

"Comrade Military Commissar, the reason why you didn't see the security mission is because I sent them to carry out the mission." Sukov considered that his plan was too risky, and if he was not careful, he might lose Mamayev Therefore, some secret agents pretended to be officers of the Front Army Command and sent false orders to let him withdraw from Mamayev Post. He reported to Khrushchev and finally said: "In order to quickly arrest If there are secret agents hiding nearby, I will temporarily mobilize the troops serving as security to carry out the arrest mission."

"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, you did the right thing." After hearing Sokov's explanation, Khrushchev couldn't criticize him anymore, but changed the subject in time: "How about it, did the spies catch it? "

"The special agent team sent by the German army has a total of seven people." Sokov said: "Five people died, except for one who died of serious injuries after being tortured, and the rest were killed in battle. "

   "What about the remaining two?"

   "One is a radio operator and is being interrogated. I intend to let him cooperate with us and set a trap for the Germans."

   "Set a trap?" Sokov's words aroused Khrushchev's curiosity, and he asked with great interest, "I wonder how you plan to set the trap?"

"Comrade Military Commissar, as I just said, the secret agent pretended to be an officer sent by the Front Army Command and gave us a false order to evacuate Mamayev Post." Sokov said to Khrushchev with a smile: " I plan to use the trick and ask the German radio operator to send a false report to the German army, saying that our army has withdrawn from Mamayev Hill. I think the German army will immediately send troops to occupy Mamayev Hill after getting the information, etc. Once they had taken the surface positions, our troops came out of the tunnels by surprise and caught them off guard."

"This plan sounds pretty good." Khrushchev thought for a moment, patted Sokov on the shoulder with a smile, and said in an approving tone: "I believe that as long as the German operators are willing to cooperate, the Germans will definitely cooperate." There will be a trap."

  After Khrushchev left, Sokov and Belgin returned to the headquarters in the tunnel. Seeing Sidolin, Sokov couldn't wait to ask: "Chief of Staff, what's the situation with Second Lieutenant Samoilov?"

"There is no news for the time being. I guess it will not be easy to convince the German radio operator." Sidolin said: "I have just negotiated with the second battalion commander and ordered him to immediately lead the troops to the east of Nangang. Go ahead and build fortifications."

After Sidolin finished speaking, seeing Sokov remained silent, he added: "Comrade Brigadier, the more I think about it, the more I feel that the German radio operator is not so reliable. Think about it, even if the operator's superficial The commander agreed to us, but when sending the report, he sent an alarm to the German army when we were not paying attention, so our plan soon fell through?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, you don't have to worry about this." Sokov said in response to Sidolin's concerns: "During the process of his sending the report, our operator will monitor the whole process. Once he tries to send a warning signal to the German army , can be killed on the spot.” Whether the German army can be caught in the trap depends on whether the radio operator cooperates with him sincerely. On this point, Sokov did not dare to take it lightly.

   After waiting for another twenty minutes, Second Lieutenant Samoilov hurried in from the outside. As soon as he saw Sokov, he said excitedly: "Comrade Brigadier, everything is done."

   Don't look at Sokov's confident appearance, but he is extremely nervous inside. Hearing what Second Lieutenant Samoilov said, he still asked cautiously: "The other party agreed?"

   "Yes, Comrade Brigadier." Second Lieutenant Samoilov nodded vigorously, and replied: "He promised to cooperate with us and send the telegram we had drawn up to the Germans."

  Sokov let go of the boulder in his heart and urged Samoilov: "Since you have agreed, Second Lieutenant Samoilov, what are you still doing here? Why don't you bring him here quickly."

  After Samoilov left, Sidolin showed an unbelievable expression on his face: "My God, this is simply unbelievable. It is unimaginable that German spies would take the initiative to cooperate with us."

"Chief of Staff, before Second Lieutenant Samoilov brings the German radio operator over, hurry up and draft a telegram to tell the Germans that all the defenders of Mamayev Gangnan Gang have been killed because they were tricked. Withdrew from the position, please send people to occupy Nangang's position as soon as possible."

  (end of this chapter)