red moscow

Chapter 2591

"What? A general wants to see me." The sheriff stood up and asked in surprise, "Where is he?"

"I'm here, Comrade Sheriff." Sokov stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with the policeman: "I am Admiral Sokov. If you don't believe me, I can show you my ID." As he said that, he was ready to take out his ID again to show the other party.

But the sheriff waved his hand and said, "No need, Comrade General. My subordinate is a cautious person. I'm sure he has checked your ID. There is no need for me to look at it again. Go and pour two cups of hot tea for the general and his wife." The rest of the words were given by the sheriff to his subordinates.

"No, Comrade Sheriff, I will just say a few words and then leave."

The sheriff gestured to his men to leave, and then politely asked Sokov, "Comrade General, what instructions do you have?"

"No instructions," Sokov was very clear about his position. Although he was a senior officer, he was not qualified to make decisions on police affairs. He said in a negotiating tone, "I want to ask you to help me investigate someone."

The sheriff originally thought that Sokov had come here directly to give him some important instructions. He was still thinking that if the other party really gave him an order, he would have to consult his superiors before deciding whether to execute the order. When he heard that they were only investigating one person, he suddenly calmed down a lot. He asked tentatively, "Comrade General, who are you investigating?"

"It's like this, Comrade Sergeant." Sokov told the Sergeant about an incident in the officers' store where he met a captain who couldn't provide his ID. He finally said, "I think this person is very suspicious. I hope you can send someone to check his identity."

Hearing what Sokov said, the sheriff didn't agree with him. He thought that maybe the captain was just a careless person. Even if he couldn't provide the necessary ID to the salesperson every time he shopped in the officers' store, it didn't mean that he was a suspicious person. The general in front of him was really overly sensitive and making a fuss. Although he was complaining in his heart, he said very cooperatively: "I understand, Comrade General, I will send someone to check the details of this captain immediately."

Sokov saw that the sheriff had a perfunctory look on his face, but it was difficult to expose him, so he could only go with the flow and said, "Comrade Sheriff, I have said everything I should say. I hope you can find out the true identity of the captain as soon as possible."

The sheriff sent Sokov and his partner to the door. After seeing Sokov drive away, he turned to the police officer at the door and said, "This general just said that when he was shopping at the officers' store, he met a captain who couldn't provide the salesperson with valid ID. He hopes we can send someone to check the captain's true identity."

"Comrade Sheriff," the police officer asked cautiously, "Do we need to investigate?"

To be fair, the sheriff was not willing to do such a thankless task. However, when he saw that Sokov was driving a rare German car, he realized that his background might not be simple. If he ignored what he had told him, he might get into trouble with him.

Thinking of this, the sheriff said to the policeman: "Kalugin, I'll leave this matter to you. Take Peter around the town and see if you can meet the captain that the general mentioned."

"Comrade Sergeant," the policeman called Kalugin asked cautiously, "I wonder if Comrade General has told me what the captain's name is and what he looks like?"

"No." The sheriff shook his head and said, "He said it was a young captain, but he didn't know his name."

"How can I find it if I don't even know its name?"

"If we were in the city, it might be difficult to find a captain whose name we didn't know." The sheriff said to Kalugin, "But there aren't many officers in Khimki, so it probably won't be too difficult to find him. Okay, quickly call Peter to go with you on the mission."

Since the sheriff had given the order, Kalugin had nothing to say. He could only curse Sokov for being nosy in his heart while going to the dormitory to find Peter.

Peter, who was on night duty last night, was sleeping in bed. After being woken up by Kalugin, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked weakly, "Kalugin, what's the matter?"

"Peter, don't sleep anymore, get up quickly." Kalugin said to him, "Just now a general came to the sheriff and said there was a suspicious captain in the town who bought something in the officers' store but couldn't provide a valid ID. The sheriff asked the two of us to go around the town to see if we can find this captain."

When Peter learned that it was a task assigned by the sheriff, he quickly got up and dressed, and asked Kalugin: "What is the captain's name and where does he live?"

"I don't know." Kalugin answered very straightforwardly: "At present, we don't know the captain's name or where he lives. If we knew, the sheriff would not have asked us to look for him, but would have brought people to his house to check his documents."

After the two of them went out, Peter asked again, "Which way are we going?"

Kalugin thought for a moment, then pointed to the west and said, "Let's start from the west. If we can't find him, we'll go to the east side of the town. If we still can't find him, we'll go back and report to the sheriff that we searched the whole town and didn't find him."

"Well, let's do it."

The two walked slowly along the street.

Peter asked curiously, "Kalugin, you said the person who was looking for the sheriff was a general. What's his name?"

Although Kalugin had seen Sokov's ID, he did not dare to look at it carefully. At this moment, Peter's question stumped him. He scratched the back of his head and thought for a while, then said in an uncertain tone: "It seems to be General Sokov?"

"General Sokov?" Peter was a little surprised when he heard the last name. "Is he alone, or did he bring others with him?"

"He is not alone. He is accompanied by a pregnant woman, who must be his wife."

After hearing this, Peter clapped his hands and said, "Kalugin, I know who he is."

"Do you know who he is?" Kalugin asked in surprise, "Do you know who the captain is?"

"No." Seeing that Kalugin had misunderstood, Peter quickly explained: "I said I knew who the general was, not who the captain we were looking for was."

Kalu Jin was transferred from another police station and was not familiar with the situation in Khimki. When he heard Peter say that he knew who the general who visited the police chief was, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Peter, do you know the general who is visiting today?"

"Yes, I know him." Peter turned to Kalugin and said, "Although you don't know him, you have heard of his deeds."

"I've heard of his deeds?!" Kalugin was confused at first, but the next moment he thought of a possibility: "Peter, could he be the Corporal Sokov who led the garrison squad to defeat the German reconnaissance unit?" "Yes, Kalugin, you are right, it is him." Peter nodded and said, "If I am not mistaken, the pregnant woman who followed him to the duty point is his wife Asia. They should have gone to the instrument factory, where Asia's parents live."

When Kalugin and Peter went out on patrol, they were just going through the motions. Although Khimki Town was not big, it was not easy to find a captain whose name was unknown. But when they learned that the person who had just arrived at the duty point to see the sheriff was the famous General Sokov, their thoughts suddenly changed. Since General Sokov thought that the captain had a problem, the captain must have a problem, and they must find a way to find him.

The two walked around the west side of the town without any results. Although they met several lieutenant officers on the way, they were all second lieutenants or first lieutenants, not a captain. Since they did not get anything in the west, they turned around and walked towards the east side of the town.

When passing by the church in the middle of the town, Peter pointed at the church and said to Kalugin: "The garrison squad commanded by General Sokov was stationed in this church. If they had not blocked the German reconnaissance troops in time, when the main force of the enemy arrived, they would have used Khimki as a starting point for an attack and launched an attack on the city of Moscow. If this really happened, who knows how tragic the battle in the city would have been."

A few years ago, Peter would have been criticized for making such a hypothesis, which would have been considered panic at best and defeatism at worst, and would have landed the person in a punitive camp.

"Peter, do you know what department General Sokov is currently serving in?"

"I don't know," Peter shook his head and said, "Now that the war is over, maybe he has retired."

"I don't think so," Kalugin said. "I saw with my own eyes that the ID he used was a military ID, which means he has not yet retired."

The two continued walking forward while talking.

Suddenly, a captain appeared at the intersection ahead, preparing to cross the road to the other side.

After the two looked at each other, Kalugin quickened his pace and shouted to the captain: "Comrade Captain!"

Hearing Kalugin's shout, the captain stopped, turned his head to look at the two policemen walking towards him, pointed his thumb at his nose and asked, "Comrade policeman, are you calling me?"

"That's right, Comrade Captain." Kalugin saluted the captain and said politely, "Please show me your ID."

"Oh, you want to see your ID, please wait a moment." The captain said, and reached into his pocket, as if preparing to take out his ID.

Just as Kalugin was staring at the captain, the captain made an unexpected move and pushed Kalugin's shoulder with his left hand. The huge inertia made Kalugin unstable and he took two steps back and bumped into Peter, and then they both fell to the ground.

When the captain saw Kalugin and Peter being pushed down by him, he turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

If Kalugin and the other two still didn't realize that there was something wrong with the captain after seeing him running away, then they had something wrong with their brains.

The two men struggled to get up from the ground and chased in the direction the captain fled, shouting loudly: "Stop! Stop!!"

The fleeing captain naturally would not hear their shouts and would not just stand there obediently. Instead, he ran even faster.

Although the two men chased him desperately, the captain ran around in the streets and alleys and soon disappeared without a trace.

After the two lost the captain's trail, they realized the seriousness of the problem. Kalugin said, "We must go back and report to the sheriff and ask the superiors to send someone to search for this suspicious captain."

After reaching an agreement, the two rushed to the duty point to meet the police chief.

When the sheriff saw the two men coming in, he asked disapprovingly, "How was it, did you get nothing? I told you that General Sokov is just overly sensitive. Maybe there is no such strange captain in the town as he said."

"Comrade Sheriff," Kalugin said breathlessly, "General Sokov is right. There is indeed a suspicious captain in the town."

"What? There's really a suspicious captain in this town?" The sheriff asked in shock, "Where is he now?"

"He ran away." After Kalugin reported the situation to the sheriff, he finally said: "If there is nothing wrong with this captain, he should take the initiative to show his ID when we question him, instead of pushing us down and running away."

"This is a serious matter. I must report it to the chief immediately." The chief said, picking up the phone number on the table and speaking into the microphone: "I am the chief of police in Khimki. I have an important situation. Report it to Comrade Chief."

But the person on the other end of the phone said, "The director is not here. I am the director of the director's office. If you have any questions, you can report to me."

"Comrade Director, our police have found a suspicious captain in Khimki Town. We hope our superiors can send more personnel to help us capture this captain."

After listening to the chief's report, the director of the bureau asked impatiently, "Comrade Chief, tell me, what is suspicious about that captain? The police force in the bureau is limited and cannot be wasted on unimportant things."

Seeing that the director of the bureau did not take the matter seriously, the police chief became anxious. He quickly reported the whole story to the director and added, "In fact, the first person who discovered the captain's suspicious identity was not the police officer on duty, but General Sokov."

"General Sokov?!" Hearing that the person who discovered the captain's suspicious identity was a general, the director of the bureau had to pay enough attention. He asked back: "Comrade Chief of Police, I wonder which department General Sokov is from?"

The chief of police was stumped by the words of the director of the bureau. He had no idea what Sokov was doing now. Just when he was in a dilemma, Peter, who came in with Kalugin, suddenly said, "Comrade Chief of Police, you should say it was General Sokov who led the garrison to defend Khimki town."

"Comrade Chief." Peter's words seemed to have saved the chief. He said quickly, "It was General Sokov who led the garrison to prevent the German reconnaissance troops from entering Khimki. It was he who discovered that there was something wrong with the captain."

After hearing the sheriff bring up Sokov, the director of the bureau realized the seriousness of the problem: "Comrade Sheriff, although the chief is not here, the nature of this matter is very serious. I will personally lead people to assist you in hunting down this person. What you need to do now is to have people block the exit of the town and do not let this suspicious captain escape."

"Understood, Comrade Director. I will arrange for people to seal off all exits of the town and definitely not let him escape."