red moscow

Chapter 2592

There were only seven or eight policemen in Khimki. With this amount of force, it was obviously beyond their ability to block the several exits of the town. Therefore, the sheriff first thought of asking for help from the garrison in the town. Since the German reconnaissance troops attacked Khimki town, the original garrison squad was increased to a garrison platoon. With their assistance, it was no problem to block the several exits of the town.

Thinking of this, the sheriff picked up the phone again and called the platoon leader of the garrison.

When a voice came from the receiver, the sheriff quickly said politely: "Hello, I am the sheriff of the town. I have important matters to discuss with the garrison platoon leader."

"I am the garrison platoon leader," a strange voice came from the receiver: "Comrade Sergeant, what can I do for you?"

"A suspicious officer was found in the town. I have contacted the police station and they will soon send people to the town to search for him." The sheriff said respectfully, "Before the main force arrives, I am worried that he will escape, so I hope to use your help to block several exits of the town to prevent the suspicious person from escaping."

But the garrison platoon leader seemed uninterested in the sheriff's request. He said impatiently, "Comrade Sheriff, now that the war is over, how could there be any suspicious people sneaking into the town? I think you are just being overly sensitive."

The sheriff was not discouraged at all when he heard what the garrison platoon leader said. Just now, when he called the director of the bureau, the other party also looked indifferent, but when he heard that the suspicious person was discovered by General Sokov, his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees. Now, he can try the same words against the garrison platoon leader who is unwilling to help.

"Comrade Platoon Leader, in fact, this suspicious person was not found by our police officers," the police chief said, "but by a general who came to visit his relatives in Khimki Town."

"A general who came to Khimki to visit his relatives?" The platoon leader said in a nonchalant tone, "How can he be sure that the person he saw was a suspicious person?"

"Comrade Platoon Leader, if someone else had said this, I might still be skeptical." The sheriff continued, "But the general who discovered the suspicious person was none other than General Sokov, who had made great contributions in Khimki town."

"Who, who are you talking about?" The platoon leader couldn't believe his ears when he heard the other party mention Sokov's name, and asked quickly: "Comrade Sergeant, who did you just say? Can you repeat it again?"

"General Sokov!" The sheriff guessed the name he had said from the change in the platoon leader's tone, which shocked the other party. He continued, "It was the garrison squad led by him that successfully prevented the German reconnaissance troops from breaking into Khimki. He came to Khimki today to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law. When he was shopping in the officers' store, he happened to meet the suspicious officer, so he came to me specifically to ask me to find out the details of the officer."

"Have you found out the details of that officer?"

"No, but there must be something wrong with the other party." The sheriff said, "Two of my men met the officer on the road. When they went forward to check his ID, he suddenly pushed my men down and turned around and ran away. My men chased him for a while but failed to catch up, so they reported the matter to me. I just reported this to the bureau, but the people they sent to assist in the search will take some time to arrive, so I would like to ask you to send someone to help block the entrances and exits of the town."

"No problem, no problem." The platoon leader's thoughts immediately changed when he learned that it was Sokov who found the suspicious person. Sokov, his predecessor, had always been his idol. Being able to perform well in front of his idol would be his capital to brag in front of others in the future. But before agreeing to the chief's request, he asked another question: "By the way, comrade chief, you said that General Sokov came to Khimki Town. I wonder where he is now?"

"My subordinates reported to me that General Sokov was heading to the family quarters of the instrument factory." The sheriff replied, "We only know that his father-in-law and mother-in-law are workers at the instrument factory, but we are not sure who they are."

After hearing the chief's reply, the platoon leader felt a little disappointed: "That's a shame. Comrade Chief, I will immediately order the troops to station at all exits to assist your men in carrying out the blockade mission."

More than ten minutes later, the soldiers of the garrison platoon dispersed at several exits of the town of Khimki to assist the police in checking people leaving the town to prevent the suspicious captain from escaping the town.

At this time, Sokov and Asiya had already arrived at the family area of ​​the instrument factory and were chatting with their father-in-law Bakandze.

Someone knocked on the door. Bakhanidze got up and opened the door. It was his neighbor next door. He came to borrow tools to repair his house. Seeing Sokov sitting in the living room, he greeted him and asked Bakhanidze in a low voice: "When did your son-in-law arrive?"

"I just arrived a few minutes ago, what's going on?"

The neighbor continued in a low voice: "I just came back from town. I don't know what happened, but the army and police set up checkpoints at the exit. It seems that they are searching for someone. Your son-in-law came back today. Could it be related to him?"

"What does it have to do with him?" Bakanidze asked puzzledly, "Although he is a general, he has no specific position now, so it is impossible for anyone to harm him. I think the blockade of the town exit has nothing to do with him."

The neighbor said a few more words and left with his tools.

Although Bakanidze spoke quietly to his neighbor, Sokov still heard a few words. When Bakanidze came over, he asked curiously, "What did the neighbor say just now? I think I heard something about blockade?"

In fact, even if Sokov didn't ask, Bakanidze wanted to ask whether the exit of Khimki Town was blocked by the army and police and whether it had anything to do with his son-in-law. Since the other party asked first, he naturally didn't hide anything: "The neighbor said that when he came back from the town, he found that the exit was blocked by the army and police, and it seemed that they were searching for someone. He even thought that this blockade was related to you."

After saying this, Bakanidze laughed and said, "He is so whimsical. He thinks that since you came to my place today, the blockade of the town exit is related to you."

Hearing what Bakanidze said, Sokov was stunned for a moment, but then he thought that maybe the sheriff had listened to his advice and searched the whole town for the suspicious captain, so he said in an uncertain tone: "I think the blockade of the town may really be related to me."

"What's going on?" Bakanidze asked in confusion.

Sokov told Bakanidze about the strange captain he met while shopping in the officer store. Finally, he emphasized: "As a soldier, you should never forget to carry your military ID. You know, during the war, if you are questioned and cannot provide a valid ID, you may be arrested as a deserter or an enemy. Although the war is over now, not carrying a military ID and forgetting to carry it many times is obviously a problem. So I went to the sheriff in the town and asked him to check the details of this captain."

"Oh, so that's how it is." After figuring out what was going on, Bakanidze nodded and said, "Maybe the sheriff really thinks what you said is right, so he joined forces with the garrison in the town to block the town's exit to prevent suspicious people from escaping the town." After a pause, Bakanidze took the initiative to say, "There is only one garrison platoon in the town, plus the police on duty, there are no more than fifty people in total. With just this few people, it is probably far from enough to find a suspicious person in the town. Do you think I need to say hello to the factory director and ask him to send out the militia to assist?"

Sokov thought that since the sheriff had already blocked the town's exit, he must have had a detailed plan, so there was no need for him to add to the chaos. He waved his hand at Bakanidze and said, "I don't think it's necessary. If they feel they don't have enough manpower, they will definitely call the instrument factory for help. Since they didn't call, it proves that they are capable of handling the current situation. Let's not be too enthusiastic, so as not to upset others."

"Well, Misha." Bakanidze nodded after listening to Sokov's words: "Since they feel they are capable of solving this matter, we don't need to meddle in it."

After the meal was placed on the table, Asiya, who had just come out of the kitchen, asked Sokov curiously: "Misha, what did you talk about with my father just now?"

"He asked me if I would leave you again in the near future." Sokov held Asiya's hand and said with a smile: "I told him that I would never leave your side before the baby is one month old."

Sokov's words made Asiya feel happy, but she still said, "But if your superiors want to send you on a mission, I think you should go. Don't let me and the child hold you back."

Sokov thought to himself, if he could reply to Ustinov as soon as possible and tell him that he was willing to work in the General Armament Department, would that mean that he would not have to leave Moscow for the next few years? If so, he would call him when he got home and tell him that he wanted to work in the General Armament Department.

"Bakanidze, Bakanidze." When everyone was about to start eating, there was a knock on the door, and at the same time, someone outside shouted loudly: "Are you home?"

Bakanidze stood up and walked quickly to the door, and asked the person at the door: "I'm at home, what's the matter?"

"It's like this, Bakanidze," the man outside the door said, "The factory just received a call from the town's sheriff, saying that they found a suspicious person and wanted to search for him, but they didn't have enough manpower, so they called us for help."

"What did the factory manager say?"

"The factory director asked you to take a militia company and rush to Khimki town immediately to assist the army and the police in blocking the road and entering the town to search."

"Wait a moment, I'll be there soon."

After saying this, Bakanidze ran back to the table, grabbed a few slices of bread, and stuffed them into his pocket. He said to Sokov, "Misha, now it's the turn of our instrument factory militia to take action."

Sokov thought that he was the one who caused this incident. He couldn't let hundreds of people search for the suspicious captain while he was sitting at home eating peacefully. He stood up and said to Bakanidze, "Wait a minute, I'll go with you."

In this way, Sokov drove his barrel cart with Bakanidze at the front of the convoy, heading towards the town.

On the way, Bakanidze curiously asked Sokov: "Misha, do you think that man has escaped?"

"I don't think so." Sokov shook his head and said, "When I met him, he bought a lot of food. Judging from the quantity, he is not alone here. He must have accomplices with him. Even if he found something unusual, it would be impossible for him to leave in such a short time."

When the convoy arrived at the eastern entrance of the town, Sokov saw a roadblock set up in front of them. There were two policemen and a dozen soldiers who were carefully checking everyone coming out of the town.

Seeing the convoy approaching, a second lieutenant ran out from the crowd. From a distance, he loudly asked, "Is this the militia company from the Instrument Factory?"

"Yes, we are from the Instrument Factory Militia Company." Regardless of the fact that the car had not stopped yet, Bakanidze pushed open the door, stepped on the pedal, leaned out half of his body, and shouted to the lieutenant: "I am the company commander Bakanidze."

When Sokov saw Bakanidze making such a dangerous move, he was shocked and quickly stopped the car to prevent him from accidentally falling out.

As soon as the car stopped, the lieutenant ran to the front of the car, raised his hand to salute Bakanidze, and said, "Captain Bakanidze, please disperse the people to the various exits of the town and assist our people in blocking them to prevent suspicious people from escaping the town."

When Bakanidze got out of the car and assigned tasks to the platoon leaders in the following cars, Sokov also got out of the car from the other side and asked the lieutenant: "Comrade Lieutenant, what is the situation in the town? Has the sheriff started the search with his men?"

The lieutenant did not answer Sokov's question immediately. Instead, he looked him up and down and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Admiral Sokov!" Sokov stated his identity and put his hands in his pockets. "Do you need to see my ID?"

When the lieutenant heard Sokov reveal his identity, he stood at attention and saluted: "Hello, General Sokov!" When he put down his hand, he said awkwardly: "There is no need to check your ID. Your photo is posted on the honor roll of our base. You were wearing casual clothes today, and I didn't recognize you at first."

Since the other party recognized his identity, Sokov did not waste time talking to him, but asked directly: "How is the situation in the town? Have you started the search?"

"Not yet, Comrade General." Just as the lieutenant finished speaking, he saw Sokov frown slightly and quickly explained, "There are too few police officers in the town. They are all scattered to block the exits, so the search operation has not been carried out yet. But don't worry, the sheriff has reported the situation here to the police station, and the reinforcements sent by the police station will arrive soon. After the reinforcements arrive, it won't be too late to start the search in the town."