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Chapter 2736

The next morning after Sokov received his military ID, he was called to the headquarters by Vlasov.

Sokov raised his hand to salute the other party, and said respectfully: "Comrade Commander, I have been ordered to come to you to report. What instructions do you have?"

"Captain Sokov," Vlasov said, "the situation in my army's defense zone is not ideal. I want you to be my representative and go to the various divisions' garrisons to learn about the actual situation of the troops, and then come back to report to me."

"Ah, let me be your representative to inspect the divisions?" Sokov was a little confused when he heard Vlasov's name. He asked hesitantly, "Is it appropriate to do this?"

"Colonel Sokov," Colonel Del interrupted before Vlasov could speak, "It was the final decision made by the commander and me after careful study to have you, as the representative of the army headquarters, go to inspect the divisions."

When Sokov heard Colonel Del say this, he immediately understood that it was decided long ago that he should be the representative of the army group and go to various divisions for inspection. Now they told him that it was not a consultation with him, but a direct order to him.

After thinking this through, Sokov did not act pretentiously, but asked directly: "Where are you going to send me?"

"Look, here." Colonel Del pointed to a location on the map and said to Sokov, "The headquarters of the 295th Infantry Division is stationed there."

Sokov looked at the map and saw that the 295th Infantry Division was located on the left bank of the Dnieper River, on the edge of the Soviet defense zone. If he went there, he might encounter danger on the way, so he asked again: "How many people can you send to follow me?"

"A platoon!" Colonel Del said, "We will send a guard platoon to follow you."

Sokov calculated the distance from the headquarters to the division headquarters in his mind and realized that if he didn't have the right means of transportation, he would probably waste a lot of time on the road. He then asked, "When do we leave and what kind of transportation do we take?"

Colonel Del picked up an envelope, walked up to Sokov and handed it to him: "This is a special pass prepared for you. With this pass, you can pass freely in our defense zone."

When Sokov came out of the headquarters, he found a long row of three-wheeled vehicles parked at the door, and fully armed soldiers were standing next to the vehicles.

Seeing Sokov coming out of the building, a lieutenant standing next to the sidecar quickly trotted over to Sokov, raised his hand to salute, and asked politely: "Comrade Captain, hello! Are you Captain Sokov?"

"Yes, I am Captain Sokov." Sokov nodded and gave the other party an affirmative answer.

Although Sokov had already revealed his identity, the lieutenant was still skeptical: "If you don't mind, can you let me see your ID?"

Sokov knew that the war situation was tense and it was absolutely necessary to maintain the necessary vigilance, so he quickly took out his military ID and special pass and handed them over.

After checking Sokov's military ID and special pass, the lieutenant confirmed Sokov's identity and saluted again, saying, "Captain Sokov, I am Lieutenant Konstantin, the guard platoon leader. From now on, I and the guard platoon I command will be at your disposal."

"Lieutenant Konstantin," Sokov looked at the open-top jeep in the middle of the sidecar and couldn't help asking curiously, "Is that jeep prepared for me?"

"That's right, Comrade Captain." Constantine replied with a smile, "We were worried that you might not be used to riding a motorcycle, so we specially prepared a jeep for you."

"Time is running out, let's go now." Sokov put his hand on Konstantin's shoulder as he passed by him: "You and I will ride in the jeep together!"

The motorcycle team set off and drove along the road out of the city.

Although they passed many checkpoints along the way, the soldiers on duty saw the convoy appear from a distance and pulled up the horizontal bar across the road to let them pass.

"Lieutenant Konstantin." Seeing this, Sokov guessed that Vlasov might have told the checkpoints along the way not to block his convoy. "It seems that our journey has been smooth. Maybe the superiors have told the checkpoints along the way, right?"

"That's right, Comrade Captain." Constantine nodded and said, "In order to prevent the enemy from infiltrating the city, the garrison headquarters has set up many checkpoints in the city, and all passers-by must be strictly checked. If we don't inform them in advance and ask them to let the convoy pass, it will take a lot of time just to undergo the inspection."

As the road was unobstructed, the convoy drove for just over half an hour before arriving outside the city and heading towards the headquarters of the 295th Division.

"Comrade Captain," Konstantin looked at the Order of Lenin on Sokov's chest and asked curiously, "Have you ever fought in a war?"

"Yes." Sokov looked into the distance. It was less than 12 kilometers away from the town where he had captured German tanks. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and then he said, "It's in a town more than kilometers away from here."

"A small town more than 20 kilometers away from here?" Hearing Sokov's words, Konstantin frowned, wondering if there had been a large-scale battle nearby. But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out, so he said in confusion: "Comrade Captain, I don't think I've heard of any large-scale battles in that direction."

Sokov was stunned when he heard him say that, but soon understood why he said that. He smiled and explained: "Lieutenant Konstantin, I think you must think that this Order of Lenin on my chest was won in a large-scale battle?"

"Yes, that's right." Constantine nodded and said in a positive tone: "If you had not achieved brilliant results in a large-scale battle, you would never have been awarded the Order of Lenin. After all, this medal represents the highest honor."

"Lieutenant Constantine, if I tell you that I was awarded this medal just because of a battle that couldn't be any smaller, would you believe it?"

Konstantin thought about Sokov's question, then shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Captain, I really can't imagine what kind of small-scale battle could have earned you the Order of Lenin, which represents the highest honor. And when I looked at your military ID just now, I found that the date of enlistment was actually a few days ago, which made me even more confused."

Seeing that Constantine was so interested in winning the medal, Sokov did not hide anything and told him in detail what had happened.

As expected, when Constantine heard Sokov's account of the battle, he was stunned.

After a long while, he finally asked, "Comrade Captain, weren't you scared at that time?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Although Sokov recalled the battle afterwards, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. But in front of his subordinates, he would not admit this in order to maintain his image: "I didn't think so much at the time. I just thought that there were tanks behind me. Even if I encountered danger, they could cover me and retreat to a safe place." Although Sokov said it lightly, Constantine and the driver still broke into cold sweats.

"Comrade Captain," Constantine said with emotion, "You are so brave. If it were me, I would not dare to attack the enemy even if I had twenty tanks and enough infantry, let alone two."

The convoy drove along the road for more than 295 kilometers and was very close to the headquarters of the th Division. Sokov suddenly saw two people standing on the side of the road.

One was a man of medium build, wearing a peaked cap, a grey coat and a backpack on his back; the other was a child, about a head shorter than the man, with one of the man's hands on his shoulder. When the child saw the convoy, a panicked expression appeared on his face.

Constantine also saw the two people on the roadside, and said to Sokov, "They are a father and son. They should live in a nearby village."

When the jeep that Sokov was riding in drove past the two men, he noticed that although the other party had a blank expression on his face, his eyes kept scanning the passing three-wheelers, as if he was counting how many motorcycles and soldiers there were in the convoy.

"Stop!" Sokov gave the order decisively.

As the order was given, the jeep stopped, and the motorcycles behind it also stopped. The motorcycles in front drove forward for a distance before stopping one after another.

"Comrade Captain, what happened?" Constantine asked curiously.

"I think there's something fishy about this father and son. Let's go down and interrogate them." After saying that, Sokov got out of the jeep and walked towards the father and son.

"Comrade citizen," Constantine got out of the car and walked a few steps towards the two fathers and sons, then said, "Please show me your citizenship certificate."

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Hearing what Constantine said, the man quickly took out a citizenship certificate from his coat pocket and handed it to Constantine.

While Constantine was checking the other party's ID, Sokov looked around and saw that most of the soldiers were still sitting on the motorcycles. He couldn't help but frowned secretly, thinking that if this man was an enemy and suddenly attacked, the officers and soldiers in the convoy might suffer heavy casualties.

After checking the documents, Konstantin turned to Sokov and said, "Comrade Captain, no problem, it's a collective farm estate in a nearby village."

When the man took the certificate that Constantine handed back to him, Sokov asked the child without warning: "Kid, what is your father's name?"

When the child heard Sokov's question, a nervous expression appeared on his face. He instinctively turned his head to look up at the man next to him and did not bother to answer Sokov's question.

Seeing the man push the child aside and then reach for his waist, Sokov immediately yelled, rushed forward sideways, and hit the man's chest hard with his shoulder, knocking him upside down.

As the man fell on his back, he had already pulled out the pistol from his waist, ready to shoot Sokov and the others. However, due to the huge inertia, his hand instinctively leaned back, and although he pulled the trigger, the bullet flew away.

When Sokov fell to the ground, he hit the opponent's abdomen with his elbow, causing the opponent to scream in pain. After pinning the opponent down, Sokov immediately shouted loudly: "Lieutenant, what are you still standing there for? Come and help me."

At this point, Constantine finally realized that they had encountered disguised Germans, and immediately rushed forward to snatch the gun from the German spy. The soldiers sitting on the motorcycles also jumped off and ran towards here.

After the soldiers who came over controlled the man, Konstantin helped Sokov sit up and asked curiously: "Comrade Captain, how did you find out that this man was wrong?"

Sokov took two deep breaths and said, "Usually when a father takes his child out, even if he puts his hands on the child's shoulders, he puts his right hand on the right shoulder and his left hand on the left shoulder. But he put his left hand on the child's right shoulder and his right hand near his waist. He looks like he's ready to draw his gun at any time."

After hearing Sokov's explanation, Constantine immediately understood why Sokov asked the child what his father's name was after checking his ID. Because from all indications, the child was a hostage held by German spies. When he saw the convoy, he was full of hope, but he didn't dare to speak casually, lest he be murdered by the German spies who held him hostage.

Constantine asked the child and learned that the child was out of the village to play, but was held hostage by the German spy disguised as a villager. Fortunately, Sokov saw through the German spy and caught him, otherwise he would have been killed.

When the soldiers searched the spy, they found grenades, maps, explosives, and several fake documents in his backpack. From these things, they could tell that he was going to carry out a sabotage mission somewhere. Unfortunately, he was unlucky and his identity was discovered by Sokov who passed by.

"Comrade Captain," Konstantin asked Sokov, "what should we do with him?"

"Take him and send him to the division headquarters," Sokov said. "Let the comrades in the division interrogate him. Maybe they can get a lot of useful information."

In this way, the spy was tied up with ropes and thrown into a jeep, following the convoy to the headquarters of the 295th Division.

Seven or eight minutes later, the convoy arrived at the checkpoint outside the division headquarters.

A sergeant walked out of the post, came to the jeep, raised his hand to salute Sokov, and asked: "Comrade Captain, which unit are you from and what are you doing here?"

Sokov took out his military ID and special pass and handed them over, saying, "We are sent by the 37th Army Headquarters to see your division commander. Here are my IDs."

After the sergeant read the document, he did not immediately hand it back to Sokov. Instead, he said politely, "Comrade Captain, please wait a moment. I will make a phone call."

Sokov knew that he was going to call to verify, so he nodded and said reasonably: "No problem, go and call quickly."

Watching the sergeant walk into the sentry box to make a phone call, Konstantin said to Sokov, "Comrade Captain, the 295th Division is heavily guarded. Even if a German spy comes, it may not be able to get in."

Sokov turned his head to look at the German spy sitting in the back row, sneered and said: "Lieutenant, that's not necessarily true. If they infiltrate from other places, it will be hard to prevent them."

(End of this chapter)