"Asiya," Sokov looked at Asiya and asked as soon as he put down the phone, "Do you have any spare military uniforms there?" When he saw Asiya nodded, he said to her in a commanding tone. , "Then quickly get the military uniform and put it on Agelina. She will go to the army headquarters soon. We can't let her wear the German uniform all the time."
"Okay, I'll go right away." Although Asiya was dissatisfied with Sokov speaking to her in such a commanding tone, she still followed Sokov's order and went back to the station to get the military uniform for Agelina. .
As soon as Asiya left, Sokov's eyes glanced at the other officers and soldiers in the room: "Everyone, I have confidential matters and I want to talk to Comrade Agelina. You should stay out of the way first." After hearing this, Soko As the husband said this, all the officers and soldiers, including Potukin, stood up and walked out of the door without saying a word.
Seeing that he and Asya were the only two people left in the room, Sokov asked: "A few months ago, when I was having dinner with friends in a restaurant in Moscow, I saw a man who came with Wai Guo Ren. The lady eating. If I guess correctly, the lady who calls herself Aina is you, right?"
"Yes, it's me." Regarding Sokov's question, Agelina did not deny it, but nodded affirmatively: "This is the new name given to me by my superiors."
"Agelina, or I should call you Aina." Sokov walked up behind Agelina, put his hands on her shoulders, and asked tentatively: "As long as it doesn't involve leaking secrets, you Can you tell me what is going on?"
"The person you saw appearing with me in the restaurant that day was a diplomat in name, but in fact he was a German spy." Agelina turned to look at Sokov and said: "My superiors arranged for me to get close to him , in order to penetrate into the German army through him in order to obtain important intelligence for our army."
Sokov felt a little incredible that Agelina's superiors asked her to break into the German army in this way. If he hadn't seen her escaping from the German army, he wouldn't have believed that she had succeeded. Thinking of this, Sokov said with emotion: "It seems that you succeeded."
"Yes," Agelina nodded and replied: "I told him that my ancestor was a German nobleman who later immigrated to Ukraine and owned several famous vineyards and wineries. Unfortunately, my family Everything we had was ruthlessly deprived by the Bolsheviks, and our parents died in poverty. I want to avenge my family and hope to get his help."
Sokov took his hands off Agelina's shoulders, walked to sit opposite her, looked at her and said: "I think this German spy must have investigated everything you said after getting to know you. .”
"You are right, he did conduct investigations privately." Agelina showed a sweet smile on her face, "Ukraine is now occupied by fascists, and they can easily investigate those vineyards I mentioned. and the winery to continue their investigation. Then they will discover that the owner of these properties is indeed a descendant of a Bavarian nobleman, and everything he owned was later confiscated by the Bolsheviks. Not only did the couple die in poverty, but their baby daughter Aina’s whereabouts are also unknown.”
"Agelina," although Agelina was sitting in front of him, Sokov still asked with lingering fear: "Have you ever thought about what the real Agelina would be like during the time when you broke into the German army? If it appears, will it bring danger to you?"
"Misha, the superiors have taken all the issues you mentioned into consideration." Agelina smiled sweetly at Sokov and said, "The real Aina died of typhoid fever a few years ago. She was in Siberia, so her superiors felt confident and bold enough to let me take her place and make contact with the Germans.”
"Even if you gain the trust of the German spy and enter the German army through him, you will not be able to enter the key departments." Sokov looked at Agelina sitting in front of him and continued to ask curiously: "What if it's just How can ordinary departments obtain the important information our army urgently needs?"
"When I first broke into the German army, I served as a translator for a SS commando leader." When she said this, Agelina's expression suddenly became solemn: "My duty is to appear in all kinds of situations." Extremely secretive interrogations, watching those damn fascists torture captured soldiers or civilians and translate what they said into German.”
At this point, Agelina's eyes turned red, and she quickly picked up the tea cup and took a sip of water to control her emotions that were about to get out of control. After a while, she spoke slowly: "I often go to various gatherings held by the Germans, singing old Bavarian songs for them, or playing a few piano pieces by Beethoven and Bach. Over time, among the Germans I was somewhat famous in the middle. The newly appointed commander of the Second Army, von Zalmut, also heard about me, so he transferred me to his headquarters as soon as he took office, which gave me the opportunity to gain important positions in the German army. intelligence."
Sokov stood up and added some water to Agelina's tea cup, and then asked: "Can you tell me about your liaison officer?"
Agelina took the tea cup, thanked Sokov in a low voice, and continued: "The person responsible for delivering information to me was a veteran who participated in World War I. One of his legs was damaged when fighting the Germans. , was broken by a shell, and even with a prosthetic leg, it was very inconvenient to walk. Therefore, he could only stay in the shoe store that was used as a cover every day, waiting for me to deliver the collected information to his door, and then send it to his superiors. "
"You often go to shoe stores, but have you never attracted the attention of the Germans?" Sokov asked: "Especially after he was arrested, did the Germans not suspect you?"
"Every time I go to a shoe store, I always go to get my shoes repaired." Agelina's smile reappeared on her face: "As you know, I attend a lot of social events, and the shoes I wear are extremely worn, so I often go in and out to get my shoes repaired. The shoe store seemed so ordinary. Not long after the liaison officer was arrested, I went to the shoe store again, but unexpectedly I met the secret police hiding inside. Fortunately, one of them knew me and knew that I often attend various events. At the wine party, they thought I was really there to repair shoes, so they didn’t make things difficult for me.”
Sokov listened to Agelina telling her story and thought to himself: "If the liaison officer responsible for sending the report was not arrested, maybe Agelina could continue to lurk among the enemies. Unfortunately, because of those two The clear-coded telegram she had to send made her identity suspicious to the Germans, so that she had to risk her escape after obtaining more important information."
"What will the Germans do next?" Sokov asked casually: "Are they preparing to make a fuss in the direction of Stalingrad?"
As soon as the words came out, Sokov realized that he had made a mistake because he saw the surprised expression on Agelina's face. Just as he was thinking about how to cover up his lie, Potukin suddenly broke in from outside and said hurriedly: "Comrade division commander, I'm sorry to disturb you. The people sent by the group army have arrived and are outside at the moment."
"Arrived so soon?" Sokov felt that he and Agelina had not been chatting privately for a long time. Unexpectedly, someone sent from the Army Group Headquarters arrived. He quickly asked Potukin: "Chief of Staff, do you know Who is coming?"
"It's me, Major Sokov!" Before Potukin could answer, someone walked in from the outside and answered first: "I am Romanov, director of the political department of the group army."
Romanov and Sokov knew each other. After shaking hands and saying a few words, he came to Adelina. After looking her up and down, he said: "So it's you, Comrade Adelina. We meet again." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand towards Agelina and added, "On behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the 16th Group Army, I welcome your return! Thank you for the valuable information you provided us."
When Sokov heard what Romanlov said, he immediately remembered that it was he who picked up Adelina from the Istrian camp a few months ago and sent her back to Moscow. Therefore, as soon as Romanov finished speaking, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Director, I would like to ask, are you going to send Agelina to the front headquarters this time, or are you going to send her directly back to Moscow?"
"Major Sokov, when you reported, you did not make it clear that the intelligence agent who returned with important information was Comrade Adelina." Romanov smiled and said to Sokov: "So I can only follow the procedure. , sent her to the front army headquarters first, and then Comrade Bulganin, the military commissar, arranged for personnel to send her to Moscow."
Romanov turned to Agelina: "Comrade Agelina, it's getting late, let's go."
Sokov accompanied Romanov and Agelina out of the headquarters and saw two jeeps parked in the open space outside. Next to the vehicles stood several powerful soldiers, all holding Bobo in their hands. The husband held a submachine gun and watched the movements around him vigilantly. As soon as he saw Romanov coming out, a lieutenant came over and asked him for instructions: "Comrade Director, shall we leave now?"
"Yes, let's set off now." After Romanov finished speaking, he turned to Agelina and said, "Comrade Agelina, you and I sit in the same car!"
Just after Agelina said goodbye to Sokov and was about to wait for the bus, she suddenly heard someone shouting: "Wait a minute, Agelina, wait a minute." Everyone turned around and saw that it was Assi. Ya Zheng came running all the way.
A soldier standing next to the jeep quickly stepped forward to stop Asiya. Seeing Asya being stopped by the soldiers brought by Romanov, Sokov quickly said to him: "Comrade soldier, this is the health worker in the division, let her come over."
Unexpectedly, the soldier was unmoved after listening to Sokov's words, and just cast a questioning look at Romanov. When Romanov nodded in agreement, he turned aside to make way for Asya.
Asiya came to Agelina, handed her a set of military uniforms in her hand, and said: "Agelina, this military uniform is for you. Although it doesn't have the one you are wearing. The German uniforms fit well, but they are our own uniforms after all.”
"Thank you, Asiya." Agelina took the military uniform from Asiya's hand, then gave her a warm hug, and said excitedly: "I feel so proud that I can put on this military uniform again." Proudly, for me, there is no piece of clothing in the world that is better than the military uniform you gave me."
