After everyone returned to the police station, they immediately started interrogating Avdeyev.
Captain Kester, who was in charge of the trial, slapped the table in front of him hard, and then asked sternly: "Avdeyev, tell the truth, did you send a message to the Germans last night to report to them the situation in our city?" The defense situation inside.”
"Comrade Captain, I am wronged." Avdeyev said with a sad face: "The transmitter on the table really does not belong to me. I can't even send a report. What do I need this thing for?"
"Nonsense!" Seeing that Avdeyev wanted to deny the truth even though he had taken the stolen goods, Kester became angry: "It seems that you won't confess truthfully unless I give you some color to see. Who's here?" ah……"
Following his shout, two burly warriors walked in from the door. Kester pointed at Avdeyev with his hand and said to his two subordinates: "I don't care what methods you use, you must make him speak."
Just as two policemen were holding Avdeyev and preparing to drag him out, Sokov, who was watching, suddenly said: "Wait a minute, wait a moment." When the two policemen heard that someone was still waiting, they stopped quickly. He stopped walking and turned to look at Sokov.
Sokov stood up, walked to the table, and first said to Kester: "Comrade Captain, I think something is wrong about this matter. Let me ask a few questions first."
Seeing Kester's nod, the two policemen quickly dragged Avdeyev back.
"Avdeyev, please tell me honestly." Sokov faced Avdeyev and asked: "How were your Danyang guerrillas wiped out by the enemy?"
Both Anisimov and Kester, who was sitting behind the table, couldn't help being surprised when they heard this question. They didn't understand what the connection was between this question and whether Avdeyev sent a telegram to the enemy?
Avdeyev heard Sokov's question and did not answer. He just lowered his head and his eye circles turned red inadvertently. Seeing this situation, Sokov realized that there might be another hidden reason for the destruction of the Tanniang guerrillas, so he continued: "If you tell the truth about how the guerrillas were eliminated, you might be able to save your own life. If you insist on having your own way, I can order you to be dragged out and shot."
Sokov's words frightened Avdeyev. He was silent for a long time and finally said: "Can you give me a cigarette?"
Sokov reached for the cigarettes on the table, took one out and handed it to Avdeyev, lit a match for him, and said: "Tell me, how did the Germans sneak into the guerrilla camp?" land?"
Avdeyev, who had just taken a puff of cigarette, heard Sokov's question and immediately choked on the cigarette and coughed violently. He barely stopped coughing until he coughed out tears. He looked at Sokov and asked in shock: "Comrade Colonel, how did you know about this?"
"I'm just analyzing." After Sokov said this lightly, he urged: "Okay, tell me the specific situation quickly."
"Okay, Comrade Colonel, I said, I said, I will tell you everything I know." Avdeyev took another puff of cigarette and said: "Tanniang has a younger brother named Victor. He was only eleven years old, and his comrades in the guerrillas liked him very much. But one day in December, Victor, who went to catch hares outside the camp, suddenly brought back a small unit of twenty people. It was said that he was the third The reconnaissance detachment of the 57th Army."
Sokov realized something was wrong when he heard Avdeyev say that Tanniang's brother had brought back a reconnaissance detachment calling himself the 57th Army. However, he did not interrupt Avdeyev's narration, but moved a stool to sit at the table and listened quietly to what the other party said.
"The officers and soldiers of this reconnaissance detachment were all wearing brand-new military uniforms and carrying Bobosha submachine guns. The political commissar of the guerrillas at the time said to Dan Niang privately that there was something wrong with this reconnaissance detachment. Why were they wearing all the clothes on their backs? New, but the submachine guns they carry are also full of bullets..."
"Is there something wrong with this?" Anisimov couldn't help but interjected after hearing this.
"Comrade Political Commissar, there is indeed something wrong." Sokov turned to Anisimov and explained: "The reconnaissance troops have to move behind enemy lines. In order to conceal their whereabouts, they must crawl around in different places. How could their military uniforms be brand new? Also, their bullets are full, which is even more illogical. Could it be that they were so lucky when they were operating behind enemy lines that they didn't even have time to exchange fire with the enemy? ?"
"Comrade Colonel, you are really amazing." Avdeyev heard this and interjected: "Our political commissar said the same at the time."
"Okay, don't flatter me." Sokov waved his hand at Avdeyev and said impatiently: "Keep talking."
"Although the political commissar kept saying that there was something wrong with this reconnaissance unit, Dan Niang would not listen at all. On the contrary, they arranged them in the camp. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the Germans came from all around. When we were resisting, The people from the reconnaissance team showed their true colors. They shot behind us and killed many of us at that time. The political commissar was hit by more than 20 bullets, and his whole body was beaten into a sieve."
"What about Dan Niang?" This time Kester couldn't help but interrupt and asked.
"Sacrificed." Avdeyev lowered his head and said: "She was shot in the abdomen and wounded during the battle. At that time, she was almost out of bullets. In order not to be captured by the Germans, she shot herself in the head. One shot.
The battle ended not long after. Of the more than 150 guerrillas in the camp, more than 130 died, and the rest were all taken as prisoners. They forced us to work for them or else they would shoot us all. "
Sokov sneered and asked: "So, in order to avoid being shot by them, you agreed to work for them?"
"Comrade Colonel," Avdeyev replied in a panic: "I only pretended to promise them at the time, and was prepared to escape to our own side when the time was right."
"Since you are pretending to surrender to the enemy," Sokov asked coldly, "then why do you act as an informant for the Germans in the city and report our situation to them through the radio?"
"Comrade Colonel, it was less than two months between the time I was captured and the time I was released. How could I have the opportunity to learn the techniques of sending reports?" Avdeyev said with a sad face: "I really don't know how to send reports. And I don’t know why this radio station appears where I live.”
Sokov stared at the other person for a long time. Judging from his facial expression, it didn't look like he was lying. Sokov couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "What the hell is going on? If he really can't send a telegraph, where did this telegraph machine come from? Is there anyone else in the city besides him? Are there many spies lurking?"
