After waiting for less than half an hour, Kester brought Avdeyev to the headquarters. Also coming together were two warehouse keepers who had just been arrested.
Sokov asked the warehouse keeper to be put aside first, and first interrogated Avdeyev: "Avdeyev, let me ask you, before yesterday, if anyone had contacted you to ask you What mission are you performing?”
Avdeyev fell silent upon hearing Sokov's question.
Seeing Avdeyev's silence, Sokov knew that the other party was still hesitating, so he said to him: "Avdeyev, the deputy director of the factory who reported you has been killed. . If I guessed correctly, that person should be your accomplice?"
When he learned that the deputy director had been killed, Avdeyev's face turned livid. Although he provided some useful information during his trial, he deliberately avoided talking about more situations. He glanced at Sokov guiltily and asked tentatively: "Comrade Colonel, if I tell you, can you protect my safety?"
"I can't promise you anything," Sokov said coldly: "You said you might die, but if you don't say anything, you will die faster."
Sokov's words were overbearing and unreasonable.
But for Avdeyev, the more the other party behaves like this, the more at ease he feels. He hurriedly said: "Okay, comrade colonel, I confess truthfully."
"Say it."
"In fact, not long after I returned to Lugansk, the deputy director called me to his office and revealed my identity. Just when I was panicking, he told me that he had been captured by the Germans before. As a condition of his release, he was to lurk in the city and serve the Germans.
Two days ago, he called me into his office again and said that a group of paratroopers would soon be airborne in the city, and our task was to cooperate with them in attacking a hotel. "
"Hotel?" Sokov asked sharply: "What hotel?"
"The deputy director didn't tell me which hotel it was. He only said that a big shot lived in it." Avdeyev shook his head and said, "The task he gave me was to go to the north of the city to meet the German paratroopers. , and acted as a guide for them, taking them near the hotel and trying to find a way to kill the big shot. But I was afraid, so I refused the deputy director’s arrangement.”
"The deputy director saw that you refused to carry out the tasks he assigned you, so he asked Sergey to frame you, saying that you had stolen his ration card. Moreover, when we searched your residence, the deputy director also took the initiative Cooperate in the search and get a scrapped radio station so you can’t defend yourself.”
"Yes, Comrade Colonel." Regarding Sokov's analysis, Avdeyev nodded in agreement.
"Why didn't you explain this issue when we interrogated you yesterday?" Sokov learned that the other party deliberately concealed it, which resulted in the sacrifice of dozens of his subordinates. He was so angry that he slapped the table hard: "Do you know I know how many of our soldiers you have killed, and based on this alone, I can immediately order someone to shoot you."
Hearing Sokov say that he was going to be shot, Avdeyev was so frightened that he sat on the ground. He shouted in a crying voice: "Comrade commander, please spare me. I still have eighty-year-olds at home." My old mother, I still want to provide for her until her death."
"Damn traitor." After Vitkov said this through gritted teeth, he ordered the policeman escorting Avdeyev: "Take him down. I don't want to see this damn traitor again."
After taking Avdeyev away, Kester escorted up the two newly captured warehouse keepers.
Looking at the two warehouse managers, one tall and one short, standing in front of him, Sokov asked coldly: "Tell me, when did you defect to the Germans?"
"Comrade Commander," the tall warehouse manager said with a sad face: "After we were captured by the Germans, if we didn't agree to help them, they would kill us. You haven't seen how they brutally killed us. Those innocent people, the Germans lined them up on the ground and shot everybody in the back of the head."
"Have you ever thought that if you work for the Germans, more innocent people will die because of you?" After Sokov said this angrily, he slowed down and asked: "Tell me, What is the mission the Germans have given you?”
"Before they let us back, the Germans said that they had preserved our confessions. If we did not work for them, they would provide all this information to the Ministry of Internal Affairs." The tall warehouse manager said: "We have no choice. That’s why I agreed to work for the Germans.”
"Then let me ask you again, who asked you to provide our military uniforms to the Germans?"
"I don't know that man, I've never seen him before." The tall warehouse manager shook his head and said, "But he is wearing a captain's military uniform. He should be a commander in some army."
"Oh, wearing a captain's uniform?" the tall warehouse manager's words aroused everyone's curiosity. Kester, who has experience in interrogation, quickly asked: "Can you describe what he looks like?"
"He is very tall, half a head taller than me, and a little thin." The tall warehouse manager tried hard to recall the officer who assigned him the task: "His feet seemed to have been injured, and he was a little lame when walking. By the way, he There is an inch-long scar on the left side of my forehead."
Although the tall warehouse manager did not draw the image of the officer, based on the information he provided, there should not be much problem in locking down the suspect. Sokov quickly turned to Vitkov and said: "Chief of Staff, call the commanders of each division immediately and ask him to pay attention to a tall and thin soldier who walks with a slight limp and has a scar on the left side of his forehead."
"Isn't he a captain?" Vitkov noticed that Sokov did not mention the other party's military rank, so he kindly reminded him.
"I think he may not be a captain, or even an officer." Sokov shook his head and said: "In order not to reveal his true identity when assigning tasks, he probably found a military uniform that did not belong to him. "
"Comrade Commander, if he is an officer, I'm afraid it won't take long for us to find him." Vitkov smiled bitterly and shook his head. "But he is just an ordinary soldier. If we want to find him , is like looking for a needle in a haystack.”
"No matter how hard it is to find him, we must find him." Sokov said to Witkov: "Otherwise, one day he organizes such an attack again, and we will be unable to prevent it."
"Okay, I will tell the division commanders to pay attention to soldiers who meet the above characteristics." Vitkov sighed and said: "When we fight the enemy on the battlefield, at least we know where our enemies are. And lurking The enemies among us are very cunning and good at disguise. Even if they are standing right next to us, we may not be able to recognize them."
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