"Send a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Ponejelin," Sokov said to Sameko: "Tell him to allocate a certain number of troops to monitor these Romanian troops. If they do anything detrimental to our army, then Strike first to gain the upper hand.”
"This is not good, Comrade Commander." Sameko said hesitantly: "Some Romanian troops have a wait-and-see attitude towards our army. If we send troops to monitor them, will they think it is a war? The prelude?”
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I think the commander is right, and this should be done." Trofimenko agreed with Sokov's order: "We don't know what these Romanians think. I don’t know whether we should regard them as friends or enemies. What if we treat them as friends and they plot against us behind our back? So the safest way is to send troops to monitor them and decide how to treat them based on their actual attitude."
Sokov remembered a classic line and said it casually: "When friends come, there is good wine; when a jackal comes, there is a shotgun to greet him."
"Okay, well said!" At this time, a cheering voice came from the door: "When friends come, they have good wine, and when the jackals come, they are greeted with shotguns. That's so good!"
Sokov looked toward the door and saw Smirnov slowly walking in from outside with the support of a female health worker. He hurriedly stepped forward to greet you, and at the same time asked with concern: "Comrade Chief of Staff, you are still injured. If you don't recuperate in the hospital, why are you here at the headquarters?"
"I'm fine." Smirnov waved his hand and said, "The hospital performed an operation on me and took out the bullet. The military doctor said that the injury will heal as long as he rests for about half a month."
Sokov saw that Smirnov seemed a little unconscious, so he pulled aside the female health worker who sent him over and asked in a low voice: "When did Comrade Chief of Staff complete the operation?"
"Two hours ago." The female hygienist replied in a low voice: "The effect of the anesthetic will wear off soon. If we wait a little longer, the chief of staff will probably suffer from drowsiness, dizziness, and vomiting."
"If you knew this was going to happen, why did you let him come here?"
"Comrade Commander, there is nothing I can do." The female health worker said with a sad face: "He is the chief of staff, and I am just a health worker. If he wants to come here, I can only obey."
Sokov also understood the female health worker's difficulties and said to her: "I will advise him to go back and rest as soon as possible. This can also relieve some of your burden."
Hearing what Sokov said, the female health worker burst into tears and said gratefully: "Comrade Commander, thank you so much."
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov returned to Smirnov and said to him in a stern tone: "You have just had surgery not long ago. The most important thing for you right now is rest. Rest, understand. ?"
Smirnov smiled at Sokov and said: "Comrade Commander, I am not afraid that there will be too much work in the headquarters and you will be too busy, so I came here to help."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, we have enough manpower to deal with everything that is happening right now." Sokov went uncharacteristically and said to Smirnov in a stern tone: "What you can do to help us right now is to go back to the ward and take a good rest. We hope to recover and be discharged as soon as possible and come back to assist our work."
Hearing what Sokov said, Trofimenko and Samyko realized that something was wrong and quickly echoed: "Yes, General Smirnov, you'd better go back to the hospital to rest first. You're early One day of recovery is better than anything else.”
When Sokov saw that everyone agreed with him and was about to send Smirnov back to the hospital ward, he picked up the phone, dialed a number, and said: "I am Sokov, ask Captain Koshkin to come to me." Come to the headquarters."
Koshkin quickly came in from outside, stood in front of Sokov, and asked respectfully: "Comrade Commander, what are your instructions?"
Sokov pointed his hand at Smirnov, who was sitting next to him, and ordered: "Take two people and assist the female health worker in sending the chief of staff back to the ward."
Koshkin was shocked when he saw Smirnov sitting next to him. He asked Sokov in some surprise: "Comrade Commander, isn't the Chief of Staff supposed to be operating in the hospital? Why is he here?" "
"He couldn't let go of the work here." Sokov said with some helplessness: "Just two hours after the operation, the anesthetic effect had not completely worn off, so he rushed here in a hurry."
When Koshkin and his soldiers helped Smirnov to leave, the latter suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I want to ask about the German female sniper who injured me." Hands, how did you dispose of them?"
"After we interrogated her, the special service chief suggested that she be shot directly." Sokov replied: "But I think keeping her may have a greater effect."
"Comrade Commander, I think the suggestion of the Special Service Section Chief is right." Unexpectedly, after listening to this, Smirnov said unexpectedly: "This is a ruthless woman. In order to complete her mission, she does not hesitate to sacrifice herself. The life of my companion. If you leave her behind, there may be unexpected troubles."
After Smirnov left, Trofimenko faced Sokov and said: "Comrade Commander, I think General Smirnov is right. The female sniper we captured is a ruthless character. For To divert our attention and betray his teammates personally, such a person is simply a scourge.”
"Comrade Deputy Commander," Sokov smiled faintly at Trofimenko and explained: "The reason why I kept her was entirely because we also sent two sniper teams. I wanted to be prepared."
"Be prepared?!" Hearing what Sokov said, Trofimenko had a confused expression on his face.
Samyko thought for a moment and suddenly understood what Sokov was thinking: "Comrade Commander, I understand. You are worried that accidents will happen to the two sniper teams we sent. For example, Lyudmila, Vasily and Any one of the three old men may be captured by the Germans. Are you keeping this female sniper just for future prisoner exchanges?"
Regarding Sameko's guess, Sokov nodded and said: "Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, I do have plans in this regard, but this is not the main reason why I kept her."
"Exchanging prisoners is not your main purpose?!" Sameko was completely confused: "Then why?"
"I think this female sniper named Alia has a very strong psychological quality and superb sniper skills. It would be best if she could help us train snipers."
"Comrade Commander, you are too fanciful." Trofimenko shook his head and said: "She is our enemy, how can she help us train snipers."
"Enemies can also be transformed." Sokov said to Trofimenko: "After General Gorokhov comes back in two days, let him do Alia's work and see if he has the ability to persuade Alia. Leah changes her stance.”
Regarding Sokov's statement, Trofimenko did not argue, but shook his head with a wry smile, thinking that Comrade Commander would definitely hit a wall in this matter.
"By the way, Comrade Commander, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you." Sameko suddenly said in surprise: "I forgot to report to the front headquarters that the headquarters encountered a sniper attack. ”
Nowadays, Sokov is commanding a combat group. Unlike the previous group armies, all details must be reported to the front army headquarters, which has led to the current situation where reports are often missed. When he learned that the headquarters had been attacked by a sniper and did not report it to the front army headquarters in time, Sokov showed an unhappy expression on his face.
Fortunately, Samyko was his old subordinate, so Sokov did not pursue the mistake he made. Instead, he calmly said: "I will report it to Marshal Konev personally."
When the call was connected, Konev learned that Sokov's headquarters had been attacked by German snipers. He was suddenly startled into a cold sweat. He quickly asked with concern: "How is it? Are there any casualties?"
"Chief of Staff General Smirnov was shot in the shoulder." Sokov reported: "But he has had surgery and the bullet in his shoulder has been removed. He only needs to rest in the hospital for a while to recover."
"Thank God no one died." Konev said, "I just heard you said that snipers attacked your headquarters. My heart was in my throat, and I was afraid that any commander would die unfortunately. By the way, what did you do with the sniper after you caught him?"
According to Konev's idea, enemy snipers were either directly shot dead by their own personnel, or they were captured alive and shot after being interrogated and asked for useful information.
Unexpectedly, Sokov's answer was beyond his expectation: "Comrade Marshal, I left her behind. Now she is recuperating in our hospital. After her injury recovers, I plan to persuade her to become our sniper instructor." "
"Confused, Comrade Sokov, you are so confused." After listening to Sokov's words, Konev suddenly became furious: "She is our enemy, how can you let her be a teacher for our people? Listen! If I say so, she will be shot immediately. She must have been determined to die before she came to Otac to perform the mission. Shooting her will be equivalent to helping her settle a worry."
If he could be shot, Sokov would have shot Alia long ago. He kept her, which was indeed of great use. At this moment, when he heard that Konev also asked him to shoot her, Sokov couldn't help but panic. He quickly explained: "Comrade Marshal, in fact, I kept her for a great use."
"Great use, what great use?"
"That's it, Comrade Marshal." Sokov saw that the reason for keeping Alia as a teacher was directly rejected by Konev, so he could only adjust his strategy to persuade the other party: "I just ordered Lyudmila, Va Xili and the old man formed two sniper teams and went to the north and south respectively to kill the German snipers.
I kept Alia as the enemy's sniper because I was worried about what might happen to our three most precious snipers while performing their missions. For example, if we are unfortunately captured, if we have the ace card of Alia, we can trade prisoners with the enemy. "
Although Sokov's reason was far-fetched, Konev felt that it was impeccable. He could only nodded and said helplessly: "Okay, Comrade Sokov, let her live a few more days. Remember, wait for Liu After Demila and Vasily's sniper team returns safely, they will immediately shoot the German snipers. Do you understand?"
"I understand, Comrade Marshal." Sokov was thinking in his mind. It seemed that he needed Gorokhov to speed up his persuasion. Otherwise, when the two dispatched sniper teams returned safely, he would have no choice but to reluctantly order Aaliya to be shot. .
When Sokov put down the phone, Trofimenko looked at him with sympathetic eyes and asked with a somewhat gloating tone: "Comrade Commander, I wonder what Marshal Konev said? Should she keep her or stay with all of us?" If they agree with each other, shoot her?"
Sokov sighed softly and said helplessly: "The marshal asked me to wait for the two sniper teams to return safely, and then shoot Aaliya."
"Comrade Commander, based on my experience," Trofimenko said: "If a sniper fails in their mission, they will never be captured alive by the enemy. They will try their best to fight until the last moment. Look, no matter it is Lyudmila, Vasily or the respected old man, who among the three looks like he will be captured by the Germans?"
After saying this, Trofimenko paused deliberately for a moment to observe Sokov's expression. Seeing Sokov sitting there in a daze with an expressionless face, he continued: "She has to be shot anyway. It is better to shoot her later than to shoot her early, so as to save the medicines used to treat her injuries. These precious medicines can be left for We need more commanders and fighters to use it."
Sokov fell into a dilemma. He chose to keep Alia because he really took a fancy to her ability and hoped that she could be used for him. But judging from the current situation, it may be even harder to persuade the other party to submit. But if he shot her like this, he would be unwilling to do so.
After Trofimenko finished speaking, he saw Sokov frowning and seemed to be thinking hard about something. He knew in his heart that Sokov was still worried about how to deal with Alia. If he had to choose to shoot him, I'm afraid I had already made up my mind. He didn't want to put Sokov in a dilemma, so he sighed softly and said: "Comrade Commander, since you can't make a decision at this time, let's wait until the two dispatched sniper teams are safe. Let’s talk after we get back.”
At exactly this time, Koshkin sent Smirnov off and came back to report to Sokov. Sokov took the opportunity to say to him: "Comrade Captain, arrange a few more people to guard Aaliya. Don't let him escape. Remember, she can't leave her side 24 hours a day, do you understand?"
"But, Comrade Commander." Koshkin said with some embarrassment: "She is a woman after all. I think it is not convenient for a group of grown men like us to take care of her."
"Then you arrange two more female soldiers." Sokov said with a straight face: "There must be someone around her 24 hours a day. This will prevent her from escaping from our hands."
"Comrade Commander, I don't understand." Koshkin said puzzledly: "Usually, snipers who capture the enemy are shot directly. Why did you want to leave her alive?"
"Comrade Captain, this is not something you should worry about. Your mission is to send someone to keep a close eye on her. If she escapes, I will never go around you lightly."
