Burning Moscow

It may be that they saw their companions put down their weapons, and the soldiers holding rifles around them, although they were still standing still, they all put down their guns obediently.

At this moment, a series of shouts came from the rear of the train: "Everyone has their documents ready, ready to accept our inspection."

I turned my head and looked in the direction of the sound. An elderly captain walked over with a dozen soldiers on his back. Every time a crowd gathers under the car, one or two fighters will be left behind to check the passengers holding their documents in cooperation with those guarding robes next to them. The captain may have participated in some battle, and the two medals he wore on his chest were particularly conspicuous.

I didn't speak, but stood facing the direction he came, intending to wait for him to come over and ask what happened to stop our train.

The captain didn't notice the few of us at first, and stopped all the way, stopping from time to time to see how his subordinates checked their documents. When he was only seven or eight meters away from us, he accidentally saw me, as if he was stabbed by something, and then he fastened the buckle of the uniform and pulled the hem of the uniform. Then he ran to me and lifted it. The hand saluted and said: "Comrade General, Captain Ossip reports to you that our company is performing a mission."

I raised my hand for a gift, and asked coldly: "Captain, are you the person in charge here?"

The captain looked around, nodded, and replied affirmatively: "Yes, we are leading the troops here on mission."

I nodded slightly, and then asked, "Captain Osip, can you tell me what kind of mission you are performing?"

When Ossip heard my question, he did not immediately answer it. Instead, he looked at me vigilantly and said, "I'm sorry. Comrade General, I have no right to reveal our mission to you until you know your identity."

Dolnikov, who was standing next to him, stepped forward. A little impatiently said: "Captain, are you blind?! Didn't you see the military rank on Comrade General?"

For Dolnikov's blame. Ossip replied neither humble nor arrogant: "I'm sorry, comrade captain, the task I received was to stop the train and check the documents of everyone on the train. I can't reveal more to you until you know your identity. Details."

Seeing Captain Ossip's staid attitude, I haven't reacted yet. Yushchenko, who was standing on the other side of me, couldn't help but walked up to me. Said to me politely: "Comrade General, please lend me your special pass first, okay?"

I guessed that Yushchenko probably wanted to give the other party a good start, so he cooperatively took out the special pass prepared by Beria for me from his pocket, and also brought Dolnikov's certificate over and handed it over. Yushchenko.

Yushchenko put his documents together and slapped it in the palm of the other party's outstretched hand. He didn't say anything, just snorted coldly.

Ossip took a look at the certificate, and his mouth turned into an o-shape. He didn't close it for a long time. He probably didn't expect that the two officers accompanying me were both members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Not to mention my passport issued by the Minister of the Interior, Beria. After closing the ID, he raised his hand to salute me again, held the ID in both hands and handed it in front of me, stammering: "I'm sorry, general...comrade...comrade, I don't...don't know. Your identity, please... forgive... Comrade General..."

I took back the documents in Osip's hand, exchanged the military IDs of Dolnikov and Yushchenko for them, and put my special pass in my pocket. This asked Ossip eloquently, "Comrade Captain, since you already know our identity. Then, can you tell me next. What are you doing?"

"That's it, General... No, Comrade Hero of the Soviet Union." He was halfway through his words, but he caught a glimpse of the red star medal hanging on my chest, and immediately changed his name to me, becoming more respectful: "Today In the morning, a staff officer of our group army was attacked on a three-wheeled motorcycle on the way to deliver the letter. The staff officer and two fellow soldiers died. When they were discovered, their uniforms, weapons, and certificates were all gone and they were taken with them. The documents for the squadron were also lost. The motorcycle they were riding on was parked sixty kilometers east of here. The superiors were worried that the enemy was wearing our army uniform and getting on the train and sneaking into our back to cause sabotage, so they ordered us to stop here. The trains on this line will strictly inspect the passengers, and must take back the documents and eliminate these bold Germans."

I heard that there may be a German who sneaked into our rear, intercepted and killed our staff, and took away important documents. Dolnikov and Yushchenko beside me were also impatient, and the two of them looked together. Throwing in at me, he asked with a serious expression: "Comrade General, what should we do?"

I thought for a while, and then told Yushchenko: "Captain Yushchenko, you go and gather our people, and cooperate with Captain Osip to check the documents of all passengers." After the order was over, I asked Osip specifically, "Captain, do you have anything else to add?"

"Comrade Captain," Ossip walked to Yushchenko's side and said quickly, "When you ask your subordinates to check the ID, in addition to seeing whether the photo matches with me, but also paying attention to the staples on the ID. We and Germany People use different materials. They use stainless steel, while we use ordinary materials. So over time, there will be some rust."

"I see, I'm going now." Yushchenko was also impatient. After listening to Osip's introduction, he raised his leg and left.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered one of the details he told me during the reunion with Oshanin in Moscow, so I stopped Yushchenko and told him: "Comrade Captain, to those who are doubtful, Be sure to check the bottom of their military boots. The studs on the bottom of our military boots are generally round, and although the German boots have the same appearance, the soles use square studs. Remember?"

"Remember, Comrade General." Yushchenko promised, and with a few soldiers around him, he ran towards the crowded place not far away.

Seeing Yushchenko's departure, Dolnikov, who was not assigned a task, was a little anxious. He couldn't wait to ask me: "Comrade General, what are the tasks for me and my subordinates?"

I turned my head to look at him, and said with a smile: "Captain, you and your people will stay here first. I will definitely find your place later."

Although Dolnikov knew that I was talking like this, it was a little perfunctory, but he couldn't refute it. Can only honestly agree: "Yes."

Since I had been standing still, Osip didn't dare to leave casually. I had to stay where I was and accompany me. As for the inspection, I left it to his subordinates to complete it. And the seven or eight soldiers who originally served as guards in our area were also sent away by him.

After a while, there was a noisy sound in front of us, and then I saw Yushchenko and the others walking towards us with a few people. Seeing this, I couldn't help nodding, and I was satisfied with Yushchenko's efficient work.

Yushchenko walked up to me. Reported excitedly: "Comrade General, we have caught four undocumented people."

"Four?!" Thinking of Captain Ossip saying that our army only had three commanders killed, how could the Germans pop up four? I carefully looked at the four "captives" whose hands were clipped by the soldiers, and I always felt something was wrong. I closed my eyes and thought for a moment, then opened my eyes and asked: "Comrade Captain, have you checked the soles of the four of them?"

"Shoe soles?" When Yushchenko heard me say this word, he was taken aback, then shook his head and replied: "I'm sorry, Comrade General. I haven't taken care of it yet. I just want to bring them here soon and let you Have a look."

"Okay, Comrade Captain. Let the soldiers check the studs of their soles." I was a little dissatisfied with Yushchenko's recklessness, "I think you must be mistaken, you didn't see that they are all Asian faces. , How could it be a German."

In the face of my criticism, Yushchenko did not dare to defend. He quickly ordered the soldiers to lift the soles of the four men and inspect them one by one, and found that the studs on their boots were indeed round, not square like the Germans. After the inspection, Yushchenko may have also realized his mistake. Hastily waved at the soldiers, motioning them to let go of these four people.

After the four were released. Ossip stepped forward and asked puzzledly: "I have a question. Why don't the four of you have documents? Don't you know that you have to carry your documents with you when you go out?"

After hearing Osip's words, the four of them all bowed their heads. I thought about it for a moment, and immediately thought of a possibility, and then asked them: "Answer me, are you all sitting in the aisle?"

As soon as my voice fell, a small black man raised his head and asked me in amazement: "Comrade General, how do you know that we are sitting near the aisle?"

Regarding his question, I laughed and did not answer, but just turned my eyes on the other three people, wanting to hear what they said. Then the second person raised his head and said in a positive tone: "Yes, Comrade General, that's right. I was indeed sitting near the aisle. Have our documents been stolen by others?"

After hearing what he said, Dolnikov couldn't help taking a step forward, grabbing the other's collar, and asked emotionally: "Did you find anything unusual in the car?"

Dolnikov's words made the man frowned and thought hard. In order to alleviate the other party's tension, I especially comforted him: "Comrade soldier, don't worry, take a moment to think about whether anyone has collided with you while you were in the car."

I immediately reminded the other party, his face immediately showed a clear expression, and then said to me: "Comrade General, I think of it, although there are many people in the car, it is not too crowded. There was a second lieutenant wearing a black leather jacket, passing by me, because the train was shaking, accidentally hit me. I guess that my credentials may have been stolen by him."

"Do you remember what he looked like?" Dolnikov asked him like a prisoner.

The man shook his head first, then nodded again, and said at the same time: "I only remember him as a medium-sized man with a round face and a scar on his left cheek."

After listening to the soldier’s statement, Dolnikov became uncomfortable. He glanced at Yushchenko with disdain, and then asked me to say: "Comrade General, let me take someone there this time. You promise that you will be able to spot these German spies with makeup."

Faced with Dolnikov’s request, I didn’t even think about it, so I rejected it bluntly, and then told Ossip: "Comrade Captain, let your men stay at the door of the carriage, and let the soldiers under the car take their troops as The unit, get on the bus in batches, and bring all those who have placed orders here."

"What about ordinary citizens?" After accepting my order, Osip didn't immediately execute it. Instead, he stayed in place and asked me: "They have a lot of people. How should we distinguish?"

"Let them find a familiar person to testify for themselves. As for the single passengers who have no one to testify, bring them here." Seeing that Osip wanted to leave after taking the order, I added: "As for the female passenger , They can get in the car directly. I don’t think the Germans will send women to perform such a dangerous task."

Due to the cumbersome methods of this screening, it took about half an hour before Osip brought a group of people back to where I was. There were about 30 soldiers and ordinary citizens surrounded by the soldiers. After I took a look, I ordered Yushchenko: "Comrade Captain, you take someone to check the soles of his shoes."

Yushchenko, who had been holding a stomach of evil fire a long time ago, heard this order from me~www.NovelMTL.com~ and immediately greeted a dozen of his soldiers, rushed into the crowd, and lifted one of the other's feet without any explanation. To check whether the studs of the sole are square or round.

Without much effort, four people were picked out from the crowd. Yushchenko held the military IDs he found from them and said excitedly to me: "Comrade General, I found them. Not only are the shoe spikes square-shaped, but the IDs on them are also the soldiers next to them. "

I took the four military certificates handed to me by Yushchenko, flipped through them, and gave them back to the four soldiers who had been caught by mistake. I also kindly reminded them: "You must be more vigilant when you go out in the future. This is the case. You are lucky this time, I can help you, next time you encounter something like this, maybe you will be arrested directly as German spies. Understand?"

"Understood, Comrade General." The four soldiers received the military certificate, thanked me a lot, and got on the train one after another.

I looked at the four German spies that were picked out, and found that one of the Germans in the military uniform of a second lieutenant had a round face and a long scar on his left cheek. I turned around and said to Dolnikov, who was standing next to him: "Comrade Captain, you are the most experienced in dealing with this kind of German spy. The next thing is left to you."