Chapter 1086: to escape

  Chapter 1086 Escape

   Following Sokov's order, for a while, no lieutenant officer appeared on the streets of Lugansk. But this phenomenon did not attract the attention of the citizens. For them, there were still so many soldiers on the street, and no one would notice the lack of people with certain military ranks.

   Sokov, who was sitting in the headquarters, paid close attention to the news from the street patrol team. Then most of the day passed, but there was no news at all. Vitkov lost his composure, and he said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I think this Lieutenant Poll may have been killed by our army during the attack on the hotel."

Sokov was a little uncertain about what Witkov said. After all, dozens of German soldiers were killed in the battle that night, and some of the German soldiers' bodies were still mutilated by the bombardment. It is impossible to tell at all, maybe this lieutenant Bohr has really died in the chaos.

But after thinking about it, the person who can be sent by the Germans to the city to take charge of the overall situation will definitely not be an ordinary person. Instead of following the troops to charge, it is better to stay in the dark and continue to control the overall situation until the Germans recapture Luhansk. . Thinking about it this way, Sokov felt more and more that Lieutenant Pohl should still be alive, hiding in the city at the moment.

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov said to Witkov, "From what we have so far, this Lieutenant Ball should be a very cunning person. won't be involved."

   "Why?" Vitkov asked rhetorically.

"According to my judgment, what this person is good at is intelligence, not charging." Sokov explained: "A good intelligence officer is far better than an army. If I were his superior, I would definitely He will not be allowed to take risks. Therefore, he should be hiding somewhere in the city at this moment, observing the movement of our army."

   "So can we catch him?"

"Don't worry, no matter how cunning a rabbit is, it can't escape the hunter's eyes." Although Sokov was uncertain at the moment, in order not to affect everyone's confidence, he still pretended to be calm and said: "I think he doesn't care about hiding No matter how deep it is, he always has to come out to replenish food and daily necessities. If he doesn’t go out, once he goes out, he will be hard to escape from our net.”

   "Comrade Commander," Sokov just finished speaking, the guard battalion commander Major Tenev rushed in, panting and reported to Sokov: "Our patrol team has been attacked."

   "What, our patrol team was attacked?" Tenev's report made Sokov shocked: "Where is it? How many people are there?"

"To the south of the city," Tenev said out of breath, "a five-member patrol team of our guard battalion spotted a captain officer wandering in the street, and stepped forward to stop him. Who When Zhizhi was checking his documents, he suddenly pulled out his pistol, knocked down our three soldiers, grabbed a jeep and fled eastward."

"Flee to the east?" Witkov was puzzled by Tenev's report: "If the enemy wants to escape, they should flee to the west so that they can return to the German defense zone in the shortest possible time. How could they flee to the east? Well, could it be that he was too nervous to go in the wrong direction?"

"Going west is of course the shortest route back to the German defense line, but our army's defense in this direction is also the strictest." Regarding Witkov's question, Sokov explained to him: "And to the east, Although it is in the opposite direction to the German army, our defense there happens to be the weakest. After he escapes from the city from the east, he can find a place to hide, and when the time is right, he will detour back to the German defense zone."

   "It seems that he is the Lieutenant Bohr we are looking for." After making this positive judgment, Sokov asked Tenev: "What measures have you taken?"

"The two surviving soldiers of the patrol team chased the jeep for a certain distance. Not only did they fail to catch up with the car, but another soldier was shot." Tenev reported: "They immediately contacted the nearby patrol team and informed Patrol to the east, intercept this jeep."

"The patrol in the east?" Sokov heard this, and immediately realized that it seemed to be an impossible task to catch Lieutenant Pohl. He clearly remembered that the patrols in this direction were all There are civilian police or militia, and it is very difficult for them to stop a German officer who is fleeing in a car.

  But now that the enemy has shown up, I have to find ways to catch him. Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the phone on the table and dialed the headquarters of the 75th Guards Division. Hearing Gorishny's voice from the receiver, he immediately said: "Comrade Colonel, a German agent in our uniform attacked our patrol, seized a jeep, and was heading towards the Fleeing to the east, it seems that he wants to leave the city, and immediately order your division's checkpoints to strengthen their vigilance, so that the enemy cannot escape."

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." Gorishny replied loudly: "I will immediately send out elite troops to intercept the fleeing enemy."

But less than half an hour later, Gorishny called Sokov and said in frustration: "Sorry, Comrade Commander, I failed your trust. The enemy driving a jeep has broken through our Checkpoint, rushed out of the city."

   "What, the enemy broke through your checkpoint?" Sokov couldn't help being furious, "Comrade Colonel, please answer me, how many people are there in the enemy, and how many troops are there in your checkpoint?"

After being silent for a while, Gorishny replied: "Comrade commander, there are fifteen people in our division's checkpoint in the east of the city. But basically they are recruits with no combat experience. After they stopped the jeep, they saw that there was only one They let down their vigilance to some extent. But unexpectedly, at this moment, the people in the car picked up the submachine guns placed on the co-pilot's seat and fired at them. Several veterans in the checkpoint were killed on the spot. The recruits had never seen this formation, and their first reaction was not to shoot back, but to look for a place to hide. The enemy took the opportunity to drive through the crossbar and rushed out of the city."

   Knowing that Lieutenant Pohl broke through the checkpoint of the 75th Guards Division so easily, Sokov almost smashed the receiver in his hand. Fortunately, he controlled his emotions in time, suppressed his anger and asked, "You just let him escape like this?"

"More than a dozen policemen from the police station and a militia patrol team were divided into two trucks, and then chased them out." Gorishny said with low confidence: "But the enemy had been away for a while at that time, I was worried that we would not be able to chase them. superior."

Sokov put down the phone and said to Witkov: "The jeep driven by Lieutenant Bohr has already broken through our checkpoint in the east of the city and rushed out of the city. But there is little hope of catching up."

When it was just getting dark, Sokov received a call from Makhmutov, the political commissar of the artillery division. The other party said anxiously on the phone: "Comrade commander, Colonel Myakotin, the commander of the division, encountered the enemy on the way back from the city patrol. After the battle, the accompanying soldiers suffered seven casualties..."

   "What did you say, Colonel Miyakotin was attacked?" Sokov was frightened by the shocking news, and he quickly asked, "Where was he attacked?"

"In the east of the city." Makhmutov replied hastily: "He was going to inspect the heavy artillery regiment deployed in the east of the city. Unexpectedly, on the way back, a jeep coming out of the city collided with the vehicle ahead. Collision. When the soldiers got out of the car to check, they were shot by the opponents with submachine guns. At that time, three soldiers were shot and died. In the ensuing battle, four more people were killed or injured..."

Knowing that Miyakotin was attacked in the east of the city, Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed. He thought that Lieutenant Bohr had escaped successfully, but he didn't expect that the Skynet was not missing. Colonel Yakotin's convoy. Sokov quickly asked: "How is Colonel Miyakotin, is he not injured? Also, where is the man who shot at your soldiers now?"

   "According to the division commander's report, the accompanying soldiers, policemen and militiamen who rushed from the city have surrounded the man in a forester's hut."

"Comrade Commissar, please tell Colonel Miyakotin immediately that the hut must be surrounded tightly, and the people in the hut must not be allowed to escape." Sokov said into the microphone: "I will immediately take people to support. "

  After finishing the call with Makhmutov, Sokov immediately connected to the guard battalion, and said to the communication soldier who answered the phone: "I am Sokov, and I ordered Seryosha's guard company to gather immediately and go out with me to perform the task."

  (end of this chapter)