Syzran is not a small area, and on the way to the garrison headquarters, I carefully surveyed the city, which was in the strategic rear. Although there were anti-tank tripods on the streets, and there were barricades and soldiers standing guard at the intersections, the atmosphere of the war was not strong, and pedestrians could be seen on the sidewalks from time to time, and their expressions were relaxed.

On the way, we also encountered several waves of patrols and checkpoints for barricades, but as soon as the other party saw Anton at the head of the line, he nodded at us in a friendly way, and easily let it go.

When I realized this, I asked with interest: "Comrade soldier, why didn't the patrol inspect us when they saw you in the ranks?" ”

Anton leaned slightly to the side, pointed to a red armband on his left arm with his right hand and said: "Comrade General, please see, all members of the patrol team wear such a special armband, and when others see it, they will know that it is their own people." ”

I looked back at my men, and except for Dolnikov and his three companions, the others were wearing cuirasses, and they were sure to be questioned by many patrols for their unusual appearance. But fortunately, we have Anton as a guide, which saves a lot of trouble invisibly.

Anton looked back at the commanders and fighters behind him as he walked, and said in an envious tone: "Comrade General, your subordinates are really well equipped, and I have never seen such a special gun." As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted the rifle on his shoulder, and said self-deprecatingly, "Troops like us who remain in the rear can only use this old-fashioned Mosin Lagan rifle." ”

"Comrade warrior, it's normal that you haven't seen such a gun." Since some units of the Central Front have now begun to install this kind of assault rifle, there is no need to keep it secret, so I told Anton generously: "This is a Kalashnikov rifle newly developed by our military industrial department. The troops are currently being equipped, and I believe it will not be long before you can be equipped with such equipment. ”

After listening to this, Anton casually asked, "What is the performance of this gun?" ”

"Simple and durable." Before I could speak, Yushchenko preemptively spoke: "I have never seen a firearm compare to it." ”

I didn't want Yushchenko to reveal too much information to this ordinary fighter, so I waited for Yushchenko to finish speaking. I interjected and asked, "Comrade soldier, we have been walking for almost twenty minutes, how much time do we have before we get to the garrison headquarters?" ”

Anton, apparently without a watch, was stunned when he heard my question, but quickly returned to normal, and replied to me sideways: "Comrade General, we have walked almost three-quarters of the way, and after walking two more blocks, we will reach our destination." ”

A few minutes later. We came to the outside of a building with a large courtyard, and the soldiers standing guard could be seen on either side of the iron gate at the entrance. At this time, Anton stopped and said to me respectfully: "Comrade General, this is the garrison headquarters. Please, I'm going back on patrol, so I won't go in with you. ”

"Thank you, comrade warrior." I shook his hand. Said gratefully, "Hopefully we'll have a date later!" ”

"Goodbye, Comrade General." Anton let go of my hand. After saluting me again, he turned and walked away quickly.

As we were about to enter the gate, we were unexpectedly blocked by a group of warriors. A second lieutenant wearing a large-brimmed hat raised his hand to block the way of our gang and said coldly: "I'm sorry, comrade commander, you can't go in. ”

Usually the gates of the garrison headquarters. There were only two sentries standing guard, and there were as many as ten of them, and I couldn't help but frown. Xin said that the frame of this garrison commander is really not small, there are so many people at the door alone, and I will see him later. I don't know how many levels I'll have to go through. Seeing that our way was blocked, I asked in a cold tone, "Why?" ”

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is on a mission inside." Although the second lieutenant who blocked the road saw my rank clearly, he still said unruly: "Idlers are not allowed to enter." ”

Seeing that the second lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was so arrogant, it was Dolnikov who spoke first this time, and he asked loudly: "What task is performed?" ”

The second lieutenant glanced at him with slanted eyes, and said disdainfully: "What tasks the Ministry of Internal Affairs performs, it is not your turn to care." ”

"What, can't it be my turn?" The lieutenant's words infuriated Dolnikov, and he took out his papers, slapped them on the lieutenant's chest, raised his voice, and said, "You can show me whether I am qualified to take care of this matter." ”

The second lieutenant pursed his lips and took the document from Dolnikov's hand, opened it casually and glanced at it casually. This look immediately startled him, he hurriedly stood up and saluted, then leaned forward slightly, held the document in both hands and handed it to Dolnikov, and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Captain, I didn't know your identity just now, I was offended, please forgive me!" ”

While Dolnikov was putting his papers in his pocket, I asked the ensign who was standing in front of me, "Ensign, what the hell is going on inside?" ”

When the second lieutenant saw that Dolnikov had collected his papers, he obediently retreated behind me, understood that my identity was not something he could offend, and quickly replied in a panic: "Comrade General, we are here to arrest a traitor. ”

"Traitor?" I hadn't heard this word for a long time, and I was stunned for a while before I understood the meaning of this word, and then asked curiously: "What traitor, what is his name?" ”

The second lieutenant shook his head and replied, "My task is to guard the door and not let anyone go in or out, and I don't know the rest of the matter." ”

"Captain Yushchenko, Captain Dolnikov," I heard that some traitor was arrested, and I guessed in my heart that it must be some kind of unjust, false and wrongful case, so I called the names of the two subordinates without looking back, and gave them an order cleanly: "Leave four soldiers to watch the door, and you bring someone in for me to see what is going on." ”

"Yes!" After the two of them agreed, and after appointing four soldiers to stay on duty at the gate, the two of them stepped forward and pushed away the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were blocking us, and invited me to enter the compound of the garrison headquarters.

Once inside the gate, we quickly walked through the clearing and walked to the front of the building. At the entrance to this place, there were also five men who looked like officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, probably seeing the fate of their companions at the door, who did not dare to block our way. Instead, respectfully invite us in. But to be on the safe side, I left two fighters to watch and watch over them.

The wide corridors on the second floor were filled with people, most of them without military caps, apparently officers working in the building, not officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Seeing our arrival, the officers who had been talking about it shut up. Flashed to the sides with their backs against the wall, making way for the group of us. As I passed by them, no one saluted me, but followed my movements with a wary gaze.

I saw two heavily armed warriors standing outside the two closed gates. With the experience just now, I knew that these two people must be from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so I raised my hand and pointed at the two of them, and instructed Yushchenko and Dolnikov in the back: "Send someone to watch the two of them, and we will go in and see what is going on." ”

As we walked towards the door. The two fighters tried to come up and stop them, but the guard behind me put their guns to their heads without saying a word, and the two of them were immediately honest. I walked to the door and raised my hand to push the door, but then I heard a roar from inside: "...... What right does your Ministry of Internal Affairs have to arrest an excellent commander who has made great achievements,......"

Hearing this, I immediately pushed open the door and walked in without hesitation.

In the office. A middle-aged colonel was angry at a captain standing in front of him, and the blue-brimmed hat on the captain's head. I immediately guessed that he was an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and that he should be the supreme commander of today's operation.

Our gang poured into the office and immediately caught the attention of both the Colonel and the Captain. The Colonel stopped his anger and looked at me in surprise and asked, "Who are you and why did you break into my office?" ”

Instead of answering his question, I got straight to the point and asked, "Who can tell me." What the hell is going on here, and why are there people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs everywhere? ”

"Who are you, Comrade General." The captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs looked at me and asked with an indifferent expression.

Hearing his question, I only turned my head to look at Dolnikov. I hope he will take the initiative to introduce my identity to his colleagues. Dolnikov was a clever man, and when he saw that I looked at him, he immediately understood, took a few steps forward, walked up to the captain, pointed to me, and said: "Comrade Captain, let me introduce you. This is General Oshanina, who has come to visit his relatives in Sezran, and I have come to protect him on the orders of Comrade Beria. ”

After listening to Dolnikov's introduction, the colonel and the captain had different expressions on their faces, the colonel was surprised, and the captain was shocked.

The two of them walked up to me and raised their hands in salute. The colonel first reported to me: "Hello, Comrade General, I am Colonel Felcht, commander of the Syzran garrison. ”

Then the captain also reported: "Report to the general, I am Captain Chergao of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

I had a good impression of this garrison commander who knew how to defend his subordinates, and after nodding to him with a smile, I turned to Chergao and asked: "Comrade Captain, can you tell me the purpose of your visit to the garrison headquarters today?" ”

I have to say that Beria's name is a name that should not be underestimated for everyone, especially his subordinates, which is more and more intimidating. Captain Chergau heard my question and immediately answered honestly: "We are here to arrest a traitor." ”

"Traitor?!" This is the second time I've heard this word today, and I can't help but frown and ask, "What traitor." ”

"An officer who had been captured by the Germans." Cherngau was afraid that I would not understand, and specially added: "The Supreme Commander said: 'We have no prisoners of war, only traitors to the Motherland'. Since we have found out that there is such a traitor in the garrison headquarters, we must not let it go, so today I will bring someone to arrest him. Who knew that after coming, Colonel Felst not only refused to take the initiative to hand over this traitor, but defended ...... in every possible way"

"Captain Oshanin is not a traitor!" Colonel Filsht did not wait for Chergao to finish speaking, and shouted at the top of his voice: "He is a hero of the Fatherland, and he was sent to Syzran because he was seriously wounded in the defense of Moscow." ”

Hearing that the person the Ministry of Internal Affairs was going to arrest today was actually Oshanin, and that he had been labeled a "traitor", I couldn't help but be angry, and I wanted to beat the captain in front of me severely. However, considering my status, I tried my best to restrain my emotions and asked in a calm tone: "Captain Chergao, can you tell me, how did your Ministry of Internal Affairs know that Captain Oshanin was once captured?" ”

Although I tried to show an impartial and neutral position, Chergau sensed that I was clearly taking the side of the garrison commander and replied with some nervousness: "That's so, Comrade General. Some time ago, we received an order from our superiors to find a soldier named Oshanin, and a child named Alik. When we found out here, we found out that Captain Oshanin was working at the garrison headquarters, and immediately reported it to his superiors. But yesterday we learned by chance that Captain Oshanin had been captured by the Germans in the first two days of the war, and we suspected ......"

"You doubt!" Before he could finish his sentence, he was unceremoniously interrupted by Dolnikov. Although his military rank is the same as that of Chergaard, since he is from Moscow, he is invisibly higher than the other party, and besides, he has also heard Oshanin's name, if he still doesn't know my relationship with Oshanin, he won't have to stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future. Now that there is an opportunity to ease relations with me, he will definitely not give up easily, and will naturally stand in my position and speak for me: "Captain Oshanin was captured, not because he took the initiative to lay down his arms, but when he was wounded. This matter was known not only to Comrade Beria, but also to the Supreme Commander himself. Since none of them said that Oshanin was a traitor, what qualifications does you, a little captain, have to say that he is a traitor?! ”

"Alright, Captain Dolnikov, needless to say." Seeing that Chergao was red-faced by Dolnikov, I stood up and played a round, after all, Oshanin would have to stay in Sezlan in the future, and it was unwise to offend the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs rashly, so I also turned the big thing into a small thing: "I think it may be a misunderstanding. When I said this, I deliberately stared at Cherga, "I am not wrong, Comrade Captain. ”

When Chergao saw that I had placed the steps in front of him, he hurriedly smiled gratefully at me, and said, "Comrade General, you are so right. I think there must be some misunderstanding in this, perhaps our comrades who are handling affairs have been instigated and deceived by traitors, and this is why such a misunderstanding has occurred. ”

"Since it's a misunderstanding, it's fine." I waved my hand at Chergau calmly: "Captain, if nothing happens, you can go back with your people." ”

Hearing me say this, Chergaard immediately agreed as if he had been granted amnesty, and after saluting me, he walked briskly out of the garrison commander's office. (To be continued.) )