Before the meeting was over, Romanchenko turned around and left the conference room. To obtain the list of personnel from the Kremlin Armory, the matter must be reported to Beria. Only after receiving the other party's help can the investigation into the Armory continue.

After Romanchenko left, Sokov continued to ask: "I have basically understood the process of the attack. Does anyone have any more to add?"

After Sokov finished speaking, Arina, who was sitting not far away, raised her hand and said that she had something to say.

"Len Arina, tell me."

Except for Gerchkov and Rhegalin, the rest of the conference room were surprised. They did not expect Sokov to easily call out Arina's name.

Arina stood up and said, "Comrade Major, during the day, a patrol team had fired with German agents. According to the surviving soldiers, their bullets had obviously hit the enemy's body, but they just could not penetrate the enemy's clothes..."

"Wait a minute, Lieutenant Alina." Sokov heard this and raised his hand to interrupt the words behind Alina: "You mean, when the soldiers of the patrol exchanged fire with the enemy, the bullets hit their bodies, but they could not penetrate the clothes they were wearing. What clothes were they wearing, bulletproof vests?"

"Bulletproof vest?!" Is there any word in this era? So after hearing this, Alina's expression froze on her face, then she came to her senses and continued: "Comrade Major, the name you chose is quite accurate. According to the soldiers, the clothes on the enemy are similar to medieval chain mail. When the bullet hits it, they can only splash sparks, but they cannot penetrate it."

"The bulletproof vests they wore," Sokov continued, "but they wore only the upper body, or was the whole body wrapped in this bulletproof vest?"

"Only the upper body is wearing bulletproof vests," said Alina. "They were a little slow when they ran away, which means the clothes were a bit heavy. If they were wrapped in bulletproof vests, they might not be able to move at all."

One member obviously didn't know about this and couldn't help but complain: "Since we are slow to move, why didn't our soldiers catch them?"

Arina glanced at the other party and said coldly: "Although German agents were slow to move because of wearing this special bulletproof vest, they were equipped with submachine guns, while the soldiers of our patrol all used rifles and were at a disadvantage in firepower. In the end, there were only five or six people who survived."

"Where are the enemy?" But the man asked unwillingly: "How many of them are there?"

"Three people." Alina might be worried that the other party would not believe it, and added: "They are equipped with submachine guns."

"What, there are only three people? None of us can keep three people behind each other?"

Sokov frowned and felt very dissatisfied. There were only a few people in the entire team. During the day, there were still people who didn't know about the incident between the patrol team and the German agents. This shows that the communication within the task force was not enough and information could not be shared. How can we solve the case?

He slapped the table with his hands twice and said sternly: "Quiet, all are quiet!"

After the conference room became quiet again, Sokov turned his head and looked at Gerchkov and said unhappily: "Comrade Major, can you explain to me why there are still people in the task force who don't know what happened to the patrol team and German agents during the day? There are not many people in the task force. If the information obtained during the investigation process cannot be known in time, I can't imagine how you have the confidence to think that you can solve the case within the prescribed time limit?"

Faced with Sokov's accusations, Gerchkov couldn't help but blush, and then explained awkwardly: "Major Sokov, you don't know that the members of the task force come from different departments and are not familiar with each other. Their investigation directions are different, and they work in different areas. Therefore, after obtaining clues, they cannot inform other members as soon as possible."

"Let me give an example." Sokov said with a pursed mouth: "Lieutenant Arlena and I were responsible for finding the hiding places of the German agents. After having the clues, we did not inform you immediately, but instead worked directly based on the clues we had. The other members of the group did not know that we had clues, and might also conduct repeated reconnaissance on the clues we had. In this way, not only wasted a lot of manpower and material resources, but also work efficiency was not high."

"Major Sokov, I understand what you mean." Gerchkov understood what Sokov wanted to express and quickly defended himself: "In the future, I will ask the team members to report their discoveries in a timely manner to ensure that each team member understands the progress of the case investigation."

Seeing that Gerchkov had understood his intentions, Sokov nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, comrade Major, this is what we should do, so that we have the hope of eliminating the German agents who sneaked into Moscow in the shortest time. Of course, in order not to affect the detection effect, we only need to conduct a summary meeting every day at noon and at night, so that everyone can summarize the information they have, so that everyone in the group can understand the progress of the case, which is enough."

Sokov and Gerchkov were still discussing how to allocate personnel and launch a new reconnaissance, Romanchenko quickly walked in from outside and handed a piece of paper in his hand to Sokov: "Here, this is the list of personnel in the Kremlin armory. Usually, an armory of such a large one is two to five people, but the nature of this armory in the Kremlin is different, so the personnel are adjusted to eight people, and the person in charge is a major."

"The eight people's staffing is actually the major?" Hearing Romachenko said this, Regalin, who had just approached Sokov's side, had an incredible expression on his face: "If there were a few more people, wouldn't he become a lieutenant colonel?"

Romanchenko turned his head and looked at Regalin, shook his head and said, "Lieutenant Regalin, you may not know that there are regulations for the ranks corresponding to various organizational arrangements. For example, in this armory, no matter whether the personnel are eight or eighty, the highest rank of the person in charge will not exceed the major."

"Oh, so that's the case." Regalin added: "Will the head of the armory be transferred to another place to serve in the future?"

Romanchenko shook his head again and gave Rhegalin a negative answer: "The head of the armory cannot leave this position unless it is retired, or for some special reason. Of course, this provision is only for the head of the armory, his deputy and ordinary administrators, who are not subject to this restriction."

Sokov took the piece of paper that Romanchenko gave him and carefully looked at the name on it.

The first person on the list is Babushkin, the head of the armory, with the rank of major. Next are his three deputy, with the ranks of captain, captain and lieutenant, and four ordinary administrators wearing the rank of corporal.

Seeing that Sokov was staring at the list, he even frowned and asked curiously: "Major Sokov, do you think there is a questionable person on the list?"

Sokov was thinking at this moment that in a novel he had read later, it mentioned that a major in the Kremlin armory was bribed by the Germans and volunteered to act as an internal supporter for the Germans. Not only did he provide weapons and equipment for the Germans who infiltrated Moscow, but he even opened a side door of the Kremlin and put the German agents in, providing convenience for them to assassinate Stalin.

He remembered that the man had a major military rank, but he couldn't remember his name clearly. After all, he had not come to Moscow at that time and was not familiar with the Soviet Union, so he naturally couldn't remember the long and difficult name. However, it was useless to remember. The names of the characters in the novel were probably fabricated. It is definitely not known to arrest people according to the names in the novel.

Hearing Romachenko asks himself a question, he quickly pointed to the name of the person in charge on the list and said, "Comrade Director, I think this Major Babushkin is very suspicious. Look, can Comrade Belia send personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate his details?"

I thought that the request he made would make Romanchenko feel embarrassed. After all, the person to be investigated was an insider of the Kremlin. Who knew that as soon as he finished speaking, Romanchenko waved and called Alina to him and ordered: "Lieutenant Alina, when Comrade Beria asked you to join the task force, it was for us to negotiate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs or key departments when we were involved in the investigation. Now Major Sokov wants to investigate this major, why not be responsible for it?"

Arina did not shirk Romanchenko's arrangements, but nodded and agreed readily: "Okay, comrade Director, I will immediately investigate the major in the armory. At the latest, I can put his information on your desk at noon tomorrow."

But after hearing her words, Romanchenko smiled and said, "Lieutenant Arlena, you're wrong. I don't look at your investigation report. After all, I'm not responsible for this matter. After you have the result, you can hand it over to Major Sokov or Major Gerchkov, after all, they are your leaders now."

"Okay, Comrade Director." Arina was so kind. She turned to Sokov: "Major, after I got Major Babushkin's information, I will report to you as soon as possible."

Sokov nodded and reminded her, "Alena, I have a premonition that this Major Babushkin may be a very important task. Whether we can clear the German agents who sneaked into the city may have nothing to do with him."

If anyone dares to question a soldier in the Kremlin whether there is a problem, especially the person in charge of an indispensable key position like the Armory, who may collude with the Germans in private, then he may be locked in Rubyanka's cell by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and undergo severe interrogation, and it depends on what purpose you dare to raise such questions.

But now it is the war period, and there are German agents who have sneaked into Moscow to try to pose a threat to Comrade Stalin's safety. In this case, it is reasonable to conduct a secret investigation of someone.

Therefore, when Alina heard Sokov say this, she quickly expressed her opinion to him: "Comrade Major, I will start an investigation immediately. I will report the investigation results to you as soon as possible."

Although Alina had just made a promise to Romanchenko and would get the complete information at noon tomorrow. In order to find out as soon as possible whether Babushkin was a German, Sokov still reminded Alina: "Alena, remember, before noon tomorrow at the latest, I will see all the information of Major Babushkin."

"Okay, Major, you will see detailed information at noon tomorrow at the latest."

After the meeting, the members of the task force left the conference room one after another, leaving only Romanchenko, Sokov and Gerchkov.

Romanchenko handed Sokov a cigarette and asked curiously: "Comrade Major, do you really think that anyone in the Kremlin's armory has colluded with German agents?"

"Yes." Sokov lit the matches, first helped Romanchenko ignite the cigarette, and then his own cigarette. After taking a deep breath, he spoke: "I have just said at the meeting that the enemy carried a limited amount of ammunition, and we have handed over twice. I guess the remaining ammunition is not enough to support their next assassination operation. Therefore, they must find ways to get new weapons and equipment, and the Kremlin's armory is undoubtedly the most suitable position."

After hearing Sokov's words so confidently, Romanchenko's expression became solemn: "Major Sokov, if someone really colluded with German agents in the armory, then Comrade Stalin's safety will be difficult to guarantee. Look, should Comrade Beria report this matter to Comrade Stalin and let him move to another place first?"

"Comrade Director, you should know that although Moscow has carried out large-scale evacuation work and some important agencies have also moved to Gubishev, Comrade Stalin has stayed." Sokov analyzed to Romanchenko: "Now even if we tell the Supreme Commander through Comrade Beria that German agents may infiltrate the Kremlin, assassinate him, and ask him to move to a safe place, I think he would not agree."

When Romanchenko lowered his head to smoke, Gerchkov, who was silent next to him, suddenly asked, "Comrade Major, I want to ask a question. Is it OK?"

"Of course." Sokov nodded at Gerchkov and said, "If you have any questions, just ask."

"Major Sokov, why do you only doubt the head of the armory, but not the ordinary armory administrator?" Gerchkov looked at Sokov and asked, "In addition to Major Babushkin, his deputy and subordinates also have the possibility of colluding with German agents."

Sokov did not expect Gerchkov to suddenly ask such a question. He thought for a moment and replied: "Comrade Major, what you mentioned is also possible. However, Director Romanchenko also said that apart from retirement and some special reasons, it is impossible for the head of the armory to leave his post. His deputy and subordinates are not subject to this.

If you are a German agent who wants to get supplies from the armory or even sneak into the Kremlin, then is the person you are going to buy, is the person in charge of the armory, or his deputy or ordinary administrator?"
Chapter completed!