Rokosovsky thought about Lobachev's proposal for a while, and then said, "Misha is not only young, but also has too short a time to join the army. Although he has made a lot of military achievements, if he is directly promoted to colonel, many people may object. I think this way, be promoted to lieutenant colonel first, and then give him a higher military rank when he has the opportunity. Comrade Military Commissioner, what do you think?"

"I think it's OK," Lobachev nodded and agreed, "Then you will be promoted to lieutenant colonel as soon as possible."

Rokosovsky raised his hand and looked at the time, then said, "When today's battle is over, we will officially announce the promotion to him."

As the two were talking, a staff officer came over and reported, "Comrade Commander, there is a lieutenant from the Ministry of Internal Affairs outside, saying that there is something important to see you."

Hearing the staff officers said that there was an officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to see him, Rokosovsky was slightly shocked and thought to himself, what did the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs ask me for help? He said to the staff officer calmly: "Comrade Staff, go and bring that lieutenant from the Ministry of Internal Affairs here."

Soon, the staff officer came over with an officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When Lobachev saw the person clearly, his face showed a shocked expression: "Lieutenant Alina, why is it you?" After a moment, he added, "No, from now on, I should call you Lieutenant Alina!"

"Hello, Comrade Lobachev!" Arina raised her hand and saluted Lobachev: "We're meeting again!"

Last time Arina took the special agent team to rescue Yakov, she had come to the 16th Army Command, so Rokosovsky knew her. While she was shaking hands with Lobachev, he asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, do you know what special mission you came to my headquarters today?"

"Hello, Comrade General!" After Alina shook hands with Lobachev, she saluted Rokosovsky first, and then said: "I came here this time, and I did come with a special task."

"Tell me, what is the task?"

Arina looked around and saw that except Rokosovsky and Lobachev, there was only Chief of Staff Malining, and the rest of the staff and communication personnel were around ten meters away. Even if they said anything, those people might not hear it. After confirming the safety around, Arina spoke, "I came here this time, under the order of Comrade Beria, and prepared to cover several German prisoners of war to escape from our army's defense zone and return to the German-occupied area."

When Rokosovsky heard this, he immediately linked Alina's mission to what Zhukov said on the phone: "Lieutenant Alina, before you came, General Zhukov had greeted me and asked me to release a few German prisoners of war from my army tonight and let them return to the German-occupied area safely. One of them was disguised by our comrades. I wonder if you are here, is this mission related?"

"That's right, Comrade General, you're right. I'm here for this mission this time." Arina explained to Rokosovsky and others: "When they escape, they must create some illusions of pursuit to make their escape seem more real. But considering that there may be some mistakes in the execution of this mission, the superiors sent me to lead a team to supervise the execution of this mission."

"Comrade Lieutenant," Rokosovsky and Arina said impatiently: "According to the instructions of his superiors, let the prisoners of war escape from the defense zone of our army tonight. The rough escape route has been formulated, that is, from the location of Major Sokov's infantry brigade, and enter the German-occupied area."

"Oh, so that's it." Arina heard the dissatisfaction in Rokosovsky's tone, and took the initiative to say: "My car is outside, and I'm going to go to the base of the infantry brigade now. Please send someone to serve as a guide for me."

Hearing Alina say this, Lobachev asked curiously: "Lt. Alina, didn't you say that you brought a special team? Are they all outside?"

Alina shook her head, "I drove here alone, and the rest of the special team were on missions outside. They left a secret code for their own prisoners of war, so that the other party could escape according to the pre-designated route, so as not to lose their direction."

After figuring out what was going on, Lobachev called a staff officer and ordered the other party: "Comrade Staff, please act as a guide for Lieutenant Arina and send her to the infantry brigade."

"Yes, comrade of the military commissioner." The staff officer replied loudly: "I promise to send her to the destination safely."

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The German attack on the fourth battalion was repelled.

In order to repel the German attack, the fourth battalion, which was supplemented, not only fought tenaciously, but also smashed half of the artillery reserves in the rear. With the retreat of the German army, only burning tanks and armored vehicles were left in front of the fourth battalion's position, as well as German corpses lying around the craters.

When Sokov was checking the results reported by the Fourth Battalion, a shout came from outside: "Major Sokov, are you inside?"

When Sokov heard the shouts outside, he was stunned and thought that the voice was a bit like Lieutenant Arina. How could she appear here?

He didn't bother to put down the battle report in his hand, so he hurried to the door of the tent, lifted up the curtain and took a look, and he saw Arina standing outside.

"Lieutenant Alina!" As soon as Sokov said, he found that Alina standing in front of him was a little different. Not only did she become a lieutenant on her military rank, but she also had two brand new medals on her chest: "Why did you come here?"

Arina came to the door of the tent, looked into the tent, and then said, "Comrade Major, can I go in?"

"Of course, of course." Sokov said, taking a step back to the side, and continued to lift the curtain and said, "Lt. Alina, please come in quickly."

After Arina came in, Sokov immediately ordered Romanov: "Romalov, pour Alina a cup of tea."

While Romanov was pouring water, Sokov asked curiously: "Alena, why did you suddenly appear here?"

"I'm here to carry out the mission." As Alina spoke, she looked at the people in the tent, looking like she wanted to speak but stopped.

Seeing this, Sokov quickly said to him: "Alena, there are only five people in the tent, including you, and they are all absolutely reliable. If you have anything to say, just say it."

After hearing Sokov say this, Alina hesitated for a moment and said, "Comrade Major, this is the situation. In order to let one of our comrades break into the German army, the relevant superior departments organized a fake prison escape incident, allowing the comrade to mingle among several German prisoners of war and escape from the prisoner-of-war camp. Now, we have to find a way to get these people back to the German-occupied area, and I came for this."

Karsokov couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, I don't know which prisoners of war camp these prisoners escaped from. How can we let them pass through our army's defense line and return to the German-occupied area smoothly?"

"I came out this time and brought a special team." Alina said: "They will leave a secret code along the way to guide our comrades to take German prisoners of war and smoothly pass through the controlled area of ​​our army and return to the German-occupied area."

Sokov tapped gently on the table with his finger, thinking in his mind that if he wanted to send personnel to invade the German army, why did he deliberately create a fake prison escape in the prison camp? Moreover, the more people involved in this top-secret task, the easier it is to be exposed.

"Gay Major!" Arina couldn't help but ask curiously: "What are you thinking?"

"Lt. Alina, I don't understand why my superiors made such arrangements." Sokov said in confusion: "If we want our people to invade the German army, there are many ways, why do we have to make things so complicated?"

When Arina heard Sokov say this, her mouth twitched violently, as if she wanted to say something, but when she got to her mouth, she didn't say it.

Sokov saw Arina's concerns and took the initiative to say, "Lt. Arina, are there some things that are inconvenient to say? If you can't say anything, don't say it."

"Comrade Major, this matter may be kept secret from others, but it is not necessary for you." Alina said in shock: "Comrade Belia once personally told you that if you need your cooperation, you can tell you the truth."

After saying this, Alina's eyes wandered around the tent again, as if she felt that there were people around her and some things were inconvenient to say.

"Lt. Arina," Sokov stood up and said, "the chief of staff is still in charge of the battle and cannot leave here. If you have anything, let's go outside and say it."

"Okay, let's go outside and talk."

After the two walked out of the tent and walked twenty or thirty or thirty meters towards the uninhabited place, Sokov stopped, turned around and said to Alina, "Alena, if there is anything, just talk about it here. There is no one around, so you don't have to worry about the secret being leaked."

Even so, Alina looked around and saw that there was indeed no one nearby, so she spoke to Sokov: "Misha! The reason why her superiors wanted to create a fake prison escape was because the comrade who was carrying out the mission was very special."

"Is the special identity?" Sokov asked puzzledly after hearing this: "What a special method? You won't tell me that the person who performed the mission is Yakov, right?"

"How is this possible?" Alina shook her head and said, "Yakov is Comrade Stalin's eldest son, how can he perform such a dangerous mission."

"Then what happened if you say the comrade who was carrying out the mission is special?"

"It's like this, the comrade who was carrying out the mission is Kuzenko." Arina explained to Sokov: "Short after the outbreak of the war, with the assistance of the agents, he replaced the German major who was shot dead by our army and entered the German command center. He used his identity to steal a lot of intelligence and sent it to us continuously. These valuable intelligences provided very useful reference value for our army to formulate combat plans."

Sokov felt strange in his heart. Since Kucenko broke into the German army at the beginning of the war, how could he appear in the Soviet prisoner-of-war camp? Could it be that he did not take the initiative to reveal his identity after being captured by our army? However, he did not interrupt Alina's statement. He understood that the other party would tell him the answer soon.

Sure enough, Alina quickly mentioned what Sokov was concerned about: "... He was originally lurking inside the German army and did not arouse any suspicion. But until one day, his wife came to the front line, which led to the exposure of his identity."

"How did it be exposed?" Although Sokov guessed the answer, he couldn't help but ask.

"How else can be exposed? Of course, it was the couple who were alone." Arina explained with a red face: "Although his appearance was exactly the same as the German major who was shot dead by our army, the German officers who lived with him day and night did not see any flaws. But after one night with Kucenko, the major's wife had doubts about his identity and secretly reported to the local Gestapo that the man was not her husband, but a fake."

When Sokov heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise, thinking that this matter was so exciting. It was originally lurking well, but the German major's wife directly exposed her identity as soon as she arrived. He couldn't help asking, "Since he was exposed, how did he escape from danger later?"

"When Gestapo went to arrest him, the other comrades in front of him noticed something was wrong and warned him in advance. After receiving the notice, he immediately drove away from the headquarters and got rid of the Gestapo's pursuit."

"Then let him return to the German-occupied area this time, where are you going to lurk?"

"Of course it was the original headquarters." Alina said: "He is familiar with the environment there, which is conducive to the development of work."

When Sokov heard this, he was shocked and sweated: "Alena, are the officers of the Intelligence Bureau crazy? Comrade Kucenko originally escaped from the German-occupied area because of his identity being exposed. Now you let him return, wouldn't you let him fall into the trap?"

"Misha, things are not what you think." Arina shook her head and said, "Comrade Kucenko went back as the German major who was shot dead this time. The reason why she wanted to create a prison escape in a prisoner of war camp was to let those prisoners of war who returned to the German-occupied area with him and confirm his identity to the relevant parties. Prove that he was the German major and had been imprisoned in the prisoner of war camp with them."

Arina's explanation made Sokov laugh and cry. He thought to himself that a Soviet agent who pretended to be a German major fled back to the Soviet side because of his identity. As a result, a few months later, the escaped agent returned with the title of German major. Are you really all Germans idiots?

Seeing Sokov shake his head repeatedly, Alina asked curiously: "Misha, what are you doing when you shake your head?"

"Alena, there are only two of us here. I want to hear you tell the truth." Sokov looked at Arlena and asked with a serious expression: "Do you think that after Comrade Kuzenko arrived in the German occupation area, the Germans would not have doubts about his identity?"

"There will definitely be suspicious." Alina also said thoughtfully: "If the Germans found the German major's wife again in order to distinguish between true and false, and let the two of them get along for a while, I'm afraid that Kuzenko's identity would be exposed."

"Since you also think that Comrade Kuzenko's chance of being exposed after he arrived in the German-occupied area is very high, why do you still have to let him die?"
Chapter completed!