red moscow

Chapter 2577

"Misha," Ajelina asked eagerly as soon as they returned to the room, "How did you know that the top-secret document was fake?"

"It's simple. I found many loopholes in the document." Sokov smiled faintly and asked, "What do you think of the domestic path?"

Ajelina didn’t understand what the flaws in the document had to do with the domestic roads, so she asked in confusion: “Misha, I don’t understand what you mean?”

"You should be very familiar with the domestic road conditions. Except for a few major roads, the conditions of other roads are extremely bad. It can be described as 'covered in dirt on sunny days and covered in mud on rainy days'. When the weather is good, the vehicles can drive on the road better. When it rains, the vehicles will get stuck in the mud and can't move." Sokov said: "Think about it, how can a giant tank weighing 138 tons be used on such a bad road? Even if it can barely drive out, it will probably get stuck in the mud and can't move for a while."

Sokov paused for a moment to observe Adelina's expression. Seeing her nod in agreement, he continued, "Also, several important cities in our country that produce tanks are Kharkov, Leningrad and Stalingrad. At that time, Kharkov had fallen into the hands of the Germans, and the responsibility of producing tanks fell on the two cities of Leningrad and Stalingrad..."

"Wait a minute, Misha." Unexpectedly, Adelina interrupted Sokov and said, "Isn't Leningrad surrounded by the Germans? How can it continue to produce the tanks needed by our army?"

"Well, although Leningrad was surrounded by the German army for 872 days, the city's military production never stopped. I remember that when the defense battle was at its most difficult, Comrade Zhdanov personally called Stalin and hoped that he would be allowed to keep three days of production of the tank factory so that the counterattack troops could obtain enough tanks."

"The output of the tank factory in three days." Ajelina asked curiously, "I wonder how many tanks there are?"

"I don't know," Sokov shook his head and said, "The output of military industrial enterprises is absolutely confidential. Even at my level, I can't understand it."

Adelina connected Sokov's words with the tank combat locations mentioned in the document and immediately came to a new conclusion: "Misha, I think the flaw you mentioned is that in addition to the domestic roads being unable to bear the weight of the tanks, there is also a problem with the tank's production location. Am I right?"

"Yes, your guess is correct." Sokov said, "When it comes to tank production technology, Moscow's military factories are definitely far inferior to Leningrad. Since the newly produced super tanks are to be used in the Leningrad battlefield, why should they go to Moscow, which has much lower technology and is nearly a thousand kilometers away, instead of producing them in the technologically advanced Leningrad tank factory?"

"Misha, you have a really good observation ability." Ajelina said with emotion: "It is based on these details that we can easily determine that the top-secret document shown to us by the deputy commander is fake. Now I am a little worried. Can such a low-level scam fool General Patton?"

"If this fake document is used to deceive General Patton, there shouldn't be much of a problem." Sokov said with a serious expression: "When their military engineers get this fake document, they only need to check some important parameters to easily find out that this is a trap we prepared for them."

"If that's the case, then why do we have to pass this fake document to the US?"

Sokov sighed softly and said, "The superiors naturally have their own considerations. Since they have given us orders, we only need to execute them. As for the consequences, that is not something we two should consider."

Sokov didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he changed the subject to Serova: "By the way, we were talking about Serova before we went to see Comrade Deputy Commander. Can you tell me about her?"

Adelina nodded and began to tell Sokov the story about Serova: "Valentina Polovikova is a famous movie star in our country. Her first husband, Anatoly Serov, was no ordinary man either. He was a pilot who won the title of 'Hero of the Soviet Union' and was known as 'Stalin's Eagle'. After Valentina married him, she took her husband's surname and was called Valentina Serova from then on.

The love story of Valentina and Serov is full of romance. They fell in love at first sight. On the third day of their acquaintance, Serov proposed to Valentina. On the eighth day, they registered their marriage and became a formal couple.

After marriage, Serov was keen on giving Valentina all kinds of surprises. For example, after Valentina boarded the train to Leningrad, he flew directly to Leningrad and greeted her with flowers when she got off the train. He was originally on a business trip, but he would suddenly appear in Moscow during the training break, spend a few minutes with his beloved wife, and then reluctantly say goodbye and leave...

But Serov was killed in a plane crash while testing a new aircraft in 1939. Valentina was pregnant at the time, and three months after losing her lover, she gave birth to a son. In memory of her husband, she named her son Anatoly.

Sokov only knew that Serova and Simonov were married, and he didn't know that she had been married before and even had a son. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Then how did Simonov and Serova know each other?"

"Simonov first met Valentina at the Young Workers' Theatre in 1940. At that time, she was still immersed in the grief of losing her husband, but her beauty made Simonov infatuated. Simonov was just 24 years old at the time. He dedicated all his works, starting from his first play "A Love Experience", to Valentina.

After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, Simonov's famous poem "Wait for Me" was published in Pravda, which was dedicated to Valentina. But the influence of this poem far exceeded Simonov's imagination, and even the popular "Katyusha" in the later period could not compare with it. Soldiers on the front line and women in the rear copied this poem and put it in their pockets as a talisman.

Although the poem had a huge social response, Simonov was still uneasy in his heart. He was about to go to the front line, and he was worried that the long separation would make their relationship cool.

"Simonov's guess is correct." Sokov couldn't help but interrupt when he heard this: "Valentina has indeed fallen in love with someone else."

"Yes, in 1942, when Valentina went to the military hospital in Moscow to perform for the wounded, she met the famous Marshal Rokossovsky. The handsome commander, known as a beautiful man, and the peerless beauty fell in love. The long-suppressed emotional storm in Valentina's heart was stirred up again. The powerful marshal was also a passionate man, and the two were deeply in love.

But in the cruel war years, the love of people of their status could only be short-lived. Although Marshal Rokossovsky had lost contact with his wife and daughter, he was a married man after all, and it was impossible for him to marry Valentina. But Valentina was deeply in love and could not extricate herself, completely ignoring the unfavorable public opinion around her. This short and passionate love not only deepened the rift between her and Simonov, but also dealt a fatal blow to her. "

Sokov tapped the tabletop with his fingers and asked cautiously, "What was Simonov's reaction when he learned about the love affair between Marshal Rokossovsky and Serova?"

"Simonov knew all about their romance," Adelina said. "But despite that, Simonov still didn't give up and proposed to Valentina in 1943. After weighing the pros and cons, Valentina finally chose Simonov." "What a pity, what a pity." Sokov felt that Rokossovsky and Serova were a perfect match, but they couldn't be together. It was really a pity: "If Marshal Rokossovsky hadn't gotten married, he might have married Serova."

"Misha, if you think Marshal Rokossovsky has given up this relationship, you are totally wrong."

Sokov was stunned after hearing this, and then asked, "Why, are they still in contact?"

Adelina nodded and continued: "I heard that Marshal Rokossovsky was deeply in love with Valentina. Since the end of the war, when he returned to Moscow, he often stopped in front of Simonov's apartment for a while and looked at the curtains of Valentina's bedroom.

I read a document in the Intelligence Bureau that said that every morning at five o'clock, a black car would drive to Simonov's residence on time. A man would get out of the car and stand in front of the door for a few minutes. From the marshal's epaulettes on his military uniform, one could tell the man's identity.

  When Sokov heard this, he couldn't help but think of his current situation, which was very similar to Rokossovsky's. If Adelina got married in the future, would he also run to her house every day and stand for a few minutes?

"Misha, Misha." Adelina was talking when she suddenly saw Sokov's thoughtful expression. She pushed his shoulder with her hand and asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?"

Sokov's body shook violently, and then he woke up from his deep thoughts and said in a panic: "No, I didn't think about anything?"

Ajelina looked him up and down with doubt in her heart and asked unhappily, "Did you hear what I said?"

"I'm listening, I'm listening, of course I'm listening." Sokov nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "I'm always listening to you. By the way, what movies has Serova acted in?"

"Valentina Polovikova played the leading role in the movie 'A Girl with a Character' in 1939, and became a household name." Adelina said: "In 1940, she participated in the drama 'The Zikov Family', playing the leading role of Pavla. It was during the performance of this drama that Simonov, who was watching the play in the audience, fell in love with her at first sight and began to pursue her relentlessly."

"What movie is she filming recently, or what play is she rehearsing?" asked Sokov.

Adelina thought for a moment, then said, "Before I left Moscow, I heard that she was filming a movie called "Clay" and she was the leading actress in it."

Although Sokov had never seen the film "Clay", he had heard of it because the actress who played the leading role in the film later won the "Stalin Prize" and the title of "Meritorious Actor". He did not expect that the actress was actually Serova.

"Misha," Adelina said, "I think Serova's film will be finished by the time you return to Moscow. Then she can come to the filming of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" and play the role of Lida."

"Well, I think it's OK." Regarding the film and television works of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", Sokov has watched two versions of the movie and one version of the TV series. In the TV series, the actress who played Lida, Ostap from the Moscow Film Academy, was the most beautiful. If Sherova played the role in the upcoming film, she would be the most beautiful "Lida".

Sokov glanced at the manuscript on the table and said to Adelina, "I plan to finish this book first and then write a new novel. If Serova's acting skills don't disappoint everyone, maybe I can invite her to play the leading role again when my new book is adapted into a movie."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Adelina stared at Sokov intently and asked with a smile: "Misha, it seems that you are planning to write a book just for Valentina. Do you have any thoughts about her?"

"How is that possible?" Hearing Adelina's words, Sokov was so frightened that he quickly denied it. You must be kidding. Going against Rokossovsky is like hanging yourself - you want to live a few more years and return to the next century. "You also know what her relationship with Marshal Rokossovsky is. How dare I have any idea about her?"

“Hahahaha,” Ajelina laughed, “Misha, I was just joking with you. Look how scared you are.”

Sokov raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, smiled bitterly and said, "Ajelina, your joke is not funny at all."

"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. Let me continue with the topic just now." Ajelina asked curiously, "How do you plan to hand over the fake document to General Patton without arousing suspicion from others?"

How to make the fake document fall into Patton's hands "accidentally" is a problem. It is obviously unrealistic to just throw the briefcase aside. After all, there are a lot of soldiers around him. They are not scarecrows. It is impossible for them to see that he has forgotten the briefcase and not remind him.

After some thought, Sokov said, "Ajelina, I'll tell you my thoughts. See if it's appropriate."

Ajelina nodded: "Go ahead."

"When I went to see Patton, I deliberately said that I was carrying important documents and asked him to borrow a safe to lock the briefcase in, and then sent soldiers to guard the outside of the house."

"That's not appropriate." Ajelina shook her head and said, "If you really locked the briefcase in the safe and sent soldiers to guard it outside, how would they steal the documents?"

"Ajelina, you think too simply of them." Sokov said with a smile: "If Barton took the initiative to invite me to visit, he would definitely make preparations in advance. Even if I send people to guard outside the room where the safe is placed, they will have a way to enter the room from other places, then quietly open the safe, take out the briefcase inside, and take pictures of the documents inside."

(End of this chapter)