Пленный немец услышал советского полковника — и сказал: «Он передавал нам эшелоны»

June 1943. Trains with fuel, ammunition and replenishment for the North Caucasian Front are passing through the railway junction in Tikhoretsk. But the enemy repeatedly learns secret information: a new train route, a changed departure time, and a place where tanks are unloaded. Decisions are made at the last moment, but the Germans are already ready to strike. After the arrest of the German signalman, the unexpected happens. In the corridor of the railway administration, the prisoner hears the voice of Soviet Colonel Sergei Vorontsov and declares: "I know that voice. He gave us information about your echelons. All suspicion falls on the colonel. He had access to secret transportation, his voice was actually heard by the Germans, and his biography reveals hidden twenty-five days spent in enemy-occupied territory. But SMERSH captain Konstantin Lavrov notices a strange thing: the prisoner was listening not only to the voice. On the phone, he could hear the clatter of a typewriter, the honking of steam locomotives, and the conversations of people in the office. If the colonel had never contacted the enemy, then how did his real voice end up on the other end of the German wire? There are only a few hours left before the arrival of the new flight train with aviation fuel. Lavrov will have to find out who turned the official telephone line into a leak channel and why the connection was cut off just before the transmission of the main figure. This story is an artistic military detective. The plot, characters, and specific investigation were invented by the author, but the script is inspired by historical research on the work of SMERSH, German reconnaissance and sabotage groups, military railway transportation, front-line communications, and the fight against enemy agents during the Great Patriotic War. Sources and historical context Presidential Library — "The Battle for the Caucasus" The link: https://www.prlib.ru/history/2049054 The Headquarters of the Supreme High Command — "Directive to the Commander of the North Caucasian Front troops on the preparation of an operation to liberate the Taman Peninsula. June 28, 1943" The link: https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nod... GUKR "Smersh" of the NGO USSR — "A report on German intelligence schools, Abwehr commands and groups operating on the Soviet-German front. The year 1943" The link: https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nod... GUKR "Smersh" — "Orientation on the activities of German intelligence to legalize their work in the rear of the Red Army. August 26, 1943" The link: https://www.prlib.ru/item/1963098 ?mode=full The head of the 203rd department of the Abwehr - "A report on the deployment of German paratrooper agents to the rear of the Red Army to carry out sabotage work. June 24, 1943" The link: https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nod... The USSR State Defense Committee — "Resolution No. 3121ss on the expansion of military transportation and strengthening discipline on railways. April 5, 1943" The link: https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nod... The People's Commissariat of Railways and the Military Command — "An order to provide communications for train traffic control on frontline railways. November 28, 1943" The link: https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nod... The Smersh Counterintelligence Directorate of the Central Front — "A memorandum on working with prisoners of war of the enemy forces. October 13, 1943" The link: https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nod... The video is not a documentary reconstruction of a specific criminal case. This is an artistic story based on a common historical context. #SMERSH #Military Intelligence #WWII #Counterintelligence #Abwehr #Military History #Counterintelligence Archive