СЕКРЕТНЫЙ СКЛАД ГОРЮЧЕГО СДАЛИ НЕМЦАМ — операция СМЕРШ перед наступлением

A secret fuel depot was surrendered to the Germans—but military counterintelligence had already noticed what others dismissed as a simple paperwork mix-up. June 1944. Before a major offensive, three fuel tanks disappear from a front-line station. The seals are intact, the guards are in place, the logbooks are filled out correctly. But military counterintelligence captain Anton Rudin realizes this isn't a record-keeping error. Someone on their own has passed on the route to the hidden depot in the forest ravine to the enemy. The investigation leads to a murdered signalman, an unsigned map, a false order to remove the fuel, and a secret wire through which the Germans received information almost in real time. A clerk, a technician, a lieutenant colonel at the rear headquarters, and a signalman, who is kept on the hook out of fear for his mother, are all under suspicion. This is a historical detective-operational story about SMERSH, betrayal, sabotage, the frontline, and the price of one decision before an offensive. Disclaimer: This story is a fictional reconstruction based on the actual methods of Soviet military counterintelligence. All characters and events are fictitious.