The importance of the Brest Fortress lies in the fact that it is located at an important transport node, from which the highway and railway from Warsaw to Moscow cross the Bug River. The fortress not only controlled the city of Brest, but also held the upper and lower water passages of the Sibug River, and theoretically posed a real threat to the surrounding railways and bridges if it was not captured for a day.

The story of the defenders of Brest made this fortress world-famous, and they fought to the death under the powerful German offensive and became an example for all the officers and men of the Red Army, but this is a story from another time and space, so I will skip it for now.

The first and current commander of the "Werewolf" battalion is the commander of the 2nd SS commando group, Wolfgang. Major Hoffman. Although it was claimed to be a special operations battalion, it was actually part of the regular SS formation, the SS (9) Special Operations Group, which was the official name printed on the salary receipt.

To put it bluntly, the "Ninth Special Operations Battalion" is just a play on words played by Himmler, and as long as the identity of these units is recognized by the Führer, then the Waffen-SS, which he has always remembered, may be reborn on this basis. Therefore, these special operations battalions, which have placed the deep hopes of the national leader, are the best in the SS in terms of treatment, welfare and weapons and equipment, second only to the guard flag team carefully built for the Führer.

The Werewolf Battalion was sent to Poland not only to deal with problems on the border, but also to carry out the secret mission of the General Security Service to investigate the deployment and combat readiness of the Soviet forces on the other side of the river. This task carries a certain danger, the Soviet border guards are not paper signs, and in the sequence of the garrison of the Brest Fortress there is a battalion of Soviet internal affairs troops.

The 132nd Guard Battalion of the NKVD of the USSR was responsible for the security of the Brest Fortress and the Brest railway station, as well as the security of the border around Brest. The internal security forces of the Main Directorate of State Security of the USSR never had to reason with others, and their task was to sniff out the enemies of the state, torture them, squeeze them out of value, and then drag them to the base of the wall and shoot them.

The first armed border patrol of the Werewolf Battalion was carried out on the very day it was stationed in Podlaska, and the SS was so surprised that they found at least fifteen traces of stowaways on a short thirty-kilometre stretch of riverbank.

Some of them were left by ordinary people, but the owners of several traces were clearly trained in professional infiltration, because important clues were consciously destroyed.

So the werewolf brigade got their first mission, which was to find all the guys who left these traces before the other party fled back to the other side of the river. The SS proved to be in vain, and within a week, the werewolf brigade arrested twenty-two suspects in the precinct, six of whom were confirmed to have Soviet backgrounds, and five of the remaining had served in the Polish Army.

After initial interrogation, the captives were handed over to higher intelligence. Two of them should have received anti-torture training and have firm beliefs that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, and the rest are all low-level cannon fodder, so it is difficult to expect to get much of a confession from their mouths.

The German side did not make any requests for representations or protests to the Soviet side, and even if it did, it would not admit it. The officers and men of the werewolf brigade knew very well that if they were captured on the other side, their superiors would not admit their identities either. The werewolves privately agreed that instead of being tortured and humiliated after being captured, it was better to shoot the last bullet into their own heads, and if they couldn't do it for some reason, they could seek help from their companions.

In the next month or so, the reconnaissance team of the werewolf battalion crossed the Bug River several times at night, carried out close reconnaissance of the Brest Fortress, and even infiltrated the city of Brest to obtain a lot of intelligence information of interest to the headquarters.

Relying on the information provided by the internal line, the werewolf battalion successfully ambushed a Red Army infiltration detachment on the west bank of the Bug River, nine Red officers and men were killed and one seriously wounded, and the squad commander and the two Red Army intelligence officers they escorted were captured on the spot, which became the most valuable result obtained by the werewolf battalion since its establishment.

The battle took place in early December, when the General Directorate of Security was closely following the operations of the Afrika Korps in the Arabian Peninsula, so when the report from the Polish border was transmitted to the Intelligence Service, it did not attract enough attention from the intelligence officers. Thankfully, the Eye of Odin discovered the value in time, and they immediately submitted the report to the Imperial Head of State.

"You just said that this is the Western Special Military District of the USSR doing its own thing, and Moscow does not know anything about what is happening here?" General Wilmar picked up the teapot and refilled Dogan's cup with black tea.

"For the time being, we think so, there is evidence that the crossings that took place on the Polish border in the past two months have not been approved by Moscow." Dogan lit a cigarette, extinguished the match, and threw it into an aluminum ashtray.

"How dare they hide something from Stalin? Aren't we worried about the NKVD reporting to Moscow, or our protest to the Soviet government? Wilma asked, surprised. He could not imagine that in the context of the Great Purge, anyone would dare to die like this.

"Because the local NKVD has also been involved, a community of interests has now been formed at the top of the Western Special Military District. As for our protests, do you think Stalin would have believed them? Dougan replied with a sneer.

"What is certain is that most of the cross-border activities that took place in September and October were led by the General Directorate of State Security of the Soviet Union, and that most of the people we captured at the border in the last two months came from the intelligence units of the Red Army." Dougan dusted his cigarette ash from the ashtray and continued: "A week ago, our intelligence officers stumbled upon a rather interesting order to mobilize two military transport ships of the Red Army's river flotilla in the name of routine reconnaissance, the order came directly from the military district command, and the last sign was the commander, Army General Pavlov. At the same time we obtained a confession from a prisoner who had indeed smuggled across the border from the upper reaches of the Sibug River at the time indicated on the order, and that he was on one of the two transport ships. ”。

"Is there anything suspicious about this? General Dougan. "Wilma doesn't see anything wrong.

"Why should the commander of a military district, a general of the Soviet Red Army, personally issue such an order, he obviously has a bunch of more important work to deal with." Dogan raised his hand and picked up his teacup.

"I can only say this, it involves the secrets of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, you just need to know one thing, what is happening here is no longer something you can meddle in. Starting next year, the High Command will take over the relevant plans. As for the SS special operations battalion, the Führer will send them a new commander. ”

"The Yuan wants to change the commander? Why? ”

"That's not a question you should ask, General Wilma. Have you forgotten the honor of the SS? But you don't have to worry, your achievements here are obvious to all, I believe that you will be promoted soon, and the Führer will not be wronged by the heroes of the empire. Dogan raised an eyebrow.

"I see, I'm glad you told me this, General Dogen." Wilma bowed her head respectfully in thanks.

PS: I am a little unwell today, and the number of words is less, I hope you understand.