Chapter 2832 The End of Mr. Jefferson

Knock, knock, knock——

The knocking sound in the middle of the night sounded more piercing than in the daytime, especially when the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Fortunately, Malashenko was not in a state of concentration and nervousness at this time, so he would not be scared by the sudden and unexpected knocking sound.

Malashenko slowly put down the book in his hand and then stood up and walked towards the door. This was Malashenko's next reaction.

"Are you asleep like this?"

"Not yet, I guess I will be ready to sleep in a while. I am reading. I happened to find a few books written by Paulus in the library of this club. Most of them are professional books of the General Staff Department. I am curious about this person, so I read them by the way. I will be ready to sleep when I feel sleepy. What's wrong with you?"

What happened during the day gave Malashenko a new interest in Paulus, which was not seen since he was captured alive in Stalingrad until today. Malashenko wanted to try to learn more from the book. Looking at the works written by this old man Paulus might yield some different discoveries.

"Well, nothing happened. Oh, no, I should say there was a good thing. I was jealous of you so I blocked it back."

"Good thing? And I blocked it back???"

Looking at Lavrinenko, who had a "silver smile" on his face and looked quite malicious, Malashenko, who knew that this guy must have bad intentions, pretended to be unhappy.

"You have something to say, but you have nothing to say! You are so secretive, just like a woman who gossips in the village!"

"Okay, okay, then I'll tell you, just don't hit me after I tell you."

While saying this, he reached out from behind and took out a mysterious object, shook it casually to indicate, and then handed it to Malashenko.

"We have received a notification from above that the American journalists have applied for an extension of their stay. It seems that they want to stay until after the Battle of Berlin is over and don't want to miss this final moment."

"We don't know what happened in the process, but the result is that the above agreed. The written document from the army headquarters has just arrived, and it is also attached with a document from the front headquarters. Both documents say the same thing, asking us to continue to extend the security mission. Take a look."

""

While opening the file bag in his hand, while listening to Lavrinenko's brief report on the situation, Malashenko, who really didn't expect it to be like this, immediately felt that something seemed to be wrong.

"I say, this is not right."

"You just told me that you turned away a good thing. You didn't turn away the job of being a nanny for the Americans, and secondly, this is not a good thing. Don't you think there is something wrong?"

Flipping through the documents of the army headquarters and the front headquarters in his hand, reading them continuously, and not forgetting to express his doubts at a glance, Malashenko spoke with doubt, but Lavrinenko, who was close in front of him, was even more amused.

"Because the American lady named Jill wanted to chat with you, saying that she had homework to check for you. I said it was too late today and we could talk about it another day. Comrade Division Commander has already rested, so I will convey it on her behalf, and I turned her away."

"Look, the beautiful lady who served you in bed was driven away. Do you think this ruined your good thing? I think it is."

""

Looking at Lavrinenko taking out the object from his bag and handing it to him.

Malashenko, who had been handling this thing for several days in a row, could of course see that this thing was the small notebook that Jill carried with her during the interview. It contained all her handwritten reports and interviews, which were handed over to him for personal review according to regulations, in the name of preventing leaks. The little girl was honest and obedient, and did as she was told.

However, this was really unrelated to Malashenko's desire to slap Lavrinenko twice.

"Okay, the jokes stop here, but there is really good news to tell you. Originally, the American girl came all the way here to tell you in person, and now I will convey it on her behalf. In addition, she went back on her own initiative because she was afraid of disturbing you. Don't really think that I blocked her back. I was just joking with you."

""

Malashenko, whose mood suddenly went on a roller coaster, looked "extremely" unhappy, but his desire to slap Lavrinenko twice did not diminish much, and the simplest and no nonsense answer came out immediately.

"Tell me."

"Okay."

"Uh, it's the head of the American press corps, the idiot Jefferson. That guy is a bullshitter."

"I don't know the details. Just listen to what Jill says and what I tell you."

"She said that the newspaper headquarters sent a message to revoke his position on the spot and asked him to return to the United States to report immediately. The acting head of the press corps is that someone, her female assistant's name, oh, yes, Mary."

"I guess you must want to know why and what happened, so I asked for you."

"The American girl said that the special report you made worked. Jefferson's father had offended a political enemy before. Now his father is gone, and she has become a senator. And she is petty and has always been looking for an opportunity to mess with the Jefferson family."

"It just so happens that your special report has caused a big mess. I heard that Jefferson's Pulitzer Prize was a birthday gift for his beloved son, which was arranged by his father. Now someone has made it known to the whole United States."

"There are many people who have been burned by this incident. The American girl said that the entire American news industry has been in an uproar these two days. The Pulitzer Prize was actually fake! Glasses were shattered all over the floor."

"Because the commotion was too big, involving a lot of bribery and fraud, I heard that even some American bureau, yes! The FBI has intervened, and now they want to investigate Jefferson and ask him to go back and turn himself in."

"What about Jefferson? Will he really go back and turn himself in honestly, and prepare to face the rest of his life in prison?"

Because the amount of information received in a short period of time was too much, Malashenko didn't have time to ask questions one by one, and it was estimated that asking questions would be useless, so he simply picked the key points and asked Jefferson what his current condition was.

"Of course he doesn't want to go back, but he has no choice."

"The American Embassy in Moscow sent people directly, and also used diplomatic channels to borrow our Ministry of Internal Affairs to request assistance. You know what they mean by assistance, but they are afraid that people will run away or resist and cause trouble."

"Anyway, I didn't see any scene at the time. It is said that the political commissar received and handled it. The comrades from the Ministry of Internal Affairs also showed a written order for assistance and cooperation. You can ask the political commissar for details. It happened tonight. I guess he didn't want to disturb your rest, so he planned to tell you tomorrow."

"In short, Jefferson surrendered without making any noise. He followed the people sent by the American Embassy on the plane and left. Now everything is over."