Burning Moscow

Regarding this question of mine, Kirilov was silent for a long time, and finally said: “I will ask people to post notices in food stores or bakeries, so that residents who have not received ration certificates can receive them from the city defense headquarters with valid certificates. (biqiwu) Pinyin

"City Defense Headquarters?!" When I heard Kirillov say this, I couldn't help but feel stunned. It seemed that I didn't have any city defense headquarters in the two cities. Thinking of this, I curiously asked: "When was the city defense headquarters established, why don't I know?"

"This matter is decided by me. I asked the two guards commanders to deploy their troops in the city and also serve as the city defense commander." Kirilov explained to me: "The city defense commander of Moziri is Sivakov; and Kalinkovich will be the commander of the city defense by Master Tavart Kiradze."

After listening to his explanation, I nodded and said, "It's okay. The two cities have urban defense headquarters, so the management of the cities will be more convenient."

"By the way, there is one more thing. I just forgot to ask you." Kirilov asked curiously: "Last night I saw that the troops in the city suddenly entered the first level of combat readiness. What is going on? Are the Germans ready to counterattack?"

I shook my head and replied: "Last night the Chief of Staff received a reconnaissance report saying that a large number of trucks appeared in the enemy defense zone to the north, and the enemy’s station seemed extremely busy. He felt that the German army was in such a situation, maybe I wanted to make a surprise attack on us, so I tried my best to persuade me to get all the troops into a state of readiness."

"But the whole night was calm. Could it be that the chief of staff made a mistake?"

"Yes. It turns out that the Chief of Staff made a mistake. Yesterday was Christmas Eve for the Germans. The trucks that appeared suddenly might be the convoys carrying the festival supplies for the officers and soldiers; and the station seemed busy, maybe the enemy was preparing. Holidays.” After I explained the whole thing to Kirilov, I did not forget to defend Bezikov with two sentences: “The Chief of Staff is not wrong in doing this. Although the Germans were defeated by us, they certainly Not reconciled to the failure suffered, it is possible to counterattack us at any time, so I agreed with him to put the troops into combat readiness."

"The New Year is coming soon, and the supplies delivered to us by the superiors are also coming." Kirilov said thoughtfully: "I have a very headache now."

"What's the matter, Comrade Military Commissioner?" I hurriedly asked when he saw his frowning face.

"You once said that every citizen should be given chocolates and dumplings during the New Year." Kirilov looked at me and said, "Now there are nearly 40,000 residents in the two cities. Fortunately, chocolate is fine, two for one person is fine. But that dumpling is a troublesome thing. Think about it, when the flour, beef and pork that the superiors give us arrive, we have to make dumplings by ourselves. Eliminate our tens of thousands, even if a citizen divides ten dumplings, that’s 400,000. A dumpling. Our commanders have too much work every day, so how can there be so much time to make dumplings."

"This is a problem." When I said that when I distributed chocolates and dumplings to residents as New Year's gifts, I didn't really think about the problem Kirilov said. Although my ability to manage internal affairs is not as strong as Kirilov, the problem that has caused him headaches is not a problem for me. I thought about it for a while, and then said to him, "Comrade Military Commissioner, this is easy to handle. We must gather some elderly women and ask them to make dumplings for us. As for the work of chopping meat, we leave it to those who have Experienced workers should know that the main industry here is the meat and poultry processing plant."

After hearing what I said, Kirilov smiled, gave me a thumbs up and said, "Lida, you still have more ideas. You can gather people from the citizens to make dumplings. "

"Call in as many people as possible, at least one to two thousand people. Because with our army, at least one million dumplings must be made. If there are few people, I can't be too busy." In order to improve the efficiency of making dumplings, I also made a special effort. He emphasized to Kirilov: "Comrade Military Commissioner, we can't let these people do it for nothing. They participate in this work and get 500 grams of bread every day."

Although money is something that everyone likes, in troubled times, a bite is better than anything else. Kirilov heard me say that these people who came to make dumplings were not allowed to make dumplings for nothing, and they could still receive bread every day, so he nodded and said: "I agree with your opinion, so do it. I will arrive at the city defense headquarters later. Just pass this order on."

The jeep stopped at the gate of the city defense commander in Sivakov. After getting out of the car, I looked around and saw that the building where the city defense headquarters was located was relatively intact, and the masonry and rubble on the surrounding streets were almost cleared.

The officer on duty at the door saw Kirilov and I got out of the car and hurried over to salute me and told me politely that the commander and several division commanders were having a meeting in the conference room on the second floor.

After thanking the officer on duty, I walked into the building. Then he went up the stairs and walked along the long corridor to the door of the conference room at the end of the corridor, and raised his hand to push the door open.

The commanders who were in a meeting inside, when they heard someone push the door open, they all turned around and looked towards the door. Seeing that I and Kirilov were standing at the door, we quickly stood up and raised our hands to salute us.

While paying the salute, I walked to where Sivakov was, and asked loudly, "Comrades, what are you discussing?"

Sivakov asked Kirilov and I to sit in the middle, and sat down on a chair next to him, and then reported to me sadly: "Comrade Commander, we are discussing how to clear German agents from the city! "

"German secret agent?" I heard Sivakov say this, and I was taken aback first, then relieved. After all, this is a city that has just been liberated, and it's normal to have a few German troops' remnants. I asked casually: "Have you seen the enemy's secret agents lurking in the city?"

"I think so." Sivakov said cautiously: "Last night we received an order from the chief of staff, and the whole army was in a state of readiness. About one o'clock in the morning, our radio operator intercepted the mysterious in the city. telegraph…"

"Mysterious telegram!" Before he was finished, I couldn't wait to interrupt him, because I remembered that when I was in Smolensk, the German radio signal was also seen in the city, and I did not expect to encounter it here. , I quickly asked: "Have you locked the position of the German newspaper?"

"No, Comrade Commander." Sivakov shook his head and said regretfully: "The time for the enemy's report was too short. Before we could track it, the signal disappeared."

"Has the content of the enemy's telegram intercepted?" I asked again.

"Yes," Sivakov said, winking at a staff officer next to him. The staff officer hurried forward, took out a piece of paper from his portfolio, and placed it in front of Sivakov. . Sivakov pushed the piece of paper in front of Kirilov and I, and said: "The above content is very simple, it means that our army has entered the first level of combat readiness, it seems that there is some military action."

Hearing that the content of the telegram is so simple, I secretly relieved, and I pushed the telegram to Kirilov, looked at Sivakov and asked: "Comrade General, how do you plan to deal with the hidden in the city? Where's the German spies?"

"Comrade Commander," Sivakov said categorically, "I think a citywide raid should be carried out and the German spies who are hiding among the residents should be arrested."

"How to catch?" After reading the intercepted message, Kirilov threw it on the table and asked Sivakov coldly: "Comrade General, you tell me how you plan to spend 20,000 yuan in the city. Among many people, find out one or two lurking German agents?"

"You once said that every citizen should be given chocolates and dumplings during the New Year." Kirilov looked at me and said, "Now there are nearly 40,000 residents in the two cities. Fortunately, chocolate is fine, two for one person is fine. But that dumpling is a troublesome thing. Think about it, when the flour, beef and pork that the superiors give us arrive, we have to make dumplings by ourselves. Eliminate our tens of thousands, even if a citizen divides ten dumplings, that’s 400,000. A dumpling. Our commanders have too much work every day, so how can there be so much time to make dumplings."

"This is a problem." When I said that when I distributed chocolates and dumplings to residents as New Year's gifts, I didn't really think about the problem Kirilov said. Although my ability to manage internal affairs is not as strong as Kirilov, the problem that has caused him headaches is not a problem for me. I thought about it for a while, and then said to him, "Comrade Military Commissioner, this is easy to handle. We must gather some elderly women and ask them to make dumplings for us. As for the work of chopping meat, we leave it to those who have Experienced workers should know that the main industry here is the meat and poultry processing plant."

After hearing what I said, Kirilov smiled, gave me a thumbs up and said, "Lida, you still have more ideas. You can gather people from the citizens to make dumplings. "

"Call in as many people as possible, at least one to two thousand people. Because with our army, at least one million dumplings must be made. If there are few people, I can't be too busy." In order to improve the efficiency of making dumplings, I also made a special effort. He emphasized to Kirilov: "Comrade Military Commissioner, we can't let these people do it for nothing. They participate in this work and get 500 grams of bread every day."

Although money is something that everyone likes, in troubled times, a bite is better than anything else. Kirilov heard me say that these people who came to make dumplings were not allowed to make dumplings for nothing, and they could still receive bread every day, so he nodded and said: "I agree with your opinion, so do it. I will arrive at the city defense headquarters later. Just pass this order on."

The jeep stopped at the gate of the city defense commander in Sivakov. After getting out of the car, I looked around and saw that the building where the city defense headquarters was located was relatively intact, and the masonry and rubble on the surrounding streets were almost cleared.

The officer on duty at the door saw Kirilov and I got out of the car and hurried over to salute me and told me politely that the commander and several division commanders were having a meeting in the conference room on the second floor.

After thanking the officer on duty, I walked into the building. Then he went up the stairs and walked along the long corridor to the door of the conference room at the end of the corridor, and raised his hand to push the door open.

The commanders who were in a meeting inside, when they heard someone push the door open, they all turned around and looked towards the door. Seeing that I and Kirilov were standing at the door, we quickly stood up and raised our hands to salute us.

While paying the salute, I walked to where Sivakov was, and asked loudly, "Comrades, what are you discussing?"

Sivakov asked Kirilov and I to sit in the middle, and sat down on a chair next to him, and then reported to me sadly: "Comrade Commander, we are discussing how to clear German agents from the city! "

"German secret agent?" I heard Sivakov say this, and I was taken aback first, then relieved. After all, this is a city that has just been liberated, and it's normal to have a few German troops' remnants. I asked casually: "Have you seen the enemy's secret agents lurking in the city?"

"I think so." Sivakov said cautiously: "Last night we received an order from the chief of staff, and the whole army was in a state of readiness. About one o'clock in the morning, our radio operator intercepted the mysterious in the city. telegraph…"

"Mysterious telegram!" Before he was finished, I couldn't wait to interrupt him, because I remembered that when I was in Smolensk, the German radio signal was also seen in the city, and I did not expect to encounter it here. , I quickly asked: "Have you locked the position of the German newspaper?"

"No, UU reading www.uukanshu.com, Comrade Commander." Sivakov shook his head and said regretfully: "The time for the enemy's report is too short, and the signal disappeared before we had time to track it."

"Has the content of the enemy's telegram intercepted?" I asked again.

"Yes," Sivakov said here, winking at a staff officer next to him. The staff officer hurried forward, took out a piece of paper from his portfolio, and placed it in front of Sivakov. . Sivakov pushed the piece of paper in front of Kirilov and I, and said: "The above content is very simple, it means that our army has entered the first level of combat readiness, it seems that there is some military action.

Hearing that the content of the telegram is so simple, I secretly relieved, and I pushed the telegram to Kirilov, looked at Sivakov and asked: "Comrade General, how do you plan to deal with the hidden in the city? Where's the German spies?"

"Comrade Commander," Sivakov said categorically, "I think a citywide raid should be carried out and the German spies who are hiding among the residents should be arrested."

"How to catch?" After reading the intercepted message, Kirilov threw it on the table and asked Sivakov coldly: "Comrade General, you tell me how you plan to spend 20,000 yuan in the city. Among many people, find out one or two lurking German agents?"