Burning Moscow

　　I know very well that the two years ago that Rokosovsky mentioned refers to the eve of the outbreak of the war. The signs of German invasion have already been noticed. However, the high-level officials did not pay enough attention. On the contrary, they sneered at those who had warned, thinking that what they were saying was nonsense.

　　 Fortunately, I was alone in Sivakov's office on the phone. If Kirilov was by his side, he might have to ask questions again. I sat in the office for a while before I got up and went to the conference room.

　　Since I was on the phone in the office, Sivakov did not discuss any issues with his subordinates, but a group of people sat there chatting. Seeing me entering the door, Sivakov immediately stood up and asked me respectfully: "Comrade Commander, shall we continue the meeting?"

"Yes, let's continue the meeting." I walked towards my position and waved at him and said, "We have just liberated this city, not only to prevent the German counterattacks, but also to do a good job in the construction of the city, everyone. If you have any good opinions, you can just talk about it."

　　 Hearing what I said, Baksov stood up first and said to me: "Comrade Commander, I want to give you a suggestion. I wonder if I can say it?"

　　 "Please tell me, Comrade General." I never made a word in the group army, so I heard him want to make suggestions to me, so I made a gesture of kindness to him.

"I don't think we should provide food to the residents as we do now." Baksov said solemnly: "According to my subordinates' report, although it is stipulated that each person can only receive one piece of bread and a piece of cheese per day, they It was discovered that someone was queuing up to pick up things, and then lined up again to pick them up."

　　 "Comrade General," I asked Baksov to say this, and asked blankly, "Can you tell me what your subordinates did when they discovered this situation?"

"What else can I do?!" Baksov gritted his teeth and said: "I immediately ordered them to confiscate all the food received by those people after receiving the report from my subordinates, regardless of whether it was received earlier or later. , All were confiscated, and then they were driven away, and other food stores and bakeries were not allowed to receive them."

"General Baksov," after listening to Baksov's explanation of how to deal with the citizens who were trying to take advantage, the muscles on Kirilov's face twitched violently, and then he asked unceremoniously: "Do you have any Knowing these people, why do you have to line up one more time to receive more food?"

"Does this still need to be said?" Baksov shrugged and said pretentiously: "I think they must be hoarding food, and then start a black market transaction, privately trading the food we distribute for free. So to such people , If you find one, you will deal with one, absolutely can not tolerate..."

"Comrade General, you are too much!" Before Baksov's words were finished, Kirilov slammed the table to his feet and said angrily: "You have never understood the actual situation. This is a rude way of handling. You know, these people get more food, maybe there are patients or children in the family, so they have to adopt this method. But you are good, and you will queue others for a long time indiscriminately. All the food received has been confiscated. If someone starves to death in the city due to this incident, you will be fully responsible."

"All right, comrade military committee." Seeing Baksov's face flushed by Kirilov's training, I hurried out to be a peacemaker: "General Baksov's starting point is right, but there is a problem with the way of handling it. He has learned this lesson and believes that he will not make similar mistakes again in the future."

　　Kirilov heard what I said, although his face was still angry, but he didn't criticize Baksov again. I turned my head and said to Baksoff: "Comrade General, in order to avoid the situation you mentioned, we are issuing ration certificates today. Receiving food with the ration certificate can eliminate the situation you just mentioned to the greatest extent. "

When discussing how to improve the living conditions of the residents, Colonel Babahin stood up and asked: "Comrade Commander, I think the most urgent task is to restore the residents' water supply as soon as possible. As far as I know, many people use their trolleys to push water buckets. Go to the Pripyat River to fill the water."

"Is that so? Comrade Sivakov." I heard Babahin say this, and I quickly turned to ask Sivakov who was sitting next to him: "The drinking water of the residents of the city comes from the river outside the city. Are you back?"

　　 "Yes, Comrade Commander." Sivakov replied with a little embarrassment: "We are planning to deploy special personnel to restore the city's tap water supply as soon as possible."

"It is not enough to restore the water supply." I waited for him to finish, and then added: "It's best to restore electricity and heating. Residents can still light candles if they don't have electricity; but if there is no heating, this is okay in this cold winter. It's not easy, maybe people will freeze to death."

"Yes, Comrade Commander is right." Kirilov promptly expressed support for my opinion: "As far as I know, before we seize these two cities, the city can still have water, electricity, and heating. Now that it is. The Germans can do this when they occupy the city. After we liberate our city, even the Germans can't match it."

"General Sivakov." Although I know that Kalinkovic has the same problem, since I am now in Mozili, I will solve the problem first: "I won't give you a specific time limit, just I beg you to restore the heating power and water supply in the city as quickly as possible. The power supply can be slowed down a bit, but heating and water supply are related to people’s livelihood issues, and you must deal with them as soon as possible."

　　 After the meeting, Kirilov and I followed Sivakov back to his office. Because there is a stove, it looks very warm. After we were all seated, Kirilov looked at me and asked, "Lida, how did you and Comrade Rokosovsky talk?"

"After listening to my request, Comrade General agreed to immediately discuss with Comrade Serov, asking him to send personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are good at investigating to assist us in the arrest of spies." After I explained to Kirilov, I went on to discuss it again. Looking at Sivakov, he asked, "Comrade General, have you really not been able to locate the German radio station?"

Sivakov shook his head first, then nodded again and said: "It is not accurate to say that the location of the German radio station is not locked. According to the comrade's report of the communications office, the location of the enemy's radio station should be in the west of the city. In the area of ​​October Street and Soviet Street, it’s just that the radio signal disappeared before it had time to locate a specific location."

　　 "It's good to know the general direction." I heard that the German radio station appeared in the west of the city. It was a relief to me. Knowing the general direction, we don't have to search the city like a needle in a haystack. After nodding, I said to Sivakov: "Comrade General, I have asked my superiors to send us people to assist us. However, before they arrive, you must continue to monitor the German radio to see if they will transfer. The location of the report."

"Comrade Commander, don't worry." Sivakov assured me: "I will let the people at the communication office stare at this radio station, and I will never let them slip through the network easily. Waiting for the higher-level people. As soon as I arrive, I will send troops to assist them and try to catch this damned German spy sooner."

　　……

　　 After completing our inspections in Mozyri City, Kirilov and I returned to the headquarters. As soon as he entered the door, Bezikov greeted him, and he was a little puzzled and said: "Comrade Commander, I received a strange telegram from the Front Army Headquarters."

　　 "Weird telegram, what weird telegram?" I heard Bezikov say that, and immediately reached out to him and said, "Bring it to me!"

　　 I took the telegram handed over by Bezikov and looked in front of me, only to see a short sentence written on it: "The repairman is on the road!"

　　 Seeing this strange telegram, I was also shocked for a moment, but I immediately understood what Rokosovsky meant. He estimated that he was afraid that the content of this telegram would be intercepted by the Germans, so he used code words. "Repairers" must refer to the investigators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that I need.

"All right, comrade military committee." Seeing Baksov's face flushed by Kirilov's training, I hurried out to be a peacemaker: "General Baksov's starting point is right, but there is a problem with the way of handling it. He has learned this lesson and believes that he will not make similar mistakes again in the future."

　　Kirilov heard what I said, although his face was still angry, but he didn't criticize Baksov again. I turned my head and said to Baksoff: "Comrade General, in order to avoid the situation you mentioned, we are issuing ration certificates today. Receiving food with the ration certificate can eliminate the situation you just mentioned to the greatest extent. "

When discussing how to improve the living conditions of the residents, Colonel Babahin stood up and asked: "Comrade Commander, I think the most urgent task is to restore the residents' water supply as soon as possible. As far as I know, many people use their trolleys to push water buckets. Go to the Pripyat River to fill the water."

"Is that so? Comrade Sivakov." I heard Babahin say this, and I quickly turned to ask Sivakov who was sitting next to him: "The drinking water of the residents of the city comes from the river outside the city. Are you back?"

　　 "Yes, Comrade Commander." Sivakov replied with a little embarrassment: "We are planning to deploy special personnel to restore the city's tap water supply as soon as possible."

"It is not enough to restore the water supply." I waited for him to finish, and then added: "It's best to restore electricity and heating. Residents can still light candles if they don't have electricity; but if there is no heating, this is okay in this cold winter. It's not easy, maybe people will freeze to death."

"Yes, Comrade Commander is right." Kirilov promptly expressed support for my opinion: "As far as I know, before we seize these two cities, the city can still have water, electricity, and heating. Now that it is. The Germans can do this when they occupy the city. After we liberate our city, even the Germans can't match it."

"General Sivakov." Although I know that Kalinkovic has the same problem, since I am now in Mozili, I will solve the problem first: "I won't give you a specific time limit, just I beg you to restore the heating power and water supply in the city as quickly as possible. The power supply can be slowed down a bit, but heating and water supply are related to people’s livelihood issues, and you must deal with them as soon as possible."

　　 After the meeting, Kirilov and I followed Sivakov back to his office. Because there is a stove, it looks very warm. After we were all seated, Kirilov looked at me and asked, "Lida, how did you and Comrade Rokosovsky talk?"

"After listening to my request, Comrade General agreed to immediately discuss with Comrade Serov, asking him to send personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are good at investigating to assist us in the arrest of spies." After I explained to Kirilov, I went on to discuss it again. Looking at Sivakov, he asked, "Comrade General, have you really not been able to locate the German radio station?"

Sivakov shook his head first, then nodded and said: "It is not accurate to say that the location of the German radio station is not locked~www.wuxiaspot.com~. According to the comrade’s report of the communications office, the enemy’s radio station reported it. The location should be in the area of ​​October Street and Soviet Street in the west of the city, but the radio signal disappeared before the specific location could be locked."

　　 "It's good to know the general direction." I heard that the German radio station appeared in the west of the city. It was a relief to me. Knowing the general direction, we don't have to search the city like a needle in a haystack. After nodding, I said to Sivakov: "Comrade General, I have asked my superiors to send us people to assist us. However, before they arrive, you must continue to monitor the German radio to see if they will transfer. The location of the report."

"Comrade Commander, don't worry." Sivakov assured me: "I will let the people at the communication office stare at this radio station, and I will never let them slip through the network easily. Waiting for the higher-level people. As soon as I arrive, I will send troops to assist them and try to catch this damned German spy sooner."

　　 After completing our inspections in Mozyri City, Kirilov and I returned to the headquarters. As soon as he entered the door, Bezikov greeted him, and he was a little puzzled and said: "Comrade Commander, I received a strange telegram from the Front Army Headquarters."

　　 "Weird telegram, what weird telegram?" I heard Bezikov say that, and immediately reached out to him and said, "Bring it to me!"

　　 I took the telegram handed over by Bezikov and looked in front of me, only to see a short sentence written on it: "The repairman is on the road!" (To be continued.)