Burning Moscow

Just when I was in a daze, Kistyakov walked around the table, shook hands with Oshanin, smiled and said, "Hello, Comrade Lieutenant, it's nice to meet you."

After saying this, he seemed to remember something suddenly. After a visibly stupefied moment, he turned around and glanced at me standing in a daze, then turned his head to look at Oshanin, who was still holding his right hand. Thoughtfully asked me: "Comrade Commander, your surname is Oshaninna, and his surname is Oshanin. Is there any relationship between you? Is it a relative or just the same surname?

Hearing this question from Kistyakov, I smiled bitterly, and then replied a little bit unhappily: "It's a relative." As for what kind of relative it is, I really don't have the mood to explain him.

"Relatives?" My words aroused Kistyakov's greater interest. He continued to ask: "Comrade Commander, what kind of relative is he?"

I gritted my teeth and bit my scalp and said flatly: "Husband."

Hearing what I said, Kistyakov was taken aback for a moment, and then he laughed: "It turns out to be like this." His gaze swept over me and Oshanin twice, adding with concern. Say, "I haven't seen your husband for a long time, right? Why don't you tell the old story first, you can postpone the task a little bit later."

After Kistyakov's words were finished, Bezikov and Sivakov also added to the flames and said: "Yes, that's right, Comrade Commander, you and your husband have not seen each other for a long time, so let’s go back to the past. , Work can be temporarily set aside."

"No, no, no, thank you for your kindness." I promptly rejected the kindness of a few people, and said solemnly: "What we have to do now is to dispatch our sniper troops in time to solve the enemy's sniping. hand."

After I finished speaking, Oshanin said to Kistyakov and the others in a somewhat restrained manner: "Comrades, comrades, I met the commander in Sezran last year, and she told me that I was Her husband.” At this point, he turned his gaze to me, shrugged his shoulders, and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, Comrade Commander, I believe everything you say is true, but I’m really I can't remember it at all."

I heard Oshanin say that, the rock hanging in my heart finally fell to the ground. It would be best if his memory is not restored. If his memory is restored, with his familiarity with Lida, he will definitely find the flaws in my body. Thinking of this, I waved at him: "Don't think about it if you can't remember it, Captain, you come to the map and I will explain the mission."

After Oshanin stood in front of the map, I pointed the stick to the north side of Mozili and said to him: "Comrade Captain, you brought the soldiers of the sniper company, after crossing our defense line, Break it down into pieces, and approach the enemy’s frontier or go deep to the rear to snipe and kill valuable targets in the battle group situation."

Oshanin listened carefully to my task assignment, and asked cautiously: "Comrade Commander, can I ask what is the order of killing targets?"

"When you are lurking in the front of the enemy, the order of sniping and killing targets is snipers, officers, machine gun fire or mortars, communicators, and finally ordinary soldiers." After organizing the vocabulary in my mind, I slow down. Tun said: "If you are behind enemy lines, whether they are officers or soldiers, as long as their numbers are at a disadvantage, you must kill them without hesitation, understand?"

"Understood." O'Xianing replied straight up.

When I was about to wave him away, I suddenly remembered something I wanted to know the answer to, and asked with concern: "Comrade Captain, are you married again?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Hearing my question, Oshanin's face showed a happy expression: "We got married six months ago. As you know, during the war, soldiers can do in many ways. We got preferential treatment. We went to the marriage registry, went through the formalities very smoothly, and then invited a few relatives and friends to a light meal, even if we were officially married."

Although I have always wanted to get rid of Oshanin, I heard that he was remarried, but there was a sour feeling in my heart for some reason. I waited for him to finish, and asked casually: "Or the daughter of the Commander of the Sezran Garrison?"

"Yes." After Oshanin answered this question, he stood there, staring at me intently, waiting for me to ask him new questions.

I stared at the man whom the real Lida loved for a long time, then sighed softly, waved at him, and said, "Comrade Captain, there is nothing for you here. You will return to the army. Go!"

Oshanin left, but Sivakov stayed. He seemed to want to figure out what happened. The first person who spoke was Kistyakov, the highest level besides me. He walked up to me and asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, what is going on, we are all confused by you. ."

"Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, sit down, and I will tell you slowly." After seeing Kistyakov and them sitting down, Sivakov was standing beside him honestly, so I rushed to him. Sit with a gesture: "General Sivakov, please sit down too!"

After everyone sat down, I coughed twice, cleared my throat, and started telling them the story of Lida and Oshanin: "...After the war broke out, the outpost where Oshanin was He was captured by the German army, and he was also captured because of his injuries. Later, on the way to a prisoner-of-war camp, he found an opportunity to escape.

... During the defense of Moscow, he was the commander of a dog training company, and he used trained dogs to blow up German tanks with soldiers. When he took the troops to the 16th Army Command to accept the task, we once met briefly. When the battle was over, almost all soldiers in the company died, and he was also seriously injured. On the way back to Moscow by ambulance, he was attacked by small German troops. Almost all the wounded in the convoy died. His life is too big because he was rescued only when a unit of our army passed by.

... Soon after I commanded the 79th Infantry Corps to liberate Kiev, I was called back to Moscow. When interviewed by the Supreme Commander himself, he told me that Oshanin and my son Alek were both in the small city to the east, and he gave me a vacation to visit them.

…When I rushed to Sezran, I happened to meet the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs because Oshanin had been captured by the Germans, and wanted to arrest him, so I rescued him. But after we met again, he didn't recognize me at all,..."

"Wait a minute, Comrade Commander." I was interrupted by Kistyakov when I said this. He asked curiously: "I want to know one thing. Since the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are going to arrest him, you go Save him, aren't you afraid of being implicated?"

To this question of Kistyakov, I answered with a smile: "Comrade Deputy Commander, before I left Moscow, Comrade Beria once gave me a power of attorney authorizing me to mobilize the local Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel. Seeing that Oshanin is about to be arrested by people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I only need to take out the authorization letter, and they will fully obey my orders."

"What happened later?" Kistyakov heard me say this, and immediately asked, "Have you finally returned the power of attorney to Comrade Beria?"

"No." I shook my head and said, "No one asked me for the authorization, so I kept it."

After listening, Kistyakov nodded, made a gesture to me, and said politely: "Please keep talking."

"I was very surprised to find that Oshanin couldn't recognize me. I thought he was afraid that the things he had been captured would affect me. Who knew later that he had suffered serious head injuries and had lost his memory. So I don’t remember who I am. I was planning to stay in Sezran for two days and take him to a nearby city to see his son, to see if he could restore his memory..."

"Is the memory restored?" Sivakov heard this and couldn't help asking curiously.

"General Sivakov, don't interrupt, continue to listen to the commander." Seeing Sivakov interrupted the story I was telling, he complained unsatisfactorily, and then urged me: "Comrade Commander, keep going. Let's talk about it, what happened afterwards?"

"On the first day of departure, I received a telegram asking me to rush back to Moscow to participate in the May Day parade. So, without even saying hello, I took the guards and hurried back to Moscow by train." Having said this, I couldn’t help but sighed, pretending to be regretful: “After returning to Moscow to participate in the military parade, I was appointed as the commander of the Sixth Guards Army, and I was busy preparing for war in Kursk. , There is no chance to go to a distant city to see his son."

When I finished telling all the stories, Sivakov asked me carefully: "Comrade Commander, do you need me to tell the story you told to Captain Oshanin again? Maybe it will wake him up. There may be memories."

"No need, General Sivakov." If Oshanin's memory is restored, I can only be with him again. Thinking of the scene of myself being pushed down by a man, I feel a bitter chill in my body, so Regarding Sivakov’s proposal, I refused without hesitation: "Thank you for your kindness, but since Oshanin has lost his memory and completely forgot about me, and he also has a new wife, don’t do it anymore. To disturb his happy life."

"Well, Comrade Commander," Sivakov saw that my attitude was so firm, and he stopped insisting, so he nodded and said, "It seems that this can only be done."

Before Sivakov left, Kirilov, who had been instructing work in Mozili, returned first. He and Sivakov met at the door and asked curiously: "Isn't this General Sivakov? Why, come here to report to Lida again?"

"Comrade Military Commissioner," Sivakov said to Kirilov with a smile: "I am the commander of the newly formed sniper company and came to the headquarters to accept the task."

"Sniper Company?!" After repeating the name, Kirilov asked, "General Sivakov, when this unit is formed, it will go deep into the front or behind the enemy to fight, how about it? Is Comrade Commander satisfied with the commander of the troops?"

Sivakov did not immediately answer Kirilov’s question. Instead, he turned his head and looked at me and said to Kirilov: "Comrade Military Commissioner, although the commander just explained the task to him in business, I can It can be seen that she trusts the other party unconditionally, and believes that the troops commanded by this commander will definitely achieve good results." After speaking, he raised his hand to salute Kirilov and strode out. church.

Sivakov's thoughtless words confused Kirilov. He walked towards us and asked strangely: "What the **** is going on, General Sivakov is talking about What, why am I getting more confused as I listen?"

Bezikov, who was nearest to him, quickly got up, walked quickly to his side, leaned close to his ear, and whispered a few words. Seeing the surprised expression on Kirilov's face, I knew that Bezikov had simply reported to him what Oshanin and I had repeated.

"Lida, how did things turn out to be like this?" Kirilov walked over quickly after listening to Bezikov's explanation. He walked to the table, put his hands on the edge of the table, and asked me curiously: "Since you finally met, why don't you have a good talk with him? Even if he suffers memory loss due to a head injury, but you Sit down and have a good chat. Maybe you can remember something. Why did you let him go like this?"

"Comrade Military Commissioner, please sit down and listen to me telling you slowly." Anyway, there is no important combat task now, so I have the leisure to tell the story of Lida and Oshanin to Kistyakov. And now I have to tell this story to Kirilov again.

After hearing the whole story, Kirilov couldn’t help but sighed and said, “It’s so regrettable that you are separated like this.” He frowned for a moment, then raised his head and said to me, “Lida, I I want to know, what do you think in your heart now? If you still want to be with him, I think I have a way."

"But he is already married." I am embarrassed to refute Kirilov, so I had to use Oshanin's remarriage as a shield.

"If you are just worried about this, I can come forward and solve it." Kirilov, who has always cared for me, said with a serious expression: "Although the two of them have been ranked, we can send an official letter to Sezran to announce This marriage is invalid, allowing Captain O'shanin to return to your side."

"No need, Comrade Military Commissioner, thank you for your kindness." Kirilov's words frightened me. I was afraid that he would be on a whim. If he issues such an official letter through the Front Army Headquarters, things will be troublesome~www. wuxiaspot.com~ immediately waved his hands and refused desperately, saying: "Since Oshanin already has a new wife, I can't be so selfish and destroy his family. Okay, that's it."

"You really don't want to be with Oshanin anymore?" Kirilov asked in amazement when I saw that I refused so simply, "Don't you want your family of three to be reunited again?"

"Oshanin has lost his memory. To him, I am a stranger." I saw that using Oshanin's remarriage as a shield is not good, so I had to change another direction and continue to decline Kirillov's kindness: "Instead of two I have different dreams in the same bed, so I might as well let him go and let him live a new life. Comrade Military Commissioner, are you right?"

Hearing this question from me, Kirilov babbled for a long time, and finally bit the bullet and replied: "Well, Lida, since you have made a choice, we outsiders can't say anything. But as you I still hope you can find someone you like, and after the war is over, you can live a normal family life again."

"Thank you, Comrade Military Commissioner," I said gratefully for Kirilov's care and love: "Thank you for your concern for me. As for my personal issues, let's wait for the post-war period. We must first consider now. How to defeat the Germans and drive them out of our land." (To be continued.)