Burning Moscow

　　 When the captain was ordered to invite me to a meeting the next day, I was covering my abdomen with my hand and lying on the bed suffering from dysmenorrhea. I don't know if Lida has this problem all the time or it only appeared after an abdominal injury.

　　 After finishing the phone call yesterday, I started to have episodes as soon as I returned to the house. I was rolling all over the floor with pain. Fortunately, I was seen by Nina who had just got off work. She helped me to lie down on the bed, fed me a glass of honey water, and rubbed my stomach for a long time before it got better. I didn't expect it to happen again just after the night.

　　 Hearing the sound of knocking on the door, I put my hand on my abdomen, got off the bed with difficulty, walked over and opened the door slowly. Standing at the door was the captain who gave me the clothes yesterday. He saw me like this, and he first respected me according to the rules, and respectfully reported: "Master Oshanina, I'm here on the order of General Zhukov. You go to the military meeting to be held in half an hour."

　　 I nodded and said weakly, "I see. Where will the meeting be held later?"

"The meeting room on the first floor. When you go down the stairs on the east side to the first floor, you will see the soldiers on duty, and they will tell you that you should go this way." After answering my question, he hesitated for a while, but was still concerned. Asked: "Comrade commander, what's the matter with you? Do you need me to help you get a military doctor?"

　　 I gave him a grateful look, shook my head and said, "It's nothing, maybe I had a cold last night and my stomach is a little uncomfortable. It will be fine for a while, so I don't need to trouble the military doctor. Thank you, comrade captain!"

Captain 　　 saw that I didn't want to ask a doctor, so he didn't insist, and he turned around and left after saluting again.

　　 I closed the door and went to the bathroom to wash my face. Although I know that I can’t touch cold water these days, I don’t know where to find hot water. I can only do so.

　　 Slowly walked along the stairs to the first floor, saw soldiers on guard on both sides of the corridor, and saw me coming down from the upper floor, and immediately a second lieutenant officer greeted me. I took a closer look and immediately recognized this officer. I had dealt with him when I was in the headquarters before. Although he could not be named, I still knew each other. He recognized me at a glance, and immediately smiled and said to me: "Hello! Master Oshanina, are you here for the meeting? Please come with me, and I will take you there."

　　 I followed the second lieutenant, passing between the soldiers standing guard on both sides, and came to a spacious reception room. The second lieutenant made a please gesture and said, "Master Oshanina, this is the place, please please." After saying that he saluted me and left.

There were already quite a few people in the reception room. I glanced at everyone’s ranks, and I was shocked. They were all generals. The lowest rank was a major general like me. The rest were almost all lieutenants, and there were even two. Admiral. Some were standing, some sitting on the bench against the wall, familiar people gathered together and chatted in a low voice.

　　 The door of the reception room was closed tightly, and a lieutenant officer of the headquarters sat outside the door. He stared at the incoming commander, as if silently remembering which commanders had been summoned, and repeated a sentence from time to time: "Please take off your coat, comrades generals, please take off your coat. ..."

　　 I saw a long hanger nailed to the wall between the door and the hanger was already covered with short fur coats and military coats, so I took off my military coat and hung it up in an empty space.

I was considering whether to find a place to sit down, and suddenly a low voice came from the side: "Hey, if I'm not mistaken, today should be a high-level military meeting. Why is there a female commander to attend? And unexpectedly? The rank of major general!"

　　 I followed the reputation. It turned out that the two major generals sitting on the bench were talking about me in a low voice. The middle-aged man with a wide face sitting on the left was talking. He just finished speaking, the officer next to him with a bitter face glanced at me and said frivolously: "I said, old man, you must know that the rank can be obtained not only on the battlefield, but also in other places. As a woman, as long as you serve her superiors who can promote her, you can still get a high rank."

　　 After speaking, the two of them laughed at the same time. Because the bitter melon's face was so loud, the people in the reception room almost heard it, and they all cast their sights on us.

　　 Regarding their humiliation, I suddenly poured blood on my head, glaring at them and took a step forward, and was about to rush over and punch them both. At this moment, someone behind me put a hand on my shoulder and said softly: "Lida, don't be impulsive!" Stopping my reckless behavior.

　　 I looked back, and standing behind me was Lieutenant General Rokosovsky, the commander of the group army. He took two steps forward, walked in front of the two major generals, and said coldly: "I don't know how the two got the rank of major general, but I can tell you very responsibly. The rank of General Oshanina She got it on the battlefield with her own strength, not to mention that she commanded the troops to fought so many victories, even she killed more fascist bandits than you have seen."

Seeing a Lieutenant General came out to speak for me, the two blushed and stood up. Just about to say something, another familiar voice came over: "General Rokosovsky was right. It is obvious to all that Oshanina has repeatedly made military exploits. All Comrade Stalin will personally make an exception and promote her to the rank of major general."

I looked back and said that this time it was Lieutenant General Vlasov, who was still standing behind him, General Lelyushenka and Dovator. When I noticed them, all three of them smiled at me. Nodded.

Two major generals who talked about me, saw two generals with higher ranks speaking for me. Realizing that they had said something wrong, they apologized to me ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and hid in a desperate manner. Went to the other end of the room.

　　 Rokosovsky saw Lelyushenka and Dovator, two old comrades who had recovered and discharged from the hospital, and immediately pulled them into a chat with excitement. After shaking hands with Vlasov, I asked him gently, "Comrade Commander, is the Deputy Commander Lin from China here?"

Vlasov shook his head and said, "No. Yesterday the Germans launched another offensive against Volokolamsk. After commanding the troops to repel the enemy, Deputy Commander Lin organized another counterattack, successfully wedging into the enemy's line of defense. Two to three kilometers. He is organizing troops to strengthen the defense of the area today, so he can't get out and come to this meeting."

　　 Hearing what Vlasov said, I felt a little regretful. I wanted to take the opportunity of a meeting to meet the military **** and ask him for advice. It seemed that there was no chance.

　　 When I was feeling melancholy, the lieutenant on duty at the door opened the door of the inner room, then let himself go to the door, and announced in a loud voice: "Comrades generals, please come in!"

　　 This sentence is like an offensive command to everyone. In an instant, people standing in a crowded reception room or sitting on a bench rushed to the door. I deliberately lag behind others and let those who are higher than myself go in first, so I was the last group to walk in.

　　 I crossed the threshold, and the first thing I saw was Zhukov. At this moment, he was standing in front of a large map hung on the wall with his back on his back, looking at the generals who kept walking into the room without expression. The commanders of the group army who walked in first all sat around the long table, while the commanders of lower rank sat on the benches against the wall. Seeing that Zhukov hadn't noticed me, he quickly found an inconspicuous corner and sat down.