Burning Moscow

　　 woke up, raised his wrist to look at his watch, at four o'clock in the morning. I couldn't sleep anyway, so I just got up and went outside to take a look.

　　As soon as he walked out of the command post, he alarmed Yemelyanov who was sitting outside the door and sleeping. The old man stood up immediately, saluted me, and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Major, where are you really going?"

　　 "Let's take a look at the position." As I said, I lifted my foot and left.

　　 Russia’s summer days are long and nights are short. It's only four o'clock, and the sky is already bright. Because it was still early and it was not time to get up, except for a few sentries on duty in the trenches, the rest of the soldiers slept in the concealment department or the anti-cannon hole.

　　 I found a place where there was no one, spread the raincoat, and then got down, holding the binoculars and looking into the forest.

　　 The position we captured last time was reoccupied by the Germans the next day. In order to prevent us from launching another attack, they reinforced the fortifications. They not only added machine gun firepower points, but also drew up barbed wire in front of the trenches and arranged minefields. At this moment, the enemy's position is the same as ours. Except for a few sentries standing guard, the trenches are also deserted and no people can be seen.

　　 "Comrade Major, do you think the Germans will attack?" Yemelyanov asked in a low voice, lying next to me.

"Yes, Comrade Tuas." I put down my binoculars, turned my head and said to him: "The 131st regiment on the other side of the lake has been wiped out. The Germans have no worries about the future, and they will definitely deploy their troops to attack us." I pointed to the wide lake and said, "They will not choose to come from the lake, because in that case, our machine gun fire will inflict huge damage on them. I guess they will choose from the forest side. , Launch an attack on us. In this way, the offensive infantry will not only be supported by artillery fire, but even tanks will cooperate with the attack."

　　 "Do you think they will attack today?" Tuashi asked worriedly.

　　 I shook my head, raised the telescope again, and said uncertainly: "They didn't send engineers out to clear the mines in front of the position. There should be no action today."

　　 "Comrade Major, it's still early, you can go back to sleep for a while." The old man said with concern.

　　 I checked my watch. It was half past five. This time flies so fast, lying here observing the enemy's position, one and a half hours passed without knowing it.

　　 I was about to stand up, and heard a voice of speaking, as if someone was walking towards us. Yemelyanov stood up straight and looked at him. He lowered his head and said to me, "It's Lieutenant Miducci and the four boys."

　　 I looked sideways and saw five or six people walking along the trenches, chatting as they walked. Lieutenant Miducci walked in front of him. As he walked, he turned his head and asked the people behind: "I said, where are you from?"

　　 The fat man with a round face, the soldier named Igorevich replied, "Petersburg. We are all from Petersburg."

　　Miducci put a smile on his face and said, "Me too. Where do I live?"

　　 Igorevich replied again: "Workers and Peasants Street."

　　 Lieutenant exclaimed in surprise: "It's a coincidence, I also live on Gongnong Street. What's the number of your house?"

　　 "No. 9, Comrade Commander."

　　 "I'm on the 12th. Where did you read the book?"

　　 "The 23rd Middle School."

The second lieutenant stopped, facing Igorjevic, punched him hard in the chest, and said excitedly: "Oh my God, what a coincidence, I used to read in the 23rd Middle School." Putting his hand on the fat man's shoulder, he walked around and asked, "Do you know the Boxing Association?"

　　 The fat man nodded abnormally and said, "Well, I know, I practiced boxing there for five years."

　　 "Really?" The ensign's face was full of smiles when he could meet his neighbors here.

　　 "Yes!" The fat man gave another affirmative answer.

　　 Second Lieutenant smiled and asked, "Who is the coach now?"

　　 "Petrovic."

　　 "Petrovic. Aha!" The second lieutenant repeated the name aloud, and then asked, "Listen, does he still sneak to the city post office every morning to get a new newspaper?"

　　 "I don't know about newspapers," the fat man replied with a shrug, "but he would go to the teacher's TV room to watch the news every day."

　　 "TV?!" The ensign's face became serious, and he repeated the new word he had heard, frowning and saying: "What is TV? This is the first time I heard of it. It's a strange word."

　　 "Second Lieutenant Miducci, hello!" As the second lieutenant and they had already come to us, Dasei Yemelyanov hurriedly stood at attention and saluted him.

　　 Lieutenant turned his head to Tuashi and asked, "Comrade Tuashi, do you know what TV is?"

　　 Tuashi was confused by the question, turned around and asked me: "Comrade Major, have you heard of TV?"

　　 I stood up, pretended to be surprised, and said, "TV, this is the first time I heard the word." Then I pretended to have realized it, and added: "Maybe they call the school poster TV!"

　　 Both Lieutenant and Tuashi screamed, with the same expression on their faces, and laughed. As soon as the laughter stopped, the second lieutenant turned his head to the fat man and asked, "Is the major right? Comrade Pvt."

　　 The fat man's face twitched violently, and then he nodded desperately: "Yes, Comrade Commander. In our school, the poster is usually called TV."

　　 After finishing talking, I took the tuashi and a few people past, and walked to the company command post.

When approaching the command post, I told Yemelyanov: "Comrade Tuss, I will go to sleep in first. Wake me up in three hours and call the four young people over again. I have Ask them if you want to.” After taking a step down the wooden steps, UU read www.uukānshu. com, I stopped and added: "By the way, get Captain Diomi and Instructor Thorin. I lived in the command post last night and I don't know where they are."

　　 said that I slept for three hours, but after only less than one hour of sleep, I woke up again. He got up and walked to the door, and told Yemelyanov to find Captain Diomi first.

　　 Captain and the instructor soon arrived at the command post, they saluted me when they entered the room, and asked respectfully: "Comrade Major, Captain Diomi and Instructor Thorin are hereby orders, and I am waiting for you..."

　　 "Okay, comrade captain and instructor." I interrupted them and asked them to sit down, "I asked you to come over to find out more about the four young people of unknown origin."

　　 "The origin is unknown?" Instructor Thorin asked strangely: "Didn't you find the relevant documents to prove that the four of them are deserters from the 131st regiment?"

　　 "They are not deserters. But where they came from is still a mystery." I said in a certain tone: "I'm going to let Master Yemelyanov call them, just to clarify the problem."

　　 "But how do you explain those military IDs?" Thorin asked.

　　 I waved my hand and said, "Maybe it's a coincidence. When the four young people are here, let's get to know them about our future."

　　 At that moment, Yemelyanov's voice came from the door: "Report Comrade Major, the four young people have been brought here, can you go in?"

　　 "Of course, Comrade Tuas." I shouted at the door: "Come in. Wait for you for a long time."