Burning Moscow

After getting rid of the sniper who helped the abuse, the convoy went back on the road.

With this lesson learned, Vaskov, who was in charge of security work, increased his vigilance. In addition to ordering people to mount machine guns on the roof racks of two trucks, he also sat in our jeep. Sitting in the position of the co-pilot holding a submachine gun, he looked out the window warily.

As soon as the car started, General Afanasyev suddenly said headlessly: "Major Oshanina, that's great."

His words caught me for a moment, and then I realized that he might be referring to me dealing with the sniper. I didn't say anything about his kindness, but just smiled politely at him.

Just listen to him continue to say: "You said there might be enemies in the forest. When I sent people to search, I was still blaming you. I thought you were making a fuss. I wanted to wait for you to get back to the car before criticizing you. Sentence, I didn’t expect that at this moment, the enemy sniper shot. If you hadn’t stopped me from getting off the car, maybe I would have become the target of the enemy sniper. By the way, how did you discover the forest? Have enemies?"

I smiled and replied: "I am also guessing."

"Guess?!" My answer was far beyond General Afanasyev's expectation. He was visibly stunned, then laughed and said, "It seems that you are quite accurate in your guess. You did the right thing to deal with that captive. For this kind of people who were captured by the Germans and renegade, we must resolutely eliminate them, even if they are forced to act."

Hearing the general's words, I couldn't help but chuckle, and said that if you know what I was captured once, I don't know what a tragic fate will be waiting for me. Thinking of this, I glanced at Vaskov sitting in the front row with a guilty conscience, fearing that he would come to kill his relatives at this time and raise the matter of my capture to the general. But my worries seemed unnecessary. Vaskov's face was facing out of the window, wondering if he heard the conversation between me and the general, and he never looked back.

The road to the front army headquarters was very long. The car drove for five or six hours before stopping at a checkpoint. Vaskov went down to check and came back and reported to me, "Comrade commander, this is the resident of the front army headquarters. The soldiers standing guard in front asked us to stop the car on the spot, and the commander who participated in the meeting walked in."

General Afanasyev heard Vaskov say this and said to me: "It seems that the guards of this headquarters are doing a good job. Let's get out of the car and walk over." After that, he opened the door and walked down. .

Under the guidance of the sentry, the two of us walked along the dirt road in the direction of the headquarters.

It took five or six minutes to see where the front army headquarters is. The shelter of the headquarters is a semi-underground building covered with several layers of logs, which seems to be constructed by engineers strictly in accordance with the requirements of military engineering technology.

A dozen soldiers stood outside the door, and there was a second lieutenant wearing a red sleeve. Seeing me and the general walking by, hurriedly greeted us. He walked in front of the general, raised his hand to salute, and said, "Hello, Comrade General. Did you come to the headquarters for the meeting?"

Seeing that the general nodded affirmatively, he hurriedly turned his body to one side and made a please gesture, and said politely: "Please, Comrade General. Please follow me into the headquarters."

The general lifted his leg and left, and I followed him. Unexpectedly, the second lieutenant stretched out his hand to stop me and said politely: "I'm sorry, Comrade Major. Because this is an important military meeting, it can only be attended by the chief military officer of the army. As the adjutant of the general, you should wait outside. "

The general frowned unhappily when he saw me being stopped. He couldn't help but feel happy when he heard the ensign's explanation. He chuckled and said, "Major Oshanina, it seems that the low rank is really not a good thing. Ah. Look, Comrade Ensign regards you as my adjutant."

I smiled awkwardly, and was about to identify myself. The general had already explained to the ensign: "Comrade Ensign, you made a mistake. This Major Oshanina is not my adjutant, she is from Mei. The acting commander of the 378th Division personally appointed by General Letskov."

The second lieutenant blushed, saluted me, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, comrade teacher, I don't know who you are, please forgive me!"

General Afanasyev said gently, "Forget it, Comrade Ensign, don't be nervous, take us to the headquarters quickly, I still have an urgent matter to see Commander Meretskov."

We followed the second lieutenant, and walked down the earthen stairs into the tunnel of the shelter. This place is really heavily guarded. Every few meters on both sides of the passage, there is a soldier holding a carbine standing.

When he reached a fork in the road, the second lieutenant stopped and pointed to the left side and said to me: "Comrade Master, walk along this passage, and you will see a big room, which is the conference room. The meeting was held there." Then he turned his head and said to General Afanasyev: "Comrade General, please come with me, I will take you to the commander of the front."

The conference room is easy to find, and I saw it not long after I walked forward. At this moment, many commanders had gathered in the room. Judging from their ranks, they were either generals or colonels, and the youngest was also a lieutenant colonel. The generals sat on the benches around the conference table, while the school officers sat on the benches against the wall.

I walked in and saw Feijuninski sitting at the table from a long distance away. Before I could greet him, he stood up and walked towards me. At the same time, he reached out his hand to me and said kindly, "It turned out to be You, Major Oshanina, I didn't expect to see you here."

I first stood at attention and saluted him, and then I held his outstretched hand with both hands, and said excitedly: "Hello, Comrade Commander, I am glad to see you again."

Feizuninsky also said with emotion: "I heard that the 2nd Assault Army was surrounded by Germans. I am quite worried for you. I am afraid that you have some shortcomings and it will be difficult to explain to my old superior Zhukov. , I didn’t expect that your luck was not bad, and you managed to escape from the encirclement."

"Isn't this Major Oshanina?! It's been a long time, how are you?" I just wanted to answer Feijuninski, and a familiar voice suddenly rang next to him. Turning my head, it turned out that it was two generals. Standing by my side, one of them was speaking, General Yakovlev, the commander of the 52nd Army I know, so I shouted in surprise: "Hello, Comrade General, I am very happy again. See you!" After finishing speaking, I raised my hand to salute him.

Seeing me greet General Yakovlev, another general who was left out by me said with some disapproval: "Major Oshanina, you are wrong. Why do you only talk to Fejuninsky and Jacques? Flev said hello to the two, don't you say hello to me?"

I looked at the face-to-face general in front of me. Although I felt that his voice was a bit familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere, but I couldn’t remember who he was, so I replied awkwardly, “I’m sorry, Comrade General, I don’t know. What should I call you?"

The general snorted and said coldly: "You, the acting commander of the 378th Division, are quite familiar with the commanders of other army groups, but you don't even know your immediate superiors."

boss? ! My immediate boss? ! I am now the commander of the 378th Division. Isn't my immediate boss the commander of the 59th Army? Is the person in front of me the commander-general of the group army? So I asked tentatively: "Are you Commander Kolovnikov?"

He snorted heavily this time, turned his head and smiled at Fejuninsky and Yakovlev, "Haha, look, my own subordinates don't even know their superiors."

Yakovlev smiled and said to me: "Major Oshanina, let me introduce you. This is General Kolovnikov, commander of the 59th Army, your immediate superior."

I immediately stood at attention and saluted Kolovnikov, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I didn't know it was you. Please forgive me." The tone of speech was very similar to that of the second lieutenant just now.

Kolovnikov gave a gift and said to Fejuninsky and the others: "The meeting is about to begin. Let's go back to our seats first."

The three generals had just left, and another commander walked up to me, stretched out his hand to me, and said friendlyly: "Major Oshanina, hello, long time no see."

I looked up and couldn't help but grin. There are so many acquaintances I met today. The person standing in front of me to greet me was actually Colonel Koshevoi, the commander of the 65th Infantry Division. I quickly held his hand and said excitedly: "Hello, Comrade Colonel, I didn't expect to meet you here today."

Colonel Koshevoy did not let go of my hand, and asked, "Major Oshanina, are you interested in becoming the head of my division? That position has been reserved for you."

I smiled and replied: "Comrade Colonel, I have always wanted to go to your 65th Division, but now it doesn't work. I have been transferred to the 378th Division."

"The 378th Division?!" Koshevoy repeated this number, looked at it left and right, bent down to get close to my ear and whispered: "Comrade Oshanina, I remind you that for you My teacher, Colonel Dorofeev, beware, that kid is a well-known erotic."

I shook his hand vigorously and said, "Comrade Colonel, thank you for your concern. But the person you mentioned is no longer a threat to me?"

"Why?" the colonel asked blankly.

I replied quietly: "Because he has been dismissed by General Meretskov, and I am now the acting commander of the 378th Infantry Division."

"Unexpectedly, you are actually a teacher, you are really great!" The colonel said, patted my shoulder twice, and it hurt my teeth and almost screamed.

At this moment, a colonel walked to the door and said to the people in the room: "Comrades, please sit down, Commander Meretskov will be here soon."

Koshevoi looked around and said, "There is an empty seat over there, come with me." After speaking, he took me to the other side.

As soon as we sat down, someone next to me patted me on the shoulder and said, "Hello, Major Oshanina, do you remember me?"

Turning around, UU read www.uukanshu. com, my eyes suddenly brightened, isn't this Colonel Zizolifu? He quickly reached out and shook hands with him, and said, "Hello, Colonel Zizolifu, I am glad to see you."

Just as I was about to talk a few words about the old, the voice of the colonel just now came from the door: "General Meretskov, commander of the front, is here." Following his voice, the commanders present stood up and waited. Admission of the commander.

After a while, four generals appeared at the door. The short general Meretskov walks in the front. On his right side is a tall, round-faced general with wide shoulders. The rank on the collar shows that he is an admiral; on the left is my car. The coming General Afanasiev, behind them, was General Privalov who made me irritated at first sight.

After the four people came to the conference table and sat down, the standing commanders sat down again.

Meletskov stood up, scanned the audience first, and then said unhurriedly: "Before the meeting, I would like to introduce you to the representative of the base camp, the Chief of Staff of the Red Army, Vasilevsky. Admiral."

Amid the applause of everyone, Vasilevsky, who was sitting on his right hand, also stood up, nodded with a smile, and said, "Comrade Commander, everyone!"