Red Moscow

"Yasha, although you are a member of the weapons and equipment department, you must have a special way to understand the situation at the frontier." Sokov did not immediately answer Yakov's question, but looked at him and asked: " Am I right?"

"That's right." Since the two are friends, Yakov naturally has no need to hide it. He nodded and said, "We do have a special intelligence channel to understand the progress of the frontline battle, and use this as a basis to inform Carry out the distribution of weapons and equipment. Misha, what do you want to ask?"

"I want to ask how my troops are doing now, have they captured Alexandria and Kirovgrad?"

"Misha, I regret to tell you, no." Yakov shook his head and said, "At least for a long period of time, it is impossible for your troops to attack the above two cities?"

"Why?" Sokov asked inexplicably: "You know, as the German defense line to the south of the landing site was breached, the 254th and 300th divisions that were responsible for the assault mission were only a few tens of kilometers away from Alexandria. As long as Keeping the original advance speed, you can reach outside the city in at most one day..."

"Misha, after you were injured, the situation changed." Yakov didn't wait for Sokov to finish, and interrupted him: "The plan to attack south has been cancelled."

"Cancelled?" Sokov couldn't help feeling angry when he heard this: "Who, who changed my battle plan without authorization?" Because he was too excited, he accidentally pulled the wound again, and groaned in pain .

"Misha, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Sokov held his breath, in this way to relieve the pain from the wound. When the pain lessened, he couldn't wait to ask: "Yasha, tell me who modified my battle plan without authorization."

"Misha, since you were injured, General Konev quickly appointed Lieutenant General Trofimenko as the commander of the 27th Army." Yakov said rather helplessly: "After he took office, The first thing to do is to revise your original combat plan to prevent the troops from continuing to attack south."

Knowing that Trofimenko, who took over his position, revised his battle plan, Sokov gritted his molars and asked, "Did he report the revised plan?"

"That's right, after he revised your battle plan, he immediately reported the situation to General Konev." Yakov said with a wry smile, "In the beginning, the casual modification of the battle plan was the most taboo thing for a large corps to fight. , but after reading the newly revised plan, General Konev agreed very readily."

"Why, why?" Sokov asked several whys: "Why did General Konev readily agree to his revised plan? Is there any inside story?"

"Actually, this matter is related to General Shumilov's 7th Guards Army." Yakov said with a serious expression: "Although they have established a new landing field with your help, they have been continuously attacked by the German army. The attack is extremely dangerous."

Sokov said in his heart that the 7th Guards Army was attacked, and he had a kopeck relationship with me? Since I led the troops to withdraw from the Qijilin area, I have completely distanced myself from them. Moreover, on their left and right wings, there are also powerful assault groups of friendly forces, ready to provide them with assistance at any time.

Yakov seemed to have seen through Sokov's mind, and before he could speak, he went on to say: "And the plan proposed by Trofimenko is to use the 27th Army to attack the enemy who is trying to seize the landing site from the southeast of the Chijilin area. The Germans went on the offensive and thus rescued the 7th Guards Army from danger."

After Yakov's introduction, Sokov immediately understood that after Lieutenant General Trofimenko took over his position, he immediately took the initiative to ask Konev for a job, and was willing to attack from the existing area and flank the German army's rear, so as to reduce the The pressure of the 7th Guards Army. Although this disrupted the strategy of the 27th Army's southward development, it could free the landing field established by the 7th Guards Army from the current predicament.

As the commander of the front army, Konev felt that it was a pity to give up the strategy of going south when he received Trofimenko's battle plan. But in order to resolve the difficulties faced by the 7th Guards Army, he hoped that the 27th Army could play a greater role.

Wanting to understand this truth, Sokov felt bitter, although flanking the German army's rear could resolve the crisis that the 7th Guards Army is facing now. But in this way, the best opportunity to quickly develop to the south of the landing field and capture Alexandria and Kirovgrad in a short period of time was missed.

Sokov decided to call Konev and explain to him the importance of doing so. But after thinking about it, now that he is not only a wounded person, he has also been temporarily dismissed as the commander of the 27th Army. Even if he managed to contact Konev, he might not change his mind.

In just a few minutes, Sokov thought about many issues. In the end, he felt that what he could do now was to heal his wounds. As for frontier matters, let Lieutenant General Trofimenko worry about them.

After he adjusted his mentality, he asked Yakov curiously: "Yasha, how do you know that I am hospitalized here?"

"General Konev told me." Yakov explained to Sokov: "The purpose of his doing this is to convey the news of your injury to Asia through me."

When Yakov mentioned Asiya, Sokov couldn't help feeling a little nervous: "Yasha, does Asiya know about my injury?"

Yakov shook his head: "Because you have been in a coma for the past two days, I haven't told her the news for the time being, lest she worry too much."

"I'm awake now," Sokov felt that Yakov's approach was correct. Before he woke up, he rashly told Asiya the news that he was injured and returned to Moscow, which would only make the other party worry about him. . But now that I have woken up, I can see Asiya, so I said to Yakov: "Yasha, please tell Asiya about my hospitalization, and ask her to come to the hospital when she is free." Come visit me."

"No problem." Yakov readily agreed, "Seeing that you are fine, I feel at ease. I will inform Assia of the news that you are hospitalized here as soon as I return to the Weapons and Equipment Department." .”

Sokov suddenly remembered that the nurse had told him that the hospital was located in Lubyanka, and he became uneasy. He tentatively asked Yakov: "Yasha, is the security level of this hospital very high? I am worried that Assi When Ya came, she didn't enter the hospital at all."

"Misha, you can rest assured about this." Yakov picked up a sign hanging around his neck and said to Sokov, "Did you see this sign? Take two people into the hospital."

When Sokov heard this, he thought that this is not the regulation of the future Metro warehouse supermarket. To enter the supermarket, you must have a membership card. But each member can bring two non-members to enter.

Seeing Sokov staring at the ceiling in a daze, Yakov couldn't help asking, "Misha, what are you thinking about?"

Yakov's voice woke Sokov up from his contemplation. The latter would naturally not say that he was comparing the visitation system of the hospital with the membership system of the Metro supermarket. Instead, he said perfunctorily: "I'm thinking about how long I have to stay in bed before I can get out of bed and move around."

When Yakov came to visit, he went to the dean's office to understand Sokov's condition.

The dean didn't know who Yakov was, so he naturally refused his request without hesitation, and even said plausibly: "Comrade Colonel, our hospital has the responsibility to keep the privacy of the wounded, please forgive me. I cannot give you General Sokov's orders."

The dean's attitude had long been expected by Yakov. After the other party finished speaking, he said unhurriedly: "Comrade dean, I have been authorized by my father to come to your place to check General Cove's case."

"Who is your father, Comrade Colonel?" The dean thought that Yakov was at best the son of some general, and said disapprovingly: "Even if he is a general, I can't violate the hospital's regulations and show you the father without permission." case..."

"My father's name is Joseph, but I think you are more familiar with his surname." Yakov looked at the dean in front of him and said with a half-smile, "His surname is Stalin!"

Even if a shell landed beside the dean and exploded at this moment, the shock it brought to him would never compare to what Yakov said. The dean knew very well in his heart that apart from Marshal Zhukov’s factor in the young general’s admission to the hospital, Stalin’s personal secretary Boskrebyshev also called him to ask him to take good care of him.

I don't know how long it took for the dean to wake up from the shock. He asked Yakov tremblingly: "Comrade Colonel, so you are Comrade Stalin's son?"

It was very impolite for the dean to interrogate Yakov in such a rude manner, but Yakov didn't care at all. He nodded and replied, "Yes, my father is Stalin, and I am his eldest son."

"Colonel Yakov," the dean heard from others that Stalin's eldest son is now in the weapons and equipment department, but he hadn't contacted the colonel in front of him just now. Hearing Yakov himself revealing his identity, he quickly laughed along with him. Said: "It's just that I didn't expect that you would come from our place. I didn't go out to meet you in time. Please forgive me." Don't think that the dean is also a colonel, but in front of Yakov, he Keep your figure low so as not to accidentally offend the other party.

"Comrade dean, you don't have to be so polite." Although he saw the dean who knew his identity and bowed to himself, Yakov did not overbearing, but said politely: "I came to you just to see See the medical records of my friend Major General Sokov to see how his injuries are."

"Colonel Yakov, General Sokov's injury is not optimistic." The dean understood that the other party just wanted to find out about Sokov's injury, so he quickly took out Sokov's medical records and introduced it to Yakov: "The right leg was broken, the spine was injured, and multiple internal organs were also damaged to varying degrees..."

Hearing that Sokov's injury was so serious, Yakov couldn't help but frowned. He looked at the dean and asked, "Comrade dean, please tell me the truth, when will General Sokov recover from his injury?"

"The situation is very bad." After Sukov was sent to the hospital, he had taken an X-ray film. The director took out an X-ray film from the medical record bag, put it on the film reader, pointed to the position of the spine, and spoke to Yaco. Fu said: "General Sokov's spine was broken in many places, and the possibility of paralysis is very high. Even if it is cured with difficulty, I am afraid there will be some sequelae."

"Comrade Dean," the dean's ambiguity made Yakov feel very uncomfortable. He said with a straight face: "Please tell me truthfully, what kind of sequelae will General Sokov leave in the future?"

"Even if he is not paralyzed, he may become a lame." After organizing the vocabulary in his mind, the dean said cautiously: "And as long as it encounters wind and rain, his injured part will be in unbearable pain."

Whether it's paralyzed or crippled, these are things Yakov doesn't want to see. After the dean finished speaking, he asked tentatively: "Comrade dean, Sokov really can't avoid these possible sequelae. ?"

The dean looked at Yakov and shook his head slowly, and said with a wry smile: "Unless God blesses a miracle, General Sokov will definitely become a disabled person."

It is precisely because of knowing about Sokov's condition that Yakov's heart is particularly heavy, but in front of Sokov, he still forced a smile and said: "Misha, don't worry, your injury looks serious , but at most half a year... No, at most three months, you will be able to get out of bed and walk around."

Sokov didn't realize that Yakov was comforting him, and said with a bitter face: "So, I need to lie in bed for three months before I can get out of bed and move around."

Yakov didn't want to discuss this issue with Sokov, lest the other party see the flaw, so he changed the subject in time: "By the way, Misha, you still didn't tell me how you got injured?"

Sokov didn't notice Yakov's strangeness. Seeing that the other party wanted to know how he was injured, he spoke slowly: "...At the beginning, the troops of the 254th and 300th divisions broke through the German defense on the south side of the landing field. As I was moving forward, I felt that I needed to go to the front to have a look, so I set off with a platoon of guards..."

After patiently listening to Sokov's narration, Yakov nodded slightly and said, "Misha, your life is really big enough. If you were replaced by someone else, you would either be killed by a bomb or be thrown when you fell from a high place." Die, but you are lucky to survive, God bless you."

Sokov was not interested in discussing his own survival with Yakov. He was very eager to see Asiya, who he hadn't seen for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask, "Yasha, I wonder when you can bring Asiya with me?" Come?"

Yakov raised his hand to check the time, and said to Sokov, "Misha, it's too late today. Even if I go back and inform Assia now, I'm afraid it will be too late. I think we should wait until tomorrow."

Maybe because he saw the disappointed expression on Sokov's face, he added on purpose: "Don't worry, Misha, I mean what I say, I said bring Asiya over tomorrow, and you will definitely be able to see Asiya tomorrow." Ya."

Sokov understood the reason why he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and since Yakov had said that he would bring Asiya over tomorrow, he didn't need to force others, so he snorted and said softly: "Okay, Yasha, then I'll just wait for you to bring Asiya tomorrow."