Red Moscow

"Comrade Captain," the teacher said, suddenly remembering that he didn't know Sokov's name, so he asked curiously, "I haven't asked you what your name is yet?"

"Comrade teacher, you can call me Sokov." Sokov said with a smile: "That's what my superiors call me."

"Well then, I'll call you Captain Sokov from now on." From Sokov's brief conversation just now, the instructor realized that the other party was a rare talent, so he took the initiative to say: "I don't know if you have Interested in entering the staff, I have a few friends in the General Staff who can introduce you there."

Perhaps because he was worried about Sokov’s refusal, he also specially emphasized: “At the beginning, you may be a general staff officer. But after about half a year, you will be transferred to the Operations Department. I believe that there are enough staff for you to display your talents. Space."

If he wanted to join the General Staff, Sokov had already accepted Antonov's proposal, and he might be able to take the post of Deputy Chief of Operations, let alone an unknown little staff officer. Therefore, facing the teacher's kindness, he said euphemistically: "Thank you, comrade teacher, I am not very interested in the work of the staff headquarters. I still want to compete with the Germans on the front line."

When the students in the classroom heard Sokov's answer, they were in an uproar. How could there be such a stupid person? ! The teacher had already offered to help him enter the General Staff, which is a unit that everyone envied, but he didn't want to, he was simply out of his mind!

At the moment, many people are accusing Sokov of being ignorant, not cherishing good opportunities, and simply being ignorant. They are thinking about how they should impress the instructor so that he is willing to help them enter the General Staff.

Only Sukharev and Victor, who were sitting in front of and behind Sokov, understood in their hearts that Sokov was already the commander of the group army. How could he notice a little unknown staff officer.

"Lieutenant Sokov," the instructor is also a person who loves talents, and he is unwilling to let people like Sokov easily go, so he asked: "My suggestion will be effective until your training is over, you may as well Consider it."

After saying this, without waiting for Sokov's reply, he announced to everyone: "Comrades, this is the end of today, and the class will officially start at 8:00 tomorrow morning. I hope everyone will not be late."

"Comrade teacher," seeing the teacher announcing the end of the get out of class, the squad leader Kryzhouf hurriedly got up and asked, "I want to ask, how are the courses arranged, and where should we get the textbooks we need?"

When Sokov heard Kryzhov's question, he turned his head and glanced at him in surprise, thinking that although the major was annoying, he was still quite responsible. Although the teacher didn't mention the teaching materials and class schedule at all, he was able to ask about it.

"Comrade squad leader," the teacher looked at the squad leader he had appointed, and said calmly: "Before class tomorrow, you will be able to see the course schedule during the training period, and at the same time, you will be assigned your textbooks. Comrades commanders , get out of class!"

After the teacher left the classroom, Victor and Sukharev immediately got up and stood beside Sokov, and asked respectfully, "Captain Sokov, where are you going next?"

"Take me to the parking lot." Sokov knew in his heart that the lieutenant Koshkin who picked him up should be in the car in the parking lot at the moment, so he said to the two: "The officer who picked me up should stay in his car." in the car."

The two agreed, stepped forward to push Sokov's wheelchair, and left the office.

Facing Sukharev and Victor's overtures to Sokov, the other students didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was just that the two commanders saw Sokov's mobility inconvenience and offered to help him.

Only the squad leader, Major Kryzhouf, saw something was wrong. When signing up, he had dealt with Victor before. Although the two were of the same level, the other party was from the 27th Army, which had a great military exploits. He had a sense of superiority that was different from ordinary people. Very polite, but there is a sense of alienation in the politeness.

Because of this, Victor's respectful attitude towards Sokov aroused his doubts. After a few perfunctory words to his colleagues who came to greet him, he quickly walked out of the classroom, wanting to see where Victor planned to push Sokov.

Fortunately, Victor and Sukharev didn't notice that someone was following them behind them. They still pushed Sokov's wheelchair and walked slowly along the corridor at a normal speed.

Koshkin, who was sitting in a daze in the car, saw Sokov, who was in a wheelchair, being pushed out of the building, quickly opened the door to get out of the car, and ran over quickly.

He came to Sokov, raised his hand to salute, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Comrade Captain, I didn't know you were finishing get out of class now, so I didn't pick you up in time, please forgive me!"

"It's okay, Lieutenant Koshkin. This is not your responsibility. The instructor just chatted with us casually and let us dismiss the class." After Sokov said this magnanimously, he introduced to Koshkin: " These two are friends I met in the class, one is Navy Lieutenant Sukharev, from the Baltic Fleet; the other is Major Victor, he is from the 182nd Division of the 27th Army, and he is my old subordinate .They all know my identity, you don't have to be too restrained in front of them."

Koshkin quickly turned around to salute the two, and said politely: "Colonel Viktor and Captain Sukharev, hello! Thank you for helping me push Comrade General over." Now that the two of them knew about Sokov's Regardless of his identity, Koshkin no longer deceived himself by calling him a captain, but called him a general instead.

Kryzhuv, who followed closely, saw Victor and Sukharev pushing Sokov's wheelchair to the side of a black car in the parking lot, and the officer who got out of the car was actually still there. Saluting him, he felt very puzzled, wondering what the origin of Captain Sokov was, that there was a special car to pick him up for training.

When he saw the license plate clearly, he was shocked into a cold sweat. The license plate of this car was actually the license plate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He immediately thought in his heart, could it be that Captain Sokov is the child of an executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, otherwise how can he explain that he will be picked up by a special car when he comes to the training?

Thinking about asking Sokov to give up his seat in class today for no reason, even though the other party didn't let me in the end, and he didn't pursue it further. But in this way, will there be an enmity with Captain Sokov? If he targeted him, he might have a hard time in the future.

Just when he was considering whether he needed to apologize to Sokov, he found that the black car drove away, and Sukharev and Victor were walking towards their place.

Kryzhiuf hurried forward and greeted them warmly: "Hey, two classmates, where did you just come back from?"

"Hello, comrade squad leader." Sukharev replied politely: "We saw that Captain Sokov was inconvenient, so we pushed his wheelchair here to receive further treatment."

"I seem to have seen Captain Sokov get into a black car just now." Kryzhuv, who was eager to find out the truth, tentatively asked the two: "The license plate of that car is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Could it be that Sokov Is the captain a relative of any executive from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Regarding Kryzhuv's curiosity, Sukharev was about to speak when he heard Viktor coughing heavily from the side. He quickly closed his mouth so as not to reveal the unspeakable secret.

But Victor said to Kryzhiuf with a smile: "Comrade squad leader, I really don't know what the background of Captain Sokov's family is. It's just that he saw that he was inconvenient to move, so he called I asked Sukharev to help him."

"So that's the case." Seeing that the other party was unwilling to speak, and knowing that he would not get the answer he wanted if he continued to ask, Kryzhouf smiled bitterly, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, you two, I suddenly Remembering that I still have things to do, we have time tomorrow to sit down and have a good chat."

After Kryzhuv left, Sukharev couldn't help asking Victor: "Victor, why don't you want me to tell him the truth?"

"I don't like his rebellious appearance. Besides, he just offended Comrade Commander in the classroom. I don't want to have too much interaction with him." Victor reminded Sukharev: "Comrade Commander intends to Keep a low profile during training, so we're keeping his identity a secret. Understand?"

"Understood." Sukharev naturally understood the stakes of this matter, so when Victor finished speaking, he nodded and said; "Don't worry, Victor, I will never reveal the identity of Comrade General .”

After saying this, he paused for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Victor, tell me, will we have the opportunity to make meritorious service with General Sokov in the future?"

"Whether we can become his subordinates depends entirely on our performance during the training period." Seeing that Sukharev was a little anxious, Victor comforted him and said, "But don't worry, he is still recovering from his injuries. It is still unknown to the troops, I think we need to be more patient."

While the two were chatting about whether they could follow Sokov, the teacher returned to his office. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Sokov was a rare talent. If he was really allowed to go to the front line in the future, he might lose a rare talent, so he must find a way to keep him.

The teacher picked up the phone on the table, dialed a number, and said to the operator: "I'm Captain Christonia, the teacher, please help me get to the dean's office."

The phone was connected quickly, and when he heard the voice of Dean Velyovkin Lakhalsky from the receiver, he immediately said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Dean, this is Christonia. You Do you have time now? I want to talk to you."

"I'm talking to someone, come over in a quarter of an hour."

Although the dean said that he would have time in a quarter of an hour, the teacher put down the phone and walked over immediately.

He came to the outside of the dean's office, and the female secretary He was typing said hello: "Hello, Elena!"

"Hello, Christonia." The female secretary looked at the teacher and asked, "Are you here to see the dean?"

"Yes, there is a very urgent matter that needs to be reported to Comrade Dean immediately." The teacher looked at the closed door and asked the female secretary tentatively: "Comrade Dean has guests?"

"That's right, it's someone from the city government." The female secretary explained, "In any case, our college has just moved back, and there are still many things to deal with."

The teacher and the female secretary chatted for about half an hour before they saw the two closed doors open, and Dean Velyovkin and another middle-aged man in civilian uniform came out. After the two shook hands and said goodbye, Velyovkin saw the teacher who was chatting with the female secretary, pointed to him with his hand, and said: "Hristonya, come to my office."

The teacher followed the dean into the office and closed the door behind him.

"Tell me, Christonia." The dean returned to his desk and sat down, looked at his subordinates and asked, "You came to me in such a hurry, is there anything important?"

"I found a great talent in my class today." The instructor said quickly, "I hope you can come forward to persuade him not to return to the front line, but to stay in Moscow, preferably the General Staff, his ability It can be of great use there.”

"Oh, there is such a person?" The dean suddenly became interested, and his body leaned forward slightly: "What's his name?"

"I don't know the exact name." The instructor frowned and said, "But he said his surname is Sokov, and he is a captain."

After hearing Sokov's name, the dean showed a bitter smile on his face. He leaned back and rested his head on the back of the chair and said, "Christonia, you came to me for this reason. student?"

"Yes, Comrade Dean." The teacher didn't notice the dean's strangeness, and said to himself: "He said that after the training is over, he will return to the front line immediately. I think such an outstanding talent should stay in the general staff Department is the best choice."

"Christonia, let me ask you." The dean did not give the teacher an answer immediately, but asked about other things: "Is the Captain Sokov you mentioned still injured? In a wheelchair?"

"That's right, that's how it is." The teacher asked with surprise, "Comrade dean, have you seen him?"

"No, never." The dean shook his head and said, "But I've heard of his name a long time ago."

"Have you heard his name long ago?" The dean's words confused the education, and he asked puzzledly, "Where did you hear his name?"

The dean still didn't answer this question, but said to himself: "You said he stayed in the General Staff, so what kind of position do you think is more suitable for him?"

"He is very young, and his military rank is not high." The teacher made an analysis to the dean with a serious face: "After entering the General Staff, he may be engaged in some basic staff work at first, and wait for a few months or even half a year to catch up. , with a certain amount of experience, it is possible to get promoted and be assigned to a more important job."

"Christonia, if I tell you that before you, someone persuaded him to join the General Staff, but he refused." The dean looked at the teacher and said, "Do you still think you have a chance to succeed in persuading him?"

"What, someone persuaded him to join the General Staff before me?" The teacher asked in surprise, "Comrade Dean, can you tell me who is the lobbyist?"

"General Shtemenko, the deputy chief of staff and chief of operations, came forward to persuade him personally, but was unwilling to be reconciled after being rejected, and even asked the chief of the general staff Antonov to personally sign a transfer order." The dean looked at the teacher with sympathy, and continued Said: "As far as I know, he was assigned the position of deputy director of the combat department and director of the direction department, but he still rejected it. Do you think he would care about the little staff officer you proposed?"