Red Moscow

Yakov was lying on the camp bed next door, chatting with the female health worker sitting on the side, when he suddenly saw Gorbatov and his military commissar rushing in from outside. Seeing the flustered expressions of the two, Yakov thought that something happened to Chernyakhovsky, and quickly asked tentatively: "General Gorbatov, what happened? Could it be that the commander is in danger?" ?”

Unexpectedly, Gorbatov came to Yakov and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff, I have been busy with other things, so I didn't care enough about your physical condition. You see that there is nothing to do now. How about I accompany you to the field hospital for examination?"

"Thank you, General Gorbatov." Yakov waved his hand at the other party and said, "I'm fine, just lie down and rest for a while."

"How can this work?" Gorbatov and his military commissar knew Yakov's true identity, so they dared not let him have trouble, and quickly said: "After all, you were injured by the shell, although it looks It’s nothing serious, but no one can guarantee that there are no internal injuries, I think it’s better to go to the field hospital for an examination.”

"Comrade General, I asked you to go for an inspection just now, but you didn't want to go." The female health worker interrupted and said, "Look, our commander and military commissar are here now, so you can go and have an inspection. If there is nothing wrong , everyone’s hearts are at ease.”

"That's right, that's right." Hearing the female health worker speak for him, Gorbatov cast a grateful glance at her, and followed her words: "Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff, you see, even the health workers are like this!" Having said that, you'd better go check it out, if it's really all right, then everyone can feel at ease."

Seeing that everyone was so kind, Yakov could only agree to go to the field hospital for an examination to see if he had suffered any internal injuries. When he turned over and was about to get out of bed, he was stopped by Gorbatov: "Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff, you are injured and cannot walk around casually. I think you should be carried by the soldiers." The military commissioner winked and motioned him to go out and call for someone.

After a while, the military committee came in with four soldiers. He first ordered the soldiers to put the stretcher on the ground, and then personally helped Yakov sit on it. After finishing all this, he said to those soldiers: "Go to the field hospital, be too steady, don't make a fool of Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff."

Gorbatov saw that the soldiers brought in by the military commissar were the most capable of the guards, and he couldn't help nodding secretly, thinking that the other party did a good job, and these strong and strong soldiers carried Yakov to the place. A field hospital is a perfect fit.

When a group of people came to the hospital, they saw many vehicles parked in the parking lot. Gorbatov called an execution soldier to ask, only to know that since the news of Cherniakhovsky's injury spread, , the commanders and military commissioners of the various armies rushed over directly, and even Lieutenant General Makarov, the military commissioner of the front army, came.

Knowing that Makarov was coming, Gorbatov hurriedly asked, "Where is he?"

"It's at the door of the operating room." The soldier replied, "According to the people who came out, the corridor is full of people, and they can't be squeezed."

"Understood." Gorbatov realized that he had made two mistakes, that is, after Cherniakhovsky was injured, he just arranged for someone to send him to the operating room for rescue, and then he ignored Question; secondly, leaving Yakov in the next room and ignoring him. If Marshal Rokossovsky hadn't called him, he would have made a lot of mistakes if he hadn't known him yet.

He turned to the military commissar: "Military commissar, General Makarov, the military commissar of the Front Army, is at the door of the operating room. Go over and say hello to him first, and I will accompany the deputy chief of staff for the examination."

"Okay." The military commissar nodded and said, "Then we will split into two groups. I will meet General Makarov at the door of the operating room, and you will send the deputy chief of staff to have a physical examination."

When the military commissioner came to the door of the operating room, he found that the corridor was full of people as the soldiers on duty outside said. If he hadn't called out his identity while squeezing, he might still be stuck at the other end of the operating room.

Makarov saw the military commissar, shook hands with him politely, and then asked with a straight face, "Where's your commander?"

"He has something to do and can't come for the time being."

"Is there anything more important than the surgery for the wounded commander of the front army?"

"He accompanied someone to the medical examination." After the military commissioner finished speaking, he realized that his expression was not accurate enough, so he hurriedly approached Makarov and said in a low voice, "He went to accompany the deputy chief of staff to the medical examination. The Chief of Staff was also hit by the shelling and received a small wound."

Knowing that Gorbatov went to accompany Yakov for the medical examination, Makarov swallowed the words he was going to blame the other party, and he tried his best to force a smile on his face and asked politely: "Deputy staff officer Chang’s injury isn’t serious, is it?”

"On the outside, there are no injuries." The military commissar explained to Makarov: "However, some things are accurate. After all, he was also the one who was shelled, so he might have internal injuries. I know what's in my mind."

The several army commanders, chiefs of staff, or military commissars who were close to each other curled their lips in dissatisfaction after hearing the conversation between the two, thinking that the third army's approach was simply putting the cart before the horse. The commander of the front army was injured, but he didn't ask. But to be so polite to a deputy chief of staff, and even accompany him to the examination, is simply too shameful.

But only Makarov and the military commissar knew how important the man Gorbatov was personally accompanying was. But the identity of Yakov is required to be kept secret, otherwise Makarov would have announced Yakov’s identity in public long ago. Let’s see for yourself what these complaining subordinates will look like after knowing Yakov’s true identity Reaction.

At this time, Koshkin escorted Asiya to the headquarters of the 3rd Army, but was stopped by the sentinel at the door. He politely said to Koshkin: "Comrade Captain, this is an important place for the headquarters. Do not enter."

"I am Lieutenant Koshkin of the 48th Army Command. This is the wife of our commander. She is a good friend of the wounded General Yakov. I heard that he is staying in the Army Command after being wounded. Come to visit him." Koshkin said to the sentinel: "Hurry up and let us pass."

"Comrade Captain." The sentinel waited for Koshkin to finish speaking, and explained to him: "Even if I let you in, you will not see the general you mentioned. He is not here now."

Hearing that Yakov was not here, Assia couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that there was something wrong with the other party, she hurried forward and asked, "What happened to that general?"

"I don't know exactly what happened." The soldier replied, "Just now I saw the commander, the military commissar, and four soldiers from the guard company carrying the general you mentioned to the field hospital. By the way, they were followed by a female hygienist."

The soldier's words made Asiya nervous, allowing the commander to send Yakov to the hospital in person, which meant that something serious might happen, and she had to rush to the field hospital immediately to find out what happened. She turned to Koshkin and said: "Koshkin, let's go to the hospital."

Koshkin glanced at the escorting troops and asked Assia, "What about them?"

"Let them stay here and wait, just the two of us can go there."

A few minutes later, when Asya and Koshkin arrived at the hospital, they were also taken aback by the dense traffic in the parking lot. They did not expect to see so many cars.

A soldier on duty stopped the two of them: "I'm sorry, this is an important area of ​​the hospital, and no one else is allowed to enter."

Seeing the soldier blocking the way, Koshkin, who was furious, pushed him away, and at the same time cursed: "Get out!"

After the soldier was pushed away, although he was very unhappy, he saw that Koshkin was wearing a blue hat and knew that the other party was a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that he could not offend, so he gave up the idea of ​​stopping them.

Koshkin and Asya walked into the hospital building and heard noisy voices from a certain direction. It seemed that many people were talking in low voices. Asiya is more experienced, and immediately guessed the reason: "Someone should be performing an operation, let's go and have a look."

When he came to the corridor where the operating room was located, Koshkin couldn't help being surprised when he saw that it was crowded with people: "My God, what happened here? How can there be so many generals here?" ?”

Assia stood on her toes and looked in the direction of the operating room. She saw a red light at the door, indicating that the operation was in progress. "Koshkin, an operation is going on in the operating room ahead, I wonder if Yasha is in there."

"Give way, please make way." In order to find out who was performing the operation, Koshkin tried to squeeze a way in front of him so that Asya could pass. Those generals who were being squeezed to and fro were about to explode, but they could clearly see a captain from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a young female military doctor huddling through the crowd. If there is dissatisfaction, I dare not attack it casually.

When Koshkin and Asiya squeezed to the door of the operating room, Asiya stepped forward and pushed open the door of the operating room and walked in. Because she was wearing a medical kit, everyone guessed that she should be a medical staff, and turned a blind eye to her breaking into the operating room. When Koshkin wanted to follow in, he was grabbed by Makarov and asked dissatisfiedly, "Comrade Captain, who are you and what are you doing here?"

"Report to Comrade General." Although Koshkin is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he still had to maintain the necessary courtesy when he saw a general like Makarov. Yes. Our commander heard that General Yakov was wounded by German shelling, so he specially ordered me to escort his wife Assia to visit and conduct a comprehensive examination for General Yakov."

Makarov, who was still a little angry at first, lost his temper when he heard that Koshkin said that he came to visit Yakov. In addition, the female military doctor who had just entered the operating room was the 48th Army Commander General Sokov. Ma'am, he didn't dare to complain anymore.

The military commissioner of the group army next to him came over and asked, "Comrade Captain, are you here to visit Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff?"

Koshkin didn't know what position Yakov held in the Third Front Army, so he could only say vaguely, "It's the Major General Yakov who was transferred to you not long ago."

"That's right, Comrade Captain, you are talking about him." The military commissar laughed and said, "He is now the deputy chief of staff of our front army. By the way, this is General Makarov, the military commissar of the front army. .”

"Hello, Comrade General." Koshkin raised his hand again to salute Makarov, and at the same time said apologetically, "Please forgive me for not being clear about your identity just now. Please forgive me for any impoliteness."

"It's okay, it's okay, those who don't know are not guilty." Makarov waved his hands and said, "You are also worried about General Yakov's body, which is why you appear so reckless."

At this moment the door of the operating room opened, and Asya came out in a hurry and said to Koshkin: "Koshkin, we made a mistake, Yasha is not here."

"You're right, girl." Although Makarov's rank is higher than that of Sokov, after learning that the other couple are Yakov's friends, he naturally didn't dare to offend him, so he said with a smile: "Yakov General Husband is indeed not here, he is undergoing an examination elsewhere at the moment. If you want to see him, I will have someone take you there."

"Comrade General, that's really great." Hearing what Makarov said, Assia immediately said gratefully: "Then please send someone to take me to meet Yasha, thank you!"

Makarov pulled the military commissar of the Army Group over and said to Asia: "Girl, General Yakov was sent by him and another commander. Of course he knows where he is now. Follow along." He's gone."

"Please come with me, I will take you to see General Yakov."

When the military commissar left with Koshkin and Asiya, the commanders of the group army present couldn't help muttering in their hearts: What is the origin of this new deputy chief of staff? Why did they hear that he was injured? Even the commanders of other troops sent people to visit, and even sent their own wives.

Soon, Koshkin and Asiya were taken to the place where Yakov was being examined. From a distance, they saw Gorbatov sitting on a bench outside the clinic in a daze. The military commissioner hurried over and asked with concern: "Comrade commander, how is the situation of the deputy chief of staff?"

"The few checks that have been done so far are all normal." Gorbatov said: "There are two last checks. If there are no problems, then everything will be fine." Seeing Kosh following behind his military commissar Jin and Asiya, he asked curiously, "Comrade Military Commissioner, who are these two?"

"Comrade commander, let me introduce you." The military commissar hurriedly said to Gorbatov: "This female military doctor is the wife of General Sokov, the commander of the 48th Army. I heard that the deputy chief of staff was injured. I came here specially to visit. The captain next to her specially escorted her here."

"Comrade General," Asya waited for the military commissar to finish speaking, then walked up to Gorbatov and asked tentatively, "Is Yasha in there?"

"Yes, he's..."

Before Gorbatov could finish his sentence, Asya pushed the door open and walked in.

"Comrade General." Seeing Gorbatov's stunned look, Koshkin quickly explained to him: "Our commander, his wife, and General Yakov are good friends. When I heard that he was injured, I was naturally very surprised." Worried, so we sent us over to take a look and find out how his injury is."