Red Moscow

Sokov didn't speak, but walked silently towards the building where he lived, and at the same time, he began to think about why he and Yakov were trapped in this nursing home.

When he was about to reach the small building, he stopped and said to Yakov: "Yasha, the area of ​​this nursing home is quite large, at least a few thousand square meters?"

"More than that." Yakov shook his head and said, "I asked Gurchenko, and she said that the nursing home covers an area of ​​two hectares, 20,000 square meters. By the way, I asked you why you were under house arrest. What about the size of the nursing home?"

"Yasha, I was thinking about a question just now." Sokov looked at Yakov and said, "If I made some mistakes, it would be excusable for me and Asiya to be under house arrest here. But your identity Especially, even if you made a mistake, the superior will probably turn a blind eye, how could they put you under house arrest?"

"If there is no house arrest, why don't you let me go out?"

"Yasha, didn't I ask you just now, how big is this nursing home?" Sokov continued: "If we are really under house arrest, I'm afraid we won't even be able to leave the small building where we live. How could it be possible for the two of us to occupy Wandering around the two-hectare nursing home with no guards around."

Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov thought about it carefully, and felt that what the other party said was correct. Now he just cannot leave the nursing home, but his activities in the yard have not been disturbed in any way. If he was really under house arrest, he might not even be able to get out of the small building, let alone wander around in the courtyard.

However, in order to find out what happened, he still asked Sukov his own question: "What is the reason why we are not allowed to leave the nursing home?"

After thinking for so long, Sokov already had a definite answer in his heart: "Yasha, I have a bold idea, that is, the two of us will be sent to the Far East to fight in the near future."

"Is there any relationship between us being sent to the Far East to fight and our inability to leave the nursing home?"

"Of course it has something to do with it." Sokov said: "Don't look at many people who know that our army will attack the Kwantung Army in the Far East, but they don't know it when they are young. Think about it, if the two of us appeared in Moscow, we would be sent by them. If the spies find out and send the information back, then our army’s upcoming use of troops against the Kwantung Army will be leaked. Once the enemy knows that we will use troops in the Far East, they will definitely strengthen the defenses of those places, which will lead our army to attack these areas in the future time, and pay a heavier price.”

Hearing Sokov's explanation, Yakov seemed to understand something: "Misha, what do you mean, the superior placed us in a sanatorium that is inaccessible to prevent us from being discovered by the enemy's spies?"

"Yeah, that's what I think it is."

"Then the two of us will be sent to the Far East soon?"

"Well, there is such a possibility." Sokov said with a smile: "When you applied to go to the Second Belarusian Front, because you were worried about your safety, Rokossovsky refused to accept you, and as a result, you went to the Third Army. The Front Army is serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Front Army. If I am not mistaken, this trip to the Far East is indeed true, and the superior may appoint you as my chief of staff."

"Is it really?"

"I can't guarantee it. But this possibility is very high." Sokov raised his hand to look at the time, and then said to Yakov: "Yasha, while it's still early, hurry up and go back to sleep. , When we have enough energy, we will wander around the yard in the afternoon to see if we can find anything to do."

When Sokov returned to the room, Asiya was awakened. She sat up and asked curiously, "Misha, where have you been?"

"Yasha and I went outside for a walk. There was nothing to do, so I came back."

Seeing Sokov lying back on the bed again, Asiya asked curiously: "Didn't you say that you were going to take Yasha to a nearby town? Why did you come back so soon?"

"We didn't even go out the gate of the nursing home," Sokov said with a wry smile after hearing this: "How do we get to the town?"

"Why can't you even get out the gate? What's going on?" Assia moved her body towards Sokov, resting her head on his shoulder and asked: "Misha, tell me , did something happen?"

"Assia," Sokov thought for a while, and decided to tell Assia the truth: "Just now, Yasha and I walked to the gate of the nursing home, but we were stopped by the sentry at the gate, saying that we did not get permission from the superior , can’t let us out of the nursing home.”

Assia sat up straight, and asked in surprise: "Why are you not allowed to leave the nursing home, did something happen?"

Sokov told Asiya in detail what happened just now, including his speculation naturally.

After listening to Sokov's narration, Asiya couldn't help frowning: "Misha, so it is really possible for you to go to the Far East?"

"Well, judging from the current situation, it is more and more likely that I will go to the Far East." Sokov looked at Asiya and said, "And you and Yasha may also go with me, so you have to Be mentally prepared in advance so that you don’t know what to do after receiving the notification.”

"Misha, look at what you said, I am your wife, so naturally I will go wherever you go." Assia said with a smile: "Don't forget, I am also a military doctor and have rescued Hundreds of wounded. Going to war is nothing to me."

After finishing speaking, Asiya rolled over and got out of bed, picked up the nightgown that was on the chair next to her, and put it on her body. As she tied her belt, she asked Sokov, "Misha, it's time for morning, what would you like to eat, and I'll bring it back for you?"

The dinner last night made Sokov completely disappointed with the food here. He was worried that Assia would not be able to find what he said in the restaurant, so he simply turned over and got out of bed, and said to Assia: "Asiya, you go and wash up first, and we'll go to the restaurant together after we're done."

Ten minutes later, Sokov and Asiya came to the restaurant in another small building arm in arm.

There were more than 20 soldiers eating in the restaurant. Seeing the arrival of Sokov, a second lieutenant who was sitting by the door stood up abruptly, and then shouted: "Everyone stand up!"

Hearing the second lieutenant's password, the soldiers who were having breakfast put down the tableware in their hands and stood up abruptly.

"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Sokov guessed that the second lieutenant should be the commander of this unit, and said to him politely: "We are only here for breakfast, so don't affect everyone's position, you let the soldiers Sit down."

The second lieutenant nodded, and then shouted at the soldiers in the restaurant: "Sit down, all!"

After the soldiers sat down, they picked up the tableware again and continued to eat. It may be that there was a general sitting next to him, which made them look very restrained. Several soldiers finished their breakfast hastily, then got up and left.

"Comrade General." At this time, a middle-aged woman in an apron came to Sokov and asked politely, "What would you like to eat?"

"What's there to eat?" Sokov asked back.

"Mashed potatoes and bread, plus borscht."

Sokov looked around and saw that the food on the soldiers' dinner plates was indeed mashed potatoes and bread, plus a bowl of red cabbage soup, so he said casually: "Then please give us two servings like the soldiers. breakfast."

The middle-aged woman nodded and turned to leave, but Assia stopped her and added, "Bring us two more cups of coffee."

When Assia asked for coffee, the middle-aged woman asked specifically, "Is it regular coffee or black coffee?"

"I want a cup of black coffee without sugar." After Assia finished speaking, she turned to Sokov and asked, "Misha, what about you, what coffee do you want?"

"A cup of coffee with milk and two cubes of sugar."

The middle-aged woman nodded, then turned and left.

"Misha," Assia looked at Sokov and asked, "Why don't you like black coffee?"

"The main reason is that I can't get used to the taste." Sokov has tried to drink black coffee many times, but he still can't get used to the taste. You must know that black coffee is not only bitter, but also has an indescribable sour taste, even if it is put away A few pieces of sugar can't get rid of that taste: "I still like drinking coffee with milk."

A few minutes later, the middle-aged woman brought Sokov and Assia's breakfast and coffee. She took out the things from the tray, put them all on the table, and made a gesture of invitation: "You two, your breakfast is here, please take it slowly! I wish you a good appetite!"

When Sokov had just started eating breakfast, Assia suddenly asked, "Misha, did you say Yasha had breakfast?"

Hearing Asiya's question, Sokov silently counted the time in his heart. If Yakov wanted to have breakfast, no matter how fast he moved, he might be able to see him in the dining room. Maybe he was staying in the room at the moment, following the advice he gave him, lying on the bed and going back to sleep.

"He's an adult too. If he's hungry, he knows to come to the restaurant. There's no need for us to worry about him." Sukov urged: "Assia, eat quickly, or wait for the red cabbage soup to cool down. It's not good to drink."

The two of them finished their breakfast and walked out of the small building.

Assia looked at the nearby wall and asked Sokov with a wry smile, "Misha, tell me, how long are we going to be imprisoned in this wall?"

Sokov thought to himself that the Soviet Union declared war on Xiaotian on August 9, and at the same time the three front armies deployed in the Far East launched a full-scale attack on Xiaotian's Kwantung Army. It is now mid-May, that is to say, if the superior really wants me to go to the Far East to participate in the war, he will let me report to the Far East in mid-July at the latest, and get acquainted with my troops by the way.

"I think we can stay here for up to two months," Sokov said with a smile. "When the weather starts to turn cold in August, we will launch the final offensive in the Far East."

"Ah, we have to stay here for two months." But Assia was filled with displeasure after hearing this: "There is nothing to entertain here, let's stay here for two months without being suffocated. "

"Then find a way to find something to do to pass the long time." Sokov said to Assia: "I will go to Guerchenke later to see if she can find us some books. We can pass the time by reading books."

While the two were talking, they saw Yakov walking towards him.

Still far away, I heard Yakov asking dissatisfiedly: "Misha, you are so unscrupulous. You came out to have breakfast by yourself and didn't call me. You are trying to starve me to death."

Sokov chuckled, and said, "You're not a child, you're hungry, don't you know you're going out to find something to eat, and you have to ask me to call you?"

Yakov approached Sokov and whispered to him: "There is something I wanted to tell you yesterday, but I forgot too many things. Do you have time now? I will explain it in detail." Here you go."

"Yasha, don't worry." Although Sokov didn't know what Yakov would say to him, he knew very well in his heart that it shouldn't be a matter of life and death, so he said disapprovingly: "Hurry up and have breakfast, After eating, it's not too late for us to talk slowly."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't eat a meal." But Yakov waved his hands and said, "This matter is very important. After I tell you, I still want to hear your opinion."

Seeing that Yakov had something to discuss with Sokov, Asiya let go of her arms and said to Sokov, "Misha, you two talk slowly, I'll go back to my room first."

Watching Asiya walk into the small building, Sokov turned to Yakov and said, "Yasha, Asiya has already left, you can talk now about anything."

"Do you know Vlasov?"

Facing Yakov's question, Sokov couldn't help being taken aback. He suddenly remembered an old movie "Liberation" he had watched, in which the biggest rebel in the Soviet army appeared in the Battle of Kursk. General, he recruited prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp to serve as puppet troops to assist the German army in attacking the Soviet army. However, the effect was not good, and there were very few responders. But Vlasov did not give up, and also met with Yakov in private, hoping to persuade him to join the puppet army under his command. But his proposal was rejected by Yakov. Soon after, Yakov died inexplicably in the prisoner-of-war camp.

Thinking of the intersection between Yakov and Vlasov in real history, Sokov couldn't help becoming a little vigilant. He asked back: "I've heard of him, but I've never seen him. Yasha, what did you say he was doing all of a sudden?" ?”

"Since you have heard of him, you should know that he used to be my father's favorite general, and he even planned to train him to be the supreme commander of a certain front." Yakov sighed and said, "It's a pity that he died later In the Battle of Liuban, the 2nd Assault Army under his command was defeated by the Germans, and he himself became a prisoner of the Germans. Not long after being a prisoner, he surrendered to the Germans and devoted himself to serving the Germans.”

Hearing this, Sokov couldn't help thinking to himself, with Vlasov's rebellion, a lot of history about him was erased. For example, after the major counter-offensive under Moscow began, he served as the commander of the rebuilt 20th Army; during the Battle of Liuban, he served as the commander of the 2nd Assault Army. However, following his rebellion, all the positions he held were erased from the relevant materials and could not be found at all.

"Yasha, why do you suddenly think of him?" Sokov asked curiously, "Did you hear any news about him?"