Red Moscow

Gorokhov received a call from the female second lieutenant and learned that Sokov wanted to use the military line to call Moscow. He said without hesitation: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, since Major Matevosyan wants to make a call, let him make the call." chant."

"But," the female second lieutenant said awkwardly, "didn't you say that commanders who are not colonels or above have no right to use military lines to make private calls?"

Hearing what the female second lieutenant said, Gorokhov couldn't help but laugh or cry. He had indeed given such an order, but it also depended on who made the call. If Sokov, as the commander of the group army, does not have the right to make a call, then who is qualified to make a call? However, he also knew in his heart that Sokov's identity must be kept secret at this moment, so he had to say cautiously: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, I did issue such an order, but the specific situation needs to be analyzed in detail. I said he can call , let him fight. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Comrade Military Commissioner."

The female second lieutenant put down the phone in her hand, led Sokov to a seat by the window, pointed to a phone placed in the corner of the table, and said to him: "Comrade Major, this phone can communicate with Moscow. We need Can I help you get through to the other party’s phone?”

"Of course." Sokov knew very well that the telephones of this era cannot be compared with those of later generations. If there are no professionals to help you connect the long distance, it is useless even if there are phones around you: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, please help me connect the long distance." Moscow phone number. Here is the phone number." As he said that, he handed the written phone number to the other party.

The female second lieutenant took it and took a look, then told a female operator: "Katya, help the commander connect this number."

The female operator named Katya agreed and quickly connected Sokov to the phone in Moscow.

The number Sokov gave the other party was his home number in Moscow. According to his idea, Asiya had been staying at home most of the time recently. If he called now, he should be able to find Asiya.

Sure enough, the call was quickly connected. Sokov said into the microphone: "Asia, it's me!"

"Misha!" Asya on the other end of the phone exclaimed, "When you came back from Khimki that day, why did you leave without even saying hello?"

"I just got home and received the order to set off." Sokov said helplessly: "Didn't you see the note I left for you?"

"I saw it." Asiya asked, "When can you come back?"

"I can't say for sure." Sokov replied with a smile: "I just arrived in the army today and I haven't met the commanders at all levels yet..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Sokov said this, the female second lieutenant suddenly interrupted and said: "Comrade Major, please do not mention confidential content on the phone."

"Okay, okay." Faced with the female second lieutenant's reminder, Sokov could only agree, "I will pay attention."

"Misha, why is there a woman beside you?"

"It's a second lieutenant in the communications corps." Sokov said: "She reminded me not to mention confidential content when making phone calls. By the way, have you gone for a prenatal check-up in two days?"

"Not yet." Asiya replied: "We have to wait two or three months, and it won't be too late to go for a prenatal check-up."

"Comrade Major." Before Sokov could speak, the annoying female second lieutenant interrupted him again: "This is a military line, please don't talk about personal matters."

The female second lieutenant said this, and she couldn't stop Sokov. She couldn't talk about her arrival at the army headquarters. Asking her wife if she had gone for a prenatal check-up was also something that couldn't be discussed. So what else was allowed on the phone? What does it say?

The female second lieutenant was not at all affected by Sokov's higher rank than her, and said with a straight face: "Comrade Major, your call will be automatically cut off in ten seconds. If you have anything to say, please take the time to say it." .”

"Asia, please pay more attention to your body." Sokov did not think that the female second lieutenant was being alarmist. She said that she would cut off the phone line after ten seconds. She must be true to her word, so she could only speak faster: "After my mission is completed, I will rush back to see you as soon as possible."

"Okay, Misha. I'll wait for you."

As soon as Asiya finished saying this, Sokov heard a blind tone coming from the receiver. It was obvious that the phone line was cut off by the female ensign. Although Sokov was very dissatisfied with the female second lieutenant's behavior, he could not get angry at her. After all, she was also performing her duties. He stood up, thanked the other party, and left the communications room.

After Sokov left, the female operator named Katya curiously asked the female second lieutenant: "Comrade second lieutenant, who is this major? I seem to have never seen him before."

The female second lieutenant said angrily: "There are so many people in the headquarters, you can't see them all."

"I heard," another female operator said, "the new commander, deputy commander and chief of staff arrived at the headquarters today, and maybe this major came with them."

Hearing what the female operator said, the female second lieutenant couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and then said, "Really?"

"Yes," the female operator said, "If you don't believe it, you can call and ask."

The female second lieutenant picked up the phone on the table and dialed a certain number. She heard a voice coming from inside and said, "I heard that the new commander, deputy commander and chief of staff have arrived. Is it true? "

The other party said in a positive tone: "Yes, I followed Comrade Military Commissioner to pick them up at the station. On the way back, I fought with the enemy who had infiltrated in. A staff officer from the reconnaissance office and a driver from the headquarters died. A guard beside the commander was seriously injured.”

Just when the female second lieutenant was about to put down the phone, the other party suddenly said again: "By the way, I will tell you something, you must keep it confidential."

"Just tell me what it is."

"Perhaps for confidentiality reasons, the commander came here under a pseudonym this time, and even his military rank was false." The other party said: "A dignified general, but the rank of major is on his shoulder straps. I know you are impatient. If you see a strange phone call coming to your place to answer the phone, you must not embarrass the other person."

The female second lieutenant asked nervously: "I wonder what his alias is?"

"Matevosian, Major Matevosian." The other party said: "Remember, if you meet someone with this name, you must be polite, otherwise I won't be able to protect you if something happens. Do you understand? "

The female second lieutenant's face suddenly turned pale: "It's too late. He just came here to make a phone call, but after saying a few words, I drove him away."

The man on the other end of the phone couldn't help but become nervous when he heard what the female second lieutenant said: "Damn it, the commander was offended by you as soon as he took office. It seems that you will be sent to the front line to lay telephone lines soon."

They are also communications soldiers, but compared to communications soldiers laying telephone lines, operators not only have lower work intensity, but also have a lower risk factor. If the army headquarters is going to be attacked, it will only happen if the main force on the battlefield is completely defeated, but under the current situation, this situation is simply impossible. The communication soldiers laying telephone lines at the front not only work hard, but also risk their lives at any time.

When the female second lieutenant learned that she might be sent to the front line to lay telephone lines, she became even more panicked: "Then what should I do? Go to him and apologize?"

"Don't, don't, don't go to him to apologize." The man on the other end of the phone said: "If you go to him to apologize at this time, isn't it equivalent to telling him that his identity has been discovered by you, and you can only wake up when the time comes. It has the opposite effect.”

"Then what should I do?" the female second lieutenant asked a little emotionally, "I don't want to go to the front line to lay telephone lines."

The female second lieutenant's gaffe caused the busy female operators to stop what they were doing and turn to look at her. But soon, they turned their heads again and continued their work.

"I don't have any better solution for the moment." The man sighed and said, "If he calls again next time, you have a better attitude towards him. I hope he has a lot of money and doesn't care about this with you. Maybe you can Escaped."

After the female second lieutenant put down the phone, her face changed with gloominess and her breathing became rapid. After taking several deep breaths, I managed to return to normal.

She raised her hand and clapped it twice. After all the operators focused their attention on herself, she said, "Listen, everyone, if the major just now calls again and he wants to call somewhere, just help him." Wherever you connect, in a word, you need to fully cooperate with him, do you understand?"

The female second lieutenant's words confused all the operators. After all, everyone had seen her attitude towards Sokov just now. However, after making a phone call, her attitude changed 180 degrees. This was too much. It's incredible.

"Comrade Second Lieutenant," Katya asked with doubt, "Is he a big shot? Otherwise, how could you give us such an order?"

Unexpectedly, the female second lieutenant stiffened her face and said angrily: "Katya, haven't you learned the confidentiality regulations and don't know what you can and cannot ask?"

"Learned it!" Katya replied with a blushing face: "I understand. When that major comes again in the future, we will fully cooperate with him." He said this, but he was muttering in his heart that maybe this major really has something. Big background, otherwise how could the second lieutenant's attitude change so drastically.

Besides, Sokov returned to his room with regret. He was thinking that if he had known that it would be so inconvenient to make a call in the communication room, he might as well have made a call in the post office in Khabarovsk.

Just as he was about to lie down on the bed, he heard someone knocking on the door. When he got up, he saw that it was Yakov.

"Yasha, what can you do?" Sokov asked.

Yakov raised a bottle of wine: "Although I am very sleepy, I don't know what's going on. I can't sleep at all, so I came here to drink with you."

Sokov smiled faintly and said, "We don't even have any food to go with the wine, so why drink?"

"Don't worry." Yakov said with a smile: "I have already said hello, and someone will bring us wine and food soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice asking: "Comrade General, are the things you want sent here?"

"Yes, we were sent here." After speaking, he turned to one side to make way for those coming from behind.

Sokov saw a soldier coming in from the outside carrying a tray containing sliced ​​sausages, sliced ​​Salo with salad dressing on it, and a plate of biscuits.

"Comrade General," the soldier carrying the tray continued to ask Yakov: "Where are the things?"

Yakov pointed to the table in the middle of the room and said, "It's on the table."

After the soldier put the contents of the tray on the table one by one, he said to Yakov respectfully: "Comrade General, after you finish eating, just put the plate here. I will come and collect it later." After that, he walked out of the room backwards and closed the door.

Seeing the soldier leave, Sokov smiled and shook his head and said: "Yasha, it seems that the general sign on your shoulder is quite effective. This soldier's eyes have been on you since he entered the door. Look at me. In his eyes, I seem to be a transparent person."

"Don't be jealous, Misha." Yakov told Sokov to sit down and said to him: "You just use this time to see clearly whether others really respect you or respect the military rank on your shoulders. "

"Needless to say." Sokov said with a wry smile: "What others can see is the military rank, not me. I really didn't expect that when we were in Khabarovsk, Sonia and her Help sister, surround you like stars holding the moon. Unexpectedly, now that we are in my own territory, everyone still focuses on you, and no one pays attention to me, a little major. "

Yakov filled the cup in front of Sokov with vodka and asked curiously: "Misha, why do you say that? Are you wronged somewhere?"

Anyway, there were no outsiders here, and Sokov and Yakov were friends who talked about everything, so he briefly told Yakov about his experience in the communication room.

After hearing this, Yakov immediately became angry: "This female second lieutenant is simply too much. She is so rude to you, the army commander. I immediately contacted Gorokhov and asked him to deal with this female second lieutenant and send her to the front. Go check the lines."

"Forget it, forget it." Sokov waved his hand and said, "If I really send this female second lieutenant to the front because of this trivial matter, I'm afraid how many people will scold me behind the scenes. Don't tell me. Now, drink and drink.”

Yakov picked up the cup, touched it with the cup in Sokov's hand, and asked tentatively: "Misha, did Asiya go to the hospital for a prenatal check-up?"

"Not yet," Sokov shook his head and said, "After all, she has just been pregnant for a short time. It is too early to go for a prenatal check-up now. It is not too late to go to the hospital for a check-up when the child is two or three months old. "