Red Moscow

When Sokov walked out of the headquarters, Bezikov saw him. Due to the poisoning incident some time ago, Bezikov gave top priority to ensuring Sokov's safety. Seeing him wandering out, he quickly went up to him and asked: "Comrade Commander, where are you going?" Where?"

"Just take a walk." Sokov turned his head and glanced at the building behind him, and then said: "There will be a chief of staff of the Kwantung Army coming over to negotiate with us later. His level is not qualified to negotiate with me face to face. , the matter of receiving him has been handed over to the deputy commander and the others, so I just want to walk around casually."

When Sokov said he wanted to walk around, Bezikov said quickly: "Comrade Commander, if you have no objection, I want to walk around with you." Perhaps because he was worried about Sokov's misunderstanding, he even deliberately Explained, "I just want to make sure you're safe."

Sokov knew very well that the reason why Stalin sent Bezikov here was to protect his and Yakov's personal safety. Now that Yakov is staying in the headquarters, there will be no danger. As he moves around the city, no one can guarantee that he will not encounter enemies who slip through the net, so it is very necessary for someone to protect him. of.

Thinking of this, he nodded and agreed to Bezikov's request: "Okay, Comrade Major, then you can walk around the city with me."

When Bezikov saw that Sokov agreed to let him accompany him, he quickly turned around and called a guard soldier and gave a few instructions in a low voice. The soldier nodded after hearing this, turned around and ran into the building.

After the soldier left, Bezikov said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, let's go."

Sokov stood there without moving, and asked curiously: "Major Bezikov, didn't you ask that soldier to call someone, don't we need to wait for them?"

"No, no need." Bezikov waved his hands and said, "Let's go first, they will catch up soon."

Sokov still had great trust in Bezikov's ability to do things. Since the other party said that the other soldiers would catch up soon, he slowly walked forward along the street.

"Comrade Commander," Bezikov saw that there were only Sokov and himself here, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "I wonder what the Kwantung Army's chief of staff came to us to negotiate about?"

"What else can happen?" Sokov said lightly: "Their Tianhuang has issued a surrender edict, but the Kwantung Army has not shown any signs of cessation. It may be that our offensive in the past two days has shown no sign of weakening. , knowing that if the fight continued, he would not be able to gain any favor, so he sent someone to negotiate the surrender."

When he learned that the Kwantung Army's chief of staff was here to discuss surrender, Bezikov couldn't help but shine: "Comrade Commander, negotiating with the enemy about surrender is a great event. How could you not be there?" Where is the scene?”

Hearing what Bezikov said, Sokov sneered, and then said: "The rank of Lieutenant General Nobura Obata who came to negotiate is too low. He is just the chief of staff of the 44th Army, and his rank is not as high as Afuning, Melekhov and the others are taller. Logically speaking, they can just negotiate directly with our military commanders, but they came to me anyway, without thinking that he has a much higher level than me. Unless it is The commander of their front army came to negotiate with me, so that I could meet them in person."

"As long as the Kwantung Army lays down its weapons and surrenders, it means we can go home." Bezikov said with emotion: "I didn't expect that this damn war would last for four years."

"Yes, after fighting for so many years, everyone wants to go home." Sokov said: "I think if I disobey the orders of my superiors, do not accept the surrender of the Kwantung Army, and continue to order the battle, I am afraid that many people will They are all going to rebel against me."

In response to Sokov's ridicule, Bezikov was silent for a moment, and then said: "You are right, Comrade Commander. After fighting for so many years, we finally expected the Germans to surrender. Everyone thought they could change careers. I went home. Unexpectedly, not long after, I was sent to the Far East thousands of miles away, fighting a new enemy here. It is impossible to say that I have no emotions. If everyone knew that the Kwantung Army had surrendered to us, And if we continue to fight against them, our military morale will definitely fluctuate and morale will be low."

The two of them were talking and unknowingly arrived at the door of the field hospital.

Sokov stopped and saw the ambulances that kept driving into the hospital. As soon as they entered the open space of the hospital, a group of medical staff came up to them, carried the injured people out of the ambulances, and quickly transferred them to the building.

"Comrade Commander," Bezikov asked cautiously when he saw Sokov standing at the door of the field hospital without moving, "since we have all arrived at the door of the field hospital, should we go in to express condolences to the wounded?"

"Well, that's what I meant." Sokov waved his hand forward and said, "Let's go in."

The soldiers standing guard at the door saw Sokov and Bezikov walking quickly towards them, and quickly stood at attention and saluted them.

Sokov did not stop, but raised his hands to his ears and returned the salute to the soldiers.

Sokov once inspected this field hospital with Lu Jin and others. He understood the structure inside and knew where the dean's office was, so he walked directly to the dean's office without anyone leading the way.

When Bezikov followed Sokov into the building, he looked absently outside the hospital and saw two jeeps arriving, with seven or eight soldiers getting out of the car. Two of them walked directly to the sentries at the door and stood guard with them. Seeing these new soldiers, Bezikov had a smile on his face. These are the soldiers he sent to protect Sokov. Since they are now in place, there is no need to worry about what will happen to Sokov. .

Bezikov quickly walked into the building, jogged to Sokov's side, and asked eagerly: "Comrade Commander, where are we going now?"

"Go to the dean's office and have a look." Sokov said, "I want to ask him about the situation in the hospital."

The dean was in his office, talking to the political commissar of the hospital. When he saw Sokov breaking in, he couldn't help but be shocked. He quickly stood up to greet him: "Comrade Commander, why do you have time to come to me?"

"Comrade Dean," Sokov extended his hand to shake hands with the other person and said politely: "I'm here to find out about the situation in the field hospital. I want to see if you are busy with your work and if you have enough manpower."

"Comrade Commander," the political commissar said before the dean could say, "Before you came, I was discussing with Comrade dean whether we should report to you the serious shortage of manpower in the hospital. Before the results of the discussion were reached, you coming."

"Comrade Dean, tell me what's going on. Why are you short of manpower?"

"Comrade Commander, if it were the first few days of the battle, when the enemy's resistance was weak and our army was advancing so fast, and not many wounded had arrived at that time, we would be able to handle it with our existing medical force." The dean explained to Sokov: "Who knew that the fighting in the past few days would suddenly become more intense. More and more wounded people were sent from the front line. It was difficult for us to cope with it."

"Tell me what's going on today?"

"Most of the wounded brought here today were wounded in the battle last night. It will take a lot of time to send them here." The dean introduced to Sokov: "So far, a total of 361 have been received today. Wounded people, our medical staff have all been put into work, but they can only be said to be barely enough. I estimate that more wounded people will be sent in one after another, and there will be a lot of wounded people due to manpower shortage. They couldn’t get timely rescue.”

"Oh, so that's what happened." After Sokov figured out what was going on, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, Comrade Dean. Starting tonight at the latest, no more wounded will be sent to you. coming."

After hearing this, the dean turned to look at the political commissar next to him, and saw that the other party was looking at him blankly, not knowing what was going on. "Comrade Commander," the dean turned to Sokov and asked cautiously: "Can you tell me what's going on? Why will no wounded be sent to us starting tonight? Is it possible? Are there other field hospitals that have received these wounded?"

"Hey, I'm talking about Comrade Dean." Bezikov rushed to say: "Why are you so confused? Haven't you understood what Comrade Commander said? He said that there are no more wounded, which means that the war is over. If someone is injured again, naturally no more wounded will be sent.”

"What, the war is over?" The dean's face was filled with an expression of disbelief: "I know that the war has been fierce these days. How could it end just like it said it was over? What on earth is going on?"

"Comrade Dean," Bezikov continued: "The Kwantung Army has sent representatives to come to us to negotiate and discuss surrender. Think about it, the enemy's commanders have come to us to discuss surrender. This battle Can you still fight?"

"Comrade Commander," the dean was dubious about Bezikov's statement. He looked at Sokov and said emotionally, "Is the war really over?"

"Comrade Dean," although the upper echelons of the Kwantung Army have made a gesture of surrender, it is still unknown whether their officers and soldiers will obey the order and surrender honestly, so Sokov also left a certain amount of uncertainty when he spoke. Margin: "The upper echelons of the Kwantung Army have indeed begun to negotiate with us about surrender. However, I am not sure whether the troops below will be submissive. It would be too arbitrary to say that we will never fight again, but there will be no such thing in the future. A large-scale battle, that’s true.”

"Comrade Commander, this is really good news." The director immediately beamed after hearing this: "As long as there is no large-scale battle, there will not be so many wounded sent to us, and the field hospitals at each division level can handle them. Good for these wounded."

"Before the battle started, the superiors sent a medical team from Khabarovsk." Sokov looked at the dean and asked, "How can they help you?"

"They have been of great help to us." When the dean heard Sokov asked about the medical team that supported him, he suddenly became interested again: "In this medical team, there are several doctors with outstanding medical skills. We are responsible for the surgery of one-third of the wounded. Without their help, I am afraid we would have asked you for help, hoping to get support from other units."

After chatting with the two for a while, Sokov took the initiative: "Dean, political commissar, I wonder if you can take me to visit the wounded?"

"Yes, of course." When the dean learned that Sokov was going to visit the wounded, he naturally wanted to do it and said quickly: "I will be your guide."

Accompanied by the president and political commissar, Sokov inspected the sick and wounded in the hospital and had heart-to-heart conversations with several seriously injured patients who were recovering, moving them to tears.

When Sokov walked out of the ward, the dean hurriedly caught up with him and said flatteringly: "Comrade Commander, those who were seriously injured just now know that even if they recover from their injuries, they will still be disabled and unable to return to the army. They can only demobilize and return to the army." After returning home, their mood has been relatively low. But after you chatted with them for a few words, I found that they are full of confidence in life again."

After hearing the dean's flattery to him, Sokov just smiled faintly, and then said to the political commissar: "Comrade political commissar, you work as a political worker. If the wounded are depressed and have lost confidence in the future, you can You should do more ideological work for them so that they can regain their confidence in life. But you don’t seem to be doing a good job.”

"Comrade Commander, I was wrong." The political commissar who was criticized by Sokov lowered his head and admitted his mistake. "This was a mistake in my work. I will talk to the wounded more often in the future to avoid similar incidents happening again." occur."

Just when Sokov was about to say goodbye and leave, a surprising voice suddenly came from behind: "Misha, why is it you? Why are you here?"

When Sokov turned around, he saw Sonia, wearing a nurse's uniform and a bloody white apron, appearing in front of him. "It turns out it's you. I went to the hospital to visit the wounded." Sokov said, "I didn't expect to meet you."

"Misha, I just said that I would go to the headquarters to find you after I'm not busy for a few days." Sonia said with a smile: "You arrived at the hospital today and you didn't say you came to see me."

Just when Sokov was thinking about how to reply to the other party, the dean interrupted and asked: "Comrade Commander, it turns out that you know Comrade Sonia?"

"Yes, Comrade Dean." Knowing Sonia is not a shameful thing, so Sokov admitted openly: "We met in Khabarovsk, so we can be considered friends. Today When I came here, I wanted to see her, but considering that you were too busy at work, I didn’t want to disturb her, but I didn’t expect to meet her here.”

"Misha, you are right. We have a lot of work recently and are really overwhelmed." Sonia explained: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have stopped looking for you for so long."

Sokov didn't want to cause any scandal with Sonia, so he said perfunctorily: "Sonia, since you still have a lot of work, just keep working. When you are not busy any day, I will come to see you again. It’s not too late.”

"Then it's settled." Sonia did not hear the evasion in Sokov's words, but said excitedly: "Then I will wait for you to come to me. I still have a job, so I won't accompany you. Goodbye!" After saying that, he waved to Sokov and walked quickly along the corridor.