Red Moscow

Early the next morning, Sokov ran to Vlasov to ask for leave.

"Comrade Commander," Sokov said to Vlasov: "I want to follow the patrol of the garrison headquarters and go outside for a walk in the morning. I hope you can agree."

Colonel Derr and Nikolsky were nearby as he spoke.

Hearing what Sokov said, Colonel Del couldn't help but asked curiously: "Captain Sokov, you are not from the garrison headquarters, why did you go out with the patrol?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff," before Sokov could answer, Vlasov explained to Colonel Del: "There are many commanders and fighters in the garrison headquarters who were once subordinates of Captain Sokov. I think he may be I want to take advantage of the patrol to catch up with them and check if there are any changes in the city." After saying this, he turned to look at Sokov and asked politely. "Captain Sokov, am I right?"

"That's right, Comrade Commander, that's what I mean." Sokov said this, and muttered to himself: "The main reason is that I want to find Victoria." Since his unit is not here He was in Moscow, and he didn’t have a business trip certificate. If he encountered a strange patrol on the road and wanted to check his ID, he might be arrested as a deserter. But if you set out with the patrol team of the garrison headquarters, you don't have to worry about this problem.

Vlasov waved his hand to Sokov and said reasonably: "Captain Sokov, we may have to stay at the garrison headquarters temporarily for the next few days. There is nothing going on anyway. If you want to patrol with the patrol, then go ahead. ”

"Thank you, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Vlasov agreed to his request, Sokov raised his hand to salute several people and then turned and left.

A few minutes later, Sokov followed the patrol led by Andre out of the garrison headquarters compound and began patrolling along the streets from west to east.

"Andrei," Sokov asked casually: "You patrol the streets every day, have you ever encountered any emergencies?"

"Sokov, I wonder what you mean by emergency?"

"For example, have you ever encountered a gangster who robbed a store or bank?"

"No. I have never encountered the situations you mentioned." Andre shook his head and said, "Our main task is to frighten the enemies who have sneaked into the city so that they dare not act rashly."

Sokov knew very well that at this moment, the news that Kiev was defeated and that the German army was trying every means to rush to Moscow had not yet been widely known, so the people in the city behaved really calmly. By mid-October, as the situation becomes increasingly tense, the city will fall into chaos, and a large number of residents will find ways to escape from the city, so that all roads leading out of the city will be blocked.

"Comrade soldier," Andre stopped another soldier who had just come out of the barber shop and said with a stern expression: "Your ID!"

The soldier did not dare to neglect, and quickly took out his military ID card and handed it to Andre.

After Andre looked through the other party's ID, he frowned and said, "Comrade soldier, what are you doing here?"

The soldier pointed to the barber shop at the back, and then reported to Sokov: "Comrade Captain, I came here to get a haircut."

"Haircut?!" Since the man leading the patrol was Andre, he had now been promoted to sergeant. In order to maintain his prestige, Sokov ignored the soldier and allowed Andre to continue questioning the soldier. Soldier: "Your troops are not stationed here. How could you come so far and come here to get a haircut?"

"Comrade Sergeant," the soldier replied in a panic, "I came here to see a friend. Unexpectedly, I ran all the way here, but there was no trace of my friend. When I was about to leave, I happened to see someone here. I went to a barber shop and got a haircut.”

Seeing that Andrei had been interrogating him, Sokov couldn't help but asked curiously: "Andrei, why do you keep asking this soldier?"

"Sokov, you don't know." Andrei approached Sokov and whispered in a low voice: "The reason why I interrogated him is for two reasons: First, to prevent Germans disguised as our troops from sneaking in. Second, it is to prevent deserters from appearing. After all, it is during the war, and it is possible for someone to become a deserter because of panic. "

"Oh, that's it." After Sokov figured out what was going on, he said nothing and stepped aside, letting Andrei handle the matter. After all, this is Andre's responsibility. Although he has a higher position than him, he is not qualified to intervene in this matter casually.

The soldier explained to Andre for a long time. Finally, Andre borrowed a phone from a nearby store and called the soldier's unit to ask if there was such a person and whether he had notified his superiors about his outing. Asking for leave and so on.

After verifying the soldier's information and confirming that what he told was true, Andre returned the other party's ID and specifically warned: "Comrade soldier, let me remind you that these are extraordinary times. If you don't A very important thing, don't walk around casually. We are easy to talk to. If other patrols encounter you and see you crossing the area, they may just arrest you and put you in a solitary room for a few days. "

When Sokov heard what Andre said next to him, he couldn't help but feel chills all over. He thought to himself that after this time of traveling, if he had not been forcibly recruited by Andre and instead followed the fleeing people to Moscow, he might have been detained by the patrol because of his identity. ,

After letting the soldier go, the patrol continued down the street. Andrei smiled and said to Sokov: "Sokov, if you go to the intersection ahead, you might be able to see the policewoman. I think she seems interested in you."

"Maybe." Sokov replied calmly.

Seeing Sokov's cold reaction, Andre was a little surprised: "Sokov, such a beautiful policewoman, don't you like her?"

"I like it, of course I do." After answering Andre's question, Sokov took the initiative and said without waiting for the other party to ask again: "But now is a war, and you and I may go to the battlefield at any time. If I die on the battlefield, , Isn’t she going to be a widow? So it’s one thing for me to date her, but we can’t talk about marriage easily.”

"Sokov, I think your idea is wrong." Andrei shook his head and said: "There is a marriage registration office on the route we patrol. I have seen several times that there are soldiers and people in the city. Girl, after completing the marriage registration, come out. I once asked a girl, and she said that her husband just got married a few hours ago. Before the other party left, he gave her the allowance card and asked her to give it to her every month. Receive the allowance on his behalf; if one day he dies on the battlefield, the girl can still receive her husband’s pension.”

What Andrei said, Sokov had witnessed with his own eyes long before the Battle of Stalingrad in his previous life. At that time, when he and Asya were registering their marriage at the Stalingrad registration office, he also thought about giving his subsidy card to Asya so that she could receive her own allowance. But since both of them were in the same army, he gave up the idea.

At this moment, Sokov is eager to see Victoria as soon as possible and continue to study with her how to return to the future.

Arriving at the crossroads, Sokov saw a long line of people queuing up to buy bread. There were five or six policemen standing on the roadside, maintaining order to prevent anyone from blocking the road or to prevent thieves from appearing. You know, today's bread is obtained based on the rationing system. Once the ration card is stolen by a thief, the person who lost the ration card will have to go hungry before the next month's ration card is received.

Sokov followed the patrol some distance further, and sure enough he saw Victoria explaining something to two police officers at the entrance of the bakery. He quickly raised his hand and said, "Hey, Victoria!"

Victoria, who was talking to the police, heard someone calling her and turned her head to look in the direction of the sound.

After seeing Sokov walking with the patrol, Victoria's face showed a smile: "Misha, you are back!"

"That's right, Vika, I'm back."

Victoria took a few steps towards Sokov and asked with concern: "When did you arrive in Moscow and why didn't you contact me immediately?"

"Arrived last night." Sokov explained to Victoria: "I heard that martial law will be enforced in Moscow at ten o'clock in the evening. If you don't have a pass and wander around the city, you will be easily arrested by the patrol. . So I can only wait until now to come to you."

"Sokov," Andrei said to Sokov from the side: "Our patrol will turn around and go back if we go one block further. If you have anything to say to the policewoman, just take the time to talk to us. I’ll call you when I pass by here later.”

After the patrol went away, Sokov pulled Victoria aside and asked first: "I heard from Second Lieutenant Dennis and Sergeant Andre that you have asked them about my whereabouts many times. Is there anything urgent for you? "

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"There are no mobile phones in this era, so it's really inconvenient to keep in touch." After Victoria muttered, she went straight to the topic: "I thought of a key issue and want to discuss it with you. Maybe it can help us return to the future."

After hearing what Victoria said, Sokov quickly asked: "What key issue comes to mind? Please tell me quickly."

"I told you last time that there will be a movie called "We Come from the Future" in later generations." Victoria said, "Do you remember it?"

"Of course I remember." Sokov nodded and said, "The four Diggers traveled through time during the Great Patriotic War, and finally returned to modern times."

"The reason why they traveled through time was because they agreed to help an old milkman find her missing son and a silver flask that Budioni gave to her family." Victoria said carefully: "We are looking for Ba On the way to Harrov, I accidentally traveled to this era. I think that if we want to go back, we must first find Baharov. Only after the three of us are together can we complete the mission of traveling. Maybe back to the future.”

"But whether Baharov has traveled through time or not, we are still just guessing." Sokov did not deny that Victoria's statement was reasonable, but it was not easy to put it into practice, so he expressed his worries: " Even if he traveled to this era, where is he now and what is his name? We don't know whether the appearance has changed. Even if we want to find it, we can't find it. We can't just ask someone when we meet him: "Did you come through time?" If you do this, it won't take long. We were either sent to mental hospitals or sliced ​​up by scientific research institutions.”

When Victoria heard these words, she couldn't help but shudder. She didn't want to be sent to a mental hospital, let alone be sectioned by a scientific research institution. So she could only ask helplessly: "Then what should we do, should we just wait like this?"

"Of course." Sokov nodded and said helplessly: "We don't have any clues now. Even if we want to find Baharov, we have no way to find him."

"You often go to the front line. When it comes to finding people, it is definitely not as convenient as me." Victoria said thoughtfully: "But I have never passed Baharov. I am worried that even if he appears in front of me, I will not recognize him."

Victor's words reminded Sokov that when he dragged Victoria to the basement of Khovlin Hospital to look for Khabarov, he actually forgot to show her a photo of Khabarov. It was too late to regret it now. He wanted to draw a portrait of Khabarov for her, but then he thought that his painting skills were very poor, and maybe the painting would not look like him at all. It would be impossible for Victoria to find someone with such a portrait.

Thinking of this, Sokov said tactfully: "Vika, when you see a young man in his twenties in the future, whether he is a soldier, a policeman or a civilian, as long as he is called Khabarov, you can test him with words."

"Test with words?!" Victoria raised her eyebrows and asked, "How do you think I should test?"

Sokov folded his hands in front of his chest, tapped his arm lightly with one finger, and thought about what method he should use to test whether those people named Baharov are from the future like himself.

Seeing Sokov's action, Victoria couldn't help laughing, and then asked: "Misha, who did you learn this action from? It looks like you are pretending to be deep, which is quite intimidating."

Sokov didn't speak, but continued to think. Many ideas came out of his mind, but he denied them all, because once those questions were asked, they would not only be exposed, but also cause unnecessary trouble.

Finally, he shook his head vigorously, smiled bitterly and said to Victoria: "I'm sorry, Vika, I really can't think of any questions to test those people."

Since Sokov couldn't come up with a good idea, Victoria had to think of a way. She thought for a while, and then put forward her own idea: "Misha, didn't we accidentally travel here when we were looking for Baharov in Khovlin Hospital? Why don't I see someone named Khabarov and ask him if he knows where Khovlin Hospital is?"

When Sokov heard this, he felt his eyes brighten up, and then he gave Victoria a thumbs up: "Vika, you are really amazing. If it's the real Khabarov, he can guess your identity just by hearing this place name."