Chapter 7

When I returned to the duty room, the brigadier on duty had prepared my appointment. Seeing me enter the door, he picked up a paper from the desk and handed it to me.

As soon as I took over the appointment letter, I couldn't help but look silly. If it's a printed document, I can still understand it. But the commands on the paper are not printed, but handwritten. The difference between Russian handwritten and printed is so big that I can't understand what is written on the document at all.

I hesitated for a moment, and could only brazenly ask Zhun Wei: "Comrade Zhun Wei, can you read me the contents of this document? The handwriting on it is so scribbled and the light in the room is so dim that I can't see it clearly With that, I blushed with shame.

The brigadier didn't notice my abnormality, but looked at me discontentedly, but patiently read the order to me: "to commander of unknown highland garrison battalion: our department is sending sergeant mushdakova oshanina to your place as platoon leader of anti-aircraft machine gun platoon, please accept. Leningrad air defense command. "

"Who should I report to when I go?" I asked in a hurry.

"After you go, someone will tell you," said the brigadier, a little impatient. Then he added, "the car and the driver who took you to the highlands are waiting outside. You go quickly. I'm done

I quickly saluted him, then turned and walked out of the duty room.

I walked out of the gate of the air defense headquarters and saw that it was evening. A truck with canvas was parked not far ahead. I was just about to go over and ask if it was the car for the Pulkovo highlands when the door of the truck opened and a driver in a boat hat leaned out of it and yelled, "girl, are you going to the front line?"

Girl! Hearing this word, I immediately looked left and right reflexively, but in addition to two soldiers on guard, I didn't even have a picture of myself. Where was the girl?

"Hey! well! "Honey," he continued, "don't look around. It's about you. Get on the bus quickly. The bus has been waiting for you for a long time."

It was called me. Alas, after so long, I still can't remember that I am a female soldier now. I quickly walked a few steps, got on the car and sat in the co pilot's seat. I tentatively asked, "is it going to Pulkovo highlands?"

"Yes, yes." The driver twists the key of ignition switch and pulls the gear lever with a thump, and the car starts.

For a while, the driver was driving in silence, none of us spoke, but his face was always wearing a strange smile.

"Why are you so happy?" I finally couldn't help asking him curiously.

"You're amazing!" He unexpectedly replied: "in such a short period of time, he has won two military medals."

"I'm just getting it."

"My sincere congratulations, comrade sergeant."

"Thank you, comrade driver. This was given personally by the commander of the front army. " When it comes to medals, I'm a little smug. But soon I felt a little embarrassed. These two medals came from a hard time. The red flag medal is the brilliant achievement of the headquarters in commending Lida for shooting down two enemy planes in the air defense war; As for the battle in the forest, although all the German devils were wiped out, four female soldiers died and brigadier vaskov was wounded. I don't know which hospital he was sent to. I still haven't been able to find out his whereabouts. I'm really ashamed that I have won the honor that should belong to them.

"Is it general Zhukov?"

"No, it was given personally by Marshal Voroshilov, commander of the front army."

"Ah?" He was a little surprised and said, "don't you know? Marshal voroshlov was recalled to the base camp last week, and now it is general Zhukov who replaces him as commander of the front army. "

"Oh," I quickly explained, "I just came out of the hospital today, and I didn't know that the commander had been replaced."

"I love driving at night," the talkative driver continued. "I'm always itching to run at full power! You don't have to take care of pedestrians or vehicles! Run as fast as you can, and be king on the road Just then, a policeman on the roadside crossed to the front of the car from the sidewalk and stopped the car. When I saw the police blocking the car, my heart immediately rose to my throat. When I was in Moscow, what I was most afraid of was the police blocking the car. Usually, after stopping, many of them were blackmail in the name of checking their driver's license and passport. The number of times I met more than one, I unconsciously formed a kind of police phobia.

Just as my heart beat faster, I suddenly heard the driver's voice: "Hello, Hello!" He issued a loud warning to the police, "have a clear look! Don't delay me in my official duties. " He poked his finger at the square cardboard pass posted on the windshield. The police looked at the pass, saluted us, moved back two steps and retreated to the side of the road.

I breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his driver with a smile. At this time, I realized that I was not in Moscow, but in Leningrad during the war. In the war, soldiers had many privileges, and there was no need to be afraid of these policemen.

Without the restraint of the police, he didn't obey the traffic rules more and more. He drove his car along the empty streets, sometimes left and sometimes right. Obviously, he felt very happy because he could drive so freely“ Where are you from? " He asked me again“ Moscow. " I said without thinking“ Moscow He got excited. "It's a coincidence that I'm from Moscow, too. I've been serving in Leningrad since I joined the army. My home is at 27 Lenin street. Where do you live? "“ I live at 118 mozaisk road. Standing on the balcony of my house, I can see the Arc de Triomphe and the victory monument in Victory Square. "“ Where do you live? " The driver asked in some surprise. At the same time, because of the accident, his foot moved away from the door. The car slowed down suddenly“ Watch your driving I hurriedly reminded him, but also realized that I had made a serious mistake. Victory Square was built in 1995, and now it is only 1941. He is not a passer-by like me. How can he know the building that will appear more than 50 years later“ Honey, what do you mean by the Arc de Triomphe and Victory Square? " The driver asked aloud as he adjusted his speed“ I don't think I've ever heard of these two places. "“ Oh, I didn't make it clear. What I mean is: after the war, we should build a grand Arc de Triomphe in Moscow, build a huge square, and build a tall Victory Monument in the middle of the square to commemorate the Great Patriotic War. It's better to be near Kutuzov subway station on mozaisk Road, so that I can stand on my balcony and see these two great buildings every day. " I'm trying to make up for my mistake“ That's very kind of you Without any doubt, he began to follow my train of thought and daydream: "I also hope to get rid of the German devils as soon as possible, and then we can build the buildings you said in Moscow to celebrate our victory." The truck climbed up a hill and went a long way. The driver began to slow down“ Is this the destination? " When the driver pulled up next to the other trucks, I said wearily“ Here we are The driver confirmed. I said thank you to the driver, pushed the door open and jumped down. The driver crossed his seat, poked his head out of the door I left behind, pointed to the front and said to me, "you go along this road and see a shelter half buried in the ground. That's the headquarters of nameless heights. You should report to the commander there." I thank him again, walking along the uneven path to the direction of the headquarters. Before long, a raised earth house bunker appeared in front, and two soldiers in military uniform walked up and down the room. Seeing me approaching the room, one of the soldiers raised his hand to signal me to stop, and then said to me, "Comrade soldier, please show me your identification."“ I'm sergeant o'shanina, the new platoon leader of Nameless Highland AA machine gun platoon. I'm here to report to the commander. " As I spoke, I unbuttoned my coat pocket, took out my military ID card and the letter of appointment, which was sandwiched in it, and handed it to him. The soldier took the certificate, read the letter of appointment carefully, looked at the soldier's certificate, looked at me, probably checked the photo with me, and then said to me, "wait a minute." he turned to open the door and went in. As soon as he entered, the wooden door slammed shut. I understood that the soldier was going in to report to his superior, so he stood in place and waited patiently. The door opened and the soldier came out again. He only gave me the soldier's certificate, but I didn't see the letter of appointment. He must have stayed with the commander in the room“ You can go in, sergeant. The commander is waiting for you in there