Chapter 88

The truck drove westward along the river. After driving for some distance, it turned around and got on a stone bridge. Then it drove all the way south.

The military parade in 1941 was of great significance to both the Soviet Union and later Russia. It was a major historical event worthy of special study. And as a participant in this historical event, I am sitting between the driver and krochkov, holding a submachine gun, and I shut my eyes without saying a word.

The truck was driving and suddenly stopped. I opened my eyes and asked the driver, "how did you stop?" While asking questions, I looked out of the window to see if I met any temporary checkpoints. I don't know when the snow has stopped outside. The visibility is very high. The sky above the highway is very clear. Not to mention the checkpoints or barricades, even people can't see one.

"The car broke down. I'll go and have a look." The driver opened the door and jumped down. He went around to the front of the car, lifted the front cover and examined it carefully.

I moved my body to the left and sat in the driver's seat. I went out from the half open door and looked back. Except for my car and the other two trucks, all the cars behind me stopped. The long motorcade couldn't see the end at a glance. I turned to kroshkov and said, "Comrade instructor, you see, our car broke down and blocked all the cars. I don't know what's wrong with this car. I don't know when it will be repaired. Would you go to the back and let those cars go first? "

"No problem. I'll be right there." He said, straightening the cap on his head, then pulled open the door on his side, jumped down and trotted to the motorcade behind.

After a while, the cars behind me came and passed me one by one. The driver was still checking what was wrong with the car. I was bored sitting in the cab alone, so I moved my body to the right side of the car and got out of the car through the door opened by krochkov.

I looked into the carriage and saw that although the soldier's hat, shoulders and back were covered with thick snow at the moment, he still sat upright. While admiring the soldiers, I also have a lot of opinions on the leaders who sent us cars: on such a cold day, they actually sent us three open trucks to let the soldiers sit in the open car and drink.

There seems to be a man-made lake on the right side of the road. From a distance, except for the small area in the middle of the lake, other places have frozen. Isn't the man-made lake usually in the forest? How can one suddenly appear on the Moscow river? With this doubt, I walked to the lake.

The man-made lake is about 50 meters away from the road, and I walk cautiously along the snow. Just half the way, a mature voice came from behind: "Hello, comrade commander, are you here for the October Revolution Day parade?"

When I looked back, I saw an old officer in his fifties. He was wearing a big cornice hat with a red cap ring. The gold star on the red diamond collar showed that he was a general. I quickly counted that there were four stars, a general. I hastened to salute him at attention and reported, "Hello, general! I'm lieutenant commander o'shanina. I've been ordered to bring my troops to red square for the inspection. "

"Very good!" The general nodded and said, "it's a coincidence that you're here. There's only one person left in our parade commander's team. You can just join us to make up for this position."

Commander's party?! What's going on? I was confused and asked, "what kind of commander square array? Where are the other commanders? Why can't I see anyone but you? "

"Isn't that right?" He pointed to the lake with his hand. I looked in the direction of his finger. Sure enough, a small army came to me behind an officer holding a flag.

In a short time, a strange team passed in front of us. I can see clearly that it is a major general who holds the flag, and the commanders who follow are generally of high rank. Except for a few political workers, the rest are either generals or colonels, and there are very few at my level.

"Comrade commander, hurry up, stand in the team and go to red square with us. If we delay any longer, the review will be over. " The admiral said to me in a tone of command, and then he turned and followed the line. Without thinking, I followed the admiral and walked back and forth towards the Moscow river.

"Commander kilbonos!" A shrill voice suddenly called a voice nearby. The sudden voice made the whole team stop and everyone looked in the direction of the voice. I saw the speaker in a gray army coat, a dog skin hat and round glasses on the bridge of his nose. He came up to us and said in a trembling voice, "commander kilbonos, didn't you die in the battle of Kiev?" Then he turned to the major general who held the flag and said, "chief of staff tupikov, didn't you also die?" Then he pointed to a political worker with two beards and cried, "Comrade burmestenko, military commissar, I saw you blown to pieces by the bomb of the bandits with my own eyes."

Ah?! Hearing this, I couldn't help shivering. I ran a few steps to the side, came to the man's side, and asked in a trembling voice, "what's the matter?"

"I'd like to introduce you," he said, pointing to the general I spoke to just now. "This is general kirponos, the former commander of the southwest front army. Major general tupikov, the chief of staff of the southwest front army, holds the flag. That is Comrade burmeschenko, the military Commissar. The rest are staff members of the southwest front army headquarters. Except for Khrushchev, bujoni and I who broke through successfully, the rest of the commanders died in the battle to defend Kiev! "

Even if a bomb went off beside me, the power of the information that this officer with eyes told me was not amazing. I can't help but step back two steps. My God, I'm dealing with a group of ghosts. At this time, I noticed that they were all wearing summer clothes, and just now so many people walked, there was no sound; After walking in the snow, I didn't even leave a footprint. Seeing this scene, I really wanted to know whether it was real or a dream, so I put my index finger in my mouth and bit it fiercely. The pain I felt in the moment made me understand that what happened in front of me was real, but I was not in a dream.

Admiral gilbonos looked at us, gave us a sad smile and said, "I didn't expect that we all died." After a pause, he said, "Comrade Vlasov, the task of defending Moscow is up to you and the living comrades. You must not betray our trust."

"Comrade commander, you can rest assured that as long as I am still alive, I will fight on."

"Since you say so, I'm relieved!" The general said, facing the silent commanders and fighters standing nearby, and said, "we have fulfilled our vows and defended our motherland with our lives. Now we are going to move forward to the Red Square, to protect our motherland and nation with our souls together with the martyrs who are sleeping there. "

The admiral and his team soon disappeared from my view as if they had never been there. I chased forward a few steps, stopped, facing the place where the spirits disappeared, raised my hand to the sideburns, and solemnly made a military salute.

"Hello, comrade o'shanina!" The shrill voice rang out in my ears again. I remembered that there was another person standing beside me. I quickly put down my hand and turned to face the person later. Seeing me turn around, he added, "I'm major general Vlasov, commander of the new 20th army."

After listening to his identification, I found that there was a major general standing in front of me. I immediately stood at attention, saluted him and reported to him in a loud voice: "Hello, Comrade General! I'm lieutenant commander o'shanina. I'm at your service

"Do you know where this is?" He suddenly pointed to the artificial lake and asked me.

I shook my head and said in an uncertain tone, "maybe it's a man-made lake or something."

"No, it's not an artificial lake. It used to be the site of resurrection cathedral. A few years ago, we planned to build a Soviet palace here, so we bombed the church and exiled all the priests. But after the foundation was laid, construction accidents occurred frequently, several people died, and the construction site became a lake overnight. Some people say that this is the God angry, will appear this kind of incredible thing At this point, he looked left and right, then came over, put his hands on my shoulder, and said in a low voice, "you and I can only know what happened to commander gilbonos just now. We don't think we can tell a third person, otherwise we will cause unnecessary trouble. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" I didn't understand why he said that, but I agreed to him very simply.

"General Vlasov, commander oshanina, you are here. We are looking for you everywhere." I was startled by the sudden voice. I turned around and saw that I knew the person who had participated in the trial of me and bezikov.

Krochkov, dressed in casual clothes, came up to me and said dryly, "I have come to you on the order of Comrade bosklebshev and general Vlasov. You have important tasks to perform."

"OK, I'll go and talk to my soldiers, and then I'll go with you."

Krochkov did not speak, but nodded and agreed.

I walked quickly towards the parking place of the truck, just in time to see krochkov with a few soldiers come in a hurry. When I saw him, he quickly walked a few steps to my side and asked anxiously, "Comrade commander, where did you go just now? I didn't see you in the twinkling of an eye. I thought something was wrong with you, so I drove all the soldiers out of the car and looked for you everywhere. "

"Ah?" I was surprised to hear him say that. I didn't walk far just now. It was no more than 50 meters away from the truck. How could they not see me“ I haven't gone far. It's by the puddle

"I've seen it. There's no one everywhere. That's why the soldiers are looking for you." At this point, he leaned close to my ear and said in a low voice, "at this moment, I saw a black car parked behind our truck. A general came down from the car. After walking towards the puddle for a while, he suddenly disappeared from my sight. When he shows up again, I'll see you with him. "

My God, what the hell is going on? The more I listen, the more confused I am. But I couldn't make it clear for a while, so I quickly raised my hand to stop krochkov and went on: "OK, that's it. Don't mention it any more. I'm here to tell you that the superior has important tasks for me to carry out, and you are responsible for bringing these troops back. Do you understand? "

"Yes I went to the truck, leaned in through the open door and took out my clothes and submachine gun. Just as he was about to close the door, he saw the driver get on the car from the door on the other side and asked him, "Comrade driver, has the car been repaired?"“ Comrade commander, do you know? It's very strange. I checked it just now and there was nothing wrong with it. I'm thinking about how to repair it. The motor of the car starts to rotate automatically. Isn't that strange“ Commander o'shanina, please hurry up. Everyone is waiting for you From behind came the voice of the hateful krochkov. I quickly and loudly promised: "here, I'll be right there." Then he waved to the driver, slammed the door, turned around and shook hands with coach krochkov, and walked quickly past the black car parked in the back.