Chapter 262

When we left the church and walked outside the village, two of the four soldiers brought by major zuyev walked in the front and two in the back, while zuyev and I walked side by side in the middle. Because he didn't handcuff me, people who didn't know it didn't think they were escorting me, but they were escorting me.

Passing by the square, I met Polina who just came back from the well. Far away, she put down the bucket and stood there shouting to me: "Comrade commander, where are you going?"

"Hello, Polina!" I raised my hand to greet her politely and said perfunctorily, "I'm going back to Moscow."

"Have a safe trip and come back early."

"Thank you, Polina."

As Polina lifted the heavy bucket and left, we continued to walk outside the village.

A jeep and two trucks were parked beside the temporary guard box outside the village, both of which were hung on the license plate of the Ministry of interior. In addition to the two sentries sent by the leisdayev battalion, there were more than 30 soldiers standing by the car. Without zuyev's explanation, I also know that these vehicles and soldiers were prepared to escort me back to Moscow.

Zuyev let me sit in the back of the jeep, at the same time, two soldiers from the left and right on the car, put me in the middle. Before getting on the bus, zuyev called several soldiers and gave them a few orders in a low voice. When the soldiers turned to go to the village, he opened the door, sat in the co pilot's seat and told the driver to drive.

Except for the two soldiers standing guard saluting me when I got on the bus, I never saw anyone from the leisdayev camp or the guard company. I sighed a little disappointed in my heart. I didn't expect that my character was so bad and that I would be so lonely when I was escorted to the city by the people of the interior department.

After driving out a section of the road, through the window, I suddenly saw a group of orderly soldiers on the roadside. They were wearing helmets, carrying submachine guns on their chests, and all of them stood upright, just like waiting for inspection on the roadside.

"Comrade oshanina," major zuyev, who was sitting in the front row, turned to me and said, "these soldiers outside are just brought by general chisgakov. They are here to see you off."

The jeep slowed down and passed slowly in front of the line. I saw a familiar face outside, Captain lomov, third battalion commander of 1077 regiment. No, he has been promoted to major now. When the car passed him, I heard him shout out: "all of you, salute to the teachers and comrades!"

His command was passed down one by one. The soldiers raised their hands to my forehead and saluted me. From a distance, they looked like a group of sculptures.

Zuyev sighed and said softly, "Comrade oshanina, it seems that you have gained the respect of the soldiers, otherwise they would not have braved the cold to wait by the roadside to see you off."

My eyes were hot and misty. Although I knew they couldn't see me, I also raised my hand to my forehead to salute and say goodbye to my subordinates.

The distance from the village to downtown Moscow was too far. Although the jeep driver drove very fast in the later part of the road, it was still dark when we entered the city.

Although the German army had been expelled to the West for 100 ~ 300 kilometers, the city was still under blackout. Cars sped through the streets without lights on, most of which were covered with tarpaulins and headed for the front line. The streets are full of strict camouflage. The city is quiet and orderly. The war and the enemy's approach not long ago have made a special mark on the city.

But I thought to myself, here, in these houses, in these dark windows, people have adapted to living in another way. Thinking of this, I feel very happy. I am proud to witness this period of history and participate in this great Congress.

I was just thinking about it when the car stopped. Zuyev turned to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, we have arrived at the Ministry of interior. I'm sorry, I have to hurt you first. " Then he waved his head to the soldiers beside me.

The soldier sitting on my left raised my hand and clapped the handcuffs on my hand.

After getting out of the car, the two soldiers grabbed my arm left and right, and escorted me to the building behind major zuyev.

I was finally led into a conference room where three people sat at a rectangular table with a chair on the other side of the table. After entering the door, zuyev saluted those people and said in a loud voice, "report to Comrade krochkov that I have brought back oshanina, waiting for your instructions."

Krochkov?! As soon as I heard the name, my heart sank and I couldn't help being afraid. You know, the last time I and Col. bezikov were arrested here, it was this man who was in charge of interrogating us. If Stalin hadn't called in time, we would have been shot at that time.

The man in civilian clothes in the middle made a sign and told zuyev, "let her sit in the chair."

"Yes Zuyev agreed, and then let the two soldiers push me to a chair to sit down.

Two soldiers stood straight behind me, while zuyev ran to the other end of the conference table and stood behind krochkov. Krochkov slapped the table and yelled, "o'shanina, you know what? Your behavior is really shameful. What you have done has tarnished the sacred name of the Great Red Army... "I didn't speak, but looked at krochkov with provocative eyes. Krochkov, who was infuriated by my uncooperative attitude, glared at me fiercely and yelled at me: "do you know how serious the consequences are for killing the enemy who has laid down his weapons? This kind of extreme behavior in dealing with prisoners will make those already wavering bandits dare not surrender, thus increasing the casualties of our soldiers on the front line. " After he finished his roar, I coldly replied, "those bandits I killed deserve what they deserve. Now I begin to regret that I didn't shoot them all myself! Comrade krochkov, I want to ask you, what would you do if you saw your sister raped and killed by the enemy and insulted after her death? "“ What did you say? " When krochkov wanted to get angry again, major zuyev came close to him and said a few words. I saw that his face suddenly changed and he could not speak for a long time. After a while, he stood up and said to the two staff members of the interior department on the left and right, "let's go out with major zuyev first." Then he told the two soldiers standing behind me: "you take care of her." Then he followed zuyev out of the meeting room with two unknown staff members. As soon as they left, it took at least an hour for them to come back. In addition to zuyev's calm expression, the other three were all angry. As soon as krocchikov sat down, he slapped the table again. Then he threw a teacup out of the table. In the sound of the teacup falling to pieces, he began to swear: "animals, they are a bunch of animals. It's time to kill, it's time to kill them all! " I feel a little strange about krochkov's performance. After going out with major zuyev, he became like this. Did the major show him something that made him angry? When I was puzzled, krochkov gave a strange order to the soldier standing behind me: "you two, open major general oshanina's handcuffs, and then go out." When I heard that he called me my rank, I felt relieved. It seems that there is room for things to turn around. I just don't know what zuyev showed him just now, which makes his attitude change so much? The answer soon came out. Krochkov sighed, got up and poured a cup of tea at the teapot by the wall. Then he pushed it in front of me and said leisurely, "I'm sorry, comrade oshanina, you've been wronged." I look at him blankly, don't know what to say, the heart said your old man's attitude change too fast, right? His next sentence made me fully understand what was going on. He said: "before taking you back, zuyev asked people to bring back the body of Zhuoya who was killed. Seeing the broken body of the heroine, I am angry. If I were in your position at that time, I would not hesitate to order all these inhuman two legged animals to be shot. "