Chapter 268

After consulting with them, Korolev decided that political commissar Xijin would accompany me to take office. When we walked out of the building, I saw that it was dark outside.

While waiting for the commissar's Jim's car to arrive, Ivanov, who took me to Smolny palace, did not know where he came from. As soon as he saw me, he came running over quickly. From a long distance, he cried out: "Comrade major, I'll wait until you come out. Here is your luggage

I took his luggage and assault rifle, laughed at him and said, "thank you, Lieutenant Ivanov. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long outside. "

"Never mind, that's what I should do." As he said this, he unconsciously glanced at Higgins standing beside me, and then said, "if there's nothing wrong, I'll leave first."

I nodded to thank him again.

He saluted me and Higgins and turned away.

Shortly after the lieutenant left, a black EM car slowly pulled up in front of us and stopped. After the car stopped, the driver opened the door and quickly came around the back of the car. He opened the rear door and asked political commissar Xijin to get on the car.

I plan to put my luggage into the trunk by myself. Unexpectedly, the driver has already taken the luggage in my hand, opened the trunk and put it in. Originally, I wanted to take the co pilot's seat. As a result, Higgins, who was sitting in the back seat, called me and said, "Comrade oshanina, you can also sit in the back. Come on." So I stooped into the car, held the gun in my arms, and sat side by side with Higgins.

Compared with the jeep, the off-road performance of the EM car is much worse. The driver has to slow down again and again when there are potholes on the road, so that the journey from smornie palace to the lakeside takes nearly an hour.

Due to the special pass pasted on the window, the checkpoint on the way saw the car driving far away and lifted the railing to let it go. There are dozens of meters away from the frozen lake, and another checkpoint appears in front. Under the light of the car lights, you can see the fence of the checkpoint and a raised earth house type shelter covered with snow. Two soldiers in short fur coats and submachine guns were pacing up and down the fence.

I thought this checkpoint would be like those in front of us, and we would raise the railings all the way to let us pass. I didn't expect that the car would stop one or two meters in front of the railing, but the two soldiers on duty were still unmoved.

A soldier went to the left side of the car, bent down and said to the driver, "it's ordered that lake Lado be closed at night."

"Hello, comrade sergeant." The driver said with some displeasure, "I have a task. I want to send the new commander to the anti-aircraft gun camp immediately. Get the railings up quickly. "

The sergeant didn't answer him. Instead, he went to the window where political commissar Higgins was. He bent down and tapped on the window. After Higgins rolled the window down, he said, "Comrade commander, please show me your identification."

"This is Comrade Xijin, the brigade political commissar responsible for protecting the ice transportation line." The driver said angrily.

"Comrade Sergeant did the right thing." Political commissar Higgins stopped the driver from complaining. He unbuttoned his fur coat, took out his ID and handed it out.

The sergeant on duty took his certificate. Instead of looking at it immediately, he looked at me with his eyes and asked, "Comrade commander, what's your certificate?" I whooped and immediately took out my military card from my satchel. After a little hesitation, I handed it over.

The sergeant took my ID, went to the front of the car, bent down and checked our ID in the light of the car lights.

After looking through our documents, the sergeant suddenly stood up straight, walked over and whispered a few words to another soldier, then turned and walked towards the earth house bunker, while the remaining soldier pointed his submachine gun at us.

"What's the matter? Do you think we are saboteurs?" The driver pushed the door open and wanted to get out of the car and argue with him. Unexpectedly, the soldier pulled the bolt and yelled, "get back to the car now, or I'll shoot!"

The driver saw the loaded black hole, the muzzle of the gun pointed at him, had to mutter and obediently sit back in the car, and closed the door.

"Comrade political commissar, what's the matter?" I felt a little puzzled about the accident, so I asked the political commissar Xijin sitting beside me.

Higgins shook his head and said, "I don't know. The soldiers on duty at this checkpoint are really baffling. It seems that their superiors will be called to have a good training tomorrow."

We didn't have much time. There were seven or eight people running out of the earth house type bunker. They came up with weapons and surrounded our car in the middle.

Seeing this, Higgins could not help being angry. He pushed the door open and went out, yelling, "what are you trying to do? Let your commander come out to see me. "

Just now, the sergeant lowered his gun and came to Higgins and said, "Comrade commander, we suspect that there are German spies in your car, so we will detain you temporarily until our superior arrives. Now please go back to the car or we'll shoot you. "

"It's no sense, it's no sense." Higgins grinned into the car and closed the door.

Holding an assault rifle in my arms, I looked at what happened in front of me strangely, thinking: who is the German spy on the car? Is it the political commissar Higgins around me? Thinking of this, I can't help but quietly move my body to the side. Kung Fu is not big, a truck full of soldiers came from behind us. The driver's skill is very high. When he stops, he firmly butts the front of the car against the back of our car in case we suddenly turn around and run away. The soldiers jumped out of the car one by one and surrounded our car in the middle with weapons. After the encirclement, an officer came down from the cab. Although the light was weak, I could see that it was a captain officer. When he saw his commander get out of the car, the sergeant immediately welcomed him, handed over his certificate and pointed in our direction, as if to introduce the situation to his superior. The captain looked at the papers for a while, and then came to us with a big stride. He went to the right side of the car, pulled the rear door open, and then said to me in a stern tone, "lesbian, please get out of the car." I looked at the captain outside the car and asked coldly, "why?" Without saying a word, the captain reached out and touched the gun at his waist. How could I let him do what he wanted? As soon as I raised my hand, the barrel of the assault rifle was on his throat. He didn't expect that I would be suddenly in trouble. His hand, which had touched the holster, could only stop there obediently and didn't dare to move“ Captain kuselev, "political commissar Higgins, sitting next to me, obviously knew the officer. He roared angrily," can you tell me what's going on? "“ Political commissar Xijin, is that you? " Unexpectedly, the captain also knew the Commissar. Facing the muzzle of the gun I pointed at him, he said with a sad face: "I received a report from my soldiers that a car carrying German spies was intercepted at the checkpoint, so I brought people to rush here."“ Nonsense, there are no German spies here. " Higgins said angrily, "tell your men to put down their guns first."“ Put it down. Everybody put the guns down. " Although the captain did not dare to make any drastic moves under my gun, it did not prevent him from giving orders to his subordinates. Seeing that the soldiers defending us lowered their guns, Higgins patted me on the shoulder and said, "Comrade oshanina, put down your guns, too. It's all your own. There may be some misunderstanding." With that, he pushed the door open and went out. Seeing that the danger was over, I removed the muzzle of the gun, closed the insurance, and got out of the car with political commissar Higgins. Higgins came around from the front of the car, stood in front of the captain, and asked gravely, "Captain kuselev, tell me, what's the matter?" The captain handed a certificate to Higgins and said excitedly, "Comrade commissar, please have a look. There is something wrong with the certificate of the female... Female commander. " Higgins took the papers, frowned and asked, "what's the problem?" The captain glanced at me and saw that I was looking at him calmly. He didn't look like he would be in trouble again. Then he carefully explained to the commissar, "Comrade commissar, look. Her rank on the military card is major general, but you see she is wearing the rank of major now. " After listening to the captain's explanation, I realized that it was a misunderstanding. I knew there would be misunderstanding because of the rank. When I was in Smolny palace just now, I was not in a hurry to wear the rank. Higgins handed back the papers to me, then snorted coldly and said, "before being transferred to Leningrad, comrade oshanina was the chief of staff of the 20th group army and the commander of the 8th division of Jinwei. Her rank of major general was promoted personally by Comrade Stalin. Later, because of an accident, he became a major again. " When I heard Comrade Stalin's personal promotion, there was no accident that there was a sound of air-conditioning. Originally, it was worth showing off that I was promoted by the supreme commander, but now that I was demoted, I can only smile bitterly. Higgins reprimanded captain kuselev standing in front of him: "because of the discrepancy between the rank and the certificate, you are regarded as a German spy. If I didn't send major oshanina to the air defense camp in person today, she would be arrested and shot as a spy by you! For the two soldiers on duty today, we must deal with them seriously. Now that the Pulkovo highland is short of manpower, send them there! " For Higgin's reprimand, the captain had no choice but to promise and dare not have the slightest excuse. After scolding the captain, Higgins opened the door and got into the car again. He told me to get in, too. The soldiers who had originally surrounded us gave way to both sides of the road, and the truck at the back of our car also retreated a few meters. Captain kuselev himself ran to the railing, pressed the short end of the fence, and the fence rose slowly. Seeing that the railings had been raised, the driver stepped on the accelerator and the car moved forward again.