Chapter 308

On the second day of the bath storm, I was startled by a heartrending cry coming from outside the door early in the morning.

As I put on my clothes, I murmured. Did the girls conflict with the male soldiers again for the sake of taking a bath? I shouldn't have. The soldiers were taught that way by me yesterday. How can they be honest for ten days and a half months. Can't it be that soldier who touched the villager's room in the middle of the night and crossed other people's big girls?

I was shocked to think of this. In the Soviet army, even if the soldiers who committed this kind of crime were reported by the victims, they were only reproached by their superiors afterwards. The most serious thing was that they stripped off their trousers and whipped a few whips in public.

I dressed, opened the door and went out.

When I went out, I saw a woman in rags and dirty face sitting on the ground crying. She squatted beside Sergeant Nina, helping her with her tears and persuading her. There were a lot of onlookers, not only a few female health workers, but also many soldiers of the seventh company, all whispering and whispering.

"What's the matter? What's going on here? " I asked aloud at the crowd.

No one answered me.

I looked around and cried out, "master yemeryanov, where are you?"

"Comrade major, I'm here." Hearing my cry, the old man trotted to me with his submachine gun on his back.

I pointed to the crying woman on the ground and asked him, "what's the matter with this?"

The old man shook his head like a rattle and said repeatedly, "I don't know, comrade major, I don't know. I also saw a group of people around your house from a distance, so I came here in a hurry. "

No way, no one answered me, I can only ask the client. I went over, squatted down and asked the woman, "comrades, what's the matter, can you tell me?"

The woman just looked at me and didn't say anything. She just continued to cry.

Upset by her tears, I pointed to the female Sergeant squatting on the other side and said in a loud voice, "Sergeant Nina, tell me, what's going on here?"

Nina could only raise her voice to answer me because the woman was crying. She said, "Comrade major, this woman escaped from kovov and wandered on the road for more than half a year. She arrived at this village only last night."

"Kovov, I've never heard of this city." I couldn't help muttering to myself.

"Major, kovov is a city in western Ukraine, near the Polish border." Yemeryanov whispered in my ear.

Looking at the woman crying in a mess in front of me and smelling the offensive smell from her body, I feel extremely indignant. The soldier who insulted her has too strong a taste. Even the woman who has been wandering for more than half a year and probably hasn't even taken a bath won't let go. I'll find out which son of a bitch did it later. I'll drag him out and shoot him.

I looked at Nina and motioned to her to continue.

Nina continued: "when she came to the village, she fell to the ground because she was tired and hungry. Fortunately, she was seen by our health workers, and several people carried her into the health team. Feed her drink water, eat something, she just slow down. This morning, a soldier of the seventh company came to the health team to get the medicine because he was upset. He happened to meet her. At that time, as soon as she saw the soldier, she jumped on him, hugged him tightly, and burst into tears

It turned out that this woman was not insulted, so why did she cry with the soldier in her arms?

"... we were very curious when we saw the two men weeping. When we went up to inquire, we found out that the soldier was actually her husband. Soon after the outbreak of the war, he was scattered. She thought that even if her husband did not sacrifice, there would be no chance to meet again. Unexpectedly, she saw her husband as a soldier in a small village

It's a good thing for husband and wife to meet again! But even if you want to cry, it should be two people crying. She came to my door to cry alone. What's the matter? Did she fight in the middle of the night?

"... the cry of the two men alerted the platoon leader of the soldier's platoon. His platoon leader came and said that the soldier's behavior violated the regulations of the army. After the two men were forcibly separated, the soldier was locked up. Seeing that the women comrades were desperate, I gave her an idea and asked her to come to you, saying that you could make decisions for her. "

I glared at Nina fiercely and said: you really can make the decision for me. You treat me as the aunt of the neighborhood committee and deal with these trivial matters. But now that it's at the door, I don't care. So I coughed and stopped the woman from crying. I asked her, "don't cry. I'll make the decision for you. You tell me first, what's your name? What's your husband's name? "

The woman stopped crying and sobbed from time to time. "My name is Martha and my husband's name is Eva."

I stood up and yelled at the watchers nearby: "is Ivan's platoon leader there? Come to me

A young second lieutenant came out of the crowd, stood at attention and saluted me. He reported, "Comrade major, second platoon leader, second platoon commander, second platoon lieutenant saprekin, report to you and wait for your order!"

I frowned and stared at the baby faced lieutenant in front of me. I asked unhappily, "Comrade lieutenant, why do you want to separate their husband and wife and put Ivan in jail?"“ Major, Ivan has violated the military regulations. I have the right to imprison him. "“ What regulations? " I don't know this clearly. I don't know much about the Soviet regulations. The second lieutenant replied respectfully, "according to the regulations, it is strictly forbidden for soldiers to receive visitors in combat."“ Is this called reception? They're married. " I pointed to Martha, who was still sitting on the ground wiping her tears, and said to the second lieutenant, "this wife has traveled thousands of miles from her hometown of Lviv. She has gone through many hardships to find her husband. Before she could laugh at the reunion for the rest of her life, you broke up the couple by force. Is that right for you? "“ It's not suitable! "“ That's too much! " Soldiers and health workers all around denounced the lieutenant. The second lieutenant buried his head low and confessed to me: "Comrade major, I'm wrong!" I raised one hand and pressed it down to signal silence. After the scene was calm, I said to the second lieutenant with all my heart and soul: "Comrade saprekin, regulations are dead, people are alive. Especially in times of war, as long as you don't violate the big principles and turn a blind eye to some things, others will appreciate you for the rest of your life. " The lieutenant saluted me and said, "I see, comrade major. I'm going to release Ivan and reunite them. " I was very satisfied with his attitude. I nodded to him and said, "I'll give Ivan a three-day holiday. You can find another empty house to let them get together. Go Martha stood up, came to me, bowed deeply to me, and then, supported by Nina and another hygienist, left behind the second lieutenant. As soon as I turned around, I saw captain diomi and another officer dressed as a political worker come up to me and stand at attention. Political workers in the salute, take the initiative to show their identity: "major comrades, Hello! I'm SOLIN, the new instructor of the seventh company. I'm at your command. "“ Welcome, comrade SOLIN I held out my hand to him. Captain diomi looked at the crowd and said with emotion, "Comrade major, I didn't expect you to handle such a difficult matter lightly." SOLIN added: "I very much agree with the major's approach. In today's extraordinary period, this kind of treatment not only makes everyone happy, but also helps to improve the morale of our army. "