Chapter 352

A sudden knock on the door woke me up. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was just four o'clock in the morning. Although it was already dawn at this time of summer, it seemed that it was still a little early to get up. I was very unhappy and asked to the outside: "who is outside? Can I help you? "

The knock on the door suddenly stopped. After a few seconds, a young voice answered in a loud voice, "Comrade major, the troops are going to start. Captain boroda asked me to call you."

When I heard that the troops were going to leave, I jumped out of bed, put on my boots and opened the door. At the door stood a subordinate of captain boroda, behind whom was a motorcycle. As soon as he saw me, he immediately stood at attention and said, "Comrade major, Captain boroda asked me to pick you up. Please get on the bus."

After I got into the sidecar, the soldier started the motorcycle and drove along the street to the village entrance. I asked the motorcyclist, "Comrade soldier, where is the army?"

"Report to the major that the troops assembled half an hour ago and are now on standby outside the village." Hearing the soldier's reply, I couldn't help laughing bitterly. It seems that I'm too tired recently. I fell asleep so deeply last night that I didn't even hear the movement of troops.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I found a strange phenomenon: a tank and motorcycle under the command of captain boroda stopped not far from the entrance of the village. The chief of staff and his troops, however, stopped further away. In addition to the neat infantry square and tank units, there was also a team of neatly parked trucks.

The motorcycle stopped in front of captain boroda. I came out of the sidecar and asked him strangely, "Comrade captain, apart from what, why did you start so early? And why don't the 378 division stay with you? "

Boroda said with a wry smile: "at three o'clock in the morning, just after dawn, the motorcade sent by Colonel dorofeyev came to the outside of the village. Along with the convoy, there was also an order drafted by the Colonel himself, asking the chief of staff to immediately take all the troops back to the station by car, and no longer participate in our search for general Vlasov. "

Instead of pondering why dorofeyev gave such a puzzling order, I asked boroda, "Comrade captain, what are your plans?"

Boroda thought for a moment and replied, "I'm going to spend another day searching around. If I still can't find general Vlasov, I'll go straight back to the headquarters of the front army and reply to general meletskov." At this point, he stopped for a moment and asked, "Comrade major, what's your plan? Do you want to join us or go back to the 378th division? "

To tell you the truth, it's safer to go back to the division headquarters of the 378th division than to follow captain boroda around behind enemy lines. However, if I had a choice, I would still like to work with the captain. In 378 division, when I saw Colonel dorofeyev, I felt uncomfortable.

I just wanted to tell the captain that I'm going with him. As soon as he was about to speak, he suddenly thought of alik, who was still in the medical station of the 378th division. He had to grit his teeth and change his mind: "I'm sorry, comrade captain. Although I would like to go with you to find general Vlasov, the actual conditions do not allow me to go back to the 378th division to find my son. "

I thought that this would be despised by Captain boroda. Unexpectedly, he said with great understanding, "major oshanina, I think your choice is correct. After all, the child found it. He needs his mother's company."

Seeing that we were going to go our separate ways, I took the initiative to extend my hand to boroda and said gratefully, "Comrade captain, thank you for your understanding. I believe your search and rescue operation will be successful. Good luck

After shaking hands, boroda untied the belt around his waist, handed it to me with the holster, and said, "major o'shanina, you can keep this gun for self-defense."

Since I was captured last time, I have been in a state of bare handed. Now I see boroda give me his gun, but I don't refuse. I take it and tie the belt to thank him.

He gave me a little smile, then straightened up and saluted me, then turned and climbed up the tank.

When the tanks and motorcycles under the command of boroda drove westward, I walked towards the 378 division in the distance.

I went up to the chief of staff standing next to the jeep and saluted at attention. Then he asked frankly, "Comrade chief of staff, why did you gather the troops so early?"

The chief of staff didn't expect that I would suddenly ask this question. He was obviously stunned for a moment, and then replied: "I received the order from the division commander that German troops were found in the forest near the division headquarters. In order to ensure the safety of the division headquarters, I urgently assembled the troops and quickly returned by the truck sent by the division headquarters."

An officer who was standing next to the chief of staff suddenly asked, "Comrade chief of staff, can we start?" Seeing the chief of staff turning around, he saluted, ran to the front of the infantry line, and called out in a loud voice, "get in the car!"

The tank unit was driving ahead, and our jeep was following them. Behind us, there was a long queue. In addition to the soldiers of the 378th division, there were also the officers and men of the former 2nd shock group army rescued yesterday.

I was in the back of the car, and the chief of staff was in the co driver's seat. After more than ten minutes of silence, I couldn't help asking again, "Comrade chief of staff, with all due respect, division commander dorofeyev should still have a lot of troops in his hand. Is it a bit of putting the cart before the horse to send a convoy to take back a few hundred of us?" The chief of staff turned around in his seat, glanced at me, coughed, and then replied in an official voice, "I'm not sure about the specific situation. Anyway, it's an order from the superior, and I'll implement it unconditionally." When I heard what the chief of staff said, I couldn't continue to ask, but I always felt that something was wrong. Otherwise, the troops would never have gone back so early. Not to mention, it's easy to walk with trucks. Yesterday, it took ten hours to walk. Today, it only took more than one hour for the troops to return to the village where the 378th division headquarters is located. The driver put me down near the medical station and drove to the division headquarters. I walked into the medical station. Stretchers of the wounded were neatly placed on the ground. Several female health workers were busy taking care of them. One of the rooms inside should be the operating room, because I saw two male health workers wearing red cross sleeves carrying out one of the wounded, putting them on the ground with stretchers, and then lifting another one who was moaning in“ Major o'shanina, "I heard a familiar voice calling for me. Turning around, I saw a familiar face. I couldn't help exclaiming in surprise, "it's you, Sergeant Nina." The acquaintance was Nina, the camp's health worker, and captain diomi's dream lover. At the moment, she was lying on a stretcher, supporting half of her body with her elbow and smiling at me. I quickly went to her side, squatted down and asked, "Nina, what's wrong with you? Where are you hurt?" Nina replied with a wry smile, "I hurt my leg. Two days ago, when I went to rescue a fallen comrade in arms on the battlefield, the stretcher man who was working together accidentally stepped on a German mine. He died on the spot, but I was wounded by shrapnel. "“ Doesn't it matter? Will it leave any sequelae? "“ I had an operation yesterday, and the military doctor helped me take out all the shrapnel from my leg. He said that tomorrow I can be sent to the rear with the other wounded, and after a period of training, I can return to normal without any sequelae Nina and I were talking when someone called to me: "Hello, comrades, nice to meet you again." I turned around and saw that it was ulanowa who took care of the children for me. I quickly stood up, took her hand and said gratefully, "ulanowa, it's you. Thank you for helping me take care of the child. Where is he now? Is he not causing you any trouble“ He's resting in the health worker's dormitory. I'll take you to have a look when I finish my work later. "“ thank you! Thank you so much, ulanova“ Ulanova, "Nina on the stretcher suddenly asked," Why are there so few health workers today? I saw 15 yesterday, but today there are only seven, half of them. What's the matter? "“ I don't know. I don't know. I don't know anything. " Ulannova heard this question, suddenly flustered up, incoherent to say a few words, on the far away away away. Seeing her performance, Nina and I immediately looked at each other. What's the matter? Why is she so alarmed when she hears this question? Unfortunately, none of us knows the answer.