Chapter 384

I went back to the dormitory of the female health worker and chatted with ulanowa, who had just come back from duty, before I lay down with her clothes and had a rest. Unexpectedly, I couldn't sleep all the time. I tossed and turned in bed, thinking about tomorrow's celebration meeting all the time. I was afraid that something might go wrong. It was not until I saw through the window that it was daybreak and sleepiness came up that I closed my eyes and prepared to sleep for a while.

At this moment, there was a sound of knocking on the door. Before I got up, ulanowa, who was sleeping near the door, got out of bed. She grumbled discontentedly: "who, knock on the door so early, and let people sleep?"

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It's less than five o'clock. It's a little too early. Knocking at the door at this time may be to inform ulannova to pick up the wounded.

Just thinking about it, ulannova had opened the door and asked: "Hello, comrade soldier, you come here early in the morning and knock on my door. What can I do for you?"

After ulannova finished, the soldiers outside were silent for a while, and then timidly asked: "female health worker, are you awake? I'm calling her on the order of the chief of staff. "

It was said that he came to me. I jumped out of bed, walked to the door barefoot, gently pulled open the door of ulannova, looked at the soldier standing outside, and asked: "Comrade soldier, who asked you to call me?"

When the soldier saw my appearance, he immediately stepped back, raised his hand to salute and replied, "report to Mr. division chief. It was the chief of staff who asked me to call you. He said that the commander of the group army will arrive soon. Please go with him to meet him. "

I nodded and said, "I see. You wait for a while. I'll wash my face and go." With that, I pulled ulannova back and closed the door.

Ulannova saw me close the door, picked up the thermos bottle on the wall, lifted the lid, put her hand on the bottle mouth, felt the temperature, and then said: "Rita, the water in the bottle is a little cold, you wait here for a while, I'll help you get hot water back to wash your face."

I waved my hand and said, "ulanova, don't bother. I'll wash it with the water in this bottle." Then I took the water bottle from her hand, went to the washbasin shelf, opened the lid and poured the warm water into the washbasin.

After washing my face, I put on my boots and said goodbye to ulannova. Then I went to the door, opened the door and said to the soldiers waiting outside, "OK, comrade soldier, I've finished washing my face. Let's go to the division headquarters now." Finish saying, lift a leg to walk, that soldier hurriedly followed me.

Two cars were parked at the gate of the division headquarters. The one in front is a jeep. It's estimated that it's for me and boroda. The one in the back is a truck. There are more than ten armed soldiers around the car.

Seeing me walking past, the door behind the jeep suddenly opened. Boroda got out of the jeep, trotted up to me, stood at attention and saluted, saying, "Comrade division commander, just received a call from the headquarters of the group army, saying that Comrade commander has set out and will arrive at us in about half an hour."

I raised my hand, looked at my watch, nodded and said, "well, I see. Let's set out. If we delay any longer, comrade commander will enter the village. " With that, he went to the front of the car and stooped into the car.

"All aboard," she yelled outside After shouting, he stood outside the car for a while. It is estimated that after all the soldiers got on the car, he got into the car. Close the door, and then order the driver: "drive."

On the way, I thought that general kolovnikov had come here to celebrate the event, but I must not make mistakes, so I asked boroda: "Comrade chief of staff, are the names of meritorious personnel and collectives ready?"

Boroda nodded and replied, "Sir, please rest assured that you are ready. Just wait for the commander to send us the military medals and certificates we need, and then we can give them to the meritorious personnel. "

The jeep left the village and drove East on highway 56, then stopped. Boroda opened the door, jumped down, stood outside the car and said to me, "Comrade commander, let's wait for Comrade commander here."

I nodded, got out of the car and stood on the side of the road with him. The guard soldiers of the truck behind also jumped out of the car one after another, quickly ran behind us and stood in a neat line. The two cars turned around in the same place, drove dozens of meters in the direction of the village, and then stopped at the side of the road.

It's cold in the early morning of summer in Russia.

I stood on the side of the road, feeling the cold wind today is particularly piercing, I can't help shivering.

Seeing me like this, boroda next to me asked with concern, "Comrade division, are you a little cold?"

I nodded and said, "yes, I didn't expect it to be so cold in the morning. I don't know when the commander will arrive. If I wait for an hour like this, I think I will catch a cold. "

Boroda looked around and said in a low voice, "Comrade division, why don't you go back to the car and wait for the commander's car to show up before you come back."

His words made me feel a little excited. I wanted to push the boat along with the current. But when I turned around and saw the soldiers standing straight behind me, I immediately gave up the idea of returning to the car, because that would damage my image in the eyes of the soldiers.

In this way, we stood in the cold wind for more than half an hour. Just when I began to get impatient, the roar of the car motor faintly came from the distance“ Sir, listen, it's the sound of the motor. " Boroda sniffed hard and said to me excitedly, "it should be Comrade commander. They're here." Hearing the more and more clear sound of the motor, I murmured to myself in my heart: "but if we don't come again, we should all be cold." After a while, a jeep and four trucks full of soldiers appeared in my view. Looking at the machine gun on the top of the truck, I secretly despised the general kolovnikov: "aren't you a little major general? You have to take two trucks of soldiers to protect you when you travel. Zhukov's rank is as high as others. Every time he goes to the front line, he's a light driver. Besides the driver, he can take three or five more security guards at most. How can you be so pompous? " The motorcade stopped more than ten meters away from us. After the jeep stopped, there was no one in the car. On the contrary, all the guards on the truck jumped out of the car and quickly set up a cordon around. Seeing this scene, boroda said to me in a low voice: "Comrade division commander, I didn't expect that the commander of the group army had such a big shelf that he took a company with him when he went out. You see, what shall we do now? " Although I was extremely dissatisfied with kolovnikov in my heart, I had to maintain my basic respect for him at this time. So I also said to boroda in a low voice: "Comrade chief of staff, the commander of the group army did not get out of the car. He was waiting for us to meet him. Let's go and say hello to him. " Boroda and I walked side by side to the jeep and stopped. I raised my hand to salute, and then loudly reported, "report to the commander of the group army, acting division commander of the 378th division, major oshanina, and chief of staff, Captain boroda. Please give us instructions!" At this moment, the door behind the jeep was pushed open. General kolovnikov stepped down from the jeep, pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, isn't this division oshanina and chief of staff boloda? What are you doing here if you don't wait for me in the division headquarters? "“ Comrade report commander, "boroda stepped forward and replied," you are our superior. It's basic etiquette to come out to meet you. You can't let others say that your subordinates are impolite. When the commander comes to inspect the troops, they don't even fight face to face. They stay in the headquarters and wait for their superiors to find them. " Kolovnikov, listening to boloda's words, came to us with a smile. At the same time, he stretched out his hand and said, "I didn't expect that you would come out specially to meet me. It's so cold that you're frozen." Holding his warm hand, instead of answering his question directly, I politely said, "Comrade commander, welcome to our 378th division to guide our work. Please get on the bus and go to the division headquarters to have a rest. After the chief of staff and I have reported the work of the army to you, we can hold a celebration meeting. " Kolovnikov nodded with satisfaction. After shaking hands with boroda, he continued: "it's too early now. Let the soldiers have a rest. I'll go to your division headquarters first and listen to your work report." With that, he turned to get on the jeep and slammed the door. Seeing that the general got on the bus, the soldiers who were on guard also quickly returned to the truck and waited for the bus orderly under the command of commanders at all levels. But after all the soldiers had finished waiting for the bus, kolovnikov's jeep started slowly and continued to drive towards the village. When kolovnikov's motorcade passed in front of us, I waved my hand and said aloud, "get in the car. We'll follow the general and go back to the village." When we got back to the village, kolovnikov's motorcade had stopped outside the church door, but it was strange that all the people stayed in the car and no one got off. Seeing this scene, I was stunned at first and then reacted. General kolovnikov was waiting for us to ask him to get out of the car. So after I got out of the jeep, I trotted all the way to his jeep. First, outside the jeep, I said to him in a loud voice, "report to the commander, division headquarters is here. Please get out of the car." With that, he stepped forward, opened the door, put his hand on the doorframe and waited respectfully for the general to get off. Seeing that I was so attentive, kolovnikov nodded with satisfaction, came out of the car, looked around with his hands behind his back, and then said, "major oshanina, Captain boroda, it's too cold outside. Let's go to the headquarters." With that, he went up the steps of the church and went to the headquarters.