Chapter 1003

After krochkov left, I lay in bed and thought a lot about the work I might have to undertake after I went to Stalingrad.

The city has become a ruin in the war. The destroyed houses must be rebuilt; Damaged power and urban water supply and drainage systems should also be restored as soon as possible; More importantly, it is necessary to clean up the corpses of tens of thousands of officers, soldiers and citizens left in the city as soon as possible, otherwise, when the evacuated citizens return to the city on a large scale, it may cause an epidemic.

Without more than five years, we can't finish all this work. That is to say, as long as I stay in Stalingrad, the capture of Berlin has nothing to do with me. At the thought of this, I immediately became worried about gain and loss.

I was lying in bed sighing when I heard Yushchenko's voice outside the door: "Hello, comrade Colonel, are you coming to see the commander?"

"Yes." Berzikov's voice also came from outside the door, "is she there?"

"Yes, yes," Yushchenko quickly replied, "she is resting in it. Please come in."

Listening to someone coming into the ward, I quickly looked over and saw that it was bezikov who came in. I said to him, "Colonel, you are here."

Bezikov pulled a chair to my bed, sat down, and then said, "Rita, I see the gauze on your eyes has been removed. So, can you see things? "

Hearing his question, I couldn't help laughing bitterly. After shaking my head slowly, I said wrongly, "Oh, don't mention it. I thought that everything would be ok if I had an operation. But I didn't expect that when I took off the gauze and checked it today, I found that I couldn't see things clearly and didn't say anything, and I didn't even have a sense of light. "

"What, your eyes don't even have light perception after surgery?" After listening to me, bzikov sprang up from his seat and asked nervously, "where's your doctor in charge? What did he say after the examination? "

"Take it easy, captain. Sit down first." I raised my right hand, pressed it down, motioned him to sit down, and then said, "during the inspection today, the Dean, o'simi, explained to me that this kind of situation needs to lie in bed for a few days, and it will gradually get better. Let me not worry too much."

After bizikov slowly sat down again, he did not beat around the Bush and asked me directly, "did crochikov come to see you in the hospital today?"

"Yes, I have." I don't know why bzikov asked, or answered him truthfully: "are you here with any mission today?"

I didn't ask this without a definite aim, but considering that he and I have been included in Zhukov's Department, he came to visit me at this time and specifically asked about krochkov, obviously for what purpose.

Sure enough, after I asked him this, he nodded and replied, "yes, Rita, I've come to see you on Marshal Zhukov's order, and I'll inform you of Marshal Zhukov's decision."

"Marshal's decision?" Bezikov's words not only aroused my curiosity, but also saw a turning point, and quickly asked: "I don't know what decision?"

"Well, marshal, I heard that boskelebeshev suggested to Comrade Stalin that you should go to Stalingrad to participate in the reconstruction work. You must have known all about it. " Bezikov stopped for a moment, nodded his head to show his approval, and then continued: "Marshal thinks that you have a strong ability in military command. If you transfer from the army to the local area, it will be a waste of talents. Therefore, he intends to suggest to the Supreme Commander himself that you should be assigned a suitable position in the army. So I've been ordered to ask for your advice on which army you want to go to? "

Listening to what bzikov said, I can't help feeling a little confused. Didn't I just cancel my appointment as chief of staff of the reserve front army? How could I be assigned any position in the army? However, as far as I know, the senior commanders of all front forces are highly respected and experienced generals, so I can't play such a small role. However, since Zhukov sent zikov to ask for my advice, I could not say a word, so I had to ask: "I don't know which army Marshal intends to send me to?"

"The marshal plans to let you go to the grassland front army and also serve as the chief of staff." Perhaps because I was afraid that I might not know the situation, I specially added: "the commander of the grassland front army is general konev."

Hearing this strange army number, I felt that it should belong to the rear army. In such an army, it is estimated that there are not many opportunities to make contributions. Just thinking of this, I asked reluctantly, "is there any other army besides the grassland front army?"

"Another option is to go to the Kalinin front." It is estimated that before bezikov came, Zhukov explained to him in great detail. Seeing that I had no clear attitude towards the grassland front army, he turned to introduce me to a new army: "at present, the chief of staff of the front army is lieutenant general zaharov. If you are willing to go, the Marshal will transfer zaharov to the chief of staff of the grassland front army."

As for the two choices given by Zhukov, I prefer the latter. After all, Kalinin's front army has more opportunities to fight, so as the chief of staff of the front army, I have more opportunities to make contributions, which is conducive to my future development. Although I was a little excited, I didn't immediately reply to bzikov. In order to know more about this army, I then asked, "Colonel, can you tell me something about the Kalinin front army?"

"No problem," bezikov readily agreed, and then introduced the situation of Kalinin's front army to me: "Kalinin's front army is a campaign strategic Corps formed to unify the command of troops covering Moscow from the northwest according to the instruction of the supreme command on October 17, 1941. It has jurisdiction over the 22nd, 29th, 30th and 31st right wing group army of the Western Front Army. The field command office was rebuilt from the headquarters of the 10th group army of the reserve. The first commander was general konev. In August, 42, after general konev was transferred to the position of commander of the grassland front army, general prkayev took over the post of commander. "

What bezikov said made my heart beat. However, after a while, I thought of a key question and asked, "Colonel, but Comrade krochkov has just announced the order to transfer me to Stalingrad. Is it a bit too late for marshal to send you to ask for my advice?"

Unexpectedly, after listening, bzikov shook his head and said, "as long as the written order is not issued, there are still variables." Looking at my worried face, he couldn't help laughing, "as long as you don't want to go to Stalingrad, even if the written order is issued, it doesn't matter. If you want to cancel the order, it's just a sentence from the marshal."

What bzikov said made me very surprised. Although krochkov's immediate superior was boskelebeschev, Zhukov was the deputy commander, and he was definitely better than the former in speaking in front of the Supreme Commander himself. Thinking of this, the stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground, and I said with ease, "Comrade Colonel, please go back and tell Marshal Zhukov that I'm not able to take up a new post because of my current physical condition. Can you wait a month or two before he can arrange work for me?"

After looking at it, bzikov nodded and agreed, "well, I'll take your words to marshal." After that, he stood up and politely said goodbye to me. "If there is nothing wrong, I will go back and reply to the marshal."

"Go, comrade colonel." I said very politely, "thank you. Thank you for visiting me today."

As bezikov left, I closed my eyes and began to think about my future. Judging from the current situation, I can still stay in the army. As for the grassland front army going to konev or Kalinin front army going to pulkayev, I'd better follow Zhukov's arrangement.

When I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard Yushchenko's voice coming from the door: "comrade, please stay. You can't enter this ward casually."

"Comrade captain," he said with a smile, "don't you know who I am?"

There was a moment of silence outside, and then Yushchenko's voice came: "sorry, I never seem to have seen you, so I can't let you into the ward at will."

"In that case, comrade captain, could you please go in and ask general oshanina for instructions?" the man continued patiently, not angry at Yushchenko's tough attitude: "a man named Ustinov wants to see her."

Ustinov, when I heard the name, I almost jumped up from the hospital bed and scolded Yushchenko in my heart. I dare to block Ustinov, the people's committee member of the weaponry department. So I didn't wait for Yushchenko to come in and report, so I yelled at the door, "is it Comrade Ustinov? Come on in, please. Captain Yushchenko, let the guests in

At my command, Yushchenko immediately changed into a respectful attitude. He took the initiative to say to Ustinov, "please come in. Comrade General is lying in the ward."

As soon as Ustinov entered the room, I struggled to sit up straight and said hello to him: "Hello, comrades of the people's Committee. I'm glad to meet you here!" Then I reached out my hands to him.

When he and I clasped hands, he said politely, "Comrade o'shanina, I heard that you have an operation and are in hospital, so I've come to see you and talk to you about something."

I asked with a smile: "comrades of the people's Committee, do not know what I can do for you?"

"I heard that your order to serve as chief of staff in the reserve front army was cancelled because you were hospitalized." Ustinov said to me with a smile: "how about, are you interested in coming to the Armament Department to help me?"

Weapons and equipment department? After a moment's hesitation, I asked cautiously, "Comrade member of the people's Committee, I don't understand what you mean. You know, I'm a complete layman in weapons manufacturing and the like. If I really go to your place, I may not only be unable to help you, but also make trouble for you. "

"Comrade oshanina, how can you think so?" Ustinov said with a smile: "although you have been in the army, I have heard a lot of people about you and know that you are a very capable person. Since you can't stay in the army for the time being because you are in hospital, you might as well come to my department. Specific work, when you get out of the hospital, we are slowly studying. Are you satisfied with this arrangement? "

Just when I didn't know how to answer him, I heard Yushchenko's voice coming from outside the door: "Hello, comrade general, may I ask you..." as soon as he said this, there was no voice. A moment later, suddenly came a cry of surprise, "my God, you are Alexandrov, Alexandrov of the red flag troupe?"

Ustinov obviously heard what was happening outside. He leaned over and said to me with a smile, "I didn't expect that Alexandrov would come to see you." As soon as alessandrov came in, he said to Ustinov excitedly, "Hello, dear Dmitry Fedorovich. Nice to meet you here." Ustinov got up from his seat and joked to Alexandrov with a smile: "Comrade General, have you moved your plan to recruit Comrade oshanina to your command?" When alessandrov heard Ustinov expose his little trick, he just laughed a little, and then said to Ustinov, "I once heard that oshanina's singing level is good, so I came here to ask her if she is interested in joining our red flag dance company?" After listening to Alexandrov's words, Ustinov immediately shook his head like a rattle: "no, no, absolutely No. I have wronged her to be my deputy in the Armament Department, but now you want her to go to your red flag singing and dancing company. It's absolutely impossible. " As soon as Ustinov finished speaking, Alexandrov turned to look at me and asked, "Comrade oshanina, I don't know what your plan is? Give us both an accurate answer. "“ Thank you, general Alexandrov! Thank you, comrade Ustinov. " For the invitation, I said euphemistically: "I am still in the period of postoperative recovery, and it is estimated that the recovery time is not short. How about this? When my eyes are almost recovered, I will go to the red flag song and dance troupe and the weaponry department respectively. Then decide which unit to go to. " Ustinov obviously saw that I was shirking, but in this case, he could not say too much. He just nodded and said in a business tone, "well, since that's the case, we'll wait a little longer. I hope you can recover as soon as possible." After they left together, Yushchenko ran in from the outside. He looked at me with adoring eyes and said, "Comrade commander, the leaders of such departments have come to invite you to participate in their work. You are really amazing!"