Chapter 1064

I exchanged a few words with Brezhnev. Before I could say more, his acquaintances called him over. Looking at the back of him and kolpakchi, I feel deeply sorry that I didn't leave a deep impression on the future boss.

In my heart melancholy, next to suddenly heard someone calling me: "my God, this is not oshanina?"? Thank goodness, it's great to see you alive! "

Listening to what the other side said, I guess it must be one of the generals I know. Turning around, katukov's tall body stood in front of me. I quickly reached out to him and said excitedly, "Hello, general katukov. Nice to see you again. I haven't seen you for more than a year. Now you are all generals. It's estimated that you will be marshal in two years. "

Katukov looked at my epaulets, shook hands with me, and said with emotion: "oshanina, you are not simple. I remember when I knew you, you were a lieutenant commander, and now you are a general. If there is no accident, you may be promoted to marshal in five years

If I heard Zhukov say that I had a chance to become a marshal, I could laugh at it as a joke. Now when I hear katukov say that again, I can't help but feel excited. After all, I am a lieutenant general. Now I am far closer to the rank of Marshal than I was when I was a lieutenant.

However, this idea just flashed by. I restrained my thoughts and asked katukov with a smile, "Comrade General, I don't know where you are commanding the troops now?"

Katukov was stunned by my question, and then he said in dismay: "o'shanina, don't you know that my first group army of tanks is currently in the battle sequence of Voronezh's front army? Two days ago, my subordinates also reported to me that you went to inspect the defense areas of our group army and personally instructed those engineers how to build fortifications. "

When he said that, I felt a little embarrassed. Although I went to a lot of places in the early stage, I mostly dealt with the commanders of some troops, and the commanders of the group army had almost no contact with them, so I lost touch with old acquaintances like katukov.

Katukov came to the parade by himself. Since he met my acquaintance, he would not go to other places. Instead, he just sat beside me. After sitting down, he asked with concern, "by the way, I heard that you and your husband met again outside Moscow. How is he now, in which army? "

To tell you the truth, what I am most afraid of now is who will ask me about oshanin and the children, but this is a more and more unavoidable problem. Now that katukov asked, I could only reply vaguely, "not long after we last met, he led his troops to fight. In the battle, his troops were completely destroyed, he was seriously injured and was sent to the hospital in the rear. From then on, we lost contact. "

"More than a year has passed. Even if your husband is seriously injured, he should be cured." Like an elder, katukov asked with concern: "I know that in more than a year, you first went to Leningrad, then to the front army of volhoff, the front army of Stalingrad, and the southwest army. Didn't he come to you? You know, you're famous now. "

I shook my head again and said with a bitter smile, "no, I don't know why he didn't come to me, but I still can't find out his whereabouts. Last time I asked Marshal Zhukov to inquire for me, I haven't got any news

After hearing this, katukov sighed, patted me on the shoulder and comforted me, saying, "oshanina, this is war. Don't worry. As long as he's alive, he'll find it sooner or later. "

Although I felt relieved, I had to pretend to be sad and say, "yes, general katukov, I hope it's like what you said." In order not to let him always entangle in this matter, I quickly cut off the topic, "by the way, at today's military parade, there will be a lot of new tanks on the stage, which will definitely open your eyes."

"What, new tanks?" Katukov's attention was really distracted by me. He asked in surprise, "have you seen oshanina? What kind of new tank is it? Compared with the T-34 equipped by our army today, what is the improvement in performance? "

As for his series of questions, I pretended to be mysterious and said: "general katukov, as you know, I am a layman in tank knowledge, and it may be difficult for me to give you an accurate answer. But you don't have to worry. Anyway, the parade will start soon, and then you can see it with your own eyes. "

Seeing that he couldn't get the answer he wanted from me, katukov's face was disappointed. Seeing his dejected look, I quickly added: "Comrade General, I can tell you that a new tank company can easily kill a T-34 tank battalion."

"What?" Katukov almost jumped out of his seat when I said that, but fortunately, he stabilized himself in time, grabbed my arm and asked, "one company against one battalion, and can you win easily? Comrade o'shanina, you are not trying to make me happy, are you

I comforted him and said, "Comrade General, when you see the new tank, you will understand whether what I said is true or false."

Katukov raised his hand and looked at his watch. He said discontentedly, "it's less than half a point now. That is to say, I have to wait at least two hours before I can see the new tanks you just mentioned."

This is the review of the infantry square began to enter the large-scale, immediately attracted everyone's attention in the past. While everyone was looking at the officers and soldiers entering the arena, I looked around the platform. I was surprised by this. The platform was full of people at any time, including soldiers in uniform and officials at all levels in civilian clothes. I thought the viewing platform on the south side could only seat one or two hundred people, but at this time, there were at least more than 500 people.

An hour later, twenty infantry squadrons formed two neat lines outside the Gumm mall on the east side of Red Square. The guard of honor of the three armed forces of the sea, the land and the air stood with their backs against the historical museum. In front of the bronze statue outside the Church of Saint Vassily, there were still several guard of honor standing there.

At 9:30, a military band of several hundred people was in the forefront of the square array facing Lenin's tomb. At this time, I heard someone whispering: "the military band is in place. It will be a long time before Comrade Stalin and the people in the Supreme Command come out."

Five minutes to ten, suddenly all the people around me stood up. Although I don't understand why everyone suddenly stood up, I still stood up. Almost at the same time, thunderous applause broke out on the viewing platforms on both sides of Lenin's tomb. At such a time, if I still don't understand what it is, I might as well go straight to the Gulag concentration camp to report

In our warm applause, Stalin and marshal timusinko of the supreme command, Zhukov, Stalin, Molotov, bujonny, voroshlov and Kuznetsov came out on the viewing platform at the top of Lenin's tomb. There were also several people in civilian clothes. I didn't know the rest except Ustinov.

Stalin went to the microphone, raised his hand and pressed it down. Instead of stopping, the applause became more intense. Originally, I wanted to stop clapping. Seeing that people around me were still clapping desperately, I had to keep on clapping. Because I suddenly thought of a paragraph, saying that when Stalin appeared, if anyone stopped clapping first, then his next fate would be very tragic. Although I don't know whether it's true or a joke, I dare not stop clapping when I see others.

Stalin raised his hand and pressed it down a few more times, and the applause finally stopped.

With the simultaneous ringing of the spasco bell tower and Nikolay bell tower on both sides of Lenin's tomb, the parade officially began. Suddenly, a sound came from the loudspeaker: "citizens, please pay attention, please pay attention, radio Moscow is broadcasting! Please listen and pay attention to the military parade held in red square to celebrate the Great May Day

When I heard the sound, I immediately looked at the platform and saw that Stalin, Zhukov and bujoni were the only people standing in front of the microphone. Obviously, this sound was not made by any of them. The speaker should be the announcer of Moscow Radio Station. He is staying in a position I can't see at the moment. He is broadcasting the Red Square parade to all the Soviet soldiers and civilians.

At this time, Zhukov went to the microphone and said in a loud voice: "the flag bearers of the Soviet Union and Lenin flags, stand at attention! All of you. At my command. Attention! Look to the left, welcome our glorious flag, salute

With his order, the soldiers on both sides of the platform raised their hands to salute, and the commander of the reading army also raised his right hand to his forehead.

With the music of "holy war" in the audience, two groups of flag bearers appeared in our field of vision. There are four flagmen in the team. One officer is in front of the team. Among the three people who are close behind, the flagman is in the middle and the flagman is on both sides. The front is a bright red Soviet flag, and the back is a flag with Lenin's head.

As the flag bearers walked towards the history museum in the sound of exciting music, the radio began to explain: "the members of the flag bearers are from the honor guard of the Central Police Corps, which is under the command of the lieutenant colonel and is mainly responsible for the implementation of ceremonial activities with the participation of national leaders. Since its establishment, the officers and soldiers of the honor guard have performed their duties, Become an irreplaceable participant in the Red Square parade. It was these soldiers of the Central Police Corps who were honored to open the Red Square parade.

The flag bearer team of the Soviet Union national flag consists of the leader of the flag bearer team, the flag bearer and the flag protector. Since its establishment, the guard of honor has participated in many celebrations. They have shown their outstanding style in major cities in China and even abroad. "

When the flagmen arrived at the history museum, the music of "holy war" stopped suddenly, Zhukov's voice sounded again: "at ease!"

When vasilevsky and another officer, riding on a white horse, rushed out of the small door under the clock tower of spasko and broke into red square, Zhukov called out again: "all stand at attention! To the left for the review, ready! " As soon as his voice fell, the military band played a majestic March.

At the same time, the commander of Moscow garrison, who was riding a black horse, and his deputy rode two black horses to meet him.

When the four met in front of Lenin's tomb, the commander of the garrison raised his hand to salute vasilevsky and reported, "chief of the general staff, please review the formation of the troops."

After the garrison commander's report, vasilevsky and his deputy rode back and forth in the direction of the history museum, while the garrison commander and his deputy also turned the wharf to follow, and the four horses kept moving at a constant speed. Vasilevsky, who had made a circle in front of the flag bearers, came to the front of the audience and yelled at the commanders and fighters, "Hello, comrades!" The officers and men in the square immediately replied, "Hello! Comrade chief of the general staff Vasilevsky said: "I wish you a happy Labor Day At this time, the commanders and fighters in the square array yelled: "Wula! Wura! Wula Vasilevsky continued to ride the front line, stopped in front of another one, and continued to repeat what he had just done. After the inspection of the phalanx, the garrison commander and his deputy stayed in front of the history museum, while vasilevsky and his deputy rode to the center of the viewing platform on Lenin's tomb to report to Stalin. When his horse stopped in front of Lenin's tomb, two officers immediately ran over and reached for the reins. When vasilevsky left, they led the horse and ran quickly to one side. Vasilevsky, holding his hand to his forehead, walked up the steps to the viewing platform on Lenin's tomb. When he came to Stalin, his voice rang out through the microphone: "Comrade supreme commander of the Soviet armed forces, the formation of the troops is over! Vasilevsky, chief of the general staff of the Red Army. " Stalin, as soon as he finished, immediately came forward to shake hands with him. At the same time, there was a low voice again: "at ease!" With this command, all of us put down our right hands, which had been raised on our forehead. Then Stalin delivered an inspiring speech to the people of the whole country through radio. While Stalin was speaking, I touched bzikov next to him with my hand and asked him softly, "Colonel, who is the old man with a goatee next to Stalin and Marshal Zhukov?" Bezikov took a look and answered me in a low voice: "his name is kosikin: he used to be the textile people's Committee, but now he is the vice chairman of the people's Committee. He is in charge of the production of consumer goods. Since this year, he has also served as the chairman of the Russian Soviet Union forces Council." At this point, he asked me in surprise, "don't you know him?"“ I've seen him several times, but I never know his name. " In order to cover up my ignorance, I also want to argue: "at the beginning, I was not familiar with it, and it was not easy to ask for other people's names; After a long time, I'm sorry to ask again. " Stalin's speech was very brief. Almost during my chat with bezikov, his speech was over. Then it's time for the parade.