Chapter 1074

Zhukov said with a smile: "Rita, I just called the commander of the garrison in cezland, and he told me that you and your husband oshanin are currently together. Well, I'm not disturbing you, am I His last sentence was obviously ironic.

I gave a wry smile and answered, "Comrade marshal, how can that happen. We're just reminiscing about some of our previous experiences. "

"What? Are you alone just to remember the past? " Zhukov asked, puzzled, as I said.

"Well, comrade marshal." I didn't want to entangle in this matter, so I directly explained the actual situation to Zhukov: "o'shanin had amnesia because of his previous head injury, and he can't remember me at all. I'm just trying to get him to remember

"What, amnesia?" Zhukov didn't expect that the reunion of o'shanin and I was like this. He was surprised and asked, "what are you going to do? Do you need me to arrange for him to come back to Moscow for treatment?"

"Thank you for your kindness, comrade marshal. Not for the time being." After I politely rejected Zhukov's kindness, I thought that he could not call me in the middle of the night to chat with me. There must be something important. So I asked him directly, "do you have any instructions?"

Listening to my question, Zhukov immediately laughed: "Rita, you are really not simple. Before I speak here, you can guess that I have something to look for you."

From my conversation, o'shanin knew who the caller was. He quickly stood up from the table, pointed out the door with his finger, and opened his mouth to say a few words in silence. I guess from his lip punishment that he asked me if I need to go out and report, because he was not qualified to listen to my dialogue with the Soviet marshal. I waved to him, indicating that he didn't have to go out and just stay here.

"When can you go back to Moscow?" Zhukov suddenly asked.

"What, back to Moscow?" I didn't react for a moment, and said in a dazed way: "Comrade Stalin gave me half a month's holiday. How can I stay in gubishev for ten days?"

Zhukov's voice came from the earphone: "we rebuilt the Sixth Army, and originally appointed lieutenant general chisjakov as commander. However, he had a traffic accident this afternoon, and the situation is still very serious. It is estimated that he will not be able to perform his duty as commander of the group army for a long time. "

When I heard this, I was shocked and my heart beat faster. My heart said, did Zhukov call me in the middle of the night to let me be the commander of the Sixth Army? In that way, I will have the opportunity to take part in the Kursk battle which started in early July and build a greater merit.

Soon I heard what I wanted to hear from my earphone: "after discussion with vasilevsky, I decided to change you to commander of the sixth group army, which is subordinate to the Voronezh front army of general vatukin. Do you have any questions? "

"No, no problem, comrade marshal." As soon as Zhukov's words were asked, I immediately couldn't wait to reply, "I'm determined to obey your arrangement." After that, I stopped for a moment, and then asked, "I don't know what troops are in the newly formed Sixth Army?"

Zhukov answered my question very readily: "Rita, I knew you would ask this question, so I prepared in advance. Listen, the sixth group army was reorganized from the 21st group army, including the 51st, 52nd, 67th and 71st divisions of the guard infantry, and the 325th and 375 divisions of the infantry. There are also two tank brigades, three artillery regiments, and one of the most powerful close guard rocket battalion. Well, are you satisfied with your troops? "

Before Zhukov's voice fell, I was busy answering, "satisfied, satisfied, just too satisfied." I calculated to myself that although there were only six infantry divisions, two tank brigades, three artillery regiments and one rocket battalion, the total number was at least 60000 or 70000, which was quite a lot. What's more, I always say to those who have never commanded so many troops, what's more, what's not enough?

Zhukov told me briefly, "since you have no opinion, come back as soon as possible."

Although Zhukov said it lightly, I dare not take it lightly. If I return to Moscow as soon as possible, I will end my holiday on my own initiative, and I don't know that it will cause much trouble. So I asked cautiously, "but, marshal, comrade Stalin gave me half a month's holiday at the beginning. As a result, I only stayed outside for a few days and I had to go back to cancel my holiday. Won't it make the Supreme Commander angry?"

"No, Rita." Zhukov confidently said to me: "I have reported this matter to Comrade Stalin. Even if you come back immediately to cancel your leave, there will be no problem."

"Well, I'll be back as soon as possible." When I said this, I was still thinking that I would take the evening train to Moscow after meeting Alek in the city of tauriati tomorrow.

Who knows when I was thinking like this, Zhukov added: "May 5 is Marx's birthday. In the afternoon of that day, we will hold a small memorial ceremony in Marx square. I hope you can appear on time."

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was the early morning of May 4th. That is to say, I had to take the early bus to catch up with the celebration ceremony in Moscow. However, since Zhukov's words have been exported, it is unrealistic for him to take them back, so I can only eliminate the idea of tauriati.

I put down the phone and thought about it. Then I picked up the phone again and dialed the phone on duty. After two rings, someone on the opposite side picked up the phone immediately, and then a lazy voice came from the earphone: "Hello, where are you?"

I recognized the voice of the director of the guest house and said, "Comrade director, I'm o'shanina."

Hearing my report, the other party's voice suddenly became energetic: "it's Comrade General. You haven't had a rest so late. Do you have any instructions?"

"Comrade director, I'll get rid of you two things." Now that time is pressing, I will not beat around the bush with each other, but directly say: "first, I want to get back to Moscow as soon as possible, so please help me book the earliest train back to Moscow; 2、 You call two of my men and ask them to come to my room immediately to report. "

"Comrade General, you've just come here. Why are you so anxious to leave?" Director is a wordy person, he did not simply accept my orders as ordinary soldiers, but talked about it. After a few words, he may have heard my silence and realized his gaffe. He quickly changed his tone and said, "Comrade General, please don't worry. I will carry out your order right away."

Putting down the phone again, I went back to the table and said apologetically to oshanin, "I'm sorry, honey, it seems that our reminiscence is going to be rescheduled. I've just received an order from my superiors that I should go back to Moscow as soon as possible to accept a new task. "

O'xianing nodded and said repeatedly, "I know, I know. I almost heard the conversation between you and marshal just now." Then he stood up and reached out to me with a sincere smile on his face and said, "Rita, congratulations on your more important appointment."

My God took his hand and gave him a little shake. Then he took it back and said, "by the way, my dear, our child is now in the children's home in the city of tauriati. Please take time to see him." Seeing o'shanin nodding his approval, I suddenly remembered that he had lost his memory. I couldn't even remember who he was, let alone the child I hadn't met for such a long time. I hastened to add, "the child's name is Alek. Don't forget it."

"Don't worry, I've kept it in mind. I won't forget it..." before he finished his words, there was a quick knock on the door. At the same time, Yushchenko's anxious voice came from the outside: "general, please open the door, please open the door."

I walked to the door and opened the door. As soon as the door opened, with the help of the light from the door, I saw that besides Yushchenko, dornikov also stood outside. He quickly put his body to one side, waved his hand to the inside and said, "you two are coming very quickly. Don't stand outside, come in."

After they came in, they stood in front of me and straightened up. Yushchenko asked, "Comrade General, I don't know what's important for you to come to us so late?"

Before I could speak, oshanin came over and said politely, "Rita, you have something important to do. It's not suitable for me to stay here, so I'll go back first."

"Well, well, you go back first." I listened to his words, did not care, just casually said: "it's late, you remember to rest early."

After seeing o'shanin's figure disappear from the door, Yushchenko asked me strangely, "Comrade General, why did you let your husband leave?"

Yushchenko's words made me realize that there was really no need for oshanin to leave. When I talked with Zhukov just now, I didn't ask him to avoid him. Now that he has left, I can't chase him back. I can only make a mistake.

Instead of answering Yushchenko's words, I announced to them directly: "I just got a call from Marshal Zhukov, who ordered me to go back to Moscow as soon as possible. So our plan to go to the city of tauriati in the daytime was cancelled. You go back immediately and call up all the soldiers. We'll get to the railway station as soon as possible and take the earliest train back to Moscow. "

"Comrade General," said dornikov, who had not spoken since he entered the door. "I don't know what's urgent. You can't wait to return to Moscow even if you don't have time to visit your son. Can you tell me why?"

If dornikov was my old subordinate, I would certainly face a blank face and say in an official voice, "don't you know that the orders of the higher authorities are not allowed to discuss and can only be carried out?" However, he was only the person arranged by the superior to protect my safety, so I could only patiently explain to him: "Comrade Marshal said on the phone that I had been appointed commander of the reconstructed sixth group army, and I must go back to Moscow immediately to take office. And more importantly, on the afternoon of the 5th, there was an important celebration in Marx square, which I had to attend. "

As soon as I finished, dornikov realized the seriousness of the matter. He volunteered and said, "I'll go and call the soldiers up first and let them be ready to start."

I know that the 20 or so of us are not going to be able to leave, but we must make some preparations. So when he said that, he nodded and said with a smile, "go, comrade captain, call everyone up and let them get ready to start. After the director of the hostel has bought us a ticket for our return, we'll set out immediately. " Not long after dornikov left in a hurry, the telephone rang in the room. I picked it up and found that it was the director. When he heard my voice, he immediately reported to me, "Comrade General, there is a train for Moscow at 3:30 in the morning. I have bought the ticket. I'll send it to you now. Do you think it's all right? "“ No, comrade director. " I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was almost two o'clock. With the wordy character of the director, I didn't know how much time it would take to get to my room, so I ordered him: "you just wait for us in the hall, and I'll pick up the ticket when I get down later." Five minutes later, all of us gathered in the hall. Although there were about 20 people, no one spoke. The hall was still very quiet and did not disturb other guests. The director came up to me, held up a ticket in his hand, and said in a flattering way, "Comrade General, the tickets are here. Please keep them." I took the ticket, handed it to Yushchenko, and asked the director with a smile: "director Comrade, how much is the total number of tickets, so I can give it to you." As soon as I spoke, not only the director was stunned, but also dornikov around me gave a strange "eh". Seeing their reaction, I was a little confused. Yushchenko reminded me in a low voice: "Comrade General, it's during the war. We don't need money to buy tickets." Hearing what Yushchenko said, the director of the Institute echoed: "yes, soldiers don't need money to buy tickets. They just need to provide the number of their troops and their name, rank and position when buying tickets." When I left the guest house and headed for the station, I considered that the night was a time of martial law, and we didn't have a pass. If we let the patrol continue to investigate, we might miss the train. So I called dornikov in front of me and said, "Captain, take your men and go ahead. As soon as we meet the patrols, we will send them away in the name of your Ministry of internal affairs, so as not to delay our time. Do you understand? " Dornikov, who has been on a business trip with me, has been unable to act in his capacity as the Ministry of internal affairs. I think he is very frustrated. At this moment, hearing my order, he immediately agreed excitedly, and took his three subordinates to the front of the whole team. Yushchenko, who was walking beside me, looked at the four swaggering people in front of me and whispered to me a little unhappily, "Comrade General, how can you let them go so freely? You know, people in the interior department have to find fault with others even if they don't care. Now that you have given them the right, it's strange that they won't make trouble. " I understood Yushchenko's psychology very well, so I explained to him in a low voice: "Captain Yushchenko, our time is limited. If we allow the patrol on the street to check again and again, we will miss the car. In extraordinary times, we need to use some extraordinary means. " What happened next proved that my arrangement was very suitable. At least five patrols, who had just come to stop us for interrogation, were sent away by dornikov using the identity of the Ministry of internal affairs. What's even more unexpected is that after entering the railway station, dornikov found the station's military representative and forced him to pack a sleeper car, so that all of us could stay together, instead of being scattered in different cars with the soldiers of the guard class. When the train started, Yushchenko, who was sitting in my box, said excitedly, "Comrade General, in about 30 hours, we will arrive in Moscow. Then you will be the official commander of the group army. In that case, I can call you as commander again."