Chapter 1361

When I was about to leave the room of the headquarters, I specially told bezikov: "chief of staff, inform several army commanders and division commanders to come here tomorrow morning for a meeting."

"And general sivakov?" Bezikov asked cautiously, "is it necessary to inform him that his injury has not yet healed?"

After thinking about it, I feel that since sivakov had a car accident on his way to the base, he has almost become a decoration. The combat tasks are all over him and directly assigned to the following divisions. Now that his injury has obviously improved, it is obviously inappropriate to leave him idle. So I nodded and said to bzikov, "chief of staff, don't forget to inform him."

As soon as I got out of the room, I was wondering if I should go back to my room and have a lie in. Kirilov came out of the room and said, "Rita, wait a minute."

I stopped, turned to look at kirilov and politely asked, "Comrade military commissar, what else can I do for you?"

"Rita, if you don't have anything like it now, I'd like you to go outside with me." After kirilov finished, he specially asked for my advice: "I don't know if you want to?"

I thought that I had not seen the city carefully since I arrived in Smolensk, so I thought a little bit and readily agreed: "well, comrade military commissar, since you are so interested, I will accompany you!" After that, I called bukov, who had been standing by the door, and told him, "major, prepare a car for us. My comrades and I are going to visit the city."

"Do you need to attach the guard?" After listening, bukov immediately asked respectfully, "I'm worried that there are still some pro German forces left in the city, so there should be necessary preventive measures."

"No, No." Considering that the trip between myself and kirilov is more like a private visit in micro clothes, if you take a guard company and drive seven or eight cars on the street, it will certainly attract the attention of passers-by. Maybe we won't see a lot of things we want to see at that time, so I firmly said, "just take a few soldiers with you in another car and follow us."

After kirilov and I got on the jeep, the driver turned around and asked, "commander, comrade military commissar, where are you going?"

"Just drive along the highway." As I said this, I kept looking at kirilov. "We want to look around the city."

"I see!" The driver turned around and started the car. As soon as he stepped on the gas, the jeep moved forward.

Looking at the collapsed buildings on both sides of the street and the soldiers and residents who are cleaning up the ruins inside, kirilov said with emotion: "what a wonderful city, it's a pity that it was destroyed by the Germans. If you want to restore this beautiful city to its pre war appearance, you can't do it without three or five years. "

I peered at the busy people in the ruins through the window and said thoughtfully to kirilov, "Comrade military commissar, I think it's not too efficient for us to clean up the ruins without saying a word like this."

Kirilov took a look outside, then turned to me and said, "it's very boring to clean up the ruins, but I believe everyone is aware of it. No matter how hard and tired they are, they won't complain about this kind of voluntary labor."

"People who complain or go slow are sent to gulag." After murmuring to myself, I looked sideways at kirilov and said, "Comrade military commissar, I have an idea whether we can install loudspeakers on all the main streets of the city and play some inspiring songs when people are working. I believe that people's labor efficiency will be improved in the rhythm of the song

After I finished, I suddenly found kirilov's face showed an incredible expression. I thought I was wrong, so I asked with a guilty heart: "Comrade military commissar, is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"No, no, Rita, you said it very well." Kirilov said excitedly: "originally, I asked you to go out for a walk, just to find a chance to talk with you about installing a tweeter in the city, but you thought of it first. When I get back later, I'll arrange the following comrades to start the installation. "

I saw a light blue square building in front of me, with several onions on the roof, telling people silently that it was a church. Seeing that the building of the church is still intact, I can't help but say to kirilov in some surprise: "Comrade military commissar, look quickly. The building of the church in front is actually complete. It's a miracle."

Kirilov listened to me, just a little bit, then leaned forward slightly, raised his hand and patted the driver on the shoulder, and told him: "Comrade driver, drive to the Kremlin."

The Kremlin?! When I heard kirilov say that, three black lines suddenly appeared on my head. My heart said that it was hundreds of kilometers from here to Moscow, and even if the road was not broken by the German army, I would not be able to reach my destination in the dark. Thinking of this, I hastened to remind kirilov: "comrades of the military commissar, we can't go back to Moscow without orders from our superiors."

"Back to Moscow?" Kirilov was stunned when I said this, and then he burst out laughing, "Rita, you thought I was asking the driver to drive to the Kremlin in Moscow."

"Yes, besides the Kremlin in Moscow, are there any other cities with the Kremlin?" I asked in a puzzled way.

"I thought you knew everything. It seems that there are many things you don't know." After making fun of me, kirilov began to popularize science to me: "Kremlin refers to the fortress in the center of the city. The word comes from Greek and means "fortress" or "cliff". In addition to the well-known Kremlin in Moscow, there are also the grand Novgorod Kremlin, Kazan Kremlin, Suzdal Kremlin, Astrakhan Kremlin, lower lovgorod Kremlin, and the Kremlin in our present city. "

I always thought Moscow's Kremlin was unique in the world. If kirilov is not popular today, I really don't know that there are so many Kremlins in Russia.

The jeep followed the cleaned streets to the red wall of the Kremlin, where more than a dozen soldiers stood guard. When we saw that we were opening towards the palace gate, a lieutenant Officer immediately came up and waved to us from a long distance, shouting, "stop

The driver looked back at me quickly. Although he didn't speak, I knew in my heart that he was asking me whether to stop. After thinking about it, I told him, "Comrade driver, drive to the commander and stop."

After my car stopped, the officer quickly went to the door, bent down and said to us: "this is not open to the public, please immediately..." before he finished his words, he suddenly stopped.

Knowing that he must have recognized kirilov and me, I asked through the window, "Comrade lieutenant, no admittance. Who gave the order?"

"It's... It's... I'm... Our... Teacher." The lieutenant replied with a flustered look: "it's general Xie Liujin, commander of the 89th division of the guards."

"Can I go in?" I guessed that Xie Liujin's order might be because he was afraid that someone would loot the precious cultural relics in the palace after entering the palace. So he politely asked the lieutenant, "or would you call him and ask him if he could make an exception to let me and the comrades of the military commissar go in and have a look?"

"No, comrade commander, no phone call." The lieutenant said respectfully, "you can go in any time." With that, he stood up straight, turned and yelled to the palace gate, "open the gate!"

Our jeep drove into the Kremlin through the open palace door. As soon as the car entered the open space in front of the palace, kirilov told the driver, "just park the car here. Comrade commander and I want to walk around."

I stood by the car and looked around at the Kremlin and found that there were very few buildings in the walls. In addition to the light blue church just seen in the distance and several low yellow buildings nearby, there is a palace that looks very simple in the distance.

Kirilov took me up the stairs, up the palace wall, and down the palace wall. And bukov quickly followed several guards up the wall, far behind us.

The palace wall is very spacious, even if four horses are in parallel, it will not appear crowded. As it snowed recently, the gardens in the palace were covered with snow. Two big trees, uprooted by roots, fell in the white of the garden, which was particularly dazzling. Pointing to the fallen tree, I said to kirilov with a little fear: "Comrade military commissar, look, those two trees should have been knocked down by our siege artillery. Fortunately, the shells were all in the garden. If the churches and palaces were destroyed, the damage would be incalculable. "

As for what I said, kirilov immediately agreed: "it seems that our commanders and fighters had made careful plans in advance when they attacked the city. Except for the two big trees, the palace, the church and the palace were intact."

After a long walk, kirilov suddenly stopped. He went to the wall, supported the battlements with one hand, pointed to the outside and said to me, "look, Rita, that's the Dnieper River."

I hurried up to him and looked out. Only a few hundred meters away is the surging Dnieper River. It may be because the weather is not too cold. At present, there is no ice on the river.

"Smolensk city is located in Smolensk, the Smolensk highland in the west of Moscow highland, on the Bank of Dnieper River. It is located on the main road connecting Moscow and Belarus, the Baltic Sea region, and central and Western European countries, with a very advantageous geographical location. " Kirilov talked to himself and introduced the city to me? Smolensk is one of the oldest cities in Russia. Smolensk was first mentioned in the annals of Russia in the 9th century. Since entering the territory of Kiev Russia in 882, it has actively participated in the trade and military expeditions of ancient Russia. Smolensk flourished for a time in the 12th century and was once Russia's main strategic center. From 1404 to 1514, it was invaded by Lithuanians and poles. It was occupied by Poland in 1611 and returned to Russia in 1667. In the Patriotic War of 1812, the battle of Smolensk from August 4 to 5 broke Napoleon's plan to destroy the Russian army

When we were strolling on the palace wall, Xie Liujin came in a hurry. He trotted up to us, raised his hand to salute, and panted to report: "commander, military commissar, commander of the 89th division of Jinwei, major general Xie Liujin, report to you, i..."

Before he finished, kirilov raised his hand and interrupted him, saying, "Comrade Xie Liujin, I just went out for a walk with the commander today, so I didn't intend to disturb too many people. Now that you're here, let's have a look. " After the three of us formed a triangle and walked along the palace wall in silence for a while, it suddenly occurred to me that since the Kremlin is now under the guard of sherekin, he must be no stranger to the situation here. So I slowed down and asked in parallel with Mr. seleucin, "when did you enter the Kremlin, sir?"“ Last night. " After answering my question, Xie Liujin may feel that his statement is not comprehensive enough, and hastily added: "in order to prevent saboteurs from entering the palace to steal precious cultural relics, I have sent two companies in. One company is responsible for guarding the palace gate, and the other company is responsible for patrolling the palace." Then he pointed to the distance and said, "look, that's our patrol." I looked in the direction of his fingers and saw a patrol of ten people walking beside the palace. I nodded at the arrangement, and then asked, "when the Germans withdrew, was the damage to the palace serious?" Xie Liujin shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "I went to the palace and saw that hundreds of oil paintings on the wall had disappeared. Those valuable furniture, can move all moved, can't move, also all smashed. Some gold-plated doorknobs have been pried away by the damned Germans. "“ What about the church? " Kirilov asked unexpectedly. "The copper coffins of the archbishops in the church have been pried open, the bones have been thrown on the ground, and all the funerary objects in the coffins have been looted," he said“ Damn the Krauts. " After listening to the report from Xie Liujin, kirilov also said in a wrong way: "I will remember the heinous crimes they committed, and I will make them double their repayment when they go straight to their hometown in the future." I wanted to go to the palace or the church after I had made a circle on the palace wall, but when Xie Liujin said this, I was not interested. I stopped and said to kirilov, "Comrade military commissar, it's getting late. We'd better go back to the headquarters."