Chapter 1452

Although it is hundreds of kilometers from my headquarters to Zhitomir, the road is not very safe, and it may encounter with the enemy's scattered soldiers, so it is not unreasonable to strengthen the security measures. In my opinion, it's more than enough to have two armored cars and a dozen trucks full of soldiers. It's really exaggerating to send two more tanks along.

But when I ordered the tanks to be left and only the armored vehicles and trucks to go on the road, they met with unanimous opposition from chisjakov and bezikov. They stressed that this was an order issued by rokosovsky himself and that I should do everything possible to protect my safety. Seeing that both of them have carried out rokosovsky, I can't argue with them any more. I can only agree to let tanks escort me.

When we were on the March, there were two tanks, one in front of us, the other in the rear of the convoy, with a long line of trucks in the middle, and the armored car I was riding was in the middle of the whole convoy.

Sitting in a muggy armored car, I feel like crying when I think that I have to bump hundreds of kilometers to reach my destination. From my heart, it's the most convenient way to travel such a long way, and you can reach your destination in an hour at most. Secondly, you can get to your destination in seven or eight hours by jeep; But now there are two tanks in the team, and our marching speed is greatly slowed down. Although the design speed of the tank is 50 km / h, according to my feeling, the speed is only 30 km / h at most.

"Comrade commander, what's the matter?" Major bukov, who was sitting next to me, approached my ear and asked, "the superior sent tanks to escort you. Must be something extraordinary?"

"Yes, comrade major, something really happened," I replied carelessly. "Marshal Zhukov called me to go to Zhitomir. The person who conveyed the order didn't say what it was."

Bukov looked around for a while, then approached my ear again and asked in a low voice, "Comrade commander, can you tell me what happened?"

The reason why I was in a hurry to go to Zhitomir was only known to chisgakov and bezikov, and not even kirilov, except me. Although bukov's rank is relatively low, as my entourage, he is responsible for protecting my safety. I don't intend to hide this from him: "general vatukin was ambushed by the enemy and seriously injured when he went out today. Then Marshal Zhukov sent an order through general rokosovsky to send me to hitomir overnight. "

"Ah, general watujing is injured?" When bukov heard the news, his face showed a surprised expression, but he soon became aware of it and said: "I now understand why the superior equipped us with two tanks to prevent accidents on the road. Although our army has won a series of victories in Ukraine, there are always some small defeated German troops hiding in unexpected places. With the protection of tanks, we can reach our destination safely. "

"Senior general is also too sensitive." For Rokossovski, I make complaints about this kind of protective measures. "Actually, I sent an armored car to me and a guard company would be enough." I didn't expect that my superiors had equipped me with two tanks, which directly affected the marching speed of the whole army. "

I thought that bukov would agree with me, even give me some advice, secretly suggested that I leave the tanks and the motorcade, take the armored car directly, and rush to gotomir as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, he said to me solemnly: "Comrade commander, I think the superior should take such security measures. After all, only today did a senior commander encounter the enemy on the road."

"Comrade major, you don't know something. When general watujing went out to inspect today, he only brought three jeeps." I don't know the real situation of watujing's encounter with Fu, so I can only introduce it to bukov according to the plot I saw in the movie: "the first jeep was crushed by a mine and was blown up, and all the soldiers on the jeep were killed. While sitting in the second car, watujing saw the car in front of him hit the mine and jumped out of the car to command the soldiers and the enemy to continue fighting. It was during the battle that he was unfortunately hit by the enemy's bullets. " At this point, I can't help but smile bitterly, "if he brings as many entourage as I do, even if there are no tanks and armored vehicles, he can destroy all the enemy."

"We should pay attention to the necessary safety." Bukov's responsibility is to protect me. After listening to me finish the attack on vatukin, he said solemnly: "although we won the battle some time ago and wiped out a large number of German forces, the remnants of the German army may have set up temporary positions on both sides of the road to ambush our convoys. And even if there is no organized German army, there may be some soldiers who leave the army and will shoot at the target they see. All in all, I think the road from moziri to Zhitomir is dangerous. "

I know that bukov is a man of principle. Since he takes it for granted that his superiors send tank escorts, if I propose to get rid of tanks and armored vehicles and go to Zhitomir by armored vehicles alone, I will definitely be strongly opposed by him. When I saw that I didn't speak, I stopped talking. I raised my body back and began to close my eyes.

At first, I just wanted to take a nap, but I fell asleep unconsciously in the left and right shaking of the armored car. I don't know how long I slept, but the armored car suddenly stopped. I opened my eyes in a daze and asked feebly, "major, have we arrived yet?"

"Not yet, comrade commander." Bukov stood up, pushed the door open and asked out loud, "what's the matter? Why did you stop?"

Soon, I heard a step from far to near outside. After the sound of footsteps disappeared, someone reported to bukov: "Comrade major, we caught a man in front of us. When she saw our motorcade appear, she not only didn't dodge, but also stood in the middle of the road to block the car. Our tank soldiers went down and caught her."

From his address, I recognized that the man who was caught by the tank soldiers was a woman. I immediately told bukov, "major, let them bring the woman who stopped the car here."

After a few minutes, sitting in the car, I saw two soldiers coming with a tightly wrapped woman in a headscarf. They took the woman to bukov, who was standing under the car. They raised their hands and said, "major, we've brought the man."

Bukov nodded to the two men, then asked the woman with the tight package, "Comrade woman, who are you, where are you from, and why are you blocking our motorcade?"

Hearing bukov's series of questions, the woman pulled open her scarf and said to bukov, "are you such a top commander?" When she opened the scarf, I saw her side face clearly. It was a beautiful young girl.

"Is there any connection between your identity and whether I am the Supreme Commander?" Bukov was confused by the girl's question. He looked at me in the car and said, "please answer my question first."

"I will not identify myself until I see your top commander." It's said that bukov is not the top commander. The girl said stubbornly, "it's related to the life and death of more than twenty people."

"Girl, if you have anything, just let me know." Seeing that the situation outside was a little bad, I said, "I'm the top commander here."

When the girl was talking to bukov, she might not have thought that I was still sitting in the armored car with the door open. I suddenly opened my mouth, which made her shiver. When she turned to see me, her face showed a puzzled expression. After looking me up and down, she asked in a suspicious tone: "Comrade commander, are you really their top commander?"

"Yes, my name is o'shanina, and I'm the top commander of this army." Instead of getting up, I continued to sit in my seat, smiling and talking to the girl, "now you can show who you are."

"O'shanina?" After repeating my name, the girl suddenly covered her mouth in surprise and stared at me. After a while, she put down her hand covering her mouth and asked tentatively, "are you general oshanina, commander of the sixth group army of the guards?"

If I surprised the girl just now, it's the girl who surprised all of us now. I asked myself that my reputation was not as big as that of any pedestrian on the road. At this moment, I doubted the identity of the girl in front of me. I wondered if the German sent me to assassinate me?

Just as I was about to put my hand on the holster and take precautions, bukov, who was standing beside the girl, had already started. He cut the girl's left hand behind her, then put a pistol on the girl's head and asked fiercely, "who are you and why do you know our commander?"

The girl didn't expect that her casual words would make the people behind him have such a big reaction. He hurriedly struggled and nervously said: "I'm my own person, I'm my own person. I know general o'shanina. There's a reason

I saw the girl crying when she spoke, and there were tears in her eyes. Judging from her reaction, I didn't think she was a German agent, so I waved to bukov and said, "major, let her go and let her get on the bus."

"Comrade commander," bukov said nervously, after releasing the girl's hand, the pistol in his hand still pointed to the other side, and reminded me: "you can't let her get on the bus until you know her identity. It's too dangerous."

I knew that bukov was responsible. He would not let her get on the bus until he knew the girl's identity. So I asked the girl with a smile, "can you tell me your name? What I do and why I know who I am. "

"Comrade General," the girl stood up straight and said to me with red eyes, "my name is Sasha. I'm from a nearby village. I'm a member of an underground resistance organization. I know your identity because I have heard your name in the war report of the Soviet intelligence agency before. You once commanded the troops and successfully liberated Kiev from the enemy at the beginning of the year... "

"Hell," bukov heard here, and could not help interrupting the words behind Sasha, "as far as I know, after the German army occupied the village, they would cut off the power supply of all the villagers' houses, in case they listened to the war report of the Soviet intelligence agency through the radio. I want to ask you, how do you listen to the program when there is no electricity? "

"Yes, comrade commander, the electricity in the village is strictly controlled by the Germans and can only be used by them. Even if we are lighting, we can only light candles or oil lamps." Sasha turned to look at bukov, who was attacking her, and said humbly, "but next to my uncle's house, there is a wire passing through. Every day when it gets dark, he uses a hook tied to a bamboo pole to put the wire on the German wire, so that our radio will have power." Sasha's narration has a sense of scene. I seem to see an old man with a full face and a beard. Every day when it gets dark, he comes out of the house with a long bamboo pole and carefully puts the hook connecting the wire on the German special wire. Sasha's explanation made bukov dispel his doubts about her. He even reached out to help her get on the bus. At the same time, he said to Sasha in a kind and polite tone: "girl, you must be frozen out after you've been out for so long, aren't you? Get in the car, get warm and start with us. " After the girl got on the bus, bukov took out a stainless steel wine pot, pulled out the lid and handed it to the girl: "come on, dear Sasha, have a drink, it will make you warm." Sasha looked up at the man who was courting her and took the bottle from his hand. Instead of drinking it immediately, she turned her inquiring eyes on me“ Drink, Sasha Although I basically don't drink, I don't object to others drinking some wine to keep out the cold under the condition of not too much. At the moment, seeing Sasha's embarrassed appearance, I quickly said in a soft tone: "you must be frozen. Drink two to keep out the cold, so that your body will feel warm." When I said that, Sasha looked up at bukov, said "thank you" with a sweet smile, and then took a big sip of the bottle close to her lips. Seeing that Sasha was going to give the bottle back to him, bukov said politely, "more!" Sasha shook her head hard and resolutely handed back the bottle to bukov. At the same time, she said, "no, I'm drunk again. Thank you!" After bukov put away the bottle, I looked at Sasha and asked, "OK, Sasha, now you can tell us, why do you want to stop our motorcade?"