Chapter 1604

On the way back to Moscow, I tried to follow Zhukov's words several times, trying to find out what the special task I was going to carry out, but he cleverly avoided them. In a hurry, he turned his face and said, "Rita, you've been in the army for more than one or two days. Don't you understand the confidentiality regulations? What you should know will be told to you naturally; Even if you ask about something you shouldn't know, I won't answer you. "

Ever since I hit a nail in Zhukov's place, I shut my mouth wisely. I kept silent all the time, whether on the plane or in the car to the headquarters of the general staff.

After the two of us entered the building of the headquarters of the general staff, Zhukov took me to the office of the chief of the general staff. As vasilevsky has not been in Moscow, the person who uses this office is Antonov.

Antonov, who was busy, saw Zhukov enter the door, quickly stood up, walked around his desk and met him. He also reached out to Zhukov from a long distance and said respectfully, "Hello, marshal. Welcome back to Moscow."

"Hello, comrade Antonov." As he shook hands with Antonov, Zhukov asked with a smile, "I've been ordered to return to Moscow. Can you tell me what mission I'm going to perform this time?"

When I heard Zhukov say this, I couldn't help but be stunned. No wonder Zhukov didn't want to talk to me about this mission. He didn't know what it was. I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't know when Antonov put his hand in front of me.

After Antonov called us to sit down at the conference table, he put a pile of war reports in front of Zhukov and said with a smile, "Comrade Zhukov, our troops are now like warriors standing at the crossroads in a telephone conversation. There are three roads leading to the Southwest: one to Hungary, the other to Romania," my medal? " Seeing the two boxes in front of me, I didn't open them. Instead, I asked Antonov, "Comrade deputy chief of general staff, what's the matter? Why did you give me a medal?"

Antonov first reached out and opened the box, revealing the two gold-plated copper medals inside, and then explained: "the two medals awarded to you this time are the medal for the defense of Leningrad, which was set up on December 22, 1942, when you were fighting in Stalingrad; The other is the medal for the defense of Moscow, which was set up on May 1, 1944. Due to the negligence of the clerks, you were omitted when awarding this medal. Now, after Comrade Stalin's personal inquiry, the General Staff Headquarters has decided to give you these two medals. "

I heard Antonov say that. I didn't dare to sit in my seat any more. Instead, I stood up and said loudly, "serve the Soviet motherland!"

"Rita, you've done a good job for your country. We see that in our eyes." Zhukov held out a hand to me with a smile. "I congratulate you on winning two medals again."

After shaking hands with Zhukov, I shook hands with Antonov again. At the same time, I thought to myself, "with these two medals, I already have ten medals. If this trend continues, will I be like the generals of a certain country, with so many medals I can use as bulletproof vests?"

We did not wait long before Dimitrov arrived in a hurry.

Dimitrov is a head taller than Zhukov, with a thin face and a pair of bright dark brown eyes. From the appearance, he is an ordinary worker, but he is very friendly. When people see him for the first time, they will have a kind of intimacy. His smile, like a spring breeze, even narrowed the distance between us.

Zhukov and Dimitrov also met for the first time. After a few simple greetings, they began to talk like old friends. As he has always maintained close contact with the underground organizations of the Bulgarian workers' party, he has made a detailed introduction to what Zhukov needs to know.

When he heard Zhukov say that there are more than 500000 Bulgarian troops, some of which will be used by the Communist government of Bulgaria to deal with the third front army of Ukraine, he kept silent for a while, and then continued: "marshal, although your mission to the third front army of Ukraine is to prepare the troops for fighting against Bulgaria, But I don't think there will be any war. We must know that the Bulgarian people are looking forward to the arrival of the Red Army, so that with the help of the Red Army, they can overthrow the autocratic monarchy of Simeon II and establish the regime of the people's Liberation Front. "

Seeing that Zhukov's face was still suspicious, he said while the iron was hot: "I believe that when your troops set foot on the territory of Bulgaria, you will not be welcomed by guns, but by bread and salt, which is the ancient custom of our Slavic people to entertain friends. As for the pro Communist army, they dare not fight the Red Army at all.

According to the information I have, there are almost all our people working in all the government forces. Moreover, there are a large number of guerrillas in the mountainous and forest areas. If they see the Red Army troops entering the border, they will come down to support you. "

Dimitrov has said that. If Zhukov is indifferent, it would be too chilling. Just as I was worried, Zhukov stood up, reached out his hands, took out Dimitrov's hand, shook it vigorously and said, "thank you, comrade Dimitrov. I believe that with the support of the comrades of the Bulgarian workers' party, our troops will be able to enter Bulgaria smoothly, Overthrow the pro German government of bagarianov and the autocratic monarchy of Simeon II, and establish the regime of the people's Liberation Front which is in line with the interests of the Bulgarian people. "

When Zhukov and Dimitrov were talking about speculation, the phone on their desk suddenly rang. Antonov quickly got up and went to answer the phone. I surmised to myself that people in the staff headquarters knew that there was an important meeting going on here and would not call in casually. This call might have been made by more important people. After a while, my guess was confirmed. Antonov covered the microphone and turned to Zhukov: "marshal, comrade Stalin wants to talk to you." Zhukov apologized to Dimitrov, then got up, walked to his desk, took the microphone from Antonov's hand, and politely said, "Hello, comrade Stalin, I have been ordered back to Moscow... Yes, I have met Dimitrov. When you called, I was talking with him about the situation in Bulgaria... My deputy? Don't worry. I've got Rita for this position... I see. I'll be there at once. " After calling, Zhukov went back to the conference table and said to Dimitrov with a smile, "Comrade Dimitrov, I'm so sorry. Comrade Stalin wants to see me urgently. Now I need to go there immediately. Let's talk about it another day." He shook hands, then shook his head at me and ordered, "Rita, let's go!" I quickly stood up, shook hands with Dimitrov and Antonov one by one, and sped up to catch up with Zhukov who was walking in front.