Chapter 1657

I thought rokosovsky would say something to me, but he kept his eyes closed all the way. I could only look out of the window, bored to see the scenery and pedestrians outside.

We got out of the car in the parking lot of the General Staff Headquarters. Just when I thought rokosovsky would lead me to vasilevsky without saying a word, he stopped and asked me seriously, "Rita, tell me the truth, have you ever been captured in liuban?"

Rokosovsky's words made me look silly. If Abakumov asked me, even if I was killed, I would not admit that I was captured; But it's rokosovsky who is asking this at the moment, which makes me in a dilemma.

I looked around and found that I was standing in the middle of the parking lot with rokosovsky. Except for the back of the driver who had just sent us, I couldn't see anyone at all. I suddenly realized that what rokosovsky chose to ask me at this time was the truth, not the content I made up.

"Why, don't you want to tell me the truth?" Rokosovsky saw that I didn't speak, and his face showed an expression of displeasure. "Today, you are lucky. When you were cheated away by Abakumov, I found you, or the consequences will be unimaginable. If there is another time, you may not be so easy to get out of danger

Listening to rokosovsky's tone, I knew I couldn't do without telling the truth, so I nodded and said in a low voice: "yes, marshal, I was indeed captured by the Germans when liuban broke through."

"You, you..." When rokosovsky heard me say this, he suddenly stood on his head and pointed at me. He was too angry to speak. But fortunately, he knew how to control his emotions. After a while, he put down his hand and tried to say to me in a gentle tone, "OK, tell me the details."

So I told rokosovsky in detail about my capture and how I got out of danger later.

After listening to the whole process, rokosovsky asked, "do you mean that all the commanders captured with you were killed by the German army?"

"Yes," I replied, nodding my head, "there's no one left. They've all been killed by the Germans."

"Only the German Colonel von torman and the lieutenant vaskov who saved you are left to know about your capture?" Rokosovsky continued.

"I think so," I said a little uncertainly. "There are only two people I can confirm. As for whether the rest of the German soldiers can remember me, I'm not sure."

Rokosovsky waved his hand and said with disapproval: "there are so many captured commanders and fighters in the 2nd group army. How can ordinary German soldiers remember who were captured? Even if they see you, they will only treat you as a health worker and nurse in the field hospital. They can't imagine that you will be a general now. What we need to do now is to confirm whether Tolman is captured or killed, so that we can take the next step. "

If rokosovsky didn't remind me, I thought this matter would be completely over as I left the interior building. Now I found that the crisis was just beginning, so I asked him in a panic: "marshal, how can we confirm whether torman was killed or captured?"

"We're going to see Marshal Zhukov right now. Only with his help can we find out the life and death of this German officer, understand?" After these words, rokosovsky, perhaps to reassure me, looked me in the eye and said sincerely, "Rita, please believe me, and I don't want to put you in danger."

We went into the building and came to the chief of staff's office, where we met vasilevsky and Zhukov.

Seeing me enter the door, Zhukov immediately welcomed me and asked with concern, "Rita, are you ok?"

"I'm fine, marshal. Thank you for your concern." I was a little lucky to say: "fortunately, you report to Comrade Stalin in time, so that I can get out of danger in time."

At this time, vasilevsky also came over and asked, "Rita, what's the matter? Why Abakumov sent someone to cheat you to ruyanka? What happened?"

"Abakumov told me that in the captured German information, he saw a record of a female commander being captured in liuban." When I heard the question from vasilevsky, I replied awkwardly: "the General Administration of anti espionage suspected that it was me, so it sent someone to take me back for examination."

"Hell, this Abakumov is really afraid that the world will not be in chaos." As soon as I finished, Zhukov said angrily: "during the Moscow defense war, the commander of the Moscow military region reported to Comrade Stalin that the German armored forces had bypassed the defense line of our army and entered yukhnov. As a result, Abakumov suspected that the reconnaissance of the air force was wrong, so he called colonel sbetov, the commander of the air force of the Moscow military region, to the Ministry of internal affairs for secret examination. If Comrade Stalin had not called in person, the commander of the air force of the Moscow military region would have been replaced. I can't imagine that after so many years, he still can't change this bad habit. "

"Lida," rokosovsky and other Zhukov said, looking at me, reminded: "up to now, you'd better tell the real situation to the two marshals."

I nodded and began to tell the two marshals who tried to defend me about the humiliation of being captured in liuban. After my story, the whole room was silent.

The first one who broke the silence was vasilevsky. He frowned and said, "Rita, you said that you were captured because you met the traitor of Dongfang camp disguised as our army commander?"

"Yes, comrade chief of the general staff." I nodded at vasilevsky and said with certainty, "that's exactly what happened."

After hearing this, vasilevsky looked at Zhukov and said, "Comrade Zhukov, I have seen similar situations in some reports provided by the Ministry of internal affairs. Many of our officers and men were caught by the disguise of these traitors."

"You say, what should we do about it?" Zhukov asked stiffly.

"Marshal," said rokosovsky. He stood in my position and said for me, "I think we should continue to hide the fact that Rita was captured. Otherwise, not only her future will be affected, but also her life will be in danger."

Zhukov looked at me angrily and asked rokosovsky sternly: "although the Ministry of interior has no conclusive evidence, they have doubts about Rita. How can we solve this problem? "

"There are only two people who know that Rita has been captured. One is our commander vaskov who rescued Rita, and the other is German Colonel torman Rokosovsky told Zhukov: "vaskov used to be Rita's boss. Out of her protection, he would never tell anyone about Rita's capture. The only uncertain factor is the German colonel. Now we have to find out his life and death before we can decide what to do next. "

After listening to rokosovsky's words, Zhukov's face softened. He asked casually, "what should we do now?"

"Leave it to me." With that, vasilevsky picked up the phone on his desk, dialed a number and said to the receiver, "bring me the list of German officers captured and killed in Leningrad."

After he put down the phone, he said to Zhukov, "we just need to check the captured or killed German officers above school level, and we can find out the life and death of this German officer named torman."

The officers in the headquarters of the general staff quickly brought the information that vasilevsky wanted. As soon as the officers left, vasilevsky gave us the list, and then we began to look up Tolman's name on the list.

First of all, after reading the list I was responsible for, I raised my head and said to the other three people who were still looking at it: "I didn't find Tolman here!"

"I didn't find it here either!" The next thing to see is rokosovsky.

Then vasilevsky and Zhukov finished looking at the list in their hands. After looking at each other, they both shook their heads one after another, indicating that they didn't find the person they were looking for.

Rokosovsky shook his list and asked me tentatively, "Rita, are you sure that man is a Colonel?"

"Yes, he was a captain in June 42." I thought about it and added, "maybe he's got a promotion in the last two years."

"I don't have him in the list of generals here. It seems that he withdrew to East Prussia with the defeated troops." After saying this, vasilevsky turned his eyes to Zhukov and asked him, "Comrade marshal, how do you deal with this matter? Do you want to continue to hide it like this, or do you want to take the initiative to report to Comrade Stalin?"

When I heard that vasilevsky wanted to report to Stalin, my heart immediately rose to my throat. I was afraid that Zhukov would be impulsive and agreed to his request. But I soon found that my worry was superfluous. Zhukov just shook his head and said, "I don't think we should report this to Comrade Stalin. For him, Rita is a commander who can fight and can trust completely. As for whether she was captured by the German army, he doesn't care at all."

"Well, comrade marshal, since you say so, that's the end of the matter." Vasilevsky turned to me and said, "Rita, I remind you to remember that in front of anyone except the three of us, you can never admit that you were captured. Do you understand? "

I knew in my heart that this matter was not only related to my future, but also related to my life and death. So when I heard such a question from vasilevsky, I immediately replied unambiguously, "I understand!"

Zhukov was silent for a moment, and then asked, "by the way, what's the full name of the commander who saved you? We have to make sure that he won't let it out so that he can be completely secure. "

"His name is fidot yevgravic vaskov." After giving vaskov his full name, I took the initiative to defend him: "I believe he will not betray me."

"As for whether he will betray you, let's wait until we find him." Zhukov waved his hand and turned to the topic that today called me and rokosovsky: "we are now discussing the next operation in Poland." When Zhukov said that, rokosovsky and I quickly took out a pen and paper from our respective satchels and prepared to make a record.

Zhukov pointed to the map on the table and said to us, "the main task of the first front army is to break through the German defense on the visva River and liberate the whole Polish territory, especially to capture Warsaw, the capital of Poland, Poznan, an important industrial town, and Blomberg area, and to reach the last natural barrier east of Berlin, the Oder River. According to the decision made by the supreme command, before the direct assault on Poland, two offensive campaigns will be carried out in the western strategic direction: first, the second and third front forces of Belarus will attack in the direction of East Prussia; Second, the first front army of Belarus and the first front army of Ukraine attacked Warsaw Berlin. In terms of specific deployment, the first front army of Belarus should carry out assault in the general direction of Poznan, directly to Blomberg Poznan and its south, and make tactical contact with the first front army of Ukraine. The task of the first front army of Ukraine is to advance to the Oder River, northwest of belogo, as well as brazilau and latipol. The second front army of Belarus is all directed at the German East Prussian group. " After Zhukov finished, rokosovsky put down his pen and paper and asked, "marshal, I want to ask, when will the additional soldiers, weapons and ammunition be in place?"“ Don't worry, comrade rokosovsky. " Zhukov got up and went to rokosovsky's body, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, comforted him and said: "our offensive campaign will start after the new year, there is enough time to replenish your troops and weapons and ammunition." Then he turned his eyes to me again: "Rita, I may have to wait a week before I go to Lublin. You are in charge of all the affairs of the front army during this period. " Before I was about to leave, Zhukov stopped me and told me: "Rita, when you go back, think about it carefully. Will anyone else know about it? We must be in the bud." For Zhukov's care, I nodded gratefully and said to him, "marshal, don't worry. Once I think of anything new, I will report it to you in time."