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In the next few days, accompanied by Apanashenko, I successively inspected the defense areas of the 6th, 7th and 40th Guards Army, inspected the various fortifications they built, and Put forward rectification opinions on some of the problems.

And Apanashenko was very cooperative throughout the entire process. Whenever you see the commanders of the group army, as well as the subordinate commanders, brigades, and regiments, showing resistance to the rectification suggestions I put forward, you will stand on my side without hesitation and teach those subordinates with a straight face. : "General Oshanina says to do what you do. Don't think that she is deliberately making things difficult for you, she is helping you. As long as you make improvements in accordance with her suggestions, then in the next defensive operations Not only will the casualties of your troops be greatly reduced, but the chance of victory in a defensive battle will also be greatly increased."

Seeing that Apanashenko helped me in this way, the commanders did not dare to complain, so they had to obey my orders honestly and direct their subordinates to complete the transformation of the fortifications.

By the time I completed the inspection of the Voronezh military defense zone and returned to Kursk, it was already the evening of April 29. When I rushed to the front army headquarters, I found that Rokosovsky and military commissioner Terekin were not in the headquarters. Only the Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Malinin was in charge of daily work.

Ma Lining saw me appear and immediately stood up from his seat, greeted me and shook hands with me, and said apologetically: "Lida, I'm so sorry. The commander and military commissar received an emergency from Marshal Zhukov a few hours ago. Call, I have rushed back to Moscow. As for inspecting the defenses of the defense zone, I can no longer accompany you. I will arrange for you to rest in the guest house for one night, and then arrange for someone to accompany you to inspect it tomorrow."

After running for a few days near Prokhorovka, I was really tired. Hearing Malinin’s words, I nodded and said in agreement: "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff. Could you please give me and me? His subordinates arranged a place to live. After running around for so long, my subordinates are exhausted."

After I finished speaking, Ma Lining picked up the phone on the table without saying anything, and asked his subordinates to arrange a place for us to stay in the guest house. After putting down the phone, he smiled and said to me: "Lida, the place where you live has been arranged, and it is only two hundred meters away from the headquarters. I will send someone to find you if I have anything to do."

After I listened. Smiled and stretched out his hands to him, and said gratefully: "Thank you, thank you, Comrade Chief of Staff."

After he let go of my hand, he shouted to the outside: "Here you are." Following his shout, a lieutenant trot in and stood upright in front of us, waiting for Malinin's order. Ma Lining pointed to me and told him: "Lieutenant. Send General Oshanina to the guest house immediately."

The lieutenant agreed, then made a gesture to me and said politely: "Comrade General, please!"

The rooms of Yushchenko and the guard squad soldiers are large rooms on the first floor. One room accommodates four people, and the four rooms happen to be full. My room is on the second floor, a single room with a bathroom and toilet.

After eating the dinner delivered by the guest house staff. After a brief wash, I lay on the bed. During this period of inspection in the military defense zone of the Voronezh front, I was exhausted. I couldn't eat and sleep well every day. I finally came back to Kursk. I have to make up for my sleepiness.

As a result, I didn't sleep long. Was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Just one o'clock in the morning, I was about to get angry at the person who knocked on the door, but I heard Yushchenko’s anxious voice outside: "Comrade General, Comrade General, please open the door, there are important things. ."

I rolled over and got out of bed. Walked to the door, took off the army coat hanging on the coat rack, buttoned the button, opened the door to Yushchenko standing outside and asked angrily: "Comrade Captain, what's the matter?"

"Report to Comrade General, there is an emergency call from Moscow, so you can answer it immediately." Yushchenko didn't say a word, and the lieutenant who had just led us emerged from behind him.

"Do you know anything?" Although I knew that there was nothing worth asking from the lieutenant who passed the order, I asked casually.

What happened next did not come as I expected. The lieutenant shook his head and replied: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I don't know. I just came here to inform you to answer the phone on the order of Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army. "

I turned around and took off the cap from the coat rack and put it on my head, then shook my head at the lieutenant and said, "Let's go, comrade lieutenant."

"Comrade General," Yushchenko asked as I was about to lift my foot away from the side: "Do I need to call out all the soldiers in the guard squad?"

"No need," I thought it was just to answer a phone call, and I couldn't mobilize the teacher, so I waved my hand and rejected Yushchenko's kindness, "I will be back soon. You and the other fighters go to sleep first, don't wait for me. ."

In a hurry, the lieutenant parked a three-wheeled motorcycle at the gate of the guest house. As soon as I got into the sidecar, he slammed into the accelerator and rushed along the wide street towards the headquarters.

A few minutes later, I came to the headquarters where Malinin was again. He pointed to a microphone on the table and said, "Hurry up, it's an emergency call from Moscow, so you can answer it as soon as possible."

I picked up the microphone, pressed it to my ear and said loudly, "Hey, I am Lieutenant General Oshanina."

Before I could ask who was calling, an unfamiliar voice came from the receiver: "General Oshanina, this is Sokolovsky. Come back to Moscow right away. Move fast!" He cut off the phone.

I held the silent microphone in a daze, thinking to myself who this General Sokolovsky was, I didn't seem to be familiar with it. Seeing my absent-minded appearance, Ma Lining couldn't help asking: "Lida, who made the call just now?"

"It was called by a general named Sokolovsky," I said to Malinin while trying to remember who the commander by this name was, "He asked me to return to Moscow immediately."

"It turned out to be General Sokolovsky. He used to be Marshal Zhukov's chief of staff." Malinin obviously knew the leader who called me. After he briefed me, he said to himself. Said: "Didn't he be transferred to the Western Front as a commander? Why is he in Moscow at this time?"

I heard that Sokolovsky used to be Zhukov's chief of staff, and I knew that this temporary call to call me back to Moscow must have been made by Zhukov. It seems that something big is going to happen in Moscow, and I have to rush back overnight, otherwise I will go wrong.

Thinking of this, I made a request to Malinin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, my superiors ordered me to go back to Moscow as soon as possible. I guess there must be something important. The truck my guard squad rides is a bit broken down and the road breaks down too often, can you help Shall we change to a new car?"

"No problem." Ma Lining readily agreed to the matter, and then ordered the lieutenant who had just come with me, "Lieutenant, can you please run again and call out all of General Oshanina's men. Let them." Get ready to go."

After the lieutenant left, Malinen said thoughtfully to me: "Lida. I think there must be something important to happen, otherwise the commander and military commissar will not be called back to Moscow today. Urgently invite you to go back, this must be something big going to happen."

I very much agree with Malinin's analysis. I nodded and added: "It was Sokolovsky who called me just now, and you also said that he is now the commander of the Western Front, and there is nothing important. He will never leave the troops behind. , Just go back to Moscow.” After I said this, I thought that Malinin was at a higher level than me, and asked tentatively, “Comrade Chief of Staff, don’t you even know what it is?”

Ma Lining shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Lida. You can be considered a senior commander. You should know the confidentiality discipline in the army. You shouldn't ask, we can't ask. Besides, there are things that I can know, Commander. The officer must have told me a long time ago. But when he and the military commissioner left, they only said that there was an urgent matter to go to Moscow and let me be in charge of the daily affairs management of the front army. Nothing else was said."

We chatted for a while, and the lieutenant walked in with Yushchenko, who was heavily armed. Seeing Yushchenko here, I knew I was ready outside, so I stood up and shook hands with Malinin.

Since there is only one truck, Yushchenko and I both got into the cab, and I sat between them. When the car started, I specifically instructed Yushchenko: "Lieutenant. I'll wake up when I get to Moscow." After speaking, I closed my eyes and leaned on the back of the chair and started to close my eyes to rest.

I don’t know how long I slept, but I was awakened by Yushchenko next to me. Before I opened my eyes, I could hear his voice: "General, General, we are in Moscow. Where shall we go next?"

"Where else can I go?" I thought that with my current status, I would definitely not be able to enter the Kremlin. The only place I could go was Zhukov's headquarters, so I told the driver: "Go to Marshal Zhukov's headquarters."

The driver who was driving was originally transferred from Zhukov's headquarters, and he naturally knew how to take the route. After listening to my instructions, he agreed to continue driving the vehicle forward.

When I drove on, I suddenly heard Yushchenko yelling in surprise by his side: "General, look at it, there are a lot of tanks parked on the roadside." He watched and said with feeling, "It's strange, these tanks and How come the tanks we usually see are a bit unnecessary."

Hearing what he said, I also looked out the window of the car curiously, and saw a column of tanks parked on the side of the spacious road that was out of sight. Although each tank was covered with a camouflage net, I still recognized it at a glance. This is not our common T-34 tank, but a new T-54/55 tank that transcends this time and space.

Seeing infantrymen with live ammunition guarding each of the tanks aroused my curiosity. I quickly ordered the driver: "Driver, pull over, I want to see these tanks."

Our car had just stopped, and before Yushchenko opened the door, two soldiers with submachine guns came over immediately, raised their hands to stop Yushchenko who wanted to get off, and said politely: "Comrade Commander , Parking is not allowed here, please leave immediately."

Yushchenko saw that it was only two ordinary soldiers who prevented him from getting out of the car, so he didn't take what they said to his heart, pushed the door and jumped off. As soon as he stood upright, the muzzles of the two submachine guns were aimed at his head, and the two soldiers said loudly at the same time: "Enter the car immediately, or we will shoot!"

Seeing this situation, I quickly pulled out the pistol. At the same time, the soldiers in the carriage also saw the situation. They also lifted the tarp, raised their guns, and took aim at the two brave men. warrior.

The soldiers on duty nearby discovered the anomaly here and rushed over. Dozens or hundreds of people surrounded our truck and turned their weapons at us.

Seeing a steady stream of commanders and fighters rushing over in the distance, I secretly cried out that we are now surrounded by several times as many people. If any commander and fighter fired off because of tension, it would lead to a fight.

In order to calm the situation as quickly as possible, I stood on the pedal outside the car door and shouted at everyone: "I am Lieutenant General Oshanina. I order you to put down your weapons."

After yelling it again, I saw no one obeyed my orders, and the weapon in his hand was still pointing at the other party. I turned to the guard squad soldiers in the car and shouted: "The guard squad~lightnovelpub.net~all of them, listen to my orders and put down the guns."

Although the soldiers in the carriage were dissatisfied, they lowered their guns honestly when they heard my order. I turned to the officers and soldiers who surrounded the truck and shouted loudly: "Comrades, our weapons are used to fight the enemy, not to target our own people. Now I order you to put down all the weapons in your hands. !"

Hearing this order from me, the soldiers who raised their weapons and aimed at us looked at each other, but none of them gave up their guns. Seeing this situation, my heart became more anxious. Just when I wanted to give orders to these commanders and fighters again, I heard a loud voice: "All of them, listen to my command, put the gun down!"

With this command, the muzzles of all soldiers turned toward the ground. Then a few people squeezed out from the commanders and came to me. After the leading major raised his hand to salute me, he said politely: "Hello, General Oshanina, I am sorry that my subordinates disturbed you, and I apologize on their behalf!"

I looked down at the major in front of me, feeling a little familiar, but I couldn't remember where I saw it, so I asked tentatively: "Major, I think you are very familiar. Have we met before?" (to be continued .)

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