The captain officer who accepted Kruglov's order quickly arrived at the entrance of the hospital.
Here, he was stopped by the guard at the door. The second lieutenant leading the team asked him politely: "Comrade Captain, do you have a pass to enter and exit the hospital?"
"No." The captain answered simply. He thought that he was here on Kruglov's order, so he said arrogantly: "I just went inside to get something. I don't have any pass."
Seeing that he did not have a pass, the second lieutenant who abided by his duties naturally would not let him in. Instead, he said solemnly: "I'm sorry, comrade captain, this is a confidential unit. If you don't have a pass, you can't enter."
With a straight face, the captain took out his ID, slapped it on the second lieutenant's hand, and said angrily: "This is my ID, can you let me in after reading it?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Captain." The second lieutenant handed the certificate in his hand back to the captain without looking at it. At the same time, he said seriously: "Although judging from your clothes, you are also an internal and external member, but your
Documents are of no use here, no one can enter without a pass."
Seeing that the second lieutenant was so unreliable, the captain became angry. He asked angrily: "Second lieutenant, where is your commander? Let him come out to see me!"
"Comrade Captain, I am the person in charge. If you have any questions, just tell me."
"Second Lieutenant, tell me." The captain, who had repeatedly hit the wall, was on the verge of going berserk. He raised his voice and asked, "How can I enter the hospital?"
"It's very simple. As long as you have a pass, I can let you in."
"Comrade Kruglov sent me to get something." Seeing that the other party was determined not to let him in, the captain could only carry Kruglov out: "If you delay the business, be careful with your head.
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Hearing that the captain carried out Kruglov, the second lieutenant became hesitant. As a member of the internal affairs force, he knew very well that even if he lent his courage to the other party, the other party would not dare to deceive him about this kind of thing. Although
He had already determined in his mind that the other party was sent by Kruglov, but he did not let him into the hospital immediately. Instead, he said cautiously: "Comrade Captain, I need to ask my superiors for instructions before I can decide whether to let you in.
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"Go quickly." The captain asked in a contemptuous tone: "Do you need me to give you my ID?"
"No, no, no," the second lieutenant said, and quickly ran into the duty room next to him, preparing to call his superiors to ask for permission to let the captain into the hospital.
A few minutes later, the second lieutenant came out of the duty room and came back to the captain. He said with a smile: "Comrade Captain, I have already asked my superiors for instructions. Since you were sent by Comrade Kruglov, you don't have a pass."
, you can still enter the hospital. Please come in quickly!"
The captain snorted heavily and walked into the hospital.
He came to the hall, grabbed a nurse who was passing by, and asked directly: "Comrade nurse, where is your inpatient department?"
"On the second floor below, Comrade Captain. Please walk forward along the corridor on the right. After walking for more than thirty steps, you will see a downward staircase. Go down the stairs and you will reach the inpatient department." The nurse is talking.
Busy delivering documents and quickly answering the captain's questions, he turned around and left.
The captain originally wanted to ask a few questions, but the nurse had already walked a long way away. He could only shake his head with a wry smile, and then continued walking forward according to the path the nurse showed him.
After entering the second floor, he came to the nurse's desk and asked the nurse sitting there: "Comrade nurse, do you know which ward General Sokov, who just returned from the front line, lives in?"
The nurse at the nurse's desk was not very vigilant. After all, those who could enter this hospital were not ordinary people. She opened the register and looked at it, and then politely explained to the captain the location of Sokov's ward.
After the captain thanked the nurse, he quickly came outside Sokov's ward. Looking inside from the open door, he saw a wounded man wrapped in bandages like a mummy lying on the bed. He should be the so-called Sokov.
General Husband. A woman dressed as a military doctor was sitting beside the hospital bed, whispering something to him.
Just when the captain was hesitating whether he should knock on the door, he suddenly heard someone asking him: "Comrade Captain, what do you want when you come here?"
The captain looked in the direction of the sound, only to realize that there was a female nurse in the room, and the person who asked him was the nurse. He replied in a panic: "Comrade nurse, is this Soko?"
General Husband’s ward?”
"Yes." The nurse nodded, and then asked: "Who are you?"
"I am a captain from the Ministry of Internal Affairs." The captain quickly identified himself: "I came here under orders."
Asiya, who was sitting beside the hospital bed, couldn't help but feel a little bit in her heart when she heard the captain said that she was here on orders. She thought to herself that the other party was here to trouble Sokov? She quickly stood up and walked towards the door, saying at the same time:
Li asked: "Comrade Captain, what are you ordered to do here?"
"It's like this, comrade military doctor." The captain politely explained to Asiya: "Colonel Yakov from the Weapons and Equipment Department encountered a little trouble outside. He said that he forgot his military uniform and documents at the request.
General Yakov's ward. I came here to retrieve Colonel Yakov's uniform on orders from Comrade Kruglov."
"Military uniform?!" Asiya turned to the nurse next to her in surprise: "Vera, have you seen Colonel Yakov's military uniform?"
Vera turned around and walked to an empty bed in the room, picked up the rolled-up military uniform, and came to the captain: "Comrade Captain, take a look, is this the military uniform?"
The captain took the military uniform and unfolded it. Sure enough, it was the military uniform of a colonel. He dug into his pocket and took out the military ID and pass belonging to Yakov: "Yes, Comrade Nurse, this is really the military uniform of Colonel Yakov."
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Now that he got the military uniform, the captain naturally stopped staying here. He raised his hand and saluted Asiya and Vera, then turned and left the ward.
Looking at the captain's leaving figure, Asiya murmured in her heart: "It seems that Yakov is in trouble outside, otherwise no one else would come here to help him get his clothes." But then she thought about it.
Because of my husband's identity, even if he was arrested by the Ministry of Internal Affairs without documents, nothing would happen to him.
After getting the clothes, the captain returned to Kruglov's office as quickly as possible.
Seeing the captain return, Kruglov stood up and walked towards him and asked: "Comrade Captain, have you got Colonel Yakov's uniform back?"
"Yes, Comrade Deputy People's Commissar, I got it back," the captain said, handing the rolled-up uniforms to Kruglov.
Kruglov took the military uniform, unfolded it and looked at it. Sure enough, it was stained with black ink. It seemed that Yakov was not lying. When he handed the military uniform back to Yakov, he said with a smile: "Yakov
Cove, this is your military uniform. You must put it away this time to avoid any unpleasant things happening on the road later."
Now that the military uniform had been returned, Yakov had no need to stay any longer, so he stood up and said goodbye to Kruglov. Seeing that Yakov was about to leave, although Kruglov did not persuade him to stay, he still took him there personally.
Delivered to the door.
The officers who saw this scene along the way were filled with surprise. They secretly guessed who this young man without a military uniform was, who actually allowed Kruglov to escort him out of the gate himself.
Yakov's jeep has been parked in front of the building. Just as Yakov was about to get in the car, Kruglov suddenly asked: "Yakov, look at the captain who offended you.
How to deal with it?”
"Uncle Sergey," despite Yakov's unusual status, he seemed very cautious when it came to personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "He is from your Ministry of Internal Affairs. How to deal with it is your internal matter.
I'm an outsider, so I can't express my opinions casually."
"That's true." Seeing Yakov kicking the ball in front of him again, Kruglov said somewhat dumbfounded: "Yakov, don't worry, if you deal with the captain's matter, I will personally take care of it."
, I will send someone to inform you when the results are available."
Hearing what Kruglov said, Yakov knew that the captain's future was completely ruined, and he might even be sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Siberia to take care of prisoners of war. But no matter what the other party's outcome was, Yakov
They all believed that the other party had brought it upon himself. When he checked his ID, he had already identified himself to him, but he still turned a deaf ear. If Kruglov had not appeared in time, he might have been in danger of his life today.
After Yakov drove away, a lieutenant colonel came to Kruglov and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Deputy People's Commissar, what should we do with that captain?"
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the trouble that the captain caused today is not small." Kruglov said with a straight face: "If I hadn't appeared in time, I'm afraid he would have read out Yakov's verdict, and things would have changed.
It's out of control. Therefore, he must be severely punished."
After hearing Kruglov's words about severely punishing the captain who caused trouble, the lieutenant colonel thought for a while and asked tentatively: "Comrade Deputy People's Commissar, two new prisoner of war camps have been built in Siberia, and there is a huge gap in guarding personnel. How about taking these
Where will the captain be sent?"
"There is no need at all." Unexpectedly, Kruglov rejected the lieutenant colonel's proposal: "Nowadays, the battle on the frontier is fierce and a large number of soldiers are needed. I think this captain and the soldiers who are on duty with him today are all
Send it to the front."
"Send them to the front?!" the lieutenant colonel asked in surprise, "Which unit do you plan to send them to?"
"I think the 27th Army is more suitable."
"Then what is their mission?" The lieutenant colonel then asked, "Is it to help General Lunev work?"
"Add them all into combat units." Kruglov gritted his teeth and said: "Whichever unit participated in the most brutal battle will be sent to that unit. Do you understand?"
When the lieutenant colonel heard what Kruglov said, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. Doesn't such an arrangement mean that the captain and his men would be killed? However, Kruglov has a prominent status, and his words are orders.
It can be carried out unconditionally without any possibility of refutation.
"I understand, Comrade Deputy People's Commissar." The lieutenant colonel straightened his back and said, "I will immediately start arranging this matter."
As soon as Yakov returned to his office, he received a call from Ustinov: "Colonel Yakov, are you back from the hospital?"
"Yes, Comrade People's Commissar." Yakov replied respectfully: "I just came back."
"Come to my place, I have something to tell you."
Yakov put down the phone, found a replacement military uniform from the cabinet, put it on, and then hurried to Ustinov's office.
"Colonel Yakov, you are here." Seeing Yakov entering, Ustinov said straight to the point: "General Konev just called me and asked why the supply of new weapons to the 27th Army was stopped.
Regarding the rockets, I called you here to discuss how to respond to the other party."
If Sokov is still serving as the commander of the 27th Army at this moment, what Yakov must do is to find ways to persuade Ustinov to resume supplies to the 27th Army. But now Sokov is seriously injured and takes over.
Lieutenant General Trofimenko, who served him, was not familiar with him, so he gave up the idea of putting in a good word for him.
"Colonel Yakov," Ustinov said seriously: "You also know that the production of this new rocket is limited. In the past, we only provided it to Sokov's 27th Army. They used this weapon to
The Germans caused huge losses. Because of this, the remaining friendly forces will inevitably be jealous. They will use different channels to let the High Command put pressure on us, so that we have to temporarily terminate the supply to the 27th Army.
And give priority to satisfying other troops.”
"What you did is completely correct, Comrade People's Commissar." Unexpectedly, as soon as Ustinov finished speaking, Yakov expressed support for his words: "In the past, we provided all our production to the 27th Army.
They achieved great results on the battlefield. But this is unfair to other troops. If we want to completely defeat the Germans, it is far from enough to rely on one or a few troops. Therefore,
We must prioritize equipping all troops with this weapon as soon as possible."
"Colonel Yakov, your tone sounds like you want to exclude the 27th Army?"
"Comrade People's Commissar, I think about it this way. In the past, all our production was given to the 27th Army. No matter how they consumed it, there should still be some inventory." Yakov explained to Ustinov: "But other
The troops do not have such weapons, so they should be equipped with priority so that the combat effectiveness of all troops can reach a new level."
The purpose of Ustinov calling Yakov here was to convince him that the 27th Army should not be considered for the time being in the new round of allocation of new rockets. At this moment, seeing that his opinions coincided with his own,
I also feel very happy in my heart.
"Very good, Comrade Colonel." Ustinov said with a smile: "Now that we have reached an agreement, in the new round of weapons and equipment distribution, we will not consider the 27th Army for the time being, but first
Arming other troops will bring the combat effectiveness of all troops to a new level as a whole due to the new weapons and equipment."
After solving the problem that he was worried about, Ustinov felt much better. He remembered that Yakov had just returned from the hospital after sending Asya, and casually asked about Sokov's situation: "Colonel
Comrade, I wonder how General Sokov’s condition is and when will he recover?”