"Vera, although I have been staying in the hospital bed these days, according to my observation, this should be a very high-level hospital. If it is not a high-level hospital, it is definitely not qualified to come in." Sokov looked at Vera and asked: "
Am I right?"
"You are right, Comrade General." Since Sokov already lives here, there is no need to keep some things secret from him. Vera replied truthfully: "This is the Lubyanka Military Hospital, so to speak.
It is the hospital with the highest security level in the country. Soldiers who can be hospitalized here must be at least senior generals at the level of lieutenant general or above."
After Vera said this, he suddenly remembered that Sokov was only a major general now, and quickly added: "Comrade General, although you are only a major general, I heard that you can live here not only because of Marshal Zhukov himself.
I sent you in because the Supreme Commander himself personally greeted the hospital."
After listening to Vera's words, Sokov understood why he was qualified to live in such a special hospital. He hummed softly and said, "Vera, you must have taken care of me in the hospital these two years.
A lot of senior generals, right?"
Seeing Vera nod in agreement, he continued: "If something goes wrong with the senior generals you take care of, you will definitely be punished. Am I right?"
"Yes, Comrade General, your guess is correct." Vera's expression became serious: "If something happens to a senior general who is hospitalized, then the doctors and nurses responsible for taking care of him will be severely punished.
punish."
Sokov knew very well that the severe punishment Vera was talking about was definitely not as simple as being called to the dean's office and scolded, and then deducting two months of your salary, or sending you to clean the house. At the least, he would be sent to
Gulag concentration camp; more importantly, next year today the grass on your grave will be more than ten feet high.
Precisely because later generations had read a lot of information about this era, Sokov knew many inside stories that ordinary people did not know, so he could understand Vera's performance just now. He said to Vera with a smile: "
Vera, don't worry. I know whether penicillin, a new drug, is good or bad for my body. I'm here to make a promise to you. If the new drug causes any adverse reactions, I won't let you.
assume no responsibility."
In order to completely reassure Vera, he even emphasized: "If you can't trust me, you can go to the dean and ask him to prepare a commitment letter. I will sign it and bear all the consequences of using the new medicine without authorization.
.”
"No, Comrade General, you misunderstood." After hearing what Sokov said, Vera quickly moved her hands and said in a panic: "That's not what I meant, that's not what I meant."
"Okay, Vera, don't think about it anymore." Sokov thought that he had the aura of the protagonist, and no matter how seriously injured he was, he would not be in danger of his life, so he comforted Vera and said: "Wait until I
The day you recover and are discharged from the hospital, you will understand that what I told you is the truth."
Seeing that Sokov had hit his mark, Vera smiled sheepishly, and then said: "Comrade General, please close your eyes and rest for a while. I'll go see why Asiya hasn't come back yet."
Sokov closed his eyes and just wanted to take a nap, but unexpectedly he fell asleep unknowingly. When he woke up, he found Asiya and Vera sitting nearby chatting quietly, and he called out:
"Asia!"
"Dear," Asiya heard Sokov's voice and immediately stopped talking to Vera, got up and walked quickly to the hospital bed, bent down and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
"No," Sokov shook his head slightly and asked, "I would like to ask when can I get injections and infusions?"
"My dear, all this has been done a long time ago!"
"Ah?!" Sokov was shocked: "When did this happen? Why don't I feel anything at all?"
"When I returned to the ward, I found that you had fallen asleep. I screamed several times but did not wake you up." Asiya explained: "Then I asked Vera to give you penicillin and then infusion of glucose.
and saline.”
Sokov said in surprise: "But why don't I feel anything?"
After Asiya and Vera looked at each other, they turned their attention to Sokov again and said with a smile: "The liquid given to you contains sedatives to help you sleep. You slept like a headache."
It's like a pig, it's weird that you can notice it."
"By the way, I have good news for you."
"What good news?"
"I just received a notice from the dean that Comrade Military Commissioner will be here to visit you tomorrow."
"Military commissar?" Sokov repeated the word and asked tentatively: "Vera, are you talking about Runev?"
"Yes, that's him." Asiya explained to Sokov: "Logically speaking, outsiders are not allowed to visit such a tightly secured hospital, but General Runev has a special status, so he was allowed to visit
I’ll go to the hospital tomorrow to check on your condition.”
"That's great." Sokov was very happy to learn that Luniev was coming. After all, he had been partnering with him for a long time and had already formed a tacit understanding. When we meet tomorrow,
You can also learn about the situation of the troops and the changes in the situation at the frontier.
"When can he get here tomorrow?"
"About nine o'clock." Asiya reminded Sokov: "There must be many big shots who will accompany him to the hospital to visit you."
"Big shot?" Sokov began to mutter in his mind: "Who could they be?"
The next morning, the dean and several military doctors had just finished checking the ward, when five or six people poured in from outside. As these people entered, the originally spacious ward seemed a little crowded.
"Who are you?" Seeing so many people coming in from outside, the dean couldn't help but frowned: "Who allowed you to enter General Sokov's ward casually?"
The leader was a general. He stepped forward and held the dean's hand, and said with a smile: "Are you Comrade dean?" After receiving a positive reply, he continued: "Be yourself.
Introduce, my name is Lunev, I used to be the deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now I am the military commissar of the 27th Army."
"Hello, Comrade Military Commissar." Although the dean did not know Lunev, he had heard his name. When he learned that the general standing in front of him was the former deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was immediately in awe.
, quickly raised his hand to salute, and said nervously: "You are welcome to come and inspect our hospital."
"Comrade Dean, I'm really bothering you." Lunev stared at Sokov lying on the bed and said to the Dean: "Today, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the 27th Army, I came to visit our Comrade Commander.
.It seems that you have taken good care of him, thank you very much."
The dean received a call from his superiors last night and knew that Lunev was coming here to visit Sokov. Therefore, he just had a short chat and left with the military doctor who was doing rounds with him.
Vera was also called. The people brought by Lunev also consciously walked outside the door and closed the door to prevent anyone from disturbing the conversation between the two.
When only Sokov, Lunev and Asya were left in the room, Lunev walked to the hospital bed and sat down. Looking at Sokov lying in Chuanghang, he said with emotion: "Comrade Commander,
Do you know how much everyone misses you while you are away from the army?"
After listening to Lunev's words, Sokov chuckled twice, and then asked: "Comrade Military Commissar, what is the situation in the army now?"
"Not ideal." Lunev had obviously guessed that Sokov would ask this question. He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Since you were injured, I feel that everything has gone out of control. The original plan for us to go south was
It was changed by the new commander General Trofimenko. Now most of the troops are concentrated on the west side of the original landing site, blocking the German attack with all their strength, giving the 7th Guards Army enough time to stabilize their position on the right bank.
New landing field.”
Although I had heard some sporadic news about the 27th Army in the past two days, those news were only confirmed by Runev at this moment. Sokov sighed secretly in his heart, feeling that the newly appointed commander Trofimenko was
Will, beat a good hand of cards to pieces.
If Sokov is still on the front line at this moment, no matter how difficult the situation of General Shumilov's 7th Guards Army is, he will not take the initiative to send troops to support, but will increase the intensity of the attack south of the landing site in order to attract more troops.
The purpose of attracting the enemy's attention is to use the tactic of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao to rescue the friendly forces from their predicament.
Now he could only wait for Lunev to finish speaking, and said in a regretful tone: "What a pity. Such an adjustment in the combat plan has greatly delayed our liberation of Alexandria and Kirovgrad.
.”
Lunev was not a military cadre and did not know much about the stakes of giving up the attack on the south side of the landing site. He still asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, if you are still commanding the 27th Army and see that the 7th Guards Army has been
If the German army is in danger of rushing into the Dnieper River, they will surely mobilize troops for reinforcements, right?"
Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Sokov gave him an unexpected answer: "No, Comrade Military Commissar, you are wrong. No matter what danger the 7th Guards Army faces, I will not dispatch a single
Send troops to support them."
Sokov's words startled Lunev, and he asked randomly: "Why? Comrade Commander, can you bear to watch friendly troops being wiped out by the enemy?"
"You are wrong, Comrade Military Commissar." Sokov shook his head and said: "When I said not to send troops to reinforce, it does not mean that I will not save them. On the contrary, the purpose of what I did was to remove the friendly forces from the enemy as soon as possible.
Rescued from trouble."
"Comrade Commander, I don't quite understand what you mean." Lunev, who was confused, humbly asked Sokov for advice: "Can you explain it more clearly?"
"As long as our troops attack Alexandria and Kirovgrad as planned, the German army will have to divide its forces and strengthen the defense of these two cities to prevent our army from seizing the city," Sokov explained.
Said: "But now our army has changed its plan to move south, and instead transferred its main force to the Qijilin area to assist the 7th Guards Army in its defense. In this way, the German army can use all the forces originally used to defend the two cities.
Transfer to the Qi Jilin area and increase the offensive intensity in this area."
When Lunev heard this, he realized that the combat plan formulated by Trofimenko would return all the initiative that the 27th Army had previously gained on the battlefield to the Germans. In order to understand this, he continued to ask
He said: "Comrade Commander, will our 27th Group Army encounter trouble?"
Sokov looked at Lunev and said with a wry smile: "Comrade Military Commissar, although we invested a lot of troops in the Chigirin area, we were unable to fully deploy them, so in the battle with the enemy, we resorted to refueling tactics. In addition to
Apart from causing huge losses to the troops, I don’t think we can achieve any results.”
"Then are there any remedies?"
"I'm sorry, Comrade Military Commissar." When Sokov heard this question, he could only shake his head again and replied in a regretful tone: "I really can't think of any good way to reverse the current unfavorable situation at the moment."
Lunev asked nervously: "The entire 27th Army is currently on the right bank of the Dnieper River. If the Germans cut off their retreat, wouldn't there be a danger of the entire army being annihilated?"
"The whole army will not be wiped out. After all, there is the 69th Army behind them. Although they were severely weakened in the battle, there should not be much problem in blocking the German attack and ensuring the safety of the 27th Army's retreat.
"
After the two chatted for a long time about the problems currently faced by the 27th Army, Sokov suddenly remembered that the war was still going on at the front. How could Lunev, as the military commissar of the Army, suddenly return to the rear. Thinking of this, he
He asked tentatively: "Comrade Military Commissar, there is still a war on the front line. Why did you suddenly return to Moscow?"
"The Supreme Command arranged for a new political worker to take over my position, and ordered me to rush back to Moscow immediately to report on my duties." Lunev smiled and said to Sokov: "I met Comrade Beria yesterday, and he said that he might do it.
Rearrange my work so that I can continue to stay in Moscow. However, the specific work arrangements will not be announced until next week at the earliest."
"Comrade Military Commissar, please accept my congratulations to you." When Sokov said this, he wanted to reach out to shake hands with the other party, but as soon as he moved, he pulled the wound again and felt waves of pain. He could only say apologetically
Said: "I'm sorry, I can't move my hands, so I can't shake your hand."
"We are all familiar with each other in this way, so we don't need to worry about these details." Lunev said: "I learned from Marshal Zhukov that you were admitted to the military hospital in Lubyanka, which happened to be not far from where I worked, so I asked Bei
Comrade Leah applied for a visit. He readily agreed and took the initiative to contact the hospital for me, so that I could enter the hospital so smoothly to visit you."
"So, your new workplace is in the Lubyanka Building?" Sokov waited for Lunev to finish and then asked cautiously: "Am I right?"
"That's right." Lunev nodded in approval of Sokov's guess, "No matter what position I will take next, the place of work will definitely be in the Lubyanka Building. After you are discharged from the hospital, if there is
If you need anything, you can come to me at any time."
For Sokov, the Lubyanka Building is a dragon's den and he will not go there. However, since Lunev has extended an invitation to him, he still has to say a few perfunctory words: "Okay, Comrade Military Commissar, wait until I am injured."
After I recover, I will definitely visit you in the Lubyanka Building."