On the way home, Sokov remembered what happened in the cafe yesterday, and quickly said to Yakov: "Yakov, I don't have a document on me. What should I do if I encounter a patrol inspection when I go out?"
Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov couldn't help but laugh: "Misha, it's not like you don't know that these are special times. It's a normal thing for you to have your ID checked when you walk on the street. You must have seen it.
"Lenin in October", even our Comrade Lenin had his ID checked on the street, let alone you."
Seeing Yakov's disapproval, Sokov could only smile bitterly and said: "Unfortunately, the people who checked the documents were not the patrol team or the police, but personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Staff from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Yakov immediately stopped the smile on his face and asked in a serious tone: "What on earth is going on? How could they check your documents for no reason?"
Sokov told Yakov everything about what happened yesterday when he and Tonya went to a coffee shop to eat. When they entered, they met an officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who wanted to check their documents. In the end, they saved the day.
, and finally said: "Yakov, I don't have any documents on me. If I meet someone serious, they might arrest me as a deserter. Do you think you can get me some kind of temporary pass?"
Regarding Sokov's request, Yakov pondered for a moment and then said: "Misha, you are right. If you walk around in Moscow without a document, you can easily be arrested as a deserter or a German agent. I
A temporary pass will be prepared for you as soon as possible."
The car came to a stop next to the house where Sokov lived. Sokov politely said to Yakov: "Yakov, come up and sit down and have a cup of hot tea before leaving?"
"No," Yakov waved his hand and said, "I have other things to do, so I won't go up. I will send someone to deliver your temporary pass to you as soon as possible."
When Sokov returned to his home, he opened the door and saw a note full of words on the ground. It looked like it had been torn from some book. He quickly bent down and picked up the note.
He brought it close to his eyes and looked at it carefully.
The note was stuffed by Dongnia through the crack in the door. It read: "Misha, I didn't see you showing up today. I guess you might have been delayed by something. I didn't want to bother you, but I suddenly received the message.
On a special mission, I will join a medical team and go to the front line. It is not clear when I will come back. I left you the mailing address of the hospital. Remember to write to me when you are free... Tonya."
Sokov finished reading the letter, folded it and put it into the pocket of his military uniform. He turned and walked downstairs. He was thinking as he walked. Judging from the handwriting on the note, Tonya should be in the hospital.
I wrote it down in advance, but unfortunately I had something important to do today and missed the opportunity to meet her.
Sokov came to the hospital and found the consulting room that Tonya was talking about. He saw that there was no one at the door. He walked up and knocked on the door twice. Before any sound could be heard from inside, he used his hands to twist the door.
I turned the door handle and tried to open the door. But after twisting it twice, the door did not open. It seemed that the door was locked.
A passing nurse saw Sokov standing outside the clinic and quickly reminded him: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, the doctor in this clinic is not here now. If you want to see a doctor, please go to another clinic."
"Comrade nurse," Sokov quickly asked the nurse: "Do you know where the people in the consulting room have gone?"
The nurse thought for a while and then replied: "It should be to the front line. You also know that due to the shortage of medical staff on the front line, from time to time people will be temporarily transferred from the rear to form a new medical team..."
"Do you know where Tonya went?" Sokov asked anxiously: "When can you come back?"
"I don't know." The nurse shook her head and said, "The place they go to is absolutely confidential. As for when they can come back, I can't tell. It might be a week or two, or it might be a month or two or longer.
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Seeing that he couldn't get any useful information from the nurse, Sokov couldn't help but become a little anxious. He asked hurriedly: "Where is the dean? The political commissar is..." As soon as he said these words, he immediately realized that he was
Wrong, this is just a local hospital. The director does not belong to the military establishment. Naturally, there is no political commissar in the hospital. He hurriedly changed his question and asked, "Where is the military representative?"
Seeing Sokov being so gloomy, the nurse quickly raised her hand and pointed upward, and replied in a panic: "Upstairs, the dean and the military representative are in the office on the third floor."
Sokov found the stairs to go upstairs. After walking up a few steps, he stopped. He thought to himself: "What am I doing? I only met Tonya once, and now I want to inquire about it."
To find out her whereabouts, he hurriedly ran to find the dean and the military representative. Others thought something big had happened. Forget it, even if he found the dean and the military representative, others would not know the whereabouts of Tonya.
Tell yourself, this is a military secret after all."
Thinking of this, he gave up his plan to go to the dean and the military representative, and turned around and walked downstairs. He met the nurse just now at the top of the stairs. The nurse asked with a look of surprise: "Comrade commander, you are here so quickly."
Come down?"
Sokov shook his head and said: "Since you don't even know where Tonya and the others have gone, even if I ask the dean and the military representative, I can't get any answers." He thanked the other party.
After that, he strode out of the hospital.
Back at his home, Sokov lay on the bed, took out Tonya's note and read it again, then put it aside and began to quietly recall the upcoming Battle of Kharkov.
Twelve days after the start of the major counterattack under the city of Moscow, the Military Committee for the Southwest Strategic Direction submitted a report to the headquarters of the Supreme Command, preparing to launch an offensive operation against the German forces in the southwest. The strategic commander of the southwest direction was Timoshenko.
The marshal, the member of the Military Commission is Khrushchev, and the chief of operations is Major General Bagramyan. According to their idea: to the south of Moscow, that is, the right wing in the southwest strategic direction, assist Zhukov's Western Front in counterattacking, and at the same time, in the southwest direction,
It also launched a separate offensive campaign to the west of Stalinno, Volnovaha, and Mariupol to liberate the coalfield area of Donbas and completely block the German army's hope of advancing to the Caucasus. If possible, continue to advance into the third
In the lower reaches of the Nieper River, in response to the offensive launched by the Crimean Front, the German Eleventh Army was driven out of Crimea, creating favorable conditions for the liberation of Odessa and Kiev.
Overall, this campaign concept coincides with the idea of the headquarters of the Supreme Command, because it was quickly approved. However, both the planners and approvers of the campaign plan ignored one problem: this
The offensive plan greatly exceeded the capabilities of the Soviet army in the southwest strategic direction at this time.
Yakov told himself that when attending the military meeting chaired by Marshal Timoshenko, he should not express any opinions casually, so as not to arouse the marshal's displeasure. After all, this offensive plan had been formulated a long time ago and had been approved by the Supreme Commander.
My permission. If you say the opposite, you will offend not only Timoshenko, but also Stalin.
Taking this into consideration, Sokov made a decisive decision: If he could really participate in the meeting hosted by Timoshenko, he would definitely try to remain silent and would never express his views easily. Even if he was in a humble position, no matter what he said,
I guess Timoshenko wouldn't listen to my point of view. Why should I do such a thankless thing?