The last impression left by Yakov was that there was a huge explosion next to him, and the soil that was thrown up immediately fell on him like raindrops, and he was unfortunately knocked unconscious by the explosion.
When he finally woke up, he found himself lying on a stretcher with a young female health worker squatting next to him.
Seeing Yakov open his eyes, the female health worker shouted in surprise: "Hey, Comrade General, you're awake!"
As she spoke, she stretched out two fingers, shook them back and forth in front of Yakov, and asked, "What is this?"
"Two." After Yakov said the number, he looked at the female health worker and asked, "Where is this? What happened to me?"
"You were shelled by the Germans here just now and were knocked unconscious." The female health worker replied: "I just checked you and there are no external injuries..."
Hearing that he had no external injuries, Yakov was about to struggle to sit up, but was stopped by the female health worker: "Comrade General, although you have no external injuries, no one can guarantee that you have no internal injuries. In order to avoid danger, you must
Lie still."
Yakov gave up the idea of sitting up and lay down on the stretcher again. He rubbed his face with both hands and tried to remember what had just happened. He vaguely remembered that he and Chernyakhovsky were checking on Meri
In the terrain of Zak City, he suddenly heard the roar of artillery shells in the air. He directly knocked Chernyakhovsky down and was stunned by the shells.
Yakov turned his head and looked around and saw that both jeeps had been overturned and were still burning. Not far away was a stretcher covered with white sheets. It could be clearly seen that the one covered with it was a stretcher.
He was worried that it was Chernyakhovsky under the white cloth, so he tentatively asked the female health worker: "Where is Comrade Commander?"
"He was injured." The female health worker said, "He has now been sent to the field hospital of the army group."
"Ah, he was sent to the Army Field Hospital?" Yakov asked nervously: "Is his injury serious?"
"Both his arms and legs were injured by shrapnel." The female health worker explained: "So he needed to be sent to a field hospital immediately for surgery to remove all the shrapnel from his body."
"Who is that?" Yakov nodded toward the stretcher covered with white cloth not far away and asked, "Who died?"
"It is said that he is the adjutant of Comrade Commander." The female health worker replied: "It was a pity that he was blown into two pieces by a cannonball."
Yakov remembered that in addition to the adjutant, there were also the driver who repaired the car and the accompanying security personnel, and asked hurriedly: "What about the others, have they also died or been injured?"
"No." The female health worker shook her head and said: "Judging from the bomb craters at the scene, the enemy fired six artillery shells here. As a result, you and General Chernyakhovsky were wounded, the general's adjutant died, and
The two jeep drivers and guards were well hidden when the shelling came, so they were not injured."
At this time, Yakov finally remembered that he had been chatting with the female health worker for so long, but he still didn’t know which section she belonged to, so he quickly asked: “Comrade health worker, can you tell me which section you belong to?
"
"We belong to the 3rd Army, and the troops are stationed nearby." The female health worker explained to Yakov: "After the enemy's shelling started, our artillery quickly carried out the environment and suppressed them, and then we
After receiving a notice that a commander of our army was injured in the enemy's shelling nearby, we asked our field hospital to immediately send people to rescue you. After we arrived, we rescued you and Chernyakhovsky and found that you
Although you are unconscious, there are no wounds on your body, so you are left here and I will take care of you, while Comrade Commander was sent to the field hospital for rescue."
After figuring out what was going on, Yakov was thinking that when he talked to Sokov on the phone last night, Misha kept hinting to himself not to travel with Chernyakhovsky, otherwise he might be in danger.
At that time, I felt that the other party was suspicious, and I didn’t believe what he said at all. I didn’t expect that it would come true today. If it weren’t for good luck, I might have died like the adjutant.
Thinking of this, he quickly said to the female health worker: "Comrade health worker, please ask someone to send me to the group army headquarters. I want to call the front army headquarters to report the attack on us to the front army chief of staff and the military commissar.
Report."
"Comrade General, don't worry." Seeing that Yakov was eager to get to the Army Headquarters, the female health worker quickly comforted him and said, "I think the news of your shelling must have been reported to the Front Army Headquarters a long time ago, so you can just lie down peacefully."
Bar."
"Where can I lie down now?" If Yakov hadn't been worried that he had suffered internal injuries, he really wanted to get up from the stretcher, rush to the headquarters of the 3rd Army as soon as possible, and use the phone there to call the front army headquarters.
He made a phone call and made a detailed report to the chief of staff and the military commissar about the shelling. Since he could only move casually, he could only ask the female health worker for help: "Comrade health worker, please find someone to carry me to the group army headquarters.
There is something really important."
Seeing that Yakov was so stubborn, the female health worker had no choice but to call a few young and strong soldiers to carry Yakov's stretcher towards the location of the headquarters.
As for the shelling of Chernyakhovsky and Yakov, Military Commissar Makarov and Chief of Staff Pokrovsky both knew about it. They were so frightened that their hands and feet were cold and they were covered in cold sweat. You know,
Chernyakhovsky and Yakov are both important figures. No matter which one of them is injured, it is a great event. But now, both of them were injured in the enemy's shelling at the same time.
For Rove and Pokrovsky, it was no different than the sky falling.
Worried that the medical level of the 3rd Army's field hospital was insufficient, Pokrovsky personally called the director of the field hospital at the front army headquarters and asked him to personally lead the elite troops to the 3rd Army's field hospital to participate in the exchange.
Ernyakhovsky's rescue work.
The news that Chernyakhovsky and Yakov were injured in the enemy's shelling soon reached Moscow through special channels. Marshal Vasilevsky, on behalf of Stalin, reported to Pokrovsky
Make a call and ask about the specific situation.
Hearing the call from Vasilevsky, Pokrovsky was so frightened that his hands and feet became weak. This meant that the Supreme Commander himself already knew that his son was injured, so he tremblingly told the story of what happened.
The other party told it once.
After listening to Pokrovsky's story, Vasilevsky frowned and said: "So, Yakov was just stunned by the shell, while Chernyakhovsky's hands and feet were injured and he was
The operation was performed in the field hospital of the Third Army. Am I right?"
"Exactly, Comrade Marshal."
"Then what measures have you taken?" Vasilevsky asked calmly.
Pokrovsky glanced at Makarov sitting next to him, and then replied: "After discussion with Comrade Military Commissar, I was worried that the medical level of the 3rd Army Field Hospital was insufficient, and we have ordered the director of the Front Army Field Hospital to
, personally rushed over with the elite soldiers from the hospital to participate in the treatment of Commander Chernyakhovsky."
"Comrade Stalin said it." After listening to Pokrovsky's story, Vasilevsky continued: "We must do everything possible to revive Comrade Chernyakhovsky, do you understand?
?”
"Understood, Comrade Marshal."
Putting down the phone, Pokrovsky raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and said to Makarov: "Comrade Military Commissar, tell me, what happened today was a coincidence, or was there a German spy among us who deliberately leaked it?
Did you know the whereabouts of Comrade Commander?"
In response to the question raised by Pokrovsky, Makarov thought for a long time before slowly answering: "I think it must be a coincidence. After all, Comrade Commander's whereabouts to the 3rd Army were also half an hour before departure.
We have just confirmed it. And there are not many people who know his itinerary. Even if there are German spies lurking here, it is impossible to pass on the information in such a short period of time."
"Comrade Military Commissar, you are right." Ever since he learned that Chernyakhovsky and Yakov were shelled by the German army, Pokrovsky has been thinking about this issue. If it is true
It was an internal spy who leaked the information, and it was impossible for the Germans to stop firing after just a few rounds. It was entirely possible that the enemy accidentally discovered Chernyakhovsky's whereabouts and thought he was a big shot, so they used it.
Artillery bombardment: "It was probably just a coincidence that the enemy's observation post happened to spot the commander and deputy chief of staff. They thought they were important figures, so they brought in artillery and fired a few shots."
"Now that things have happened, we can only leave it to fate as to how our superiors plan to deal with us." Makarov said: "I just hope nothing happens to the commander and the deputy chief of staff, otherwise you and I will suffer countless consequences.
trouble."
As the saying goes: Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. The news that Chernyakhovsky was injured by German artillery fire quickly reached Rokossovsky's ears.
"What, Chernyakhovsky was shelled by the Germans on his way to inspect the 3rd Army?" Rokossovsky asked with shock on his face: "How was his injury?
Who else was involved in the shelling?...What, Yasha was also injured in the shelling."
After Rokossovsky put down the phone, he said to Subotin and Bogolyubov: "Military Commissar and Chief of Staff, I have some sad news to tell you. General Chernyakhovsky, commander of the Third Front, went to
On the way to the inspection, the 3rd Army was suddenly shelled by the Germans and unfortunately was wounded. Yakov, who was accompanying him, was also wounded in the shelling."
For Subotin and Bogolyubov, it was certainly a shocking thing that Chernyakhovsky was injured by German artillery fire. But when they heard that among the injured entourage, there was also Yako
Husband suddenly became less calm: "What, Yakov is also injured, is the injury serious?"
Rokossovsky shook his head and replied: "It's just that he was injured, but the extent of the injury is still unknown."
Subboting stood up from his seat, walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, muttering: "What should I do? If the supreme commander himself knew that his son was injured, I don't know how anxious he would be.
"
"He already knows." Rokossovsky said helplessly: "The caller told me that the Supreme Commander himself entrusted Marshal Vasilevsky to find out the situation from the Third Front. But what his attitude was, he did not
People know."
"I hope nothing happens to Yakov, otherwise it will have a bad impact on the Third Front."
"Comrade Commander," Bogolyubov asked Rokossovsky tentatively: "Do you need to tell General Sokov about this? You know, he and Yakov are best friends."
"I don't think so." Rokossovsky shook his head and said, "It seems that Misha's decision was correct. Even if our army takes the absolute initiative on the battlefield, there is still a huge danger.
existence. So when he heard me asking if I could let Yakov go to his army, he rejected my proposal almost without thinking. He even told me that as Yakov's friend, he had no right to let the other party do it.
In danger."
While Rokossovsky and others were chatting about Chernyakhovsky, Yakov arrived at the headquarters of the 3rd Army and had already contacted Sokov by phone: "Misha? This is Yakov.
Kov, what are you doing?"
"I am discussing the next combat deployment with the chief of staff." After Sokov said this, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with Yakov's voice, and quickly asked: "Yasha, are you feeling uncomfortable?
There seems to be something wrong with your voice?"
Yakov smiled bitterly and said: "Misha, you are right, I really should not follow General Chernyakhovsky out to inspect the troops."
And Sokov heard an ominous premonition from Yakov's words, and quickly asked: "Yasha, tell me quickly, has something happened?"
"I went to the 3rd Army Market with General Chernyakhovsky this afternoon, but when we passed through the city of Merizak, we were shelled by the Germans."
Hearing that Yakov was shelled in the city of Merizak, Sokov suddenly became nervous. He clearly remembered that in history, Chernyakhovsky was attacked by the German army in the suburbs of Merizak.
Unfortunately, he died in the shelling. When he heard Yakov say this, he asked in a panic: "Yasha, are you okay?"
"I have nothing to do." Yakov said with a wry smile: "I was just stunned by the German shells during the shelling. After I woke up, I heard the health worker said that Comrade Commander was injured and had been sent to the field of the 3rd Army.
The hospital is carrying out rescue operations.”
Knowing that Yakov didn't have much of a problem, Sokov's hanging heart returned to his stomach. Then he continued to ask: "What about General Chernyakhovsky? Is his injury serious? Is there any
Life-threatening?"
"I'm not sure about that." Yakov shook his head and said, "When I woke up, I only saw the body of the commander's adjutant. As for the commander, he had long been sent to the hospital for rescue, and the guards accompanying him
The medical staff also rushed to the hospital and left me under the care of the health workers."
"Yasha, listening to your voice, you seem to be very weak." Sokov asked with concern: "Do you need me to send some military doctors over to check your body?"
"No, Misha, thank you for your kindness." Yakov tried his best to put a smile on his face: "There are military doctors and health workers here who can take care of me, so I don't need to trouble your subordinates."