"Comrade Marshal," Sokov came to Rokossovsky and raised his hand to salute him: "May I ask what instructions you have!"
"What instructions can I have!" Rokossovsky asked Sokov to sit down: "I just want you to come over and have a chat. Stop standing and sit down quickly."
After Sokov sat down, Rokossovsky glanced at where Claire was, and then said with a smile: "Misha, I think you had a very good conversation with that British female nurse."
Sokov laughed dryly and replied: "It was just a small talk."
Rokossovsky looked around, leaned close to Sokov and whispered: "Although we and Britain are allies now, we should still keep a distance. This woman is a nurse on the surface, who knows
Are you an agent of the British? Be careful that she uses you to obtain information from our army."
"Don't worry, Comrade Marshal." Sokov assured Rokossovsky: "What we are talking about are trivial matters, and we will never reveal the secrets of our army."
"That's good, that's good." Rokossovsky nodded slightly and said happily: "Misha, I'm quite relieved about you."
At this time, a new dance music started playing, and a female officer in a straight military uniform came over, which was in sharp contrast to the female nurses who were dressed in colorful clothes. Looking at her walking towards him, Rokossovs
Ji turned to Sokov and said, "These are all communications soldiers in the British military headquarters. They are no worse in appearance than those nurses, right?"
"Each one has his own merits!"
The female officer came to Rokossovsky and said respectfully: "Mr. Marshal, can you dance a song for me?"
Rokossovsky nodded, then stood up, took the other person's hand and walked towards the dance floor, turned to Sokov and said: "Misha, if you want to dance, go back to your nurse."
Sokov felt that it was quite boring to sit here alone, so he got up and walked towards his original position.
Fortunately, Blair hadn't left yet. When she saw Sokov coming back, her face showed joy: "General Sokov, I thought you wouldn't come back."
"How is this possible?" Sokov said with a smile: "I just went over to have a few words with Comrade Marshal. After I finished speaking, I thought it was too boring for you to sit here alone, so I immediately came back to find you."
"Really?" Blair said with surprise, "I really didn't expect that I have such an important position in your mind."
Sokov laughed dryly twice, and then asked: "Blair, what do you usually do for fun?"
"As long as it's not my turn to be on duty, I usually read in the dormitory." Blair said, "Of course, if there is a movie playing in the camp, I will occasionally go and watch a movie."
“Whose work do you most like to see?”
"Needless to say, of course it's Dickens, he is the most influential writer in the history of British literature." Blair said: "He wrote "Oliver Twist", "A Tale of Two Cities", "The Pickwick Papers", "
"Old Antique Shop" and so on, I have seen them all."
"I have also read Dickens's books." As soon as Blair finished speaking, Sokov continued: "Dickens' last work "The Mystery of Drood" was originally planned to be 12 volumes, but unfortunately only 6 volumes were completed.
He passed away. What happened next, I am afraid only God knows.”
Blair chuckled and then asked: "General Sokov, which author's book do you like best?"
When Sokov was in college, he took foreign literature as an elective and was naturally familiar with writers from Britain, the United States, France and other countries. He liked writers from three countries. If he was asked to name which one he liked the most, he didn’t know for a while.
How to choose.
Seeing Sokov's delay in speaking, Blair thought that the other party never read and could not name his favorite author. He quickly smoothed things over and said, "General Sokov, if you don't have a favorite author, forget it."
"No, Blair, you misunderstood." Sokov explained to the other party: "I like too many writers. I really can't tell you who I like the most. But the foreign literature I read the most is Dazhong.
Horse’s book.”
Blair was somewhat surprised when Sokov said that she liked Alexandre Dumas. She asked tentatively: "Which of his books have you read?"
"The first thing I watched was The Count of Monte Cristo. My favorite thing was to watch Edmond Dantès, after obtaining the treasure, use various elaborate plans to repay those who were kind to him and punish those enemies who had framed him."
"After watching "The Count of Monte Cristo", I felt that I was still unsatisfied. I also watched the trilogy "The Three Musketeers", "Twenty Years Later", and "The Cloth" which are set during the reign of King Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
Vicomte Lageronne."
"By the way, there is also the trilogy "Queen Margot", "Madame Monsolo" and "The Forty-Five Guards", which are set in the religious wars of the sixteenth century."
Seeing Sokov recounting the books he had read, Blair was shocked: "General Sokov, I heard that many books are banned in your country. Books like the ones you mentioned should be
They all fall into the category of banned books.”
Blair's words shocked Sokov into a cold sweat. Yes, he had just spoken so happily that he had forgotten that these books were not available in bookstores in the Soviet Union at that time. In order to cover up his gaffe, he could only
Bracing the bullet, he said, "Didn't I just tell you that my English was taught to me by a teacher? In fact, he also has another identity, that is, the librarian of the school. Because of him, I had the opportunity to see
Some books that are not available in bookstores outside."
Sokov's seemingly reasonable explanation persuaded Claire. After all, it was impossible for the other party to go to the school where he studied to investigate whether there was a teacher who knew English and was managing the library who had taught Sokov English.
And let him read many foreign literature books.
"Blair," the dance music on the field ended. A nurse wearing a very floral dress came to Blair after being separated from a Soviet general. He first nodded to Sokov to say hello, and then asked
Blair: "I heard there's going to be a movie playing outside later. Do you want to go see it?"
"what movie?"
""Water Hibiscus"!"
After hearing this, Blair did not immediately express his position. Instead, he turned to Sokov and asked: "General Sokov, would you like to accompany us to watch a movie? It is a comedy movie made by the United States last year, and it is in color."
When Sokov heard the name of the movie, he was thinking about it. He remembered that there were two "Water Flowers" filmed in the United States. One was filmed in 1944 and was about the love between composer Steve and swimming coach Caroline.
, but they parted ways because their agent interfered. In order to recover the woman he liked, Steve used the school rules of the girls' school to enter the school where Caroline worked, and tried every means to win back his lover.
The other one was produced in 1952 and is a film based on the biography of Australian swimming champion and entertainer Annette Kellerman.
Although Sokov had already guessed that the movie they were talking about was a movie produced in 1944, but out of caution, he tentatively asked: "The director of the movie you are talking about is George.
Sidney?"
"Yes, the director is George Sidney." Blair said with some surprise: "General Sokov, I really didn't expect that you actually know this movie, and you even know who the director is. This is simply incredible.
."
Sokov coughed and said covertly: "Actually, I also heard it from the radio. As you know, I stay in the headquarters all day, which is quite boring. Occasionally I listen to the radio, and I happen to hear
This movie was introduced on the radio and I instantly remembered it.”
"Then would you like to go to the movies with us?" After Claire said this, she suddenly remembered that she had not had time to introduce her companion, and quickly added: "I forgot to introduce you, this is my best friend.
Elizabeth.”
"Hello, Miss Elizabeth." Sokov stood up and extended his hand to the other party, saying friendly: "Nice to meet you!"
"Me too, General Sokov!"
After the two people's hands separated, Claire asked the question again: "General Sokov, would you like to go to the movies with us?"
"I don't think it's necessary." Sokov thought for a while. If he were an ordinary person, faced with the invitation of two beautiful British female nurses, he would definitely agree to accompany them to watch a movie without hesitation. But now he is
A senior Soviet officer rashly followed two British female nurses out of the gathering place and went to watch a movie somewhere else. Not to mention whether safety could be guaranteed, I am afraid that the time he left would be used by some thoughtful people in the future.
Article. It was out of this consideration that he politely declined Carlisle's invitation: "I'm afraid we will be leaving here soon. If everyone finds me when they are leaving, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble. Claire
, I’m really sorry that I can’t go to the movie with you, you’d better go with Elizabeth.”
Listening to what Sokov said, Claire's face was filled with disappointment. She thought that after such a long exchange, Sokov must have developed a liking for her and she would invite him to go to the movies with her. She would definitely not
Rejecting myself. But I didn’t expect that even though I asked him in a low profile, he still ruthlessly rejected me.
Although Blair was very unhappy, out of politeness, she still said to Sokov politely: "General Sokov, since you don't want to go to the movie, I won't force you anymore. Goodbye! Elizabeth,
Let’s go to the movies.”
Not long after Blair and Elizabeth left hand in hand, Sidorin sat over. He looked at their backs and asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade Commander, why did these two beautiful nurses leave?"
"There is a movie playing somewhere nearby. The two of them went to watch the movie."
Sidorin asked in confusion: "Then why didn't you go with them?"
"I didn't think it was appropriate, so I refused." Sokov did not elaborate on the specific reasons, but asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, where did you and the Military Commissar go? Why haven't I seen you?"
what about you?"
"It's normal not to see us." Sidorin said with a smile: "We are sitting together with a group of British generals. I saw you and a young and beautiful girl chatting here from a distance, and I saw Comrade Military Commissar preparing to come over.
, I even stopped him specifically so as not to disturb your enjoyment."
Sokov looked in the direction Sidorin said, and indeed he saw a group of British generals, but there was no trace of Lunev. He asked curiously: "Comrade Chief of Staff, you said the Military Commissar and the British generals
We were together, why didn’t we see any trace of him?”
Sidorin looked in that direction, with the same surprised expression on his face: "You were here just now, why did you disappear in the blink of an eye?" But he quickly continued, "By the way, a general just said
If you want to invite him to drink, maybe they go to the next room to drink."
When he learned that Lunev was sent to drink with the British generals, Sokov couldn't help but worry: "He just had an appendix operation some time ago. Can he drink?"
"Of course you can drink it, Comrade Commander." Sidorin said with a smile: "Alcohol is anti-toxic. If he drinks, he is using alcohol to disinfect his wounds again. It may be good for his body.
."
"No, no, this is definitely not possible." Sokov shook his head and said to Sidorin: "It hasn't been long since he finished the operation. If he drinks too much, it may cause irreversible damage to his body. Go over and take him immediately."
Get it back. In a word, don't let him drink too much, otherwise it will harm his body."
"Okay, Comrade Commander." Seeing Sokov's resolute attitude, Sidorin couldn't say anything else. He could only stand up and said: "Then I will find the military commissar and then bring him to you.
Come."
"Yes, that's exactly what it should be." Sokov urged: "Stop dawdling, go find him quickly."
As soon as Sidorin left, Rokossovsky followed him and deliberately asked Sokov: "Misha, where did your beautiful female nurse go?"
Sokov grinned and said rather helplessly: "She went to watch a movie with her female companion."
"Since they are going to the movies, why don't you follow them?"
"Comrade Marshal, don't we have to return to our base immediately after the dance?" Sokov explained to Rokossovsky: "I'm worried that while we were watching a movie, you suddenly announced that everyone would return to their defense areas.
Even if you send someone to look for me at that time, you may not be able to find me, and that will cause trouble."
"Misha, I forgot to tell you something." Rokossovsky said: "After consultation with Marshal Montgomery, I decided not to return to the station tonight. He will arrange a place for us to rest. You can
There is no need to worry. In other words, if you go to watch a movie with that female nurse now, you don’t have to worry that we will leave you behind when we leave."