Perhaps because of the overnight journey, Agelina looked particularly tired at the moment. She took out the novel manuscript from her bag and handed it to Sokov: "Misha, this is your manuscript. Remember to keep it and don't throw it away.
.”
Sokov took the manuscript and asked with concern: "Have you had dinner?"
"I ate a few slices of bread on the way." Agelina said weakly, "I'm a little sleepy, so I'll lie down for a while."
"Well, you should rest first."
Unexpectedly, Agelina grabbed Sokov and said: "Misha, come here and use it as a pillow for me."
Sokov smiled bitterly and shook his head, lying on the bed obediently, letting Agelina rest his face on his chest.
"Misha," Agelina asked in a weak voice: "You guys are in such a hurry to get back to Berlin. What happened?" Sokov thought about it secretly. Although Zhukov might be dismissed from his post, officially
Before the personnel notice was issued, the matter needed to be kept confidential, so he could only say euphemistically: "Marshal Zhukov plans to return to Mozambique in the near future.
Scott wanted me to go back with him. So when he recalled General Sokolovsky, he also called me back to Berlin."
"When will you return to Moscow?" Adelina's voice was already inaudible, but Sokov, who was close at hand, still heard it.
"I don't know, I have to wait for notification." Sokov said cautiously: "When I return to China, you may have to stay in Berlin and continue working for a while. Do you have any objections?" But Agelina did not answer, so
Cove raised his head slightly and found that the other party was already asleep. Because he was afraid of waking her up, he could only maintain this uncomfortable position and continue to lie on the bed, thinking to himself: If Agelina
Knowing that she will be separated from him for a long time, I wonder how she will react?
Early the next morning, the ringing of the phone woke up the two sleeping people.
Sokov wanted to get up to answer the phone, but found that Agelina's head was still on his chest, and he couldn't get up at all. He could only push Agelina with his hand: "Agelina, wake up,
Wake up quickly."
Agelina opened her eyes sleepily, looked at Sokov and asked: "Misha, what's the matter?"
"The phone, there is a phone." Sokov said anxiously: "I have to answer the phone, please don't press me."
Sokov was worried that the ringing of the phone would stop at any time. After getting up, he didn't even have time to put on his boots, so he rushed to the phone with bare feet, grabbed the phone and put it to his ear, saying loudly: "I am Sokov!"
"Hello, General Sokov!" A strange voice came from the receiver: "Is Comrade Agelina here?"
Hearing that the other party was looking for Agelina, Sokov couldn't help but asked alertly: "Who are you? What do you want to see her for?"
"Comrade General, I am the leader of the translation team." The other party replied: "I am looking for Comrade Agelina for work matters."
When Sokov heard what the other party said, he immediately lost his temper. He covered the phone with his hand, turned around and said to Agelina, who was still sleeping on the bed: "Agelina, this is your call. It's from the translation team.
.”
Knowing that the call was from the translation team, Agelina did not dare to neglect, and quickly came over and took the microphone from Sokov's hand: "Hello, I am Agelina..."
The call ended quickly, and Agelina said with a frustrated look: "Misha, the translation team asked me to go over immediately and report that there are a batch of important documents that need to be translated as soon as possible."
"Since it's work, let's get busy." Sokov said to Agelina: "Anyway, I will stay in the hotel during this period, and you can come back at any time."
…
After Agelina left, more than a week passed, but she still did not appear in front of Sokov again.
And Sokov was not in a hurry, staying in his room with peace of mind and continuing to write his novel. During the creative process, he couldn't help but miss the computers of later generations. If he had a computer in his hand, he could copy a book of more than 200,000 words.
, it only takes a few months to complete the calculation. Now the book "Ordinary Soldier",
It took nearly two months to write, but only three-fifths of it was completed. It will take more than a month to complete the book at the earliest.
When the phone rang, Sokov put down the pen in his hand and wondered if the call was from Agelina.
But when he picked up the phone, he realized that he had guessed wrong. The person calling him was Zhukov's adjutant: "General Sokov, Comrade Marshal wants to see you. Can you come as soon as possible?"
When he learned that Zhukov wanted to see him, Sokov immediately thought that the other party might be leaving Berlin, and quickly replied: "Comrade Adjutant, I will be there right away."
After putting down the phone, Sokov called Vaserigov's room and directly told him: "Comrade Major, prepare your vehicle immediately. I'm going to see Marshal Zhukov."
"Okay, Comrade General." Vaserigov replied: "The vehicle will be waiting for you at the door in a quarter of an hour." When Sokov packed up his things and walked out of the hotel, he found that the motorcade had stopped at the door, and
Vaserigov was explaining something to an officer. When he saw Sokov going out, he trotted over quickly, raised his hand and saluted and said
Said: "Comrade General, the convoy is ready and can set off at any time."
Sokov waved his hand: "Get in the car."
On the way, Vaselgov, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and asked Sokov curiously: "Comrade General, I wonder what the Marshal wants from you?"
"I don't know." Sokov asked back: "Major, why are you asking this?" "Comrade General." After hearing Sokov's question, Vasergov replied with some embarrassment: "Marshal Zhukov arranged for me
To protect your safety, but you rarely go out now, we are a little too free.
If the time goes on, I'm worried that someone will gossip." "I don't have a specific position here in Berlin, so what's the point of running around every day?" Sokov said dissatisfied: "Since I stay in the hotel every day, you guys
Of course you should stay here, no matter what others say
Such gossip."
After the motorcade arrived, Vaserigov got out of the car first and went to the back door, where he helped Sokov open the door.
Sokov got out of the car and walked towards the building with his legs up, followed closely by Vaserigov.
"Major," Sokov took two steps, stopped, turned and said to Vaserigov: "Just wait for me outside, I will go to see the marshal alone."
Although Vaserigov was a little unwilling to give the order given by Sokov, he could only obey: "Yes, Comrade General!" Arriving at Zhukov's office, Sokov saw a middle-aged man wearing Lenin's uniform.
A man with a bad face, when he saluted Zhukov, he still used his spare time and glanced at the other person with his peripheral vision, wondering who this person was. Zhukov seemed to be talking to him.
Quite polite. After waiting for Sokov to salute, Zhukov stood up and walked around from behind the desk, walked up to Sokov and shook hands, then pointed at the man and said to Sokov: "Misha, I
Let me introduce you, this is Malenko
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Comrade Husband. He is the head of the Berlin Demolition Equipment Committee and is responsible for the demolition of various industrial equipment in Germany."
For Sokov, the name Malenkov was very familiar. He quickly raised his hand and saluted him with a military salute: "Hello, Comrade Malenkov!" "Hello, General Sokov." Malenkov stood up and shook his hand.
Sokov held his hand and said with a smile: "I have heard of your name a long time ago, but this is the first time I have seen you in person. I heard Marshal Zhukov say that you came to Berlin
It's been a month, how are you getting used to the living here?"
"Not bad." Sokov replied: "Comrade Marshal arranged for me to stay at the Adlon Hotel. The staff in the hotel are all transferred from the military. In terms of food and living habits, they are not much different from those in China.
"
"I heard that you have been staying in the hotel recently and not going anywhere." Malenkov continued to ask: "I wonder what you are doing in the room?"
"When I have nothing to do, I just study writing novels at home."
Coincidentally, Malenkov had read Sokov's novel, and when he heard his answer, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "General Sokov, I wonder what your new book is about?" "The book is called "Ordinary One"
"Soldier"," Sokov replied: "The book writes about the heroism and tenacity shown by the soldier Matlosov on the battlefield. In order to ensure the victory of the battle, he used his chest to block the enemy from entering the blockhouse.
The bullets fired from the fort, the story of the final heroic sacrifice.”
"Well, this is a good subject." Malenkov said with a smile: "I believe that after this book is published, it will be very popular among readers."
"I hope so."
"By the way, I heard that you also wrote a book," Malenkov asked unexpectedly: "You only wrote a few chapters, but Comrade Stalin stopped it because it involved some important figures.
"Yes, Comrade Malenkov, this is indeed the case." Sokov nodded and replied: "Comrade Stalin said that most of the important figures mentioned in my book are still alive. If I were in the book
the image created
, If you fail to satisfy them, it may cause unnecessary trouble." "Yes, General Sokov, you are right." Malenkov agreed with Sokov's statement: "
It's a coincidence that when I was in Moscow, I had a chance to see the manuscripts you wrote. To be fair, they were quite good. If I didn't know your true identity, I would have thought you were a senior writer.
A certain person mentioned in the book is a narrow-minded person. Working with him will lead to many conflicts.
shield."
Sokov didn't know who Malenkov was talking about, so he could only grin and pretend to agree with him.
"Georgy Maximilianovich," Zhukov asked, calling Malenkov's birth and father's name: "Why can't I understand what you are talking about?" "Comrade Marshal, the situation is like this.
Ma Linin introduced to Zhukov: "General Sokov wrote a novel a few months ago that reflects the Great Patriotic War. The book is called "The Dawns Here Are Quiet". As soon as the book was published, he immediately
It was extremely popular and has even been adapted into a play and an opera. I also heard that Moscow Film Studio plans to shoot this movie in the near future."
After hearing this, Zhukov couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise: "What, the book written by Misha is actually going to be made into a movie. This is simply incredible." "I heard Comrade Boskrebyshev say that in "Here"
After the publication of "The Dawn Is Quiet", General Sokov immediately started writing a novel called "The Siege." Malenkov looked at Zhukov and said: "Because
The background of this book is Leningrad, so those people are inevitably mentioned. The Supreme Commander himself was worried that the book would cause unnecessary trouble to General Sokov after it was published, so he asked him to stop the book
of creation.”
After explaining to Zhukov, Malenkov turned to Sokov and asked: "General Sokov, when do you plan to continue writing this book?"
"I don't know." Sokov answered truthfully: "Maybe it will take a few years, or even more than ten years, before I can continue writing." "That's such a pity." Malenkov said with doubts on his face:
"I have read your manuscript, and it is quite good. I am eager to know what happened to these characters in the novel. Did they die, or did they survive to win?
A day of victory." "Comrade Malenkov, although living to see a day of victory is what everyone hopes for, it is actually unrealistic." Sokov said with a serious expression: "There will always be someone defending the motherland.
In this war, sacrifice yourself
Precious lives, shed the last drop of blood for the country and the people. Fewer people can live to see the day of victory than we imagine."
After Zhukov waited for the chat between Sokov and Malenkov to come to an end, he said unhurriedly: "Misha, when we return to Moscow in a few days, Comrade Malenkov will accompany us." After learning that Malenkov was going to
Returning to Moscow with him, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Comrade Marshal, didn't you say that Comrade Malenkov was responsible for the demolition of German industrial equipment and facilities? Is this work?
Has it been completed?” “It will take at least two or three years to complete the demolition of important industrial equipment in Germany.” Malenkov said: “But now I have handed over this matter to my deputy. During my time away from Berlin,
, this work will
He is fully responsible for it." Sokov couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, thinking that Zhukov returned to Moscow because someone was snitching on him later, and why did Malenkov also want to return to Moscow? Could something unexpected have happened?
Love? Zhukov obviously saw Sokov's doubts and explained to him: "Misha, it's like this. Comrade Malenkov and the head of the State Planning Commission Voznesensky, something happened at work.
points of opinion
Qi, he returned to Moscow this time just to solve this problem."
Hearing what Zhukov said, Sokov immediately understood that Zhukov and Malenkov had the same emotional problems. Their superiors asked them to hand over their duties to their deputy and then return to Moscow to report on their work.
After figuring out what was going on, Sokov asked tentatively: "Comrade Marshal, when will we return to Moscow?"
"The Supreme Command has not yet given us an accurate order." Zhukov said helplessly: "So we still need to wait for a while." Sokov was eager to stay in Berlin for a few more days so that he could meet Agelina.
Spend some time together. Unexpectedly, just when he was happy, he suddenly heard Zhukov say: "Misha, I have one more thing to tell you. According to reliable information, General Patton encountered a car accident yesterday, and the situation is not good."