The dispute between Sokov and Belkin somehow got out. Early the next morning, Asya, who rarely appeared at the brigade headquarters, actually came to see Sokov.
Although Sokov and Belkin had a dispute last night, it was all for work and did not affect the friendship between the two. So when Asiya hurried to the brigade headquarters, she happened to see Sokov
Sitting at the table with Belkin and having breakfast.
Seeing Asiya breaking in from outside, Belgin smiled and greeted her: "Isn't this Asiya? I haven't seen you for a long time. Why are you free to come to our place today?" At this point, he used
He glanced at Sokov quickly from the corner of his eye, "You're here to see our brigade commander, right?"
"Asiya, have you had breakfast?" Seeing Asiya rushing into the headquarters in a hurry, Sokov guessed that she might have something to ask him. However, he did not ask immediately, but pretended
He handed the plate of dry rusk towards Asiya: "If you don't mind, let's eat some together!"
After Asiya said hello to Belgin, she pushed away the plate handed over by Sokov and said with a serious expression: "Comrade Brigadier, I have something to talk to you about."
Hearing that Asiya had something to talk to Sokov, Belkin immediately stood up and said, "Since you have something to talk about, I'll stay away for a while."
"Comrade Political Commissar, please continue to sit down and eat." Sokov raised his hand to stop Belkin from leaving and said to him: "Asiya and I will go to the room next to us to talk." After that, he stood up
He stood up and grabbed Asiya's arm, and walked towards the hut next to where he was resting.
Entering the hut, Sokov closed the door and asked Asiya to sit down on the camp bed where he usually sleeps, and asked: "Asiya, what happened?"
"Misha," seeing no one else in the room, Asiya called Sokov's nickname and asked, "Let me ask you, are all the rumors outside true?"
"Rumors, what rumors?" Asiya's words confused Sokov. He looked at Asiya and asked in confusion: "Asiya, what rumors did you hear?"
"I heard a comrade who went to visit the wounded in the health team say that you had a big fight with the political commissar last night and threatened him that no matter how many deserters appeared in the army, they would all be shot. Even if it was a deserter from a company,
, and will never show mercy." After Asia quickly finished what she heard, she asked tentatively: "Misha, did you really say this?"
When Sokov heard what Asiya relayed, although it was somewhat different from his original words last night, the main content was still consistent. He nodded and said expressionlessly: "Yes, I did say that.
This is what I said."
"Misha, why did you say such a thing?" Seeing Sokov admitting it, Asia couldn't help but become anxious: "You know, our company structure is different from other troops. There are four to five hundred people in a company.
, if the whole company deserts, can't you really shoot them all? The wounded who are recovering in the health team are now very panicked, so I came here to ask you whether this is the case, or not.
Explain this to the wounded."
"Asia, do you know why I had a dispute with the political commissar?" Sokov felt that it was necessary to convey the truth of last night's dispute to the wounded through Asya in order to appease people. He waited for Asya to nod.
After expressing his willingness to listen, he explained the reason for the dispute yesterday.
Asiya listened patiently to Sokov's story, with a look of realization on her face: "So that's it. Misha, I think you must have said angry words at that time."
Sokov secretly thought that after the Battle of Stalingrad begins, Stalin will issue the famous "Order No. 227". Anyone who abandons his position and retreats without permission will be shot on the spot. If he is not serious at this moment,
In terms of military discipline, when Stalingrad arrives, not only will many soldiers lose their lives because of this order, but he himself will also be implicated, which will affect his future. But at this moment, in front of Asya, he did not say anything
Instead of expressing his true thoughts, he followed her intention and said: "Asia, you also know that when there is a dispute, people are more emotional and will inevitably say some excessive words. I hope that after you return to the health team,
Tell the wounded about this so that they can feel at ease."
When the two came out of the hut, Belkin looked at them with a half-smile and asked, "Have you finished talking?"
"The conversation is over." After Sokov gave Belkin a positive answer, he asked Asiya: "Asiya, would you like to have breakfast here and then go back?"
"No, no," Asia waved her hand to Sokov, "The health team has so many wounded people to take care of. I want to go back immediately and won't have breakfast here."
Looking at Asiya's leaving figure, Belkin asked thoughtfully: "Comrade Brigadier, if I guess correctly, Asiya came here today because of the dispute we had last night, right?"
"You guessed it right, it's just for this matter." Sokov said to Belkin: "Comrade political commissar, it's getting late, hurry up and eat. After breakfast, we have to go to each unit to inspect them.
What’s the preparation status?”
The day of departure soon came. As soon as Sokov left the station with the troops directly under the brigade, he saw the residents of the city standing on both sides of the street. They cheered to the commanders and soldiers marching on the street. I heard someone from time to time
After shouting out the names of several soldiers, Sokov thought in his heart: The person shouting should be the relatives of the soldiers. He looked nervously at the crowds on both sides of the street, fearing that an old lady would suddenly appear and rush into him.
If you go to the middle of the road and hold the hand of a soldier and cry, the situation may get out of control.
Fortunately, the situation that Sokov was worried about did not appear. Occasionally, a soldier rushed out of the queue, went to the roadside to say a few words to his family, and then went to chase the team again. Seeing this scene, Sokov was hanging in the air.
The heart in my throat finally returned to my stomach.
Belkin leaned close to Sokov's ear and said loudly: "Comrade Brigadier, did you see? The residents of the city came out to see off our soldiers."
"I see it!" Sokov nodded vigorously and said: "Comrade Political Commissar, it seems that your political workers have done a good job in the past two days. The mood of the soldiers is very stable. The things we are worried about should not be
It's going to happen."
"Yes, I think so too." Belkin agreed: "As long as our troops can leave the city smoothly, desertion incidents will definitely not happen again."
After a moment of pause, Belkin asked again: "By the way, is Comrade Chief of General Staff still in Kursk?"
"No, he left by plane last night." When Sokov heard Bergin suddenly mention Vasilevsky, he guessed what he was worried about, so he comforted him and said: "Don't worry, comrade political commissar.
Now that Comrade Chief of General Staff has spoken, when we arrive at Yelets, there will definitely be enough vehicles to send our troops to Moscow."