Lin Hua walked out of the town Soviet office and saw Seryosha, Christopher and another soldier standing in front of a two-story building across the road chatting. He quickly waved to the other side and shouted at the same time
: "Hi, comrades!"
Hearing Lin Hua's shout, the three of them immediately stopped chatting. Seryosha walked over first and asked respectfully: "Misha, where are we going?"
Seeing that it was getting late now and there was no need to stay outside in the ice and snow, Lin Hua said to Seryosha, "Let's go back to our place. It's really cold outside."
The garrison was stationed in the church in the center of the town. Seryosha led the way. He climbed the steps of the church and opened the closed wooden door. But he did not go in immediately. Instead, he stood by the door and held it, politely
Di said to Lin Hua: "Misha, please go first!"
Lin Hua walked to the door and saw a short corridor inside, with another wooden door at the end, and a small room on the left side of the corridor. Lin Hua was thinking, the room we live in will not be in
In this small room, right? I heard Seryosha say from behind: "Misha, what are you doing here? Come in quickly."
Lin Hua quickly agreed and stepped into the corridor. He quickly glanced into the small room and found that there was only one chair in it. It should be a duty room or something. The living area should be behind the wooden door in front. He left
I went over and opened the door, and this time I saw a hall with many single beds neatly placed on one side of the hall.
After Seryozha followed up, he asked Lin Hua: "Misha, there are only four people left in our class. Do you think there will be sentries tonight?"
In response to Seryosha's question, Lin Hua answered without hesitation: "It goes without saying that this is during a war and we cannot relax our vigilance at any time."
Hearing what Lin Hua said, Seryosha turned around and said to the soldiers who followed him: "Oleg, you will be the sentinel tonight!"
Oleg was the soldier sent by Lin Hua to ask for help from Kochetov before the battle started. When he heard Seryosha's instructions, he quickly agreed, walked out of the church with his rifle on his back, and went to stand guard outside.
Already.
Lin Hua found a wooden bed next to the door and sat down. He raised his head and said to Seryosa: "Seryosa, Comrade General told me that two squads of soldiers will report here tomorrow. We can live here.
Come down?"
"It should be possible." Seryozha nodded and said: "In addition to this hall, there is also a basement. Not to mention two classes, even two platoons can live in it."
Everyone was very tired after fighting the Germans in the afternoon. After chatting for a while, they went to bed one after another. Seryosha and Christopher soon snored, while Lin Hua lay on the wooden bed, but
I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Firstly, it was because the wooden bed on which I lay was not comfortable to sleep on. He was a tall man, but the bed he slept on was narrow and short. If a tall person slept on it, his feet would droop.
on the ground.
The main reason why he couldn't sleep was the upcoming major counterattack. He thought anxiously: "With the beginning of the major counterattack, the front will be farther and farther away from Moscow. As the garrison of Khimki Town, I
, there is definitely no chance to participate in the battle. Can I only perform this monotonous and boring garrison task in this suburban town during the entire Patriotic War?"
He didn't know when he fell asleep, so much so that Seryosha got up in the middle of the night to change guard with Oleg outside, but he didn't even hear him.
But when he was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt someone shaking his body constantly, and at the same time there was a voice shouting anxiously: "Misha, wake up. Misha, wake up!"
Lin Hua tried his best to open his eyes and saw clearly that the person shaking him was Seryosa, and asked with some dissatisfaction: "Seryosa, what's the matter?"
"The troops are here, Misha." Seryosha said excitedly: "The troops our superiors gave us to supplement are here!"
"The troops are here?!" Lin Hua, who was still a little confused, sat up suddenly when he heard what Seryosha said. He asked while putting on his boots: "Where are they?"
"In the square outside the door!"
Lin Hua put on his boots and trotted towards the outside of the church. He had just opened the wooden door, but before he could even get down the steps, he heard a command to "stand at attention and take a rest." Then a sergeant stepped up the steps and pulled the man over.
After Lin Hua came out, he looked up and down and asked tentatively: "Are you Sergeant Sokov?"
Hearing the other party address his military rank, Lin Hua remembered that he was still wearing the rank of corporal. He quickly smiled at the other party and explained: "Yes, I am Sokov. As for the rank of staff sergeant, I just got it yesterday.
Yes, I haven’t had time to change to a new military rank yet.”
After confirming that the person in front of him was Lin Hua, the sergeant raised his hand to salute him and reported: "Comrade Sergeant, Sergeant Andre, the deputy platoon leader, is reporting to you that Special Platoon One and Two are stationed here.
Awaiting your orders, please give instructions!"
"Please rest a moment!" After Lin Hua said this, he came to the team lined up in three rows and turned to Andre who was following him: "Deputy platoon leader, how many people did you bring?"
"Including me, there are a total of twenty-nine people." Andre explained to Lin Hua: "There are ten people in the first class and the second class. Except for me and another female health worker, the remaining seven soldiers
, is used to supplement the original defensive squad."
"Oh oh oh, that's it, I understand." After Lin Hua finished speaking, he turned and looked behind him. He saw Seryosha and the others standing upright in front of the steps, and said to Andre: "
Comrade Deputy Platoon Commander, if you have no objection, I intend to appoint Seryozha as acting third squad leader."
"You are the supreme commander here," Andre waited for Lin Hua to finish and then said expressionlessly: "You have the final say on who to appoint as the squad leader."
Seeing that Andre did not object to his opinion, Lin Hua said loudly to Seryosha: "Comrade Seryosha, from now on, you will be the squad leader of the third squad. Come on!"
When he heard that he was appointed squad leader, even though he was only acting, Seryosha still had a look of surprise on his face. After he agreed loudly, he led Kristoff and Oleg to the front of the team.
The last row, standing with the newly recruited soldiers.
Lin Hua stood at the front of the queue and said loudly to the soldiers: "Comrades, we are an army and cannot be dispersed to ordinary people's homes, so in the next few days, everyone will live here. Seryosha!"
When Seryozha heard Lin Hua calling him, he quickly agreed loudly and walked out of the queue, waiting for Lin Hua to give him an order.
Lin Hua told him: "First take the new soldiers to the church and help them arrange a place to stay."
After Seryozha agreed and returned to the queue, Lin Hua said again: "The deputy platoon leader and the squad leaders of the first and second squads will stay, and the rest will be dismissed first."
After the soldiers were disbanded, they followed Seryosha and the others towards the church, but the three people whose names were called by Lin Hua stayed. When Andre was about to introduce the two squad leaders to Lin Hua, a sudden
A female health worker carrying a medical bag ran over and asked Lin Hua: "Comrade platoon leader, what about me? Where should I live?"
Lin Hua glanced at the other party and was immediately surprised to find that the female health worker was actually Asiya, whom he had met yesterday. However, he had business to do at the moment and had no time to reminisce with the other party, so he said to Asiya: "Asiya
, you go to the church to see Seryosha and ask him to arrange a place for you."
After Asiya left, Andrei began to introduce the two squad leaders to Lin Hua: "Comrade platoon leader, let me introduce you. This is Corporal Grisa, the first squad leader, and this is Corporal Zheliya, the second squad leader.
"
"Hello, comrades." Lin Hua shook hands with the two of them one by one and said warmly: "Welcome to Khimki Town."