While shaking hands with the two squad leaders, Lin Hua noticed the sadness in Grisa's eyes. It seemed that something happened that made him sad not long ago. He wanted to ask what happened, but because this kind of question was not asked during this meeting.
The issue of privacy is very impolite. Lin Hua made an invitation gesture to the church and said to the three of them: "Let's go to the bell tower first."
They walked through the church hall, climbed up the narrow spiral staircase, and reached the bell tower at the top. The structure of the bell tower is that four pillars support an onion-like dome, and a rusty copper bell is hung on the top.
On the beam, the long rope that pulls the bell hangs down, swaying in the wind.
The view from the bell tower is wide. Standing here, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Khimki town. Lin Hua pointed to the town below with his hand and said to Andre: "Comrade deputy platoon leader, you saw it, this is Khimki."
Ji Town. In order to prevent the Germans from carrying out another sneak attack, we must strengthen our vigilance. Starting today, mobile sentries will be sent out in four directions of the town, in teams of two, for uninterrupted patrols."
"I understand." Andre agreed, then turned around and told Grisa: "Squad leader, your squad will be responsible for the first patrol. Four hours later, comrades from the second squad will take over from you."
After Grisa saluted Lin Hua and Andre, he turned around and walked down the spiral staircase down the bell tower. After his back disappeared, Lin Hua asked Andre carefully: "Comrade deputy platoon leader, what's wrong with the first squad leader?"
Yes? When I look at his eyes, they are quite sad."
But Andrei obviously didn't notice this, and instead turned his attention to Zelia: "Zelia, you have a good relationship with Grisa, do you know what happened?"
"Before we set off," Zheliya said with some embarrassment, "someone told him that his mother and sister were killed in the German bombing."
As soon as Zhelia's words came out, everyone fell silent. After a long time, Andre said in a dry voice: "You know, we have died a lot of people. This is a war after all."
"Comrade Deputy Platoon Leader, sooner or later we will repay the blood debt owed by the Germans to them." After Lin Hua said this, he turned to Zheliya and said: "Comrade Zheliya, please tell Grisa
, the best way to resolve grief is to work hard. Only by defeating the fascist invaders can we avenge our dead relatives!"
Seeing that the work had been arranged, Lin Hua was about to go downstairs when he suddenly heard Zhelia say: "Comrade Platoon Leader, I have an idea."
Lin Hua stopped and turned to ask Zheliya: "Comrade Zheliya, what do you think? Let us know!"
Zheliya pointed to the ground and said to Lin Hua: "Comrade Platoon Leader, the view from the bell tower is broad and can take in the entire town. If we arrange a sentry here to cooperate with the mobile sentries patrolling on all sides,
Presumably we can better protect this town."
Regarding Zheliya's proposal, Lin Hua did not make an immediate decision, but asked Andre with a smile: "Comrade deputy platoon leader, do you think this is okay?"
Seeing Lin Hua actively soliciting his opinion, Andre was a little surprised. He frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Comrade Platoon Leader, I think Zhelia's suggestion is good. We should arrange a team here."
A sentry. If any unusual situation is discovered, he can ring the bell in time to call the police, so that we can prepare for battle as soon as possible."
Lin Hua also considered placing sentries on the bell tower yesterday, but firstly, he had too few soldiers at the time, and he only had four people; secondly, the wind was strong on the bell tower, and the sentries would easily get frozen if they went on duty on such a cold day.
Bad. But now that there are newly added troops, there is no problem in arranging sentries on the bell tower. Thinking of this, he told Andre: "Comrade deputy platoon leader, it's too cold on the bell tower. The sentries on duty come every half
Change positions every hour to avoid freezing. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Andre replied quickly: "I will arrange a group of three people to take turns to be on duty."
Just as the three of them were about to go downstairs, Zheliya, who was walking at the end, shouted again: "Comrade platoon leader, it seems that a few people are coming towards us."
Lin Hua, who had walked a few steps down the spiral staircase, heard Zheliya's voice and walked back quickly, asking: "Where is it?"
"There!" Zheliya pointed to the east and said: "Comrade platoon leader, you see, there are five people here. Three soldiers and one policeman. There is also another person wearing a military coat without a military rank. Maybe
It's a militia..."
Lin Hua looked in the direction of Zhelia's finger, and sure enough he saw several people walking slowly towards the church on the snow-covered street. He looked intently, and soon saw clearly the people walking at the end of the street.
On the left, the ordinary man without any rank mark on his military coat is Kochetov, the town Soviet member; the policeman walking beside him is Lieutenant Feiding, the director of the police station. The other three soldiers, walking at the front, are
A commander, with three gold stars inlaid on his bright red rhombus collar badge, he turned out to be a general; the two soldiers following him should be his bodyguards.
What is going on? How come a lieutenant general appears here? In order to find out what is going on, Lin Hua quickly took Andre and the others down to the bell tower and called all the soldiers staying in the church.
Outside the door, let everyone line up to welcome the coming general.
When the general accompanied by Kochetov approached, Lin Hua quickly stepped forward and raised his hand to salute: "Comrade General, Khimki Special Guard Platoon Commander Sokov is reporting to you, you are welcome to come to us.
Inspect!"
The general raised his hand in return and said, "Take a break!" Then he turned to ask Kochetov, "Comrade Kochetov, since he is the leader of the garrison platoon, why do you still have the rank of corporal?"
"Comrade General," Kochetov explained with a smile: "Yesterday, the garrison commander General Artemyev personally appointed him as the platoon leader of the newly established garrison platoon and promoted him to the rank of sergeant. Due to the rush of time,
He may not have had time to change his rank insignia yet."
Kochetov turned to look at Lin Hua and said to him: "Misha, you may not know this general yet. Let me introduce to you. He is Lieutenant General Rokossovsky, commander of the 16th Group Army.
, I just passed by here after a meeting in Moscow. Because I heard about your deeds, I came here specifically to see you."
I learned that the tall, handsome middle-aged general in front of me was a famous Soviet general who stood out in the Great Patriotic War. Together with Zhukov and Konev, he was known as one of the troika of the Soviet Army. He was calm and calm.
When Rokossovsky, who remained calm despite chaos and performed extraordinary feats during adversity in the war, was hailed as the "Hero of Adversity" by later generations, Lin Hua's blood rushed to his face, and he raised his hand to salute again, using
The voice became hoarse with excitement and said: "Hello, General Rokossovsky, on behalf of all the soldiers of the garrison platoon, I welcome you!"
Rokossovsky shook hands with Lin Hua and said in a friendly tone: "Hello, Comrade Sokov! I heard Kochetov mentioned your deeds, so I wanted to come here to have a look. I want to take a look.
What kind of commander is it like to take a few recruits and hold off more than 20 German soldiers who are armed to the teeth?"
Lin Hua couldn't help but feel flattered when he heard Rokossovsky's praise for him. He wanted to say a few words, but he didn't know how to say it in a hurry, so he could only grin and giggle.