After Borkin asked Rokossovsky to prepare a vehicle for him to Moscow, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said: "By the way, Comrade Rokossovsky, I have something important to report to you. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoWe took in a lesbian with a wounded leg in the forest last night. She said that she belonged to your 16th Army and was separated from the troops during the battle. She begged us to send her to any unit after she was out of the enemy's encirclement, and she was to continue to take up arms and continue to fight with the Germans. ”

"Amazing, remarkable." After listening to Borkin's words, Lobachev immediately said approvingly: "What a great female warrior, if everyone were like her, would we still be worried about not being able to defeat the fascist invaders?" After speaking, he turned his head to look at Rokossovsky and asked in a friendly manner, "You say yes, Comrade Commander?" ”

Rokossovsky was thinking about who the female warrior who was saved by Borkin, and when he heard Lobachev's question, he just nodded very casually, and then asked Borkin: "General Borkin, I don't know where this female warrior is?" ”

"It's not far from here." When Borkin had finished speaking, he instructed one of his officers: "You have the soldiers carry the female comrade here." ”

After Borkin's subordinates left, Kazakov, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "Who do you say, who will this female comrade be, do we know each other?" ”

Kazakov's words made Rokossovsky's heart beat faster, and he secretly thought in his heart that he had never seen Borisova since he led his headquarters to leave Yaltsevo, could it be that Borkin brought her?

After listening to Kazakov's words, Malinin said with some disapproval: "I think it may be the female soldiers of the Jewish Regiment, after all, there are only female soldiers in that regiment...... His words came to an abrupt end, he looked at Rokossovsky with wide eyes, and said in an unbelievable tone, "Comrade commander, is it ...?" ”

"That's right, I think the chief of staff guessed right." Although Malinin's words were not finished, Lobachev, who understood it, immediately continued: "I also think it may be her." ”

The conversation between several people was like a dumb riddle, confusing Borkin, who was sitting next to him, and he looked at Rokossovsky with a confused face and asked: "General Rokossovsky, what are you talking about, why can't I understand it at all?" ”

"Don't worry, everyone, when the officer brings the person over, we'll know who it is." After Rokossovsky opened his mouth to stop the discussion of several people, he squeezed out a smile on his face and explained to Borkin: "General Borkin, we are talking about a missing female commander, maybe she is the person you saved." ”

Not long after, the soldiers standing guard at the gate suddenly shouted outside: "Comrade commander, there is a stretcher coming towards us. ”

"Let's go out and have a look." Hearing the shouts of the fighters, Rokossovsky, who was anxious to know the identity of the rescued female fighters, ordered in an unquestioning tone: "All go." ”

Seven or eight commanders came out of the headquarters in a hurry, and looked in the direction pointed by the sentry, and saw the officer who had just left, with four soldiers and carrying a stretcher, staggering towards this side.

When the stretcher was lifted in front of him, Rokossovsky immediately looked at the person lying on it, and recognized at a glance that it was Borisova, who had been missing for a long time, with a turban tied around her head, a knot tied in her chin, a military coat full of holes, and boots covered with mud.

"That's right, Comrade Borisova." Although the time was short, not only Rokossovsky recognized the person on the stretcher as Borisova, but also Lobachev, Malinin and Kazakov. Malinin also excitedly shouted: "Comrade commander, that's right, Comrade Borisova." I really didn't expect her to be alive. ”

Malinin's voice woke Borisova from her slumber, and she opened her eyes in a daze, looking in the direction from which the sound came. She saw a group of people standing next to the stretcher, which seemed to be a little familiar. She quickly rubbed her eyes vigorously, so that the person standing by the stretcher became clear.

When it became clear that one of them was Rokossovsky, she sat up suddenly, then rolled over and jumped off the stretcher, jumping on one foot and throwing herself at the other.

Surprisingly, instead of plunging into Rokossovsky's arms and weeping bitterly, she threw herself at him and beat him with both hands, scolding in a crying voice as she scolded: "You life-hungry coward, seeing that the Germans are stronger than ours, behaved in a panic, shamefully abandoned the commanders and fighters who trusted you, causing the army group to collapse under the blows of the enemy, and our casualties were heavy......"

When Rokossovsky saw Borisova jumping off the stretcher, he thought that the other party would throw herself into her arms and cry bitterly, but she didn't expect that she would punch herself, but cursed inexplicable words in her mouth. He didn't know what was going on, so he quickly grabbed Borisova's hand and shouted: "Quiet, Borisova, quiet, please be quiet!" ”

After he shouted several times, Borisova, whose hands were grabbed by him, finally quieted down. Although she did not speak, she did not give him a good face, and Borisova raised her tearful face and stared fiercely at Rokossovsky with hatred.

Rokossovsky had never seen such an expression on Borisova's face, and asked in a somewhat panicked manner: "Comrade Borisova, can you tell me what happened?" ”

Borisova snorted heavily and said disdainfully: "What did you do, don't you know yet?" ”

Rokossovsky was confused by Borisova's words, and he said with a cry and laughter: "I really don't know what I did wrong that would make you so angry, can you tell me?" ”

Borisova did not speak, but snorted again and turned her head to the side in disgust, as if the sight of Rokossovsky would make her unhappy.

"Comrade Borisova," seeing this move of Borisova, Lobachev, who was standing behind Rokossovsky, was also confused, and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern: "What happened, can you tell me?" ”

Hearing Lobachev's voice, the corners of Borisova's mouth twitched violently a few times, and then she opened her mouth and said indignantly: "Comrade Military Commissar, isn't it? The war was imminent, and he did not stay to command the troops, but fled with the headquarters. As a result, as soon as the Germans attacked, the troops were crushed by the Germans due to the lack of unified command, and all the positions that were originally claimed to be impregnable were lost. ”

Lobachev waited for Borisova to finish speaking, then sighed and said: "Comrade Borisova, you misunderstood the commander. We received an order from the commander of the Front to transfer the troops to General Yershakov of the 20th Army, and then we went to Vyazma to receive new troops. ”

"Is that so?" After listening to Lobachev's explanation, Borisova turned her head to look at Rokossovsky, restrained the anger on her face, and asked softly: "Koschika, is this the case?" ”

"That's right, that's it." Malinin also came out to testify on behalf of Rokossovsky, "because the commander of the front army did not communicate this matter with his superiors and troops in a timely manner, which caused a lot of unnecessary misunderstandings. The High Command even issued arrest warrants for the commander and the military commissar. ”

After Rokossovsky waited for Malinin to finish, he asked Borisova with a wry smile: "Comrade Borisova, you now understand that I am not a coward, and I will not shamefully abandon the troops who trust me!" ”

"I believe, I believe." After nodding vigorously, Borisova said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you just now." When our defensive positions were attacked by the enemy, I called the headquarters of the army group and found that there was no contact at all, so I sent someone to contact them. When the signal corps returned, they told me that the headquarters of the group army had long since lost sight of their whereabouts, and that there were still signal corps from other units, and as soon as they put them together, they guessed that the headquarters had abandoned us and fled. As soon as the news spread, the morale of the troops was immediately confused, and when they saw the enemy rushing up, the soldiers put a few shots indiscriminately, and then abandoned their positions and fled. ”

"Borisova, you hurt your leg?" Rokossovsky found that Borisova, who was caught by himself, was still posing as a golden rooster at the moment, and hurriedly asked with concern: "Is it serious?" ”

Borisova had just escaped because of a misunderstanding of Rokossovsky, and when she was angry, she forgot that she still had a wound on her leg, and when she heard his words, she suddenly felt a pain in her leg, and screamed "oops", and her body tilted to the side, but fortunately, Rokossovsky took her into his arms in time and did not let her fall to the ground.

Seeing that Borisova almost fell, both Lobachev and Malinin shouted at the same time: "Come on, come on." ”

"Send Comrade Borisova to the medical center." When Borisova got back on the stretcher, Rokossovsky bent down and said to her: "Recuperate in peace." ”

"Hmm!" After a blushing Borisova whispered a reply, she lay down on her back, looked at Rokossovsky, who was standing next to her, with affection, and let the four fighters carry her to the medical center.

Borkin, who figured out the ins and outs, couldn't help but sigh after carrying Borisova's stretcher away, and said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Rokossovsky, to be honest, the news I got in the encirclement was that you also abandoned your troops and ran away with your headquarters, it turned out to be a misunderstanding." However, your troops were stubborn, and they abandoned their positions and retreated after a brutal battle. (To be continued.) )