After settling the wounded Lida, Lobachev returned to the command with Borisova. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing Borisova following Lobachev into the command headquarters, Rokossovsky, who was assigning tasks to Malinin, couldn't help but be stunned. When I saw Borisova, who had just come in, smiling at her with her hands behind her back, I realized that I was not dazzled. After quickly explaining the task to Malinin, he walked towards the other party, and at the same time asked with a smile: "Comrade Borisova, why are you free today and come to us?" ”

"Comrade Commander," Lobachev hurriedly said, without waiting for Borisova to speak, "she sent the wounded here, and I saw that she was a little too tired, so I asked her to come and rest for a while." ”

"Send the wounded?!" When Rokossovsky heard Lobachev say this, he immediately looked at Borisova and asked in surprise: "What the hell is going on?" According to the report, the enemy did not bomb your defense area today, could it be that the enemy was attacked by a sneak attack? ”

"Not what you think, Comrade Commander." Lobachev was confused when he saw that Rokossovsky was a little concerned, so he hurriedly told him the ins and outs of the matter, and finally said: "I think it is necessary to vigorously publicize the heroic deeds of these five female soldiers within the group army, so as to achieve the goal of boosting morale......

When Rokossovsky heard Lobachev's name, Vaskov was still a little impressed, after all, he had seen it in Shepetovka. And the names of Lida and Renia are the first time he has heard of them, but he doesn't know how, he always has an inexplicable sense of intimacy when he hears these names.

Just as he was trying to remember where he had heard the name before, he suddenly heard Lobachev asking again: "Comrade commander, do you agree with my opinion?" ”

Rokossovsky, who was thinking about something, looked at Lobachev and asked in surprise: "What's the matter?" ”

When Lobachev saw Rokossovsky's reaction, he knew that he was wandering when he was just speaking, not knowing what he was thinking. After a soft sigh, he repeated what he had just said.

When Rokossovsky finished speaking, he immediately nodded his head and said approvingly: "Comrade Military Commissar, you are in charge of political and ideological work, and you have the final say in this regard, and there is no need to ask me for instructions. I am a military officer, and I am only responsible for military affairs. ”

"Well, since you don't object, I'll arrange it." Lobachev was a resolute person, and after he finished speaking, he walked out, but before leaving the door, he deliberately said to Borisova: "Comrade Borisova, if you have anything to say, you can say it to Comrade Commander now." ”

After Lobachev left, Rokossovsky beckoned Borisova to sit down, personally poured her a cup of tea, and then asked with concern: "Comrade Borisova, how is the situation with the female soldiers recently?" ”

Borisova looked at Rokossovsky and replied with a sweet smile: "Not bad." After seeing the brutality of the German army, they trained very hard, no worse than the male soldiers, and I believe that even when they went to the battlefield, they were a force to be reckoned with. ”

"Well, you're right." Rokossovsky knew the training of female soldiers well, and knowing that Borisova was telling the truth, he nodded and said: "Once they are pulled into battle, I believe that their combat effectiveness will also surprise those arrogant Germans." Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then asked curiously, "Why did you personally lead the troops to rescue Sergeant Vaskov and them, you must know that you can leave this matter to Lieutenant Colonel Vlasov to be responsible." ”

"Comrade Commander, you don't know anything." Seeing that Rokossovsky's face showed dissatisfaction with Tarasov, Borisova hurriedly explained: "Actually, after receiving a request for help from the troops of the Huirang Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Tarasov also said that he personally led the team to find the detachment, and I took the initiative to ask him for help. Perhaps afraid that Rokossovsky would not trust her, she also deliberately added, "I told the lieutenant colonel that my command skills were not as strong as his, and I could not control all the troops in the defense zone." If something happens when he leads the team to the rescue, then he has to ask his superiors to reassign a new commander to take charge of the work of the defense area. ”

"That's why Lieutenant Colonel Tarasov asked you to lead the team?" Rokossovsky waited for Borisova to explain, and then he knew the whole thing. He said lightly: "Your consideration is correct, as a commander with many years of combat experience, it is very appropriate for Tarasov to stay and control the overall situation." ”

Borisova looked at Rokossovsky with warm eyes and said: "Comrade commander, I have been wearing a military uniform for a short time, I don't understand many things, and I will definitely not miss all the opportunities to exercise like this." ”

Out of concern for Borisova's safety, Rokossovsky said tactfully after pondering for a moment: "As Lieutenant Colonel Tarasov's deputy, you should not take risks lightly, and if you encounter such a thing in the future, you should leave it to the commanders below to carry it out." ”

Borisova heard the meaning of Rokossovsky's words and knew that he cared about herself, and suddenly a warm current came to her heart. After a long time, she asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, what would you do if the two of us were surrounded by the enemy like Vaskov and Lida, and I was seriously wounded?" Is it, as Vaskov thinks, to let the Germans take me prisoner? Or shoot me to death and then shoot myself? ”

Hearing this analogy made by Borisova, Rokossovsky's heart couldn't help but chuckle, and how could she ask such a question inexplicably, it was really unlucky. However, since Borisova had already asked this question, it was obviously impossible not to answer, so he carefully said: "Comrade Borisova, under no circumstances will I be a prisoner of the Germans." If I had been surrounded by enemies, I would have fought to the last moment of my life. ”

"What would you do if I were with you?" Borisova asked nonchalantly.

Rokossovsky thought about this headache for at least five minutes, and then said unequivocally: "I will leave a grenade, and after emptying all the bullets in the gun, I will pull this grenade and die with the enemy who rushes up." After he said this, his eyes looked at Borisova, "The two of us go to God together, and the road will not be so lonely." ”

Hearing what Rokossovsky said, Borisova couldn't help but blush, and then lowered her head deeply, as if she was reminiscing about what she had just heard.

Rokossovsky delayed Borisova's finish, hurriedly coughed heavily, and then asked tentatively: "Comrade Borisova, it's noon soon, why don't you go back after lunch with us?" ”

When Borisova heard Rokossovsky ask her this, she couldn't help but be a little flustered, she waved her hands desperately and said: "No, no, I still have things to deal with, I need to rush back immediately, I don't have time to eat." I'll talk about that next time. Goodbye, Comrade Commander, good appetite! With that, he stood up and left the headquarters as if he had fled.

Seeing Borisova leaving, Kazakov walked up to Rokossovsky and whispered: "Comrade commander, according to my observations, Comrade Borisova has fallen in love with you. ”

Although Rokossovsky knew that what Kazakov said was the truth, he did not want to dwell on this matter, so he diverted the topic: "Comrade Chief of Artillery, among the supplies we have received in the past two days, are there any shells that the artillery urgently needs?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Kazakov said a little depressedly: "It's just that the number of shells is too small, and the shells received in the past two days are only half of the base, so it is simply impossible to provide the necessary artillery support for our infantry." ”

"Comrade Chief Artillery, I remember hearing others say before: A cannon with 100 rounds is better than a cannon with 100 shots and 1 hit." Rokossovsky suggested to Kazakov: "Since the number of shells is insufficient, then concentrate on the use of several artillery pieces, as long as they hit well, even if the area covered by artillery fire is smaller, there is no problem." ”

In response to Rokossovsky's statement, Kazakov smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Comrade commander, it seems that this is the only way to go. I gave all the shells to the artillerymen with a technical number of guns, and let them teach the Germans a good lesson with a limited number of guns. ”

Rokossovsky then called Malinin over again and asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the Germans already know the area where our troops crossed the river, and I am worried that they may cross the river from there, so you inform the commander of the 108th Infantry Division, Colonel Orlov, and ask him to set up a few more observation posts by the river to monitor the movements of the German troops on the west bank of the Wopi River at any time." ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Malinin assured Rokossovsky: "I had already given such an order to Colonel Orlov in the morning. He said that he had sent seven groups of observation posts capable of simultaneously monitoring the fifteen-kilometre-long river, and that we would be able to know in the shortest possible time if the enemy attempted to cross the river. ”

"Very well, Comrade Chief of Staff, you have done a very good job in this matter." Seeing that Malinin could think of going ahead of him, Rokossovsky couldn't help but praise him a few words. Then he said: "The three divisions that crossed the river are currently suffering heavy casualties, and we must find ways to send troops to supplement the defense area vacated by them as soon as possible, so that there should be no gap in our defensive area in the front, so that the German army can take advantage of it." ”

"Understood, I'll give the order." Malinin agreed and was about to leave, but was stopped by Rokossovsky.

Seeing that Malinin was looking at him with a surprised gaze, Rokossovsky hurriedly added: "I think you also heard what Comrade Military Commissar said just now, right?" Seeing that Ma Linin nodded his head to indicate that he knew, he continued, "Let each unit send more training teams in its own defense area to carry out focused defense against important targets that the enemy may destroy." Do you understand? ”

Malinin learned from Lobachev about the heroic deeds of one of the sergeants who would let the station, in order to prevent the destruction of the Soviet rear by the German infiltration squad, lead five female soldiers to fight them. Therefore, when he heard Rokossovsky's order at this moment, he thought it was very necessary, so he replied very simply: "Don't worry, comrade commander, I will make all divisions more vigilant to prevent German detachments from infiltrating our defense area." ”

Lobachev came back with a meal, and as soon as he entered the door, he couldn't wait to ask: "Why hasn't the meal been opened yet, I'm dying of hunger." ”

Hearing Lobachev's voice, Rokossovsky immediately smiled and said: "Comrade Military Commissar, why, the division commanders below don't care about lunch?" Why don't you have to travel so far to come back to eat? ”

In response to Rokossovsky's ridicule, Lobachev waved his hand and said: "They also let me eat, but I didn't agree." I'm going to take advantage of lunch to talk to you about something important. ”

Hearing that something important was to be discussed, Rokossovsky, while instructing the staff officer to let the kitchen bring food to the headquarters, walked to Lobachev and sat down, and asked nervously: "Comrade Military Commissar, I wonder what important things you plan to talk to me about?" The reason why he was nervous was because Borisova had been here a few hours earlier, and although Lobachev had brought it personally, Lobachev often had to give some warnings in their dealings with them.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lobachev opened his mouth, what he said was: "Comrade commander, I just went below and talked with the divisional political commissars of each division, and they all agreed that several female soldiers should be awarded medals to Lida and them, and they should not be ordinary medals, at least the Order of the Red Banner." ”

When Rokossovsky heard what Lobachev was going to talk about, it had nothing to do with Borisova, but with the wounded Leda, who was still lying unconscious in the medical station. I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in my heart, and then said approvingly: "That's right, we should make a lot of publicity about such heroic deeds, and at the same time, whether they are living or sacrificed soldiers, we must award them medals." ”

After Lobachev waited for Rokossovsky to finish speaking, he hurriedly added: "Comrade commander, I think you may not have heard clearly, what I propose to award them is not an ordinary military merit medal, but the Order of the Red Banner!" When he talked about the Order of the Red Banner, he deliberately accentuated his tone.

"Comrade Military Commissar, I heard you clearly." Rokossovsky did not know why Lobachev deliberately emphasized the types of medals, and quickly explained: "For the bravery they showed in battle, I think it is completely appropriate to award them the Order of the Red Banner." Well, by tomorrow morning, I think the wounded Leda will wake up, and I'll go with you to honor her. ”

"Comrade commander," Lobachev waited for Rokossovsky to finish, and then suddenly said with a serious expression: "Although the command of the army group has the right to award commanders and fighters the Order of the Red Banner, I don't think it is enough. The matter should be reported to the command of the Front, so that Marshal Timoshenko personally awarded her this medal. ”

Lobachev's proposal made Rokossovsky a little embarrassed, although several female soldiers died heroically in the battle to destroy the enemy, but now after all, it is the war, and people are sacrificed at any time and every day, and if everyone dies, they must be reported to the front command and let the marshal personally award the medal. In that case, Timoshenko wouldn't have to do anything, and he wouldn't be able to do anything every day.

Just when Rokossovsky hesitated, Lobachev urged again: "Comrade commander, what do you think, agree with me?" ”

Rokossovsky, who was difficult to ride a tiger, had no choice but to nod reluctantly, and then said: "Okay, Comrade Military Commissar, this matter will be entrusted to you, and you will report the heroic deeds you have sorted out to the Front Command, and at the same time hand in the report of the meritorious service." (To be continued.) )