Rokossovsky is wondering, why does this female secretary know her identity? A familiar voice could already be heard from the earpiece: "Koschika, my dear, I'm not dreaming, is it really you?" ”

"Yes, Borisova." Rokossovsky smiled and said, "It is indeed me. ”

Borisova heard that there was no electric current in the earpiece, and asked curiously: "Where are you, are you still on the front line?" ”

"No, I'm not on the front line at the moment." Rokossovsky said with some difficulty: "I am right at the door of the Industrial Bureau. ”】

"What, you're at the door?" Hearing Rokossovsky say this, Borisova quickly got up from her seat, stood on tiptoe and looked out the window, and sure enough, she saw a black sedan outside the gate. Looking at the sentry box next to it, it seemed that there was a soldier in a military coat inside, but he couldn't see the other party's face clearly. She said into the microphone: "Koschika, is that the person in the sentry box you?" ”

Rokossovsky was stunned for a moment when he heard Borisova's question, and then guessed that he might be able to see the doorway from the director's office, so he leaned out of the sentry box and waved his hand in the direction of the building. Sure enough, a voice of surprise immediately came from the earpiece: "Koschika, sure enough, it's you, I can see your face clearly." Borisova's voice was full of tears, and it seemed that she was crying with joy.

Seeing the person standing in the sentry box, it was really Rokossovsky, who was haunted by her dreams, Borisova was so excited that her face turned red, she was afraid that the other party would leave, and hurriedly said loudly into the microphone: "Honey, you wait there, I will send someone out to pick you up immediately." ”

She put down the phone, pressed the intercom button, and said to the secretary outside, "Althea, do you have time now?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Borisova." The female secretary replied, "Is there anything you can do?" ”

"That's right, Althea." Don't look at Althea as a secretary, she is supported by Borisova every day, but if she really wants her to go out and help her pick up Rokossovsky, she is really a little embarrassed, "I have a friend, a general, who just came back from the front to see me, you go to the door and pick him in, okay?" ”

It was the first time for Althea to hear Borisova, a strong woman, speak in such a tone, and she couldn't help but be secretly amused, but she still readily agreed: "Understood, Comrade Borisova, I'll go out." ”

A few minutes later, Althea appeared in front of Rokossovsky, she smiled sweetly at the other person, and asked, "Are you General Rokossovsky?" ”

"Yes, I'm Rokossovsky." Rokossovsky heard from the other party's voice that she was the female secretary who had just answered the phone, so he asked tentatively: "You answered the phone just now?" ”

"That's right, Comrade General, I took it." Althea nodded and said affirmatively: "Borisova asked me to take you in, please come with me!" ”

"Althea," Seeing that the female secretary was going to take Rokossovsky into the building, Second Lieutenant Grekin hurriedly ran over and said with some embarrassment: "Comrade General does not have a pass, so he cannot enter the building casually. ”

Hearing Gregin say this, Althea took out a blue-skinned pass from her pocket and handed it over, and at the same time said: "This is the No. 1 pass used by Comrade Director, and she ordered me to take the general in." ”

When Grekin heard Althea say this, he didn't open the pass at all, handed it back to Althea, and then said politely to Rokossovsky: "Comrade General, you can go in now." ”

When Rokossovsky followed Althea to the building, he suddenly remembered that on the phone just now, Althea seemed to know herself, so she asked curiously: "Althea, do you know me?" ”

Althea shook her head and replied honestly, "I don't know, but I've heard your name." ”

Having heard my name, Rokossovsky heard Althea say this, and thought to himself that maybe she had read my order in the newspaper or heard it on the radio.

While he was thinking this, he heard Althea say, "My father and two brothers are in your army. Last month my father was wounded and sent back to Moscow for treatment, and when I went to visit him, I heard him talk about you. ”

First, in order to find a topic, and secondly, to care for his subordinates, Rokossovsky hesitated for a moment and asked: "Althea, how is your father's condition, is he hospitalized or has he been discharged?" ”

"Still in the hospital," said Althea, with a gloomy expression, "one of my father's legs was blown off by a landmine, and there is no chance to meet the front again." ”

"I'm sorry," Rokossovsky quickly apologized to her after hearing Althea say this, "I didn't dare to mention it." ”

"It's okay," Althea smiled at Rokossovsky and said, "My father said that in order to defend our great motherland, not to mention missing a leg, even if it is worth sacrificing his own life." He also said that he was lucky compared to those comrades who died, and at least he could have the opportunity to reunite with his family......

The two were talking, and before they knew it, they came to Borisova's office. Althea walked up to the two black leather-wrapped doors, knocked twice on them with her hand, then pushed them open a crack, stuck her head in and said: "Comrade Borisova, I have already brought General Rokossovsky in, he is at the door at the moment!" ”

Hearing that Rokossovsky was already at the door, Borisova couldn't help but be a little flustered, she hurriedly tidied up her already neat short hair, coughed lightly, and tried to say to Althea in a calm tone: "Please let him in!" ”

Althea nodded, retracted her head, then pushed the door open, shook her head at Rokossovsky, who was standing aside, and said with a smile: "Please come in, General Rokossovsky, Comrade Borisova is waiting for you inside." ”

Rokossovsky thanked Althea with a red face, and then stepped through the open door. As soon as he entered the door, Althea outside the door took the initiative to close the door.

Rokossovsky walked into the room and was looking at the furnishings when Borisova had come out from behind her desk and threw herself into his arms. "Dear Koschika, I finally see you again." Do you know? How did I spend the days when you weren't with me...... My dear, I miss you! ”

Rokossovsky hugged Borisova tightly, gently patted her back with his right hand, and said softly: "Dear Borisova, didn't I come to you?" ”