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Although Zhytomyr was more than 300 kilometers from the border, this distance was really nothing for the German bombers. From the 23rd, the city was constantly bombed by the Germans.

The face of the city has changed because of the war. There were barricades made of sandbags and wood at the intersection, and anti-tank tripods were placed in the middle of the originally wide road. A steady stream of troops, hordes of tanks and artillery, entered the city from the east of the city; The residents of the city were evacuated to the rear in batches and in a planned manner.

Rokossovsky's wife, Petrovna, and daughter Ada, although they were in the first batch of evacuation lists signed by the city leader Vasily, because they had not received news from Rokossovsky for a long time, she took a tough attitude and said that she would never leave Zhytomyr until she learned of her husband's whereabouts.

The city leader Vasily saw that the fifth group of evacuees was going to leave the city by train that night, but Petrovna did not have the slightest intention of leaving. Therefore, as soon as the German air raid ended, he hurried to the officers' quarters of the garrison headquarters with two staff members, trying to persuade Petrovna to leave here as soon as possible.

When he arrived at the garrison headquarters, he found that it had just been bombed, and one side of the wall of the officer's dormitory building had been blown down, and he could see the furniture in each room from the outside. He secretly screamed that it was not good, and quickened his pace into the officer's dormitory building.

He knocked on the door, walked into the house, which he had visited many times before, and greeted the hostess, who looked unusually haggard: "Hello, Petrovna. ”

Petrovna glanced up at him and invited him to sit down in the living room. One side of the wall of the living room has been lost, but the furnishings in the room are clean and tidy, and it is clear that Petrovna had cleaned this room after the air raid.

Vasily sat opposite Petrovna, put his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, and said politely and measuredly: "Dear Petrovna, I heard that you are not willing to evacuate. This is not feasible, according to the city's regulations, all non-combatants should be evacuated to the safety of the rear. ”

Petrovna frowned and said coldly: "Comrade Vasily, I will not go anywhere until I get news of my husband." ”

"You know, Comrade General is commanding the troops, and the enemy is fighting stubbornly." "It won't be long before the enemy who invades our borders will be repulsed with the arrival of more of our field troops," said Vasily. ”

"Comrade Vasily, I have listened to radio broadcasts and know that the war has broken out, and the Germans have gone from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and there is a full-scale battle for our country. He even said at the end: our cause is just, the enemy will inevitably suffer defeat, and the final victory must belong to us. Petrovna replied unceremoniously: "But I don't know where my family Koschka and his troops were, and what kind of Germans they were fighting." ”

Vasily, who was physically tired from his busy days for several days, said weakly after listening to Petrovna's words: "Comrade Petrovna, I don't know where General Rokossovsky is. Before coming to you, I spoke to Lieutenant Colonel Wajim, the commander of the Motorized Regiment, and it turned out that even he did not know the whereabouts of the general. ”

Hearing Vasily's answer, Petrovna replied in a cold tone: "Comrade Vasily, I will never leave Zhytomyr even half a step until I get news of my husband." ”

As an old friend of the Rokossovsky family, Vasily was very worried about the safety of Petrovna's mother and daughter. He couldn't help but sigh secretly when he heard Petrovna answer himself with such a resolute attitude, and then turned his gaze to the room where Ada lived, and asked tentatively, "Is Ada also at home?" ”

"Yes, she's resting." Petrovna replied faintly.

When Vasily heard that Ada was also at home, he got up from his seat, took a few steps towards the door, then stopped, turned around and said to Petrovna in a low voice: "As an old friend of your family, I feel compelled to say a few words in my private capacity. Dear Petrovna, for Ada's sake, you should immediately evacuate to the rear. ”

Petrovna raised her head and looked at him without saying a word.

Vasily took two steps closer to her, then lowered his voice to the point that only the two of them could barely hear: "I don't want to hide from you, the reason why I let you evacuate is because the city may be in danger. …… You have to understand why the city wants to evacuate all the non-combatants to the rear,...... Purely wartime needs. ”

As he said this, Petrovna listened carefully, carefully considering every word he said. After he finished speaking, he finally asked, "Do you think the situation is serious?" In other words, so many of our troops, can't they stop the German attack? ”

"Yes, Petrovna." Vasily looked her straight in the eye and replied solemnly: "Since you are going to listen to me tell the truth, then I will tell you that maybe in a week or even less the troops of the Germans will rush here." Even if you want to retreat, you won't necessarily be able to leave. ”

"What about you?" Petrovna looked at him and asked with concern: "Why stay, and not evacuate with us?" ”

Vasily shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said, "I stay, because my duty lies." As long as I don't receive orders from my superiors, I will continue to stay in the city. ”

Just then, the door opened. A staff member standing outside walked in and reported to Vasily: "Comrade Vasily, a serviceman has come from outside, he said that there is something important and wants to see Comrade Petrovna. ”

"Invite him in." Although Vasily did not know where the soldiers came from, he took it upon himself to ask the staff to invite them in.

A young soldier walked in, walked straight up to Petrovna, and handed her a folded telegram with both hands. At the same time, he said: "I am on the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Wajim to hand over to you this telegram that I have just received." ”

Petrovna took the telegram and politely addressed the servicemen: "Thank you, thank you, comrade warriors. ”

The soldier smiled politely at her, then turned to leave.

Petrovna held the telegram in her hand and did not dare to open it, fearing that there would be some bad news inside.

"Give me the telegram." Seeing that Petrovna was too nervous to read the telegram, Vasily volunteered: "Let me see what is written on it?" ”

Petrovna handed the telegram to Vasily and sat down at the table. At this moment, she only felt her heart beating faster, her eyes were a little dark, and she struggled to control her emotions, barely holding on to the bad news.

Unexpectedly, after reading the telegram, Vasily actually became frowning, and he said happily: "Petrovna, good news." General Rokossovsky, having successfully attacked the rear of the German troops, having eliminated a large number of enemies, had successfully returned to Lutsk. ”

Who knew that Petrovna, who had been waiting for news from her husband, not only did not have the slightest joy on her face after hearing the news, but she cried heartbreakingly.

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