Seeing my tears, Rysdayev was a little panicked, he stood in front of me at a loss, and anxiously asked: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what's wrong with you?" Why did you cry all of a sudden? ”

When I heard the news of Lukin and Sapochuk, my mood suddenly improved. Since I crossed over to this world, although I have met a lot of people, these people have either separated from me or sacrificed in the end. Even the team I had worked so hard to develop for myself had lost out after a few battles. With Lukin's ability and qualifications, I will be able to mix up more or less of an official position after being discharged from the hospital, and I will be able to have two more right-hand men in the future. Thinking of this, my heart couldn't help but feel relaxed, wiped a handful of tears, and laughed.

"It's nothing, I'm happy." I happily punched Rysdayev in the shoulder, "Thank you, Resdaev. I always thought that Lukin and Sapochuk were killed, but I didn't expect them to be alive, and the news is so happy. ”

"It's good that nothing happens," Rysdayev said with a smirk, "I saw that you suddenly burst into tears, and I thought something was wrong, and I worried for a long time." ”

"Have you eaten?" I don't know what time it is, but I still habitually politely said, "If you haven't eaten, I'll invite you to the hospital cafeteria to eat." ”

"I haven't eaten lunch yet, I'm really a little hungry when I hear you say that, so let's go now." Rysdaev shook his head, and he didn't say anything polite to me, leaned to the side, and made a gesture of please: "I guess you don't know where the restaurant is, I'll show you the way." ”

The hospital's cafeteria is not big, there are only a dozen or so neatly arranged square tables in it, and this time should not be the time to eat, and there is no one in the restaurant. As soon as we walked in, a fat old lady in a headscarf and an apron stood up in the corner of the door, and she said to Rysdayev: "Comrade commander, I'm sorry, the restaurant is closed now, please come back in two hours." ”

Although the old lady ordered us to be evicted, Rysdayev still asked a little unwillingly: "But I haven't eaten since the morning, can you prepare something for me?" Even a few slices of bread will do. ”

"No, nothing." The old lady replied coldly: "Comrade commander, the restaurant is not open for business now, and all the food is sold out. ”

Hearing the old lady say this, I smiled bitterly and said apologetically to Resdayev: "Rysdayev, I'm sorry, I wanted to treat you to dinner, but I didn't expect the restaurant to not work." I'm so sorry. ”

Resdayev sighed in disappointment and said: "Alas! Forget it, I'd better go back to the garrison headquarters and eat. Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, let's go. ”

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel!" When the old lady heard Rysdayev call me this, she couldn't help but look me up and down, and repeated my rank in her mouth. We had just turned around and had just taken a few steps when the old lady suddenly called out from behind, "Please wait a minute." ”

We stopped and looked back at the old lady who was chasing after us. The old lady stood in front of me and asked me tentatively, "Are you Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina?" ”

"Yes." I looked at her in some amazement, wondering how she might have known my identity.

"I'm sorry, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel!" The old lady apologized to me and said, "You are wearing a hospital gown, and I don't recognize you." ”

"It's okay, there is no rank mark on the hospital gown, so it's normal not to recognize it." I said to the old lady in a friendly way: "We just wanted to come for a bite to eat, but we didn't expect the restaurant to close, alas, it's a bit of a pity." We'll go first and come back later. See you soon! ”

As I was about to leave, the old lady grabbed my right arm and led me into the dining room, saying, "Come with me, girl." It's hard to come once, how can you go back hungry. After taking a few steps, he shouted at Rysdayev, who was still standing there stupidly: "I said, comrade commander, what are you still standing there for?" Do you want to stand there like a capitalist lord, waiting for the servants to bring you what you eat on a plate? ”

Amid the good-natured laughter of me and the old lady, Rysdaev smiled embarrassedly and chased after him.

The old lady set us up at a table and went to the kitchen to fetch food for us. Rysdayev looked at the back of the old lady leaving, and said with emotion: "It seems that you still have a big face, and even restaurants that are closed can make an exception to serve you." ”

I was also confused, I didn't understand why the old lady suddenly made a 180-degree turn in her attitude when she heard my rank, but she just smiled slightly and didn't speak.

Rysdayev suddenly asked: "Have you been in the 316th Infantry Division all this time?" ”

"Yes, I've been in charge of the defense of the area since I returned to the station with my independent revenue. On the night before the October Revolution, I received an order from the division headquarters to lead a mixed battalion of personnel drawn from various divisional units to participate in a military parade on Red Square together with Instructor Croshikov. ……”

"Wait a minute," Rysdayev interrupted me and interjected, "You mean that you also led your troops to the parade on Red Square?" ”

"Yes." I felt as if he was trying to express something, especially when he just mentioned the word "also", could it be that his unit also participated in that famous military parade? Thinking of this, he asked curiously: "Why do you say 'also', could it be that you were also in the parade army at that time?" ”

He shook his head in frustration and said: "It is a pity that my unit, which was under martial law in the streets near Red Square that day, missed the opportunity to see Comrade Stalin with his own eyes. ”

"It's okay!" I comforted him and said, "I didn't see it this time, but I'll have a chance next time." Moreover, you work in the garrison headquarters and have many more opportunities to meet Comrade Stalin than in our field troops. ”

"By the way," he changed the subject, asking, "how are Feltov and Pavlov doing, are they still at the station?" I haven't seen them for a long time, but I miss them a lot. ”

My smile froze on my face, and I immediately remembered Ferstov's body hanging from the flagpole and swinging in the wind, and my nose was sour and tears almost fell again, and after a while, I managed to stabilize my situation, looked at the ceiling, and said, "They are all sacrificed!" Died heroically in the battle to defend the station. In addition to Ferstov and Pavlov, Agumint and Aggie also died. After recovering the station, our troops heard from the captured German officers and soldiers that Feelstov had blown up a German tank by himself while he was seriously wounded. The German commander, furious, ordered him to be hanged on the flagpole at the station. ……”

Hearing how the Germans treated their comrades-in-arms, Resdayev was so angry that he slapped his palm on the table, gritting his teeth and scolding: "These damned fascist bandits, I want you to pay with blood!" ”

"What's going on?" The old lady, who had been busy in the kitchen, heard the loud noise in the dining room and hurriedly ran out to see what was going on.

"It's nothing, it's nothing!" I hurriedly turned my head and waved my hand at the old lady and said, "We are chatting, Comrade Major is a little excited, he slapped the table, and alarmed you, I'm really sorry. ”

"It'll be eaten in another minute." After saying this, the old lady flashed into the kitchen again.

I looked at the emotional Rysdaev in front of me and said slowly: "This is war, and if we want to stop losing our friends and relatives, we must first defeat these invaders. ……”

"Comrade commander, I've kept you waiting." The old lady's loud voice came from the kitchen, and she was seen walking out with a tray. When she came to our table, she held the tray with her left hand and placed the contents of the plate on the table with her right hand.

In addition to two plates of baked potatoes, a plate of bread, and a bowl of beetroot soup, there was also a steaming roast with tomato juice and sprinkled with fresh shredded onions. After the old lady had set the meal, she put the tray on the table next to her, and then made a gesture of invitation and said, "Please eat, Comrade Commander." You must be starving. ”

Rysdayev was not polite, he first picked up a piece of bread with his left hand and took a bite of it fiercely, and without waiting to put it down, he picked up the potatoes on the plate with his fork, and said in his mouth vaguely: "I haven't eaten for a day, I'm really hungry." ”

I really wanted to know how the old lady knew my identity, so instead of eating immediately, I beckoned her to sit down next to me, and then asked curiously, "Old lady, how did you know my name?" ”

The old lady pushed another plate of potatoes in front of me first, and then said unhurriedly: "The hospital has already informed us yesterday that there is a female lieutenant colonel who is here to treat her wounds, and let us all help her at any time." And when I heard this commander call you Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I guessed that it was you. And I've heard a lot about you......"

"What deeds?" Hearing the old lady say this, I became more and more curious, I didn't expect that I was also a little famous now, and someone had already begun to recite my incident.

"Say you once led a small detachment deep behind enemy lines on a dangerous reconnaissance mission. On the way back, a large number of scattered fighters were also contained and formed into a force. When you fought with the Germans who attacked the city, you also went to the front line to fight the enemy face to face, and forced an enemy army to surrender to you. ……”

Although the old lady said briefly, it was true, but it was impossible to report these things in the newspaper, how did she know the truth? I looked at the old lady puzzled and asked, "Who did you listen to what you said?" ”

"My son!"

"Your son?!"

"Yes!" The old lady said proudly: "He once served in the independent battalion and was the company commander under you. ”

"My company commander?" I couldn't help but glance at Rysdaev on the other side, and saw that he was holding half a potato in his mouth, and he was looking at the old lady dumbfounded. Judging from the old lady's attitude towards him just now, the two are definitely not a mother-son relationship, so who will be her son?

I silently read the names of several company commanders of the independent battalion at that time, and then asked tentatively: "May I ask who your son is?" Lukin or Sapochuk? ”

The old lady shook her head and said, "No, my son's name is Ishaev, and he is the commander of your artillery company." ”

"Ishaev!" The potato bar in Rysdayev's mouth fell into the plate with a click, and he stood up with me and asked the old lady in unison: "Ishaev is your son?" Where is he now, is he still alive? ”