When I learned the news of Lida's mother and son from Lyuda's mouth, I was the happiest than Kirianova. Although in 171, she was once a rival with the real Leda. But on the battlefield is the easiest to cultivate friendship, Leda's outstanding performance in several air defense battles, so that the relationship between the two gradually became harmonious, although it is not a friend of life and death, but when she sees Leda seriously injured, she can't help but feel sad.

At this moment, she was really happy for Lida, but she didn't expect that I was an out-and-out impostor, and she said excitedly: "Lida, since you know the whereabouts of your mother and son, you should go and see them immediately." ”

I looked at her sitting across from her, smiled and shook my head, and said, "Honey, I would also like to go and see mom and child, but now is not the time, I have more important things to do." ”

"Comrade Major is right! Our main mission at the moment is to defend the ice transport line, and you can wait until you have time to go back to the city. It was the instructor Orlova who stood up to support me, who raised her hand and looked at her watch, and said: "It's already seven o'clock, and you can get two hours of sleep before dawn." Then he said to Kirianova: "Comrade company commander, I will go out to check the outpost first, and you should also seize the time to rest." After speaking, he put on his hat and pulled Liuda away with him.

There were two mattresses on the floor of the tent, and she pointed to one of them and told me, "Leda, you can sleep here." ”

After chatting with the two of them all night, I really felt a little sleepy at this time, so I didn't say anything polite to her, so I just lay down and covered my military coat over my body. When she just wanted to close her eyes and go to sleep, she suddenly thought that she would have to meet with the commanders of the other two companies later, so she told Kirianova: "My dear, I will sleep for two hours, and remember to call me later." ”

"It's good." She readily agreed, and was about to lie down on the mattress next to me. Suddenly, she screamed as if she had discovered a new world, and I woke up when I had just closed my eyes. I asked her weakly, "What's wrong with you, honey?" ”

"Leda, I just found out you don't have a watch."

"I've never had one." It turned out that she was doing this, what a fuss, I wrapped the military coat that covered my body tightly, and closed my eyes again.

Unexpectedly, she actually gave up her plan to sleep, squatted beside me, shook me gently, and said, "Lida, I have a spare watch here, so I'll give it to you!" With that, she snatched my hand out from under my coat.

When I opened my eyes, I noticed that I had an extra men's watch with a black patent leather strap on my wrist. I wonder why she has a men's watch, could it be that her lover gave it to her? So he asked curiously, "Honey, where did this watch come from?" If it's your suitor, I can't ask for it. ”

"No, it was taken from a German officer who was killed. I have one of the same here. As she spoke, she raised her wrist and showed me the men's watch of the same style.

I can't accept this psychologically if I want to wear something dead, but if I want to refuse directly, I'm afraid of upsetting Kirianova. So I deliberately said, "I don't want the dirty stuff of the German devils." He raised his other hand to take his watch off.

She grabbed my hand and said, "Lida, it's inconvenient to see that you don't have a watch." You must know that Lu Daocuo has no watch, but he can't command the battle. Wear it and wait until you have a new watch that fits, and then you can replace it. ”

Now that Kirianova has said this, it would be a bit too much to say anything more, so I can only accept this gift from her on the spot.

Before I closed my eyes and went to bed again, I told her to call the commanders of the other two companies and ask them to come and report after dawn to report to me about their armament there.

After explaining to her what I had to do, I closed my eyes and went to sleep again, and this time without her interruption, I quickly fell asleep without knowing it.

By the time Orlova woke me up, it was already dawn. Kirianova, who was lying on a mattress next to her, had long since disappeared, and I looked up at the watch she had given me, the hands were already pointing to ten o'clock, and the commanders of the two anti-aircraft artillery companies of the two were slow to arrive to report to me.

I lifted the curtain and walked out, and after getting used to the light outside, I finally saw a different scene than last night. The frozen lake is not an endless open field, except for the transport line in the middle, surrounded by icebergs of various sizes, and tents, heating sheds, etc., are located in the middle of these icebergs.

Heading into the encirclement were trucks laden with much-needed food and supplies in the city. In the opposite direction, however, there was a long line on foot, in which there were not only all kinds of inhabitants, but also formed armies.

The soldiers marching across Lake Ladoga on foot walked quite slowly, and it seems that the starvation not only weakened the inhabitants of the city, but also the army did not escape the same fate. But when they saw the oncoming car full of bags covered with canvas, all the talents were apparently enlivened and shouted in high spirits: "Here comes the grain, the grain!" ……”

"Lida," Kirianova said thoughtfully, looking at the people walking on the ice, "you say, will your mother and son also be among the crowd that has been evacuated to the outside of the encirclement?" ”

"Maybe!" I replied uncertainly, and at the same time secretly planned that after Liuda gave me the address, I would definitely take the time to go to the car to see Lida's mother and son, and I would have made a wish for her.

While he was thinking about it, suddenly someone was shouting loudly in the distance, because it was too far away, and the wind outside was too strong, so I couldn't hear what he was shouting. Kirianova, who was next to me, pushed me, and when she saw me paying attention to her, she said with a serious expression: "Lida, it's a battle alert!" German planes came to bomb again. ”