When I asked Zhukov to go to the front, he sat down at the table and was silent for a long time. Originally, he wanted to reward me for successfully completing the task he had given me, and let me know what I wanted, and he could help me achieve it. Maybe he thought in his heart, I would ask him to give me a few days off and let me go to Moscow for a good rest. He didn't expect that I would offer to go to the front, which was so much unexpected that he would sit there without saying a word.

He stood up, walked up to me, and asked, "What do you think about the German paratroopers attacking the Front Command?" Is our position exposed? ”

"It can't be." I didn't expect him to suddenly ask this question without directly answering my request, but I still answered him honestly: "If the location of the headquarters is exposed, then the Germans will inevitably send their air force to bomb this place, and they will never send just a few paratroopers to die." ”

"Are you sure that it was only a few paratroopers of the enemy, and not the defense of our army?"

"Yes, Georgy Konstantinovich." I replied in the affirmative: "I think so, if our lines are breached, we will hear the sound of artillery and tanks." I also took part in the encirclement and annihilation of paratroopers, who had nothing but submachine guns and mortars. In my opinion, this is nothing more than a paratrooper unit of the enemy that accidentally parachuted into the vicinity of the command. ”

"Tell me about the enemy's airdrop of paratroopers in the rear of our army, is there any point?" He then asked.

"The paratroopers dropped by the Germans in the rear of our army can only play some harassment and sabotage, such as attacking the headquarters of our army, blowing up roads and bridges, and so on. However, they are not many in number, and they will soon be wiped out by our troops, and they pose little threat to us. ”

"Yes, although one or two paratrooper units are not a cause for concern, the situation is still very bad when the front line is tight and you have to draw valuable troops to encircle and annihilate them. What kind of ideas do you have? Let's hear it. ”

"We should also send a large number of sabotage teams with weapons and explosives to the enemy's rear to attack their chain of command and disrupt their logistical supply lines. At the same time, it mobilized the masses in the occupied areas to extensively carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in familiar areas, advantageously cooperating with the frontal battlefield, and drowning the enemy in the vast sea of people's war. I said this almost without thinking. After saying that, I realized that I had inadvertently quoted the words of the great man again.

"Understood." After listening to my words, Zhukov nodded and said: "I will personally propose this matter to the Supreme High Command." It's not early, you go and rest first. ”

Early the next morning, Zhukov woke me up and personally informed me that the base camp had approved my proposal and would send a large number of partisans to the rear of the enemy to wage guerrilla warfare. At the same time, he appointed me as the special commissioner of the front, and told me to leave at once for the Panfilov division to take charge of arranging this matter.

After accepting the assignment, I left the headquarters in a car. As I walked past the place where we had been attacked yesterday, I saw a pile of black, burned-out car bodies standing on the potholed ground, which had been burned to the ground. I asked the driver to stop the car, walked alone to the wreckage of the car, took off my hat, and bowed my head in silence for the sacrificial Sayt.

The driver walked up to me and asked with concern, "Do you know the driver who died yesterday?" ”

"Yes. He's my friend. I put my hat back on, looked at the driver in front of me, and said in an affirmative tone: "He also saved my life and that of Comrade General." Now, comrade driver, drive me to the front. ”

When I arrived at the headquarters of the Panfilov division, I saw the mustachioed commander, who seemed a little unhappy about my arrival. I understand his mood very well, usually the commissioners from the headquarters belong to the kind of people who do not learn and have no skills, and only know that Lu Dao is unrealistically blind to command there, which is very annoying, but because of their status, the people below dare not speak out, so they are all respectful and stay away.

The division commander arranged for a sergeant named Bahadou to be my guard, and I heard him tell Bahadou very solemnly: "You should protect the life of Commissioner Oshanina as if you were your own eyes." ”

In the evening, partisans from Moscow arrived. General Panfilov received them in one of the auditoriums of the garrison and sent someone to inform me of the past. When I entered the auditorium, I saw that the room was already densely packed with people, almost all of them guerrillas in civilian clothes. And General Panfilov and several political workers stood on the rostrum and hurriedly squeezed forward against the wall.

The first to speak was the political commissar of the division, who first welcomed the arrival of the partisans, and then began to talk about the importance of conducting guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, and so on. I wanted to doze off, but I didn't dare to really close my eyes and sleep, so I could only stare at the ceiling in a daze.

Suddenly, someone next to me pushed me, and I looked back blankly and saw that it was the political commissar who had just spoken. He whispered to me: "Comrade division commander, please say a few words to the partisans. ”

Let me speak?! This Panfilov is really good at looking like me, I don't have any preparations, what should I say to these people? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but get nervous, so much so that I stood in front of the podium for a long time, and I didn't know how to speak. Seeing my performance, there was a whisper from the audience, and it was getting louder and louder. Faced with this situation, I became more and more nervous, and I couldn't say a word.

"Comrades, please be quiet, please be quiet!" At this time, it was Major General Panfilov, who was standing aside, who came out to relieve the siege, and he shouted to the below: "Listen to Major Oshanina to give you a few words. Hearing him say this, the audience suddenly fell silent.

I made up my mind, and then I mustered up the courage to say, "Hello, comrades! As soon as the words fell, there was a thunderous applause from the audience.

The sudden applause startled me, and before I could say anything, I started clapping? However, I was quickly relieved that it was everyone's encouragement to me and gave me the courage to continue speaking on the stage.

When the applause had subsided, I continued: "Comrades, you will soon have to pass from here to the rear of the enemy. I hope that after you have passed, you will be able to mobilize the people in the occupied areas and carry out extensive guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, laying mines, blowing up bridges, and destroying the enemy's lines of communication, so as to advantageously cooperate with the frontal battlefield operations. "Speaking of this, I looked at the audience, but I didn't react at all quietly, could it be that what I said just now was just said by the political commissar, and I just repeated his words again? It seemed that I had to say something in-depth to resonate with them, so I continued: "Russia is a vast country, where we grew up, every inch of land here is our own, and if the German fascist bandits dare to seize it, we will fight it to the end." Go to the rear of the enemy, don't be afraid of difficulties or sacrifices, copy their back roads, attack their weakest defenses, capture a village today, and recapture a city tomorrow, so that they can't take care of the west and the east, and they can't concentrate their forces. Only by attacking from both sides can we win, go to the rear of the enemy, drive the devils out of the country, and replant our red flag in every part of Russia. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a thunderous applause from the audience. Major General Panfilov took my hand and said loudly: "What a great thing you said! It's great for boosting morale. I smiled and didn't speak, just held his hand tightly.

After the pre-war mobilization, the partisans divided into small groups and, with the cooperation of the fighters of the troops, went to enemy lines in batches through the front line.

"Comrade Major," said a timid voice beside me, and I looked back to see a pretty girl in a turban. Seeing me look back, she blushed and said to me, "What you just said is amazing, I really envy you!" ”

Before I could speak, someone suddenly shouted from afar: "Zoya, hurry up, we're leaving." ”

"Okay, I'll go over right away." The girl in front of me agreed, grabbed my hand and shook it, and said, "Comrade commander, see you again, and see you again after victory!" Then he turned around and ran away.

She was Zoya, and I couldn't help but be stunned. I need to catch up and tell her not to go to a place called "Petrishevo Village". After a few steps, I stopped, history is history, I have no right to modify it casually, what should happen is still going to happen.